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ArticleJournal of structural biology2016

Long shelf-life streptavidin support-films suitable for electron microscopy of biological macromolecules.

Bong-Gyoon Han, Zoe Watson, Hannah Kang, Arto Pulk, Kenneth H Downing, Jamie Cate, Robert M Glaeser

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Article in Journal of structural biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Bong-Gyoon HanMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Zoe WatsonDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Hannah KangMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Arto PulkDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology and California Institute of Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Kenneth H DowningMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Jamie CateMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and California Institute of Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Robert M GlaeserMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Electronic address: rmglaeser@lbl.gov.

Funding

TUBULIN STRUCTURE BY ELECTRON CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP01GM051487 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI CATE, JAMIE H · 1994 to 2018
$27.6M
Univ of Calif Berkeley Chemistry-Biology Interface ProgramT32GM066698 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI CHANG, CHRISTOPHER J., FRANCIS, MATTHEW B · 2004 to 2023
$7.5M
The Role of the Ribosome in the Accuracy of TranslationR01GM065050 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI CATE, JAMIE H · 2001 to 2022
$7.4M
In-Focus Phase Contrast for Cryo-EMR01GM083039 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI DOWNING, KENNETH H, GLAESER, ROBERT M · 2007 to 2014
$6.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM051487NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065050NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083039NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM066698
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe a rapid and convenient method of growing streptavidin (SA) monolayer crystals directly on holey-carbon EM grids. As expected, these SA monolayer crystals retain their biotin-binding function and crystalline order through a cycle of embedding in trehalose and, later, its removal. This fact allows one to prepare, and store for later use, EM grids on which SA monolayer crystals serve as an affinity substrate for preparing specimens of biological macromolecules. In addition, we report that coating the lipid-tail side of trehalose-embedded monolayer crystals with evaporated carbon appears to improve the consistency with which well-ordered, single crystals are observed to span over entire, 2μm holes of the support films. Randomly biotinylated 70S ribosomes are used as a test specimen to show that these support films can be used to obtain a high-resolution cryo-EM structure.

Indexed as

BiotinBiotinylationCarbonCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallizationImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMicroscopy, ElectronRibosomesSpecimen HandlingStreptavidinSubstrate SpecificityBiotinCarbonStreptavidinAffinity gridElectron microscopyStreptavidin

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PMID27320699
PMCPMC4943657

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