Prospects and limitations of high-resolution single-particle cryo-electron microscopy

A Chari, H Stark - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has matured into a robust method for the
determination of biological macromolecule structures in the past decade, complementing X …

Structure determination of GPCRs: cryo-EM compared with X-ray crystallography

J García-Nafría, CG Tate - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2021 - portlandpress.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest single family of cell surface receptors
encoded by the human genome and they play pivotal roles in co-ordinating cellular systems …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of high-order aberrations and anisotropic magnification from cryo-EM data sets in RELION-3.1

J Zivanov, T Nakane, SHW Scheres - IUCrJ, 2020 - journals.iucr.org
Methods are presented that detect three types of aberrations in single-particle cryo-EM data
sets: symmetrical and antisymmetrical optical aberrations and magnification anisotropy …

Structure determination by cryoEM at 100 keV

G McMullan, K Naydenova, D Mihaylov… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Electron cryomicroscopy can, in principle, determine the structures of most biological
molecules but is currently limited by access, specimen preparation difficulties, and cost. We …

Model building of protein complexes from intermediate-resolution cryo-EM maps with deep learning-guided automatic assembly

J He, P Lin, J Chen, H Cao, SY Huang - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Advances in microscopy instruments and image processing algorithms have led to an
increasing number of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) maps. However, building accurate …

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 …

Cryo-EM with sub–1 Å specimen movement

K Naydenova, P Jia, CJ Russo - Science, 2020 - science.org
Most information loss in cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) stems from particle
movement during imaging, which remains poorly understood. We show that this movement …

3D electron diffraction for chemical analysis: Instrumentation developments and innovative applications

T Gruene, E Mugnaioli - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the past few years, many exciting papers reported results based on crystal structure
determination by electron diffraction. The aim of this review is to provide general and …

Drug discovery in the era of cryo-electron microscopy

MJ Robertson, JG Meyerowitz, G Skiniotis - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Structure-based drug discovery (SBDD) is an indispensable approach for the design and
optimization of new therapeutic agents. Here, we highlight the rapid progress that has turned …

Better, faster, cheaper: recent advances in cryo–electron microscopy

EYD Chua, JH Mendez, M Rapp, SL Ilca… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Cryo–electron microscopy (cryo-EM) continues its remarkable growth as a method for
visualizing biological objects, which has been driven by advances across the entire pipeline …