3D electron diffraction: the nanocrystallography revolution

M Gemmi, E Mugnaioli, TE Gorelik, U Kolb… - ACS central …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Crystallography of nanocrystalline materials has witnessed a true revolution in the past 10
years, thanks to the introduction of protocols for 3D acquisition and analysis of electron …

The cryo-EM method microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED)

BL Nannenga, T Gonen - Nature methods, 2019 - nature.com
In 2013 we established a cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) technique called microcrystal
electron diffraction (MicroED). Since that time, data collection and analysis schemes have …

The CryoEM method MicroED as a powerful tool for small molecule structure determination

CG Jones, MW Martynowycz, J Hattne… - ACS Central …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In the many scientific endeavors that are driven by organic chemistry, unambiguous
identification of small molecules is of paramount importance. Over the past 50 years, NMR …

Structure of the toxic core of α-synuclein from invisible crystals

JA Rodriguez, MI Ivanova, MR Sawaya, D Cascio… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The protein α-synuclein is the main component of Lewy bodies, the neuron-associated
aggregates seen in Parkinson disease and other neurodegenerative pathologies. An 11 …

Protein data bank: a comprehensive review of 3D structure holdings and worldwide utilization by researchers, educators, and students

SK Burley, HM Berman, JM Duarte, Z Feng, JW Flatt… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB),
funded by the United States National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and …

MyD88 TIR domain higher-order assembly interactions revealed by microcrystal electron diffraction and serial femtosecond crystallography

MTB Clabbers, S Holmes, TW Muusse… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
MyD88 and MAL are Toll-like receptor (TLR) adaptors that signal to induce pro-inflammatory
cytokine production. We previously observed that the TIR domain of MAL (MALTIR) forms …

Analysis of global and site-specific radiation damage in cryo-EM

J Hattne, D Shi, C Glynn, CT Zee, M Gallagher-Jones… - Structure, 2018 - cell.com
Micro-crystal electron diffraction (MicroED) combines the efficiency of electron scattering
with diffraction to allow structure determination from nano-sized crystalline samples in …

Atomic-resolution structures from fragmented protein crystals with the cryoEM method MicroED

MJ De La Cruz, J Hattne, D Shi, P Seidler… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Traditionally, crystallographic analysis of macromolecules has depended on large, well-
ordered crystals, which often require significant effort to obtain. Even sizable crystals …

Electron crystallography of ultrathin 3D protein crystals: atomic model with charges

K Yonekura, K Kato, M Ogasawara… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Membrane proteins and macromolecular complexes often yield crystals too small or too thin
for even the modern synchrotron X-ray beam. Electron crystallography could provide a …

Serial protein crystallography in an electron microscope

R Bücker, P Hogan-Lamarre, P Mehrabi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Serial X-ray crystallography at free-electron lasers allows to solve biomolecular structures
from sub-micron-sized crystals. However, beam time at these facilities is scarce, and …