Functionalized graphene-oxide grids enable high-resolution cryo-EM structures of the SNF2h-nucleosome complex without crosslinking

Un Seng Chio, Eugene Palovcak, Anton A.A. Smith, Henriette Autzen, Elise N. Muñoz, Zanlin Yu, Feng Wang, David A. Agard, Jean Paul Armache, Geeta J. Narlikar*, Yifan Cheng

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Abstract

Nucleosome-protein complexes stick to the air-water interface and denature upon plunge freezing for cryoEM. Here, authors Chio and Palovcak et al. develop EM grids that protect such complexes and use these grids to study the ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler SNF2h.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2225
JournalNature Communications
Volume15
Issue number1
Number of pages12
ISSN2041-1723
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

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