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ArticleFEBS open bio2024

An image processing pipeline for electron cryo-tomography in RELION-5.

Alister Burt, Bogdan Toader, Rangana Warshamanage, Andriko von Kügelgen, Euan Pyle, Jasenko Zivanov, Dari Kimanius, Tanmay A M Bharat, Sjors H W Scheres

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Article in FEBS open bio, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 155 papers.

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9 authors.

Alister BurtMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9341-2295
Bogdan ToaderMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5444-2179
Rangana WarshamanageCCP-EM, Scientific Computing Department, UKRI Science and Technology Facilities Council, Harwell Campus, Didcot, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9756-0001
Andriko von KügelgenMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0017-2414
Euan PyleInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4633-4917
Jasenko ZivanovMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8407-0759
Dari KimaniusMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2662-6373
Tanmay A M BharatMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0168-0277
Sjors H W ScheresMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0462-6540

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/T002670/1H2020 European Research Council 852915Medical Research Council MC_UP_1201/31Medical Research Council MC_UP_1201/6Medical Research Council MC_UP_A025_1013Pittsburgh Foundation
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Abstract

Electron tomography of frozen, hydrated samples allows structure determination of macromolecular complexes that are embedded in complex environments. Provided that the target complexes may be localised in noisy, three-dimensional tomographic reconstructions, averaging images of multiple instances of these molecules can lead to structures with sufficient resolution for de novo atomic modelling. Although many research groups have contributed image processing tools for these tasks, a lack of standardisation and interoperability represents a barrier for newcomers to the field. Here, we present an image processing pipeline for electron tomography data in RELION-5, with functionality ranging from the import of unprocessed movies to the automated building of atomic models in the final maps. Our explicit definition of metadata items that describe the steps of our pipeline has been designed for interoperability with other software tools and provides a framework for further standardisation.

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Electron Microscope TomographyImage Processing, Computer-AssistedSoftwareCryoelectron MicroscopyImaging, Three-DimensionalModels, Molecularelectron microscopyelectron tomographyimage processingsoftware

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PMID39147729
PMCPMC11532982

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