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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2023

Streptavidin-Affinity Grid Fabrication for Cryo-Electron Microscopy Sample Preparation.

Trinity Cookis, Paul Sauer, Simon Poepsel, Bong-Gyoon Han, Dominik A Herbst, Robert Glaeser, Eva Nogales

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Trinity CookisDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley; trinity_cookis@berkeley.edu.
Paul SauerCalifornia Institute for Quantitative Biology (QB3), University of California, Berkeley; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley.
Simon PoepselCenter for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Cologne; Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Ageing-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne.
Bong-Gyoon HanMolecular Biophysics and Integrative Bio-Imaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Dominik A HerbstDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley; California Institute for Quantitative Biology (QB3), University of California, Berkeley; Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bio-Imaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Robert GlaeserMolecular Biophysics and Integrative Bio-Imaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Eva NogalesDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley; California Institute for Quantitative Biology (QB3), University of California, Berkeley; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley; Molecular Biophysics and Integrative Bio-Imaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
QB3 · USLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING GRANTT32GM008295 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI HURLEY, JAMES H, WEMMER, DAVID E · 1989 to 2022
$8.1M
Structural studies of function and regulation of microtubules and transcriptional gene expression machineryR35GM127018 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Eva Nogales · 2018 to 2026
$4.3M
Technology to prepare thin, large-area samples for cryo-EMR21GM135666 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI HAN, BONG-GYOON · 2020 to 2021
$505k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM135666NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM127018NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008295
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Streptavidin affinity grids provide strategies to overcome many commonly encountered cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) sample preparation challenges, including sample denaturation and preferential orientations that can occur due to the air-water interface. Streptavidin affinity grids, however, are currently utilized by few cryo-EM labs because they are not commercially available and require a careful fabrication process. Two-dimensional streptavidin crystals are grown onto a biotinylated lipid monolayer that is applied directly to standard holey-carbon cryo-EM grids. The high-affinity interaction between streptavidin and biotin allows for the subsequent binding of biotinylated samples that are protected from the air-water interface during cryo-EM sample preparation. Additionally, these grids provide a strategy for concentrating samples available in limited quantities and purifying protein complexes of interest directly on the grids. Here, a step-by-step, optimized protocol is provided for the robust fabrication of streptavidin affinity grids for use in cryo-EM and negative-stain experiments. Additionally, a trouble-shooting guide is included for commonly experienced challenges to make the use of streptavidin affinity grids more accessible to the larger cryo-EM community.

Indexed as

BiotinCarbonCryoelectron MicroscopyStreptavidinWaterBiotinCarbonStreptavidinWater

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PMID38224121
PMCPMC11293040
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