The cryo-EM method microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED)

BL Nannenga, T Gonen - Nature methods, 2019 - nature.com
In 2013 we established a cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) technique called microcrystal
electron diffraction (MicroED). Since that time, data collection and analysis schemes have …

3D electron diffraction for chemical analysis: Instrumentation developments and innovative applications

T Gruene, E Mugnaioli - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the past few years, many exciting papers reported results based on crystal structure
determination by electron diffraction. The aim of this review is to provide general and …

Benchmarking the ideal sample thickness in cryo-EM

MW Martynowycz, MTB Clabbers… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The relationship between sample thickness and quality of data obtained is investigated by
microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED). Several electron microscopy (EM) grids …

A robust approach for MicroED sample preparation of lipidic cubic phase embedded membrane protein crystals

MW Martynowycz, A Shiriaeva, MTB Clabbers… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Crystallizing G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in lipidic cubic phase (LCP) often yields
crystals suited for the cryogenic electron microscopy (cryoEM) method microcrystal electron …

Ab initio phasing macromolecular structures using electron-counted MicroED data

MW Martynowycz, MTB Clabbers, J Hattne, T Gonen - Nature methods, 2022 - nature.com
Structures of two globular proteins were determined ab initio using microcrystal electron
diffraction (MicroED) data that were collected on a direct electron detector in counting mode …

MicroED structure of the human adenosine receptor determined from a single nanocrystal in LCP

MW Martynowycz, A Shiriaeva, X Ge… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs), or seven-transmembrane receptors, are a
superfamily of membrane proteins that are critically important to physiological processes in …

Electron diffraction of 3D molecular crystals

A Saha, SS Nia, JA Rodríguez - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electron crystallography has a storied history which rivals that of its more established X-ray-
enabled counterpart. Recent advances in data collection and analysis have sparked a …

Solving a new R2lox protein structure by microcrystal electron diffraction

H Xu, H Lebrette, MTB Clabbers, J Zhao, JJ Griese… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) has recently shown potential for structural biology.
It enables the study of biomolecules from micrometer-sized 3D crystals that are too small to …

Better, faster, cheaper: recent advances in cryo–electron microscopy

EYD Chua, JH Mendez, M Rapp, SL Ilca… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Cryo–electron microscopy (cryo-EM) continues its remarkable growth as a method for
visualizing biological objects, which has been driven by advances across the entire pipeline …

[HTML][HTML] Small molecule microcrystal electron diffraction for the pharmaceutical industry–lessons learned from examining over fifty samples

JF Bruhn, G Scapin, A Cheng, BQ Mercado… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The emerging field of microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) is of great interest to
industrial researchers working in the drug discovery and drug development space. The …