[HTML][HTML] An introduction to sample preparation and imaging by cryo-electron microscopy for structural biology

RF Thompson, M Walker, CA Siebert, SP Muench… - Methods, 2016 - Elsevier
Transmission electron microscopy (EM) is a versatile technique that can be used to image
biological specimens ranging from intact eukaryotic cells to individual proteins> 150 kDa …

Structure and transport mechanism of the sodium/proton antiporter MjNhaP1

C Paulino, D Wöhlert, E Kapotova, Ö Yildiz… - Elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
Sodium/proton antiporters are essential for sodium and pH homeostasis and play a major
role in human health and disease. We determined the structures of the archaeal …

Proteoliposomes–a system to study membrane proteins under buffer gradients by cryo-EM

K Sejwal, M Chami, P Baumgartner, J Kowal… - Nanotechnology …, 2017 - degruyter.com
Membrane proteins are vital to life and major therapeutic targets. Yet, understanding how
they function is limited by a lack of structural information. In biological cells, membrane …

Ligand-induced structural changes in the cyclic nucleotide-modulated potassium channel MloK1

J Kowal, M Chami, P Baumgartner, M Arheit… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Cyclic nucleotide-modulated ion channels are important for signal transduction and
pacemaking in eukaryotes. The molecular determinants of ligand gating in these channels …

Cryo-electron microscopy of membrane proteins

KN Goldie, P Abeyrathne, F Kebbel, M Chami… - … : Methods and Protocols, 2014 - Springer
Electron crystallography is used to study membrane proteins in the form of planar, two-
dimensional (2D) crystals, or other crystalline arrays such as tubular crystals. This method …

pH-and sodium-induced changes in a sodium/proton antiporter

C Paulino, W Kühlbrandt - Elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
We examined substrate-induced conformational changes in MjNhaP1, an archaeal
electroneutral Na+/H+-antiporter resembling the human antiporter NHE1, by electron …

High-resolution cryoelectron microscopy structure of the cyclic nucleotide-modulated potassium channel MloK1 in a lipid bilayer

J Kowal, N Biyani, M Chami, S Scherer, AJ Rzepiela… - Structure, 2018 - cell.com
Eukaryotic cyclic nucleotide-modulated channels perform their diverse physiological roles
by opening and closing their pores to ions in response to cyclic nucleotide binding. We here …

[HTML][HTML] 2dx_automator: Implementation of a semiautomatic high-throughput high-resolution cryo-electron crystallography pipeline

S Scherer, J Kowal, M Chami, V Dandey… - Journal of structural …, 2014 - Elsevier
The introduction of direct electron detectors (DED) to cryo-electron microscopy has
tremendously increased the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and quality of the recorded images …

[HTML][HTML] Single particle 3D reconstruction for 2D crystal images of membrane proteins

S Scherer, M Arheit, J Kowal, X Zeng… - Journal of structural …, 2014 - Elsevier
In cases where ultra-flat cryo-preparations of well-ordered two-dimensional (2D) crystals are
available, electron crystallography is a powerful method for the determination of the high …

[HTML][HTML] Image processing techniques for high-resolution structure determination from badly ordered 2D crystals

N Biyani, S Scherer, RD Righetto, J Kowal… - Journal of structural …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract 2D electron crystallography can be used to study small membrane proteins in their
native environment. Obtaining highly ordered 2D crystals is difficult and time-consuming …