Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Volta phase plate cryo-EM of the small protein complex Prx3

  • Maryam Khoshouei,
  • Mazdak Radjainia,
  • Amy J. Phillips,
  • Juliet A. Gerrard,
  • Alok K. Mitra,
  • Jürgen M. Plitzko,
  • Wolfgang Baumeister,
  • Radostin Danev

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10534
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Although the resolution achievable with cryo-EM can now rival crystallography, its application to small protein assemblies remains challenging. Here the authors demonstrate the use of the Volta phase plate for single particle analysis and its potential for the study of small specimens.