Characterization of Complexes and Supramolecular Structures by Electron Microscopy.
| Autor: | Carrascosa JL; Department of Structure of Macromolecules, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB, CSIC), Madrid, Spain. jlcarras@cnb.csic.es. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Advances in experimental medicine and biology [Adv Exp Med Biol] 2024; Vol. 3234, pp. 191-205. |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-52193-5_13 |
| Abstrakt: | Recent advancements in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) have enabled the determination of structures of macromolecular complexes at near-atomic resolution, establishing it as a pivotal tool in Structural Biology. This high resolution allows for the detection of ligands and substrates under physiological conditions. Enhancements in detectors and imaging devices, like phase plates, improve signal quality, facilitating the reconstruction of even smaller macromolecular complexes. The 100-kDa barrier has been surpassed, presenting new opportunities for pharmacological research and expanding the scope of crystallographic analyses in the pharmaceutical industry. Cryo-TEM produces vast data sets from minimal samples, and refined classification methods can identify different conformational states of macromolecular complexes, offering deeper insights into the functional characteristics of macromolecular systems. Additionally, cryo-TEM is paving the way for time-resolved microscopy, with rapid freezing techniques capturing snapshots of vital structural changes in biological complexes. Finally, in Structural Cell Biology, advanced cryo-TEM, through tomographic procedures, is revealing conformational changes related to the specific subcellular localization of macromolecular systems and their interactions within cells. (© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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