7QEP

Cryo-EM structure of the ribosome from Encephalitozoon cuniculi


ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

Refinement

RMS Deviations
KeyRefinement Restraint Deviation
f_dihedral_angle_d20.5906
f_angle_d0.9431
f_chiral_restr0.0529
f_bond_d0.0089
f_plane_restr0.0058
Sample
Ribosome from Encephalitozoon cuniculi
Sample Components
large subunit
small subunit
Specimen Preparation
Sample Aggregation StatePARTICLE
Vitrification InstrumentFEI VITROBOT MARK IV
Cryogen NameETHANE
Sample Vitrification DetailsQuantifoil grids (R1.2/1.3, 400 mesh, copper) were glow discharged (10 mA, 30s, Quorum GloQube), and 3 microlitres of the crude sample of E. cuniculi ...Quantifoil grids (R1.2/1.3, 400 mesh, copper) were glow discharged (10 mA, 30s, Quorum GloQube), and 3 microlitres of the crude sample of E. cuniculi ribosomes (300 nM) was pipetted onto a grid. Excess sample was immediately blotted off and vitrification was performed by plunging the grid into liquid nitrogen-cooled liquid ethane at 100% humidity and 4 degrees celsius using an FEI Vitrobot Mark IV (Thermo Fisher)
3D Reconstruction
Reconstruction MethodSINGLE PARTICLE
Number of Particles108005
Reported Resolution (Å)2.7
Resolution MethodFSC 0.143 CUT-OFF
Other DetailsThe remaining particles were re-extracted without binning and aligned and refined in 3D, again using a 60 Angstrom low-passed filtered ab initio start ...The remaining particles were re-extracted without binning and aligned and refined in 3D, again using a 60 Angstrom low-passed filtered ab initio starting model. Rounds of CTF refinement and Bayesian polishing were performed until the map resolution stopped improving. 108,005 particles fed into the final 3D reconstruction of estimated resolution 2.7 Angstrom.
Refinement Type
Symmetry TypePOINT
Point SymmetryC1
Map-Model Fitting and Refinement
Id1 (4V88, 6RM3)
Refinement SpaceREAL
Refinement ProtocolOTHER
Refinement Targetcorrelation coefficient
Overall B Value
Fitting Procedure
DetailsThe model was built using fragments of S. cerevisiae (pdb id 4v88) and V. necatrix ribosomes (pdb id 6rm3) as starting models that were edited using C ...The model was built using fragments of S. cerevisiae (pdb id 4v88) and V. necatrix ribosomes (pdb id 6rm3) as starting models that were edited using Coot using genomic sequences of the E. cuniculi strain GB-M1 to model rRNA and ribosomal proteins. For ribosomal proteins that are encoded by two alternative genes (with one gene coding for a zinc-coordinating protein and another gene coding for a zinc-free ribosomal protein), we used zinc-coordinating isoforms, because the cryo-EM map revealed the presence of these isoforms and not their zinc-free paralogs in the ribosome structure. The identity of protein msL2 in the ribosome structure was determined using the genomic sequence of the E. cuniculi strain GB-M1 and the cryo-EM map that revealed a unique combination of aromatic and bulky amino acids in its structure: the cryo-EM map showed that msL2 has a tyrosine residue at position 5, a tryptophan residue at position 9, and lysine or arginine residues at positions 10, 12 and 13. The only protein with this sequence was the hypothetical protein ECU06_1135, whose sequence and length were fully consistent with the cryo-EM map. The structure of E. cuniculi ribosomes was refined using Phenix real space refine and validated using MolProbity within Phenix and PDB OneDep. The parts of the model corresponding to the 60S, 40S body and 40S head were built and refined using the consensus map, 40S body multibody map and 40S head multibody map, respectively.
Data Acquisition
Detector TypeFEI FALCON III (4k x 4k)
Electron Dose (electrons/Å**2)60
Imaging Experiment1
Date of Experiment
Temperature (Kelvin)
Microscope ModelFEI TITAN KRIOS
Minimum Defocus (nm)800
Maximum Defocus (nm)2600
Minimum Tilt Angle (degrees)
Maximum Tilt Angle (degrees)
Nominal CS2.7
Imaging ModeBRIGHT FIELD
Specimen Holder ModelFEI TITAN KRIOS AUTOGRID HOLDER
Nominal Magnification96000
Calibrated Magnification
SourceFIELD EMISSION GUN
Acceleration Voltage (kV)300
Imaging Details
EM Software
TaskSoftware PackageVersion
IMAGE ACQUISITIONEPU
CTF CORRECTIONRELION3.1
CTF CORRECTIONCTFFIND4.1
MODEL FITTINGCoot0.9
INITIAL EULER ASSIGNMENTRELION3.1
FINAL EULER ASSIGNMENTRELION3.1
CLASSIFICATIONRELION3.1
RECONSTRUCTIONRELION3.1
MODEL REFINEMENTPHENIX1.14
Image Processing
CTF Correction TypeCTF Correction DetailsNumber of Particles SelectedParticle Selection Details
PHASE FLIPPING AND AMPLITUDE CORRECTION260895Particles were picked using Laplacian-of-Gaussian autopicking and reference-free 2D classification used to generate templates for further autopicking. The resulting particles were extracted with binning-by-4, and 2D and 3D classification performed to remove junk images