Details: 50 mM Tris-HCl, 70 mM NH4Cl, 30 mM KCl, 7 mM MgCl2, 0.6 mM spermine, 0.4 mM spermidine pH: 7.5
Vitrification
Method
Manual blotting for about 2 seconds
Cryogen Name
ETHANE
Time Resolved State
Samples were vitrified at different time points along the reaction coordinate (1, 2, 5 and 20 minutes after addition of deacylated tRNAfMet to 70S-fMetVal-tRNAVal complexes)
Details
Vitrification instrument: Custom-built CEVS. Dew-point temperature (temperature on the grid) adjusted to 18 degrees C
Humidity
75
Instrument
HOMEMADE PLUNGER
Temperature
77 Kelvin
Imaging
Microscope
FEI/PHILIPS CM200FEG
Electron Gun
Electron Source
FIELD EMISSION GUN
Accelerating Voltage
160 kV
Electron Dose
20 e/A**2
Illumination Mode
SPOT SCAN
Lens
Magnification
Nominal: 161000, Calibrated: 162740
Astigmatism
Objective lens astigmatism was corrected at 200,000 times magnification