ELECTRON CRYOMICROSCOPY OF FROZEN-HYDRATED BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS - ANALYSIS OF FREEZING ARTIFACTS BY X-RAY CRYOCRYSTALLOGRAPHY

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作者：
LEPAULT, J
RANCK, JL
ERK, I
机构：
[1] Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS, Laboratoire associé à l'Université P. et M. Curie
来源：
ULTRAMICROSCOPY | 1992年 / 46卷 / 1-4期
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10.1016/0304-3991(92)90004-4
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TH742 [显微镜];
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摘要：
Freezing artifacts have been evaluated by X-ray cryocrystallography on pellets of two-dimensional membrane protein crystals: purple membrane and maltoporin. The comparison of the X-ray patterns recorded when the specimens are maintained at room temperature to those obtained when the specimens are maintained at about - 160-degrees-C shows that (i) membrane proteins have a positive thermal dilatation coefficient: the protein crystal lattice shrinks upon cooling: (ii) the asymmetric unit of crystal containing water is changed upon freezing; the relative intensities of the diffraction rings of such crystals are different after freezing. From these results, it can be postulated that freezing may lead to partial dehydration of biological objects. Electron cryomicroscopy visualizes objects which are structurally influenced by the cooling procedure. However, our microscopy study on maltoporin crystals shows that freezing artifacts are negligible in comparison to artifacts associated with conventional techniques such as negative staining.
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