ELECTRON MICROSCOPY


Sample

Core complex of a bacterial killing type IV secretion system from Xanthomonas

Specimen Preperation
Sample Aggregation State PARTICLE
Vitrification Instrument FEI VITROBOT MARK IV
Cryogen Name ETHANE
Sample Vitrification Details Blot for 4.5 seconds after 30 seconds of incubation.
3D Reconstruction
Reconstruction Method SINGLE PARTICLE
Number of Particles 142306
Reported Resolution (Å) 3.28
Resolution Method FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF
Other Details ?
Refinement Type
Symmetry Type POINT
Map-Model Fitting and Refinement
ID 1
Refinement Space REAL
Refinement Protocol ?
Refinement Target Cross-correlation coefficient
Overall B Value 138
Fitting Procedure ?
Details The electron density was clearly interpretable, which allowed us to build a de novo structural model. This process began by fitting the crystallographic model of the X. citri VirB7 C-terminal N0 domain (PDB:3OV5) and the NMR model of the X. citri VirB9CTD-VirB7NTD complex (PDB:2N01) in order to identify the map with the correct handedness. Models were positioned using Fit in map tool in Chimera, and saved relative to the map. Using these as starting points, we were able to manually build the rest of the model for VirB7 and VirB9CTD, and the de novo models for VirB10CTD, VirB10NTD_150-161 and VirB9NTD using Coot. In this manner, we obtained a combined model for a single VirB7-VirB9-VirB10 heterotrimer unit, which was submitted to iterative rounds of real space refinement and building using PHENIX and Coot software, respectively. Thirteen more copies of the refined heterotrimer were then fit into the density map using Chimera and new rounds of real space refinement (now using NCS for the 42 chains contained in the structure) and building using PHENIX and Coot, respectively, were executed until we obtained good parameters for Ramachandran plot and MolProbity. Chimera and PyMol were used for map and model visualization and figure production.
Data Acquisition
Detector Type GATAN K2 QUANTUM (4k x 4k)
Electron Dose (electrons/Å2) 60
Imaging Experiment
Date of Experiment ?
Temprature (Kelvin)
Microscope Model FEI TITAN KRIOS
Minimum Defocus (nm) ?
Maximum Defocus (nm) ?
Minimum Tilt Angle (degrees) ?
Maximum Tilt Angle (degrees) ?
Nominal CS ?
Imaging Mode BRIGHT FIELD
Specimen Holder Model ?
Nominal Magnification ?
Calibrated Magnification ?
Source FIELD EMISSION GUN
Acceleration Voltage (kV) 300
Imaging Details ?
Imaging Experiment
Task Software Package Version
PARTICLE SELECTION RELION 2.0
IMAGE ACQUISITION EPU 1.8
CTF CORRECTION Gctf 1.06
MODEL FITTING Coot 0.8.6
MODEL FITTING UCSF Chimera 8.6.1
INITIAL EULER ASSIGNMENT cryoSPARC 1.0
FINAL EULER ASSIGNMENT RELION 2.0
CLASSIFICATION RELION 2.0
RECONSTRUCTION RELION 2.0
MODEL REFINEMENT PHENIX 1.12
Image Processing
CTF Correction Type CTF Correction Details Number of Particles Selected Particle Selection Details
PHASE FLIPPING AND AMPLITUDE CORRECTION ?