Macromolecular room temperature crystallography

M Fischer - Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 2021 - cambridge.org
X-ray crystallography enables detailed structural studies of proteins to understand and
modulate their function. Conducting crystallographic experiments at cryogenic temperatures …

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 …

Structural insights into functional properties of the oxidized form of cytochrome c oxidase

I Ishigami, RG Sierra, Z Su, A Peck, C Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cytochrome c oxidase (C c O) is an essential enzyme in mitochondrial and bacterial
respiration. It catalyzes the four-electron reduction of molecular oxygen to water and …

MyD88 TIR domain higher-order assembly interactions revealed by microcrystal electron diffraction and serial femtosecond crystallography

MTB Clabbers, S Holmes, TW Muusse… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
MyD88 and MAL are Toll-like receptor (TLR) adaptors that signal to induce pro-inflammatory
cytokine production. We previously observed that the TIR domain of MAL (MALTIR) forms …

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] Soft X‐ray tomograms provide a structural basis for whole‐cell modeling

V Loconte, JH Chen, B Vanslembrouck… - The FASEB …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Developing in silico models that accurately reflect a whole, functional cell is an ongoing
challenge in biology. Current efforts bring together mathematical models, probabilistic …

Current trends and advancements in crystallization and single-crystal structural analysis of small molecules

Y Xiao, C Wu, L Zhou, P Commins, L Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The advancement of single-crystal structural analysis has emerged as a pivotal technology
surpassing spectroscopic methods in revealing the intricate structural details of organic …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in methods for atomic resolution macromolecular structure determination

MC Thompson, TO Yeates, JA Rodriguez - F1000Research, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent technical advances have dramatically increased the power and scope of structural
biology. New developments in high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy, serial X-ray …

MicroED structure of lipid-embedded mammalian mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel

MW Martynowycz, F Khan, J Hattne… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
A structure of the murine voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) was determined by
microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED). Microcrystals of an essential mutant of VDAC …

MicroED methodology and development

BL Nannenga - Structural Dynamics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Microcrystal electron diffraction, or MicroED, is a method that is capable of determining
structure from very small and thin 3D crystals using a transmission electron microscope …