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Comparison of side-chain dispersion in protein structures determined by cryo-EM and X-ray crystallography.

ABSTRACT: An evaluation of systematic differences in local structure and conformation in the interior of protein tertiary structures determined by crystallography and by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is reported. The expectation is that any consistent differences between the derived atomic models could provide insights into variations in side-chain packing that result from differences in specimens prepared for analysis between these two methods. By computing an atomic packing score, which provides a quantitative measure of clustering of side-chain atoms in the core of the tertiary structures, it is found that, in general, for structures determined by cryo-EM, side chains are more dispersed than in structures determined by X-ray crystallography over a similar resolution range. This trend is also observed in the packing comparison at subunit interfaces. Similar trends were observed in the packing comparison at the core of tertiary structures of the same proteins determined by both X-ray and cryo-EM methods. It is proposed here that the reduced dispersion of side chains in protein crystals could be due to some level of dehydration in 3D crystals prepared for X-ray crystallography and also because the higher rate of freezing of protein samples for cryo-EM may enable preservation of a more native conformation.

SUBMITTER: Ravikumar A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8733892 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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