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ArticleNature communications2022

Functionalized graphene grids with various charges for single-particle cryo-EM.

Ye Lu, Nan Liu, Yongbo Liu, Liming Zheng, Junhao Yang, Jia Wang, Xia Jia, Qinru Zi, Hailin Peng, Yu Rao and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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11 authors.

Ye Lu *School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Nan Liu *School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. nanliuem@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4102-2428
Yongbo Liu *Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structures, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Liming Zheng *Center for Nanochemistry, Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Junhao YangSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Jia WangSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5978-4191
Xia JiaSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Qinru ZiSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Hailin PengCenter for Nanochemistry, Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China. hlpeng@pku.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1569-0238
Yu RaoBeijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structures, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. yrao@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4356-8531
Hong-Wei WangSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. hongweiwang@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9494-8780

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major hurdle for single particle cryo-EM in structural determination lies in the specimen preparation impaired by the air-water interface (AWI) and preferential particle-orientation problems. In this work, we develop functionalized graphene grids with various charges via a dediazoniation reaction for cryo-EM specimen preparation. The graphene grids are paraffin-assistant fabricated, which appear with less contaminations compared with those produced by polymer transfer method. By applying onto three different types of macromolecules, we demonstrate that the high-yield charged graphene grids bring macromolecules away from the AWI and enable adjustable particle-orientation distribution for more robust single particle cryo-EM structural determination.

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GraphiteCryoelectron MicroscopyMacromolecular SubstancesSpecimen HandlingWaterGraphiteMacromolecular SubstancesWater

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