Challenges and opportunities in cryo-EM single-particle analysis

D Lyumkis - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) enables structure determination of
macromolecular objects and their assemblies. Although the techniques have been …

Understanding the invisible hands of sample preparation for cryo-EM

G Weissenberger, RJM Henderikx, PJ Peters - Nature Methods, 2021 - nature.com
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is rapidly becoming an attractive method in the field of
structural biology. With the exploding popularity of cryo-EM, sample preparation must evolve …

Cryo-EM of soft-landed β-galactosidase: Gas-phase and native structures are remarkably similar

TK Esser, J Böhning, A Önür, DK Chinthapalli… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Native mass spectrometry (MS) has become widely accepted in structural biology, providing
information on stoichiometry, interactions, homogeneity, and shape of protein complexes …

Cryo-EM in molecular and cellular biology

HR Saibil - Molecular Cell, 2022 - cell.com
This review summarizes the current state of methods and results achievable by cryo-electron
microscopy (cryo-EM) imaging for molecular, cell, and structural biologists who wish to …

Membranes under the magnetic lens: a dive into the diverse world of membrane protein structures using Cryo-EM

SJ Piper, RM Johnson, D Wootten, PM Sexton - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins are highly diverse in both structure and function and can, therefore,
present different challenges for structure determination. They are biologically important for …

Challenges in making ideal cryo-EM samples

BG Han, A Avila-Sakar, J Remis, RM Glaeser - Current Opinion in Structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recognizing that interaction with the air–water interface (AWI) is a major challenge for cryo-
EM, we first review current approaches designed to avoid it. Of these, immobilizing particles …

Megabodies expand the nanobody toolkit for protein structure determination by single-particle cryo-EM

T Uchański, S Masiulis, B Fischer, V Kalichuk… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nanobodies are popular and versatile tools for structural biology. They have a compact
single immunoglobulin domain organization, bind target proteins with high affinities while …

A close look at molecular self-assembly with the transmission electron microscope

A Rizvi, JT Mulvey, BP Carpenter, R Talosig… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular self-assembly is pervasive in the formation of living and synthetic materials.
Knowledge gained from research into the principles of molecular self-assembly drives …

Modular microfluidics enables kinetic insight from time-resolved cryo-EM

ME Mäeots, B Lee, A Nans, SG Jeong… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Mechanistic understanding of biochemical reactions requires structural and kinetic
characterization of the underlying chemical processes. However, no single experimental …

High-yield monolayer graphene grids for near-atomic resolution cryoelectron microscopy

Y Han, X Fan, H Wang, F Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has become one of the most powerful techniques
to reveal the atomic structures and working mechanisms of biological macromolecules. New …