6M52

Human apo ferritin frozen on TEM grid with amorphous carbon supporting film


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 2.60 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Literature

Amorphous nickel titanium alloy film: A new choice for cryo electron microscopy sample preparation.

Huang, X.Zhang, L.Wen, Z.Chen, H.Li, S.Ji, G.Yin, C.C.Sun, F.

(2020) Prog Biophys Mol Biol 156: 3-13

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2020.07.009
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    6M52, 6M54

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) has become one of the most important approach for structural biology. However, barriers are still there for an increased successful rate, a better resolution and improved efficiency from sample preparation, data collection to image processing. CryoEM sample preparation is one of the bottlenecks with many efforts made recently, including the optimization of supporting substrate (e.g. ultra-thin carbon, graphene, pure gold, 2d crystal of streptavidin, and affinity modification), which was aimed to solve air-water interface problem, or reduce beam induced motion (BIM), or change particle distribution in the grid hole. Here, we report another effort of developing a new supporting substrate, the amorphous nickel-titanium alloy (ANTA) film, for cryoEM sample preparation as a layer of holey supporting film covering on TEM grid. Our investigations showed advantages of ANTA film in comparison with conventional carbon film, including much better electron conductivity and trace non-specific interaction with protein. These advantages yield less BIM and significantly improved particle distribution during cryoEM experiment of human apo-ferritn, thus resulting an improved reconstruction resolution from a reduced number of micrographs and particles. Unlike the pure gold film, the usage of the ANTA film is just same with the carbon film, compatible to conventional automatic cryoEM data collection procedure.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Center for Biological Imaging, Core Facilities for Protein Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Ferritin heavy chain
A, B, C, D, E
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X
183Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: FTH1FTHFTHL6OK/SW-cl.84PIG15
EC: 1.16.3.1
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P02794 (Homo sapiens)
Explore P02794 
Go to UniProtKB:  P02794
PHAROS:  P02794
GTEx:  ENSG00000167996 
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UniProt GroupP02794
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 2.60 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)China31830020
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)China31925026
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)China31500608
Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST, China)China2017YFA0504702

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2020-05-13
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2020-11-18
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2024-03-27
    Changes: Data collection, Database references