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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2019

Collection of Continuous Rotation MicroED Data from Ion Beam-Milled Crystals of Any Size.

Michael W Martynowycz, Wei Zhao, Johan Hattne, Grant J Jensen, Tamir Gonen

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. High-Throughput MicroED for Probing Ion Channel Dynamics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  5. Standards for MicroED.Acta crystallographica. Section C, Structural chemistry · 2025
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  8. Fast event-based electron counting for small-molecule structure determination by MicroED.Acta crystallographica. Section C, Structural chemistry · 2025
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  10. MicroED structure of the C11 cysteine protease clostripain.Journal of structural biology: X · 2024
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  13. Applying 3D ED/MicroED workflows toward the next frontiers.Acta crystallographica. Section C, Structural chemistry · 2024
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  14. Structure of the lens MP20 mediated adhesive junction.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  19. Structure determination of a DNA crystal by MicroED.Structure (London, England : 1993) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Michael W MartynowyczHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Wei ZhaoDepartment of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Johan HattneHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Grant J JensenDepartment of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Tamir GonenHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: tgonen@ucla.edu.

Funding

X-ray Cryst. CoreP50GM082545 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI SUNDQUIST, WESLEY I. · 2007 to 2018
$51.1M
Imaging large macromolecular complexes inside cells with electron cryotomographyR35GM122588 · NIGMS · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI JENSEN, GRANT J · 2017 to 2020
$1.9M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) allows for macromolecular structure solution from nanocrystals. To create crystals of suitable size for MicroED data collection, sample preparation typically involves sonication or pipetting a slurry of crystals from a crystallization drop. The resultant crystal fragments are fragile and the quality of the data that can be obtained from them is sensitive to subsequent sample preparation for cryoelectron microscopy as interactions in the water-air interface can damage crystals during blotting. Here, we demonstrate the use of a focused ion beam to generate lamellae of macromolecular protein crystals for continuous rotation MicroED that are of ideal thickness, easy to locate, and require no blotting optimization. In this manner, crystals of nearly any size may be scooped and milled to desired dimensions prior to data collection, thus streamlining the methodology for sample preparation for MicroED.

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallographyMacromolecular SubstancesModels, MolecularParticle SizeMacromolecular SubstancesElectron cryo-microscopy (cryoEM)electron crystallographyelectron diffractionFIB-SEMMicroED

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PMID30661853
PMCPMC6476546

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