title: High-Resolution Macromolecular Structure Determination by MicroED, a cryo-EM Method.
abstract: Microelectron diffraction (MicroED) is a new cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) method capable of determining macromolecular structures at atomic resolution from vanishingly small 3D crystals. MicroED promises to solve atomic resolution structures from even the tiniest of crystals, less than a few hundred nanometers thick. MicroED complements frontier advances in crystallography and represents part of the rebirth of cryo-EM that is making macromolecular structure determination more accessible for all. Here we review the concept and practice of MicroED, for both the electron microscopist and crystallographer. Where other reviews have addressed specific details of the technique (Hattne et al., 2015; Shi et al., 2016; Shi, Nannenga, Iadanza, & Gonen, 2013), we aim to provide context and highlight important features that should be considered when performing a MicroED experiment.
authors: UCLA-DOE Institute, University of California, Los Angeles CA, United States.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Rodriguez
authors: Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn VA, United States. Electronic address: gonent@janelia.hhmi.org.
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authors: Gonen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D002374:Catalase / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002417:Cattle; D020285:Cryoelectron Microscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003461:Crystallography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009113:Muramidase / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D002374:Catalase; D009113:Muramidase
keywords: Crystal; Crystallography; Diffraction; Electron; MicroED; Protein; cryo-EM