scholarly journals Variations of the three-dimensional structure of the Escherichia coli ribosome in the range of overlap views. An application of the methods of multicone and local single-cone three-dimensional reconstruction

1989 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. Carazo ◽  
T. Wagenknecht ◽  
J. Frank
Author(s):  
N. H. Olson ◽  
T. S. Baker ◽  
Wu Bo Mu ◽  
J. E. Johnson ◽  
D. A. Hendry

Nudaurelia capensis β virus (NβV) is an RNA virus of the South African Pine Emperor moth, Nudaurelia cytherea capensis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). The NβV capsid is a T = 4 icosahedron that contains 60T = 240 subunits of the coat protein (Mr = 61,000). A three-dimensional reconstruction of the NβV capsid was previously computed from visions embedded in negative stain suspended over holes in a carbon film. We have re-examined the three-dimensional structure of NβV, using cryo-microscopy to examine the native, unstained structure of the virion and to provide a initial phasing model for high-resolution x-ray crystallographic studiesNβV was purified and prepared for cryo-microscopy as described. Micrographs were recorded ∼1 - 2 μm underfocus at a magnification of 49,000X with a total electron dose of about 1800 e-/nm2.


Author(s):  
José L. Carrascosa ◽  
José M. Valpuesta ◽  
Hisao Fujisawa

The head to tail connector of bacteriophages plays a fundamental role in the assembly of viral heads and DNA packaging. In spite of the absence of sequence homology, the structure of connectors from different viruses (T4, Ø29, T3, P22, etc) share common morphological features, that are most clearly revealed in their three-dimensional structure. We have studied the three-dimensional reconstruction of the connector protein from phage T3 (gp 8) from tilted view of two dimensional crystals obtained from this protein after cloning and purification.DNA sequences including gene 8 from phage T3 were cloned, into Bam Hl-Eco Rl sites down stream of lambda promotor PL, in the expression vector pNT45 under the control of cI857. E R204 (pNT89) cells were incubated at 42°C for 2h, harvested and resuspended in 20 mM Tris HC1 (pH 7.4), 7mM 2 mercaptoethanol, ImM EDTA. The cells were lysed by freezing and thawing in the presence of lysozyme (lmg/ml) and ligthly sonicated. The low speed supernatant was precipitated by ammonium sulfate (60% saturated) and dissolved in the original buffer to be subjected to gel nitration through Sepharose 6B, followed by phosphocellulose colum (Pll) and DEAE cellulose colum (DE52). Purified gp8 appeared at 0.3M NaCl and formed crystals when its concentration increased above 1.5 mg/ml.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Na Liu

Objective. To explore the application of 3D image technology in motor and sensory nerve classification. Methods. A total of 200 sections of the 5cm-long popliteal fossa peroneal nerve from adult volunteers were cut and frozen. The slices were 10 m thick, and the interval between the slices was 0.25 mm. Acetylcholinesterase histochemical staining was used to observe the changes of nerve bundles under the microscope. The stained sections were transformed into digital images by the digital camera system, and the images were stitched to obtain a two-dimensional panoramic image 100 times magnified. The properties of the functional bundles were manually judged. Using Amira 3.1 three‐dimensional reconstruction software to realize the three-dimensional reconstruction and visualization of nerve can not only accurately perceive the complex three-dimensional surface structure of nerve, but also arbitrarily display, rotate, scale, and segment the three-dimensional structure inside nerve, and carry out three-dimensional measurement in time. It has made preliminary achievements in brachial plexus, lumbosacral plexus, neural stem functional bundle (group), and intramuscular nerve routing and distribution, including the regeneration process of sensory nerve and three-dimensional reconstruction and visualization of composite tissue containing sensory nerve. Conclusion. Based on histology and computer technology, the functional band of short peroneal nerve can be reconstructed in 3D, which provides a feasible basis for the three-dimensional reconstruction of the functional band of the long peripheral nerve.


1991 ◽  
Vol 221 (4) ◽  
pp. 1311-1324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Sodano ◽  
Tai-he Xia ◽  
John H. Bushweller ◽  
Olof Björnberg ◽  
Arne Holmgren ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Wagenknecht ◽  
J.M. Carazo ◽  
M. Radermacher ◽  
J. Frank

Biochemistry ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 3502-3512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna Scapin ◽  
John S. Blanchard ◽  
James C. Sacchettini

1997 ◽  
Vol 327 (3) ◽  
pp. 847-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zengji LI ◽  
Yue SUN ◽  
L. David THURLOW

Twenty-one RNA minihelices, resembling the coaxially stacked acceptor- /T-stems and T-loop found along the top of a tRNA's three-dimensional structure, were synthesized and used as substrates for ATP/CTP:tRNA nucleotidyltransferases from Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The sequence of nucleotides in the loop varied at positions corresponding to residues 56, 57 and 58 in the T-loop of a tRNA. All minihelices were substrates for both enzymes, and the identity of bases in the loop affected the interaction. In general, RNAs with purines in the loop were better substrates than those with pyrimidines, although no single base identity absolutely determined the effectiveness of the RNA as substrate. RNAs lacking bases near the 5ʹ-end were good substrates for the E. coli enzyme, but were poor substrates for that from yeast. The apparent Km values for selected minihelices were 2-3 times that for natural tRNA, and values for apparent Vmax were lowered 5-10-fold.


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