6HRE

Paired helical filament from sporadic Alzheimer's disease brain


ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Sample
Tau filaments extracted from the frontotemporal cortex of a patient with sporadic Alzheimer's disease
Specimen Preparation
Sample Aggregation StateTISSUE
Vitrification InstrumentFEI VITROBOT MARK IV
Cryogen NameETHANE
Sample Vitrification Details
3D Reconstruction
Reconstruction MethodHELICAL
Number of Particles95917
Reported Resolution (Å)3.2
Resolution MethodFSC 0.143 CUT-OFF
Other Details
Refinement Type
Symmetry TypeHELICAL
Axial SymmetryC1
Axial Rise2.37
Angular Rotation179.45
Map-Model Fitting and Refinement
Id1
Refinement SpaceRECIPROCAL
Refinement ProtocolAB INITIO MODEL
Refinement TargetFourier shell correlation
Overall B Value72.8
Fitting Procedure
DetailsFourier-space refinement of the complete atomic model against the narrow Pick filament map was performed in REFMAC. A stack of three consecutive monom ...Fourier-space refinement of the complete atomic model against the narrow Pick filament map was performed in REFMAC. A stack of three consecutive monomers was refined to preserve nearest-neighbour interactions for the middle chain.
Data Acquisition
Detector TypeGATAN K2 QUANTUM (4k x 4k)
Electron Dose (electrons/Å**2)1.2
Imaging Experiment1
Date of Experiment
Temperature (Kelvin)
Microscope ModelFEI TITAN KRIOS
Minimum Defocus (nm)1700
Maximum Defocus (nm)2800
Minimum Tilt Angle (degrees)
Maximum Tilt Angle (degrees)
Nominal CS2.7
Imaging ModeBRIGHT FIELD
Specimen Holder Model
Nominal Magnification
Calibrated Magnification
SourceFIELD EMISSION GUN
Acceleration Voltage (kV)300
Imaging Details
EM Software
TaskSoftware PackageVersion
IMAGE ACQUISITIONEPU
CTF CORRECTIONGctf1.06
MODEL FITTINGCoot0.8.9.1
RECONSTRUCTIONRELION2.1
MODEL REFINEMENTREFMAC5.7.0032
Image Processing
CTF Correction TypeCTF Correction DetailsNumber of Particles SelectedParticle Selection Details
PHASE FLIPPING AND AMPLITUDE CORRECTION