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Electron cryomicroscopy of Bacillus stearothermophilus 50 S ribosomal subunits crystallized on phospholipid monolayers. 1994

A J Avila-Sakar, and T L Guan, and T Arad, and M F Schmid, and T W Loke, and A Yonath, and J Piefke, and F Franceschi, and W Chiu
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.

50 S ribosomal subunits from Bacillus stearothermophilus have been crystallized as 2-dimensional periodic arrays on phospholipid monolayer films at the water-air interface. These crystals were preserved in vitreous ice and imaged with 100 keV electrons under low dose and low temperature conditions. The unit cell parameters of the crystals are a = 371.3(+/- 3.8) A, b = 152.3(+/- 1.6) A, gamma = 96.3(+/- 1.0) degrees. Some of the image arrays of these crystals have twofold rotational symmetry with a phase residual of less than 25 degrees. The mean figure of merit of the merged structure factors from these image arrays out to 20 A resolution is higher than 0.87. The 2-dimensional projection map shows a level of detail not seen in previous structural studies of the 50 S ribosome subunit. Some of these features may be related to the current 3-dimensional model of the subunit. This analysis illustrates the potential of using the electron crystallographic approach for determining the 3-dimensional structure of the 50 S ribosomal subunit crystallized on a monolayer surface. In addition, the structural information retrieved by electron crystallography might be useful for phasing X-ray data towards an atomic resolution model of the ribosome.

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D007091 Image Processing, Computer-Assisted A technique of inputting two-dimensional or three-dimensional images into a computer and then enhancing or analyzing the imagery into a form that is more useful to the human observer. Biomedical Image Processing,Computer-Assisted Image Processing,Digital Image Processing,Image Analysis, Computer-Assisted,Image Reconstruction,Medical Image Processing,Analysis, Computer-Assisted Image,Computer-Assisted Image Analysis,Computer Assisted Image Analysis,Computer Assisted Image Processing,Computer-Assisted Image Analyses,Image Analyses, Computer-Assisted,Image Analysis, Computer Assisted,Image Processing, Biomedical,Image Processing, Computer Assisted,Image Processing, Digital,Image Processing, Medical,Image Processings, Medical,Image Reconstructions,Medical Image Processings,Processing, Biomedical Image,Processing, Digital Image,Processing, Medical Image,Processings, Digital Image,Processings, Medical Image,Reconstruction, Image,Reconstructions, Image
D008854 Microscopy, Electron Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen. Electron Microscopy
D003461 Crystallography The branch of science that deals with the geometric description of crystals and their internal arrangement. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Crystallographies
D001411 Geobacillus stearothermophilus A species of GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA in the family BACILLACEAE, found in soil, hot springs, Arctic waters, ocean sediments, and spoiled food products. Bacillus stearothermophilus,Bacillus thermoliquefaciens
D012270 Ribosomes Multicomponent ribonucleoprotein structures found in the CYTOPLASM of all cells, and in MITOCHONDRIA, and PLASTIDS. They function in PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS via GENETIC TRANSLATION. Ribosome

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