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MOLECULAR MODELS OF AVERAGED RIGOR CROSSBRIDGES FROM TOMOGRAMS OF INSECT FLIGHT MUSCLE


ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

Starting Model(s)

Initial Refinement Model(s)
TypeSourceAccession CodeDetails
experimental modelPDB 2MYS 
experimental modelPDB 1ATN 
Sample
INSECT FLIGHT MUSCLE OF THE LARGE WATER BUG LETHOCERUS MAXIMUS
Specimen Preparation
Sample Aggregation StateTISSUE
Vitrification Instrument
Cryogen Name
Sample Vitrification DetailsNO VITRIFICATION. SAMPLES WERE VIEWED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE.
Staining TypeNEGATIVE
Staining MaterialOsmium tetroxide, Uranyl Acetate
Staining Details
3D Reconstruction
Reconstruction MethodTOMOGRAPHY
Number of Particles
Reported Resolution (Å)70
Resolution Method
Other Details3-D MOTIFS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE TOMOGRAM BY FIRST PRODUCING A CROSS CORRELATION MAP FROM WHICH PEAK COORDINATES WERE DETERMINED FROM THEIR CENTER OF ...3-D MOTIFS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE TOMOGRAM BY FIRST PRODUCING A CROSS CORRELATION MAP FROM WHICH PEAK COORDINATES WERE DETERMINED FROM THEIR CENTER OF GRAVITY. WE DEFINE A 3-D MOTIF AS ONE, ENTIRE 38.7 NM CROSSBRIDGE REPEAT ALONG ACTIN. THESE MOTIFS USUALLY CONTAIN AT LEAST FOUR MYOSIN HEADS IN TWO PAIRED CROSSBRIDGES (SINGLE CHEVRONS) AND SOMETIMES CONTAIN AS MANY AS SIX MYOSIN HEADS IN FOUR PAIRED CROSSBRIDGES (DOUBLE CHEVRONS). THE REFERENCE FOR THE ANALYSIS WAS SELECTED TO BE CENTERED BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TROPONIN DENSITIES WHICH COULD BE IDENTIFIED FROM THE IN-PLANE PROJECTION. THE INDIVIDUAL CROSSBRIDGE MOTIFS WERE THEN SUBJECTED TO MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY CLUSTERS OF MOTIFS SHOWING SIMILAR CROSSBRIDGE STRUCTURE. THESE CLUSTERS FORMED THE CLASS AVERAGES. THE CHOICE OF STRUCTURE TO BE CLASSIFIED WAS DECIDED BY THE RESOLUTION AND THE LATER PROCESS OF MODEL BUILDING. AVERAGING WAS DONE ACCORDING TO THE HEIRARCHICAL ASCENDENT METHOD. THE RESOLUTION IN EACH OF THE CLASS AVERAGES WAS 7 NM BY THE SPECTRAL SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO.
Refinement Type
Symmetry TypePOINT
Point SymmetryC1
Map-Model Fitting and Refinement
Id1 (2MYS, 1ATN)
Refinement SpaceREAL
Refinement ProtocolRIGID BODY FIT
Refinement TargetBEST CORRELATION COEFFICIENT AND FEWEST POOR CONTACTS
Overall B Value
Fitting Procedure
DetailsMETHOD--INITIAL MODELS WERE FIT BY HAND USING O. THE FIT WAS THEN REFINED USING REAL SPACE REFINEMENT. REFINEMENT PROTOCOL--RIGID BODY
Data Acquisition
Detector TypeKODAK SO-163 FILM
Electron Dose (electrons/Å**2)
Imaging Experiment1
Date of Experiment
Temperature (Kelvin)
Microscope ModelFEI/PHILIPS EM400
Minimum Defocus (nm)
Maximum Defocus (nm)
Minimum Tilt Angle (degrees)
Maximum Tilt Angle (degrees)
Nominal CS
Imaging ModeBRIGHT FIELD
Specimen Holder Model
Nominal Magnification17000
Calibrated Magnification
SourceTUNGSTEN HAIRPIN
Acceleration Voltage (kV)100
Imaging Details
EM Software
TaskSoftware PackageVersion
MODEL FITTINGRSRef
RECONSTRUCTIONCustom