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ArticlePloS one2017

Massively parallel unsupervised single-particle cryo-EM data clustering via statistical manifold learning.

Jiayi Wu, Yong-Bei Ma, Charles Congdon, Bevin Brett, Shuobing Chen, Yaofang Xu, Qi Ouyang, Youdong Mao

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8 authors.

Jiayi WuState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, School of Physics, Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yong-Bei MaIntel Parallel Computing Center for Structural Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Charles CongdonSoftware and Services Group, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California, United States of America.
Bevin BrettSoftware and Services Group, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California, United States of America.
Shuobing ChenState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, School of Physics, Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yaofang XuIntel Parallel Computing Center for Structural Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Qi OuyangState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, School of Physics, Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Youdong MaoState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, School of Physics, Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9302-2257

Funding

Virus biology scientific research support componentUM1AI100645 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MCMICHAEL, ANDREW JAMES · 2012 to 2018
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NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI100645
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Structural heterogeneity in single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) data represents a major challenge for high-resolution structure determination. Unsupervised classification may serve as the first step in the assessment of structural heterogeneity. However, traditional algorithms for unsupervised classification, such as K-means clustering and maximum likelihood optimization, may classify images into wrong classes with decreasing signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) in the image data, yet demand increased computational costs. Overcoming these limitations requires further development of clustering algorithms for high-performance cryo-EM data processing. Here we introduce an unsupervised single-particle clustering algorithm derived from a statistical manifold learning framework called generative topographic mapping (GTM). We show that unsupervised GTM clustering improves classification accuracy by about 40% in the absence of input references for data with lower SNRs. Applications to several experimental datasets suggest that our algorithm can detect subtle structural differences among classes via a hierarchical clustering strategy. After code optimization over a high-performance computing (HPC) environment, our software implementation was able to generate thousands of reference-free class averages within hours in a massively parallel fashion, which allows a significant improvement on ab initio 3D reconstruction and assists in the computational purification of homogeneous datasets for high-resolution visualization.

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Cryoelectron MicroscopyUnsupervised Machine LearningCluster AnalysisComputer SimulationEscherichia coliImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalInflammasomesMultivariate AnalysisPrincipal Component AnalysisProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexRibosome Subunits, Large, BacterialATP dependent 26S proteaseInflammasomesProteasome Endopeptidase Complex

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PMID28786986
PMCPMC5546606

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