The prepore structure of pneumolysin, obtained by fitting the alpha carbon trace of perfringolysin O into a cryo-EM map
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Starting Model(s)
| Initial Refinement Model(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Source | Accession Code | Details |
| experimental model | PDB | 1PFO | |
| Sample |
|---|
| PNEUMOLYSIN |
| Specimen Preparation | |
|---|---|
| Sample Aggregation State | PARTICLE |
| Vitrification Instrument | HOMEMADE PLUNGER |
| Cryogen Name | ETHANE |
| Sample Vitrification Details | PLUNGED INTO ETHANE |
| 3D Reconstruction | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction Method | SINGLE PARTICLE |
| Number of Particles | 223 |
| Reported Resolution (Å) | 28 |
| Resolution Method | |
| Other Details | RESIDUES 134-142 ARE MISSING FROM THE SEQUENCE. THE 31-MER CAN BE GENERATED BY APPLYING 31-FOLD ROTATIONAL SYMMETRY |
| Refinement Type | |
| Symmetry Type | POINT |
| Point Symmetry | C31 |
| Map-Model Fitting and Refinement | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Id | 1 (1PFO) | ||||
| Refinement Space | |||||
| Refinement Protocol | RIGID BODY FIT | ||||
| Refinement Target | |||||
| Overall B Value | |||||
| Fitting Procedure | |||||
| Details | METHOD--THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF PERFRINOGLYSIN O (1PFO, ROSSJOHN ET AL., 1998, CELL 89, 685)WAS PLACED INTO THE CRYO-EM DENSITY MAP (EMD-1106). THE ... | ||||
| Data Acquisition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detector Type | KODAK SO-163 FILM | ||||||||
| Electron Dose (electrons/Å**2) | 20 | ||||||||
| Imaging Experiment | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date of Experiment | |
| Temperature (Kelvin) | 100 |
| Microscope Model | FEI TECNAI F20 |
| Minimum Defocus (nm) | 1100 |
| Maximum Defocus (nm) | 3200 |
| Minimum Tilt Angle (degrees) | |
| Maximum Tilt Angle (degrees) | |
| Nominal CS | 2 |
| Imaging Mode | BRIGHT FIELD |
| Specimen Holder Model | |
| Nominal Magnification | 42000 |
| Calibrated Magnification | |
| Source | FIELD EMISSION GUN |
| Acceleration Voltage (kV) | 200 |
| Imaging Details | SAMPLES WERE MAINTAINED AT LIQUID NITROGEN TEMPERATURES IN THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE. |
| Image Processing | ||||
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| CTF Correction Type | CTF Correction Details | Number of Particles Selected | Particle Selection Details | |
| PHASE FLIPPING | ||||














