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ArticleNature communications2025

Cryo-electron tomography pipeline for plasma membranes.

Willy W Sun, Dennis J Michalak, Kem A Sochacki, Prasanthi Kunamaneni, Marco A Alfonzo-Méndez, Andreas M Arnold, Marie-Paule Strub, Jenny E Hinshaw, Justin W Taraska

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Molecular tags for electron cryo-tomography.Emerging topics in life sciences · 2025
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  9. Cryogenic light microscopy of vitrified samples with angstrom precision.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  11. Advances in native cell membrane nanoparticles system.Current opinion in structural biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Willy W Sun *National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-9695
Dennis J Michalak *National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0514-4981
Kem A Sochacki *National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. kem.sochacki@nih.gov.
Prasanthi KunamaneniNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-4391-4013
Marco A Alfonzo-MéndezNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Andreas M ArnoldNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9236-1775
Marie-Paule StrubNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Jenny E HinshawNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. jennyh@niddk.nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5130-5061
Justin W TaraskaNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. justin.taraska@nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5355-9535

Funding

Architecture and control of vesicle fusion in excitable cellsZIAHL006098 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI TARASKA, JUSTIN · 2011 to 2025
$25.5M
Structure And Function Of Dynamin, A 100kd GTPase Involved In EndocytosisZIADK060100 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI HINSHAW, JENNY E · 2009 to 2025
$10.8M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DK060100Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HL006098U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) ZIADK060100U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) ZIAHL006098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryo-electron tomography (cryoET) provides sub-nanometer protein structure within the dense cellular environment. Existing sample preparation methods are insufficient at accessing the plasma membrane and its associated proteins. Here, we present a correlative cryo-electron tomography pipeline optimally suited to image large ultra-thin areas of isolated basal and apical plasma membranes. The pipeline allows for angstrom-scale structure determination with subtomogram averaging and employs a genetically encodable rapid chemically-induced electron microscopy visible tag for marking specific proteins within the complex cellular environment. The pipeline provides efficient, distributable, low-cost sample preparation and enables targeted structural studies of identified proteins at the plasma membrane of mammalian cells.

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Cell MembraneCryoelectron MicroscopyElectron Microscope TomographyAnimalsHumansMembrane ProteinsMembrane Proteins

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PMID39833141
PMCPMC11747107

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