MicroED structure of triclinic lysozyme recorded on K3MicroED structure of triclinic lysozyme recorded on K3

Structural highlights

8e54 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Gallus gallus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:Electron crystallography, Resolution 1.2Å
Ligands:
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

LYSC_CHICK Lysozymes have primarily a bacteriolytic function; those in tissues and body fluids are associated with the monocyte-macrophage system and enhance the activity of immunoagents. Has bacteriolytic activity against M.luteus.[1]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) uses electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) to collect diffraction data from small crystals during continuous rotation of the sample. As a result of advances in hardware as well as methods development, the data quality has continuously improved over the past decade, to the point where even macromolecular structures can be determined ab initio. Detectors suitable for electron diffraction should ideally have fast readout to record data in movie mode, and high sensitivity at low exposure rates to accurately report the intensities. Direct electron detectors are commonly used in cryo-EM imaging for their sensitivity and speed, but despite their availability are generally not used in diffraction. Primary concerns with diffraction experiments are the dynamic range and coincidence loss, which will corrupt the measurement if the flux exceeds the count rate of the detector. Here, we describe instrument setup and low-exposure MicroED data collection in electron-counting mode using K2 and K3 direct electron detectors and show that the integrated intensities can be effectively used to solve structures of two macromolecules between 1.2 A and 2.8 A resolution. Even though a beam stop was not used with the K3 studies we did not observe damage to the camera. As these cameras are already available in many cryo-EM facilities, this provides opportunities for users who do not have access to dedicated facilities for MicroED.

Electron-counting MicroED data with the K2 and K3 direct electron detectors.,Clabbers MTB, Martynowycz MW, Hattne J, Nannenga BL, Gonen T J Struct Biol. 2022 Dec;214(4):107886. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2022.107886. Epub 2022 , Aug 28. PMID:36044956[2]

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References

  1. Maehashi K, Matano M, Irisawa T, Uchino M, Kashiwagi Y, Watanabe T. Molecular characterization of goose- and chicken-type lysozymes in emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae): evidence for extremely low lysozyme levels in emu egg white. Gene. 2012 Jan 15;492(1):244-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.10.021. Epub 2011 Oct, 25. PMID:22044478 doi:10.1016/j.gene.2011.10.021
  2. Clabbers MTB, Martynowycz MW, Hattne J, Nannenga BL, Gonen T. Electron-counting MicroED data with the K2 and K3 direct electron detectors. J Struct Biol. 2022 Aug 28:107886. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2022.107886. PMID:36044956 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2022.107886

8e54, resolution 1.20Å

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