Effects of chameleon dispense-to-plunge speed on particle concentration, complex formation, and final resolution: A case study using the Neisseria gonorrhoeae ribonucleotide reductase inactive complex
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Levitz, Talya S
Brignole, Edward J
Fong, Ivan
Darrow, Michele C
Drennan, Catherine L
Date Issued
2022
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Journal of Structural Biology
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Elsevier BV
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Levitz, Talya S, Brignole, Edward J, Fong, Ivan, Darrow, Michele C and Drennan, Catherine L. 2022. "Effects of chameleon dispense-to-plunge speed on particle concentration, complex formation, and final resolution: A case study using the Neisseria gonorrhoeae ribonucleotide reductase inactive complex." Journal of Structural Biology, 214 (1).
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Abstract
Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) is an essential enzyme that converts ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides and is a promising antibiotic target, but few RNRs have been structurally characterized. We present the use of the chameleon, a commercially-available piezoelectric cryogenic electron microscopy plunger, to address complex denaturation in the Neisseria gonorrhoeae class Ia RNR. Here, we characterize the extent of denaturation of the ring-shaped complex following grid preparation using a traditional plunger and using a chameleon with varying dispense-to-plunge times. We also characterize how dispense-to-plunge time influences the amount of protein sample required for grid preparation and preferred orientation of the sample. We demonstrate that the fastest dispense-to-plunge time of 54 ms is sufficient for generation of a data set that produces a high quality structure, and that a traditional plunging technique or slow chameleon dispense-to-plunge times generate data sets limited in resolution by complex denaturation. The 4.3 Å resolution structure of Neisseria gonorrhoeae class Ia RNR in the inactive α4β4 oligomeric state solved using the chameleon with a fast dispense-to-plunge time yields molecular information regarding similarities and differences to the well studied Escherichia coli class Ia RNR α4β4 ring.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
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https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JSB.2021.107825
