1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

New tools for automated high-resolution cryo-EM structure determination in RELION-3

  1. Jasenko Zivanov
  2. Takanori Nakane
  3. Björn O Forsberg
  4. Dari Kimanius
  5. Wim JH Hagen
  6. Erik Lindahl  Is a corresponding author
  7. Sjors HW Scheres  Is a corresponding author
  1. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom
  2. Stockholm University, Sweden
  3. European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42166
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  1. Jasenko Zivanov
  2. Takanori Nakane
  3. Björn O Forsberg
  4. Dari Kimanius
  5. Wim JH Hagen
  6. Erik Lindahl
  7. Sjors HW Scheres
(2018)
New tools for automated high-resolution cryo-EM structure determination in RELION-3
eLife 7:e42166.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42166
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Abstract

Here, we describe the third major release of RELION. CPU-based vector acceleration has been added in addition to GPU support, which provides flexibility in use of resources and avoids memory limitations. Reference-free autopicking with Laplacian-of-Gaussian filtering and execution of jobs from python allows non-interactive processing during acquisition, including 2D-classification, de novo model generation and 3D-classification. Per-particle refinement of CTF parameters and correction of estimated beam tilt provides higher-resolution reconstructions when particles are at different heights in the ice, and/or coma-free alignment has not been optimal. Ewald sphere curvature correction improves resolution for large particles. We illustrate these developments with publicly available data sets: together with a Bayesian approach to beam-induced motion correction it leads to resolution improvements of 0.2-0.7 Å compared to previous RELION versions.

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We mostly use publicly available data sets from the EMPIAR data base at EMBL-EBI. For this study, we have submitted to this data base our own data on the human gamma-secretase complex (EMPIAR-10194) and on the high-resolution apo-ferritin sample described in the text (EMPIAR-10200).

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  1. Jasenko Zivanov

    MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  2. Takanori Nakane

    MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  3. Björn O Forsberg

    Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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  4. Dari Kimanius

    Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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  5. Wim JH Hagen

    Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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  6. Erik Lindahl

    Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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    erik.lindahl@scilifelab.se
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  7. Sjors HW Scheres

    MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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    scheres@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
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    Sjors HW Scheres, Reviewing editor, eLife.
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Funding

Medical Research Council (MC_UP_A025_1013)

  • Sjors HW Scheres

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF: P2BSP2 168735)

  • Jasenko Zivanov

Swedish Research Council (2017-04641)

  • Erik Lindahl

Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse

  • Erik Lindahl

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Overseas Research Fellowship)

  • Takanori Nakane

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Edward H Egelman, University of Virginia, United States

Publication history

  1. Received: September 19, 2018
  2. Accepted: November 6, 2018
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: November 9, 2018 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: November 22, 2018 (version 2)

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© 2018, Zivanov et al.

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  1. Jasenko Zivanov
  2. Takanori Nakane
  3. Björn O Forsberg
  4. Dari Kimanius
  5. Wim JH Hagen
  6. Erik Lindahl
  7. Sjors HW Scheres
(2018)
New tools for automated high-resolution cryo-EM structure determination in RELION-3
eLife 7:e42166.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42166

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