Understanding the invisible hands of sample preparation for cryo-EM

G Weissenberger, RJM Henderikx, PJ Peters - Nature Methods, 2021 - nature.com
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is rapidly becoming an attractive method in the field of
structural biology. With the exploding popularity of cryo-EM, sample preparation must evolve …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and current trends in cryo-electron microscopy

M Guaita, SC Watters, S Loerch - Current opinion in structural biology, 2022 - Elsevier
All steps of cryogenic electron-microscopy (cryo-EM) workflows have rapidly evolved over
the last decade. Advances in both single-particle analysis (SPA) cryo-EM and cryo-electron …

Thoughts on how to think (and talk) about RNA structure

Q Vicens, JS Kieft - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Recent events have pushed RNA research into the spotlight. Continued discoveries of RNA
with unexpected diverse functions in healthy and diseased cells, such as the role of RNA as …

Direct epitranscriptomic regulation of mammalian translation initiation through N4-acetylcytidine

D Arango, D Sturgill, R Yang, T Kanai, P Bauer, J Roy… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary mRNA function is influenced by modifications that modulate canonical nucleobase
behavior. We show that a single modification mediates distinct impacts on mRNA translation …

USP14-regulated allostery of the human proteasome by time-resolved cryo-EM

S Zhang, S Zou, D Yin, L Zhao, D Finley, Z Wu, Y Mao - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Proteasomal degradation of ubiquitylated proteins is tightly regulated at multiple levels,–. A
primary regulatory checkpoint is the removal of ubiquitin chains from substrates by the …

Time-resolved cryo-EM using a combination of droplet microfluidics with on-demand jetting

S Torino, M Dhurandhar, A Stroobants, R Claessens… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) allows reconstruction of high-
resolution structures of proteins in different conformations. Protein function often involves …

Ultracompact 3D microfluidics for time-resolved structural biology

J Knoška, L Adriano, S Awel, KR Beyerlein… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
To advance microfluidic integration, we present the use of two-photon additive
manufacturing to fold 2D channel layouts into compact free-form 3D fluidic circuits with …

eIF5B and eIF1A reorient initiator tRNA to allow ribosomal subunit joining

CP Lapointe, R Grosely, M Sokabe, C Alvarado… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Translation initiation defines the identity and quantity of a synthesized protein. The process
is dysregulated in many human diseases,. A key commitment step is when the ribosomal …

Time-resolved cryo-EM using Spotiton

VP Dandey, WC Budell, H Wei, D Bobe, K Maruthi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
We present an approach for preparing cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) grids to study
short-lived molecular states. Using piezoelectric dispensing, two independent streams of …

Time-resolved cryo-EM visualizes ribosomal translocation with EF-G and GTP

CE Carbone, AB Loveland, HB Gamper Jr… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
During translation, a conserved GTPase elongation factor—EF-G in bacteria or eEF2 in
eukaryotes—translocates tRNA and mRNA through the ribosome. EF-G has been proposed …