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ArticlePLoS computational biology2024

Accurate model and ensemble refinement using cryo-electron microscopy maps and Bayesian inference.

Samuel E Hoff, F Emil Thomasen, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, Massimiliano Bonomi

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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4 authors.

Samuel E HoffInstitut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 3528, Computational Structural Biology Unit, Paris, France.
F Emil ThomasenStructural Biology and NMR Laboratory, Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kresten Lindorff-LarsenStructural Biology and NMR Laboratory, Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-4750-6039
Massimiliano BonomiInstitut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 3528, Computational Structural Biology Unit, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7321-0004

Funding

French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) ANR-20-CE45-0002Roux-Cantarini fellowship from the Institut Pasteur (Paris, France)
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Abstract

Converting cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) data into high-quality structural models is a challenging problem of outstanding importance. Current refinement methods often generate unbalanced models in which physico-chemical quality is sacrificed for excellent fit to the data. Furthermore, these techniques struggle to represent the conformational heterogeneity averaged out in low-resolution regions of density maps. Here we introduce EMMIVox, a Bayesian inference approach to determine single-structure models as well as structural ensembles from cryo-EM maps. EMMIVox automatically balances experimental information with accurate physico-chemical models of the system and the surrounding environment, including waters, lipids, and ions. Explicit treatment of data correlation and noise as well as inference of accurate B-factors enable determination of structural models and ensembles with both excellent fit to the data and high stereochemical quality, thus outperforming state-of-the-art refinement techniques. EMMIVox represents a flexible approach to determine high-quality structural models that will contribute to advancing our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying biological functions.

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Bayes TheoremCryoelectron MicroscopyModels, MolecularAlgorithmsComputational BiologyProtein ConformationProteinsProteins

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PMCPMC11271924

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