The microtubule nucleating gamma-tubulin small complex assembles into a structure with microtubule-like thirteen fold symmetry
by helical reconstruction, at 8 A resolution

#1: Surface view with section colored by density value, Surface level: 2.5, Made by UCSF CHIMERA
#2: Surface view colored by cylindrical radius, Surface level: 2.5, Made by UCSF CHIMERA
Entry | |
| Summary | |
| Database / ID | EM DATA BANK (EMDB) / 1731 |
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| Authors | Kollman JM, Polka JK, Zelter A, Davis TN, Agard DA |
| EMDB Sites | EMDB @PDBe (EU), EMDB @RCSB (USA) |
| Structure Visualization | |
| Movies | Movie Page#1: Surface view with section colored by density value, Surface level: 2.5, Made by UCSF CHIMERA #2: Surface view colored by cylindrical radius, Surface level: 2.5, Made by UCSF CHIMERA |
| Supplemental images | |
| Structure viewers | Yorodumi, Launch PeppeR (About PeppeR), Volume viewer (RCSB, PDBe) |
| Related Structure Data | |
| Similar strucutres (beta) |
List of similar structure data about Omokage system |
Article | |
| Citation - Primary | |
| Article | Nature, Vol. 466, Issue 7308, Page 879-82, Year 2010 |
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| Title | Microtubule nucleating gamma-TuSC assembles structures with 13-fold microtubule-like symmetry. |
| Authors | Justin M Kollman, Jessica K Polka, Alex Zelter, Trisha N Davis, David A Agard Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Keck Advanced Microscopy Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA. |
| Keywords | Buffers, Cryoelectron Microscopy, Cytoskeletal Proteins (chemistry), Microtubule-Associated Proteins (chemistry), Microtubules (chemistry), Models, Biological, Models, Molecular, Multiprotein Complexes (chemistry), Nuclear Proteins (chemistry), SPC110 protein, S cerevisiae, SPC97 protein, S cerevisiae, SPC98 protein, S cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (chemistry), Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins (chemistry), Tubulin (chemistry) |
| Links | DOI: 10.1038/nature09207, PubMed: 20631709, PMC: PMC2921000 |
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| File | EMD-1731.map ( map file in CCP4 format, 131074 KB ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Projections & Slices | Size of images:
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| Density |
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| Data Type | Image stored as Reals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Space Group Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Map Geometry |
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| Unit Cell | A = 380.8 A , B = 380.8 A , C = 380.8 A , alpha = 90 degrees , beta = 90 degrees , gamma = 90 degrees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pixel Spacing | X = 1.19 A , Y = 1.19 A , Z = 1.19 A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Annotation Details | This is the map of the gamma-tubulin small complex - Spc110p filament. The filament axis is along the Z axis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supplement | |
| Images | |
| Images | |
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Sample | |
| Name | Gamma-tubulin small complex in complex with Spc110p(1-220) |
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| Number of Components | 4 |
| Details | The stoichiometry of gamma-TuSC to Spc110p is not known. |
| Component #1: protein - gamma-tubulin | |
| Scientific name | Tub4p |
| Common Name | gamma-tubulin |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.0526 MDa |
| Oligomeric Details | Helical filament |
| Number of Copies | 2 |
| Scientific Name of Species | Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI Taxonomy: 4932) |
| Common Name of Species | Baker's yeast |
| Recombinant expression | Yes |
| Natural Source | Cell Location: Spindle pole body |
| Engineered Source | Vector: pAZ37 Exp System: Spodoptera frugiperda (baculovirus infected) |
| Links | InterPro: IPR:002454 |
| Component #2: protein - Spindle pole body component p97 | |
| Scientific name | Spc97p |
| Common Name | Spindle pole body component p97 |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.0968 MDa |
| Oligomeric Details | Helical filament |
| Number of Copies | 1 |
| Scientific Name of Species | Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI Taxonomy: 4932) |
| Common Name of Species | Baker'syeast |
| Recombinant expression | Yes |
| Natural Source | Cell Location: Spindle pole body |
| Engineered Source | Exp System: Spodoptera frugiperda (baculovirus infected) Vector: pDV45 |
| Links | InterPro: IPR:015698 |
| Component #3: protein - Spindle pole body component 98p | |
| Scientific name | Spc98p |
| Common Name | Spindle pole body component 98p |
| Theoretical Mass | 98.3 MDa |
| Oligomeric Details | Helical filament |
| Number of Copies | 1 |
| Scientific Name of Species | Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI Taxonomy: 4932) |
| Common Name of Species | Baker's yeast |
| Recombinant expression | Yes |
| Natural Source | Cell Location: Spindle pole body |
| Engineered Source | Vector: pDV46 Exp System: Spodoptera frugiperda (baculovirus infected) |
| Links | InterPro: IPR:015696 |
| Component #4: protein - Spc110p | |
| Scientific name | Spc110p |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.023 MDa |
| Details | Construct includes the first 220 residues of Spc110p |
| Oligomeric Details | Helical filament |
| Number of Copies | 1 |
| Scientific Name of Species | Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI Taxonomy: 4932) |
| Common Name of Species | Baker's yeast |
| Recombinant expression | Yes |
| Natural Source | Cell Location: Spindle pole body |
| Engineered Source | Vector: pAZ34 Exp System: Spodoptera frugiperda (baculovirus infected) |
Experiment | |
| Sample Preparation | |
| Helical Parameters | Delta Z: 22.2 A Delta Phi: 54.3 degrees Hand: LEFT HANDED |
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| Staining | Sample was applied to C-FLAT holey carbon grids, blotted, and flash frozen in liquid ethane |
| Specimen Conc | 2 mg/ml |
| Specimen Support Details | 200 mesh copper grid |
| Specimen State | filament |
| Buffer | pH: 7.6 Details: 100 mM KCl, 1mM GTP, 1mM MgCl2, 2mM EGTA, 40 mM Hepes |
| Vitrification | |
| Method | Blotted 3s before plunging |
| Cryogen Name | ETHANE |
| Details | Vitrification instrument: Vitrobot |
| Humidity | 100 |
| Instrument | FEI VITROBOT |
| Imaging | |
| Microscope | FEI TECNAI F20 |
| Date | 23-SEP-2009 |
| Electron Gun | |
| Electron Source | FIELD EMISSION GUN |
| Accelerating Voltage | 200 kV |
| Electron Dose | 20 e/A**2 |
| Illumination Mode | FLOOD BEAM |
| Lens | |
| Magnification | Nominal: 60000 X, |
| Astigmatism | Astigmatism corrected at 250,000 times magnification |
| Nominal Cs | 2.2 mm |
| Imaging Mode | BRIGHT FIELD |
| Defocus | 800 nm - 3000 nm |
| Specimen Holder | |
| Holder | Oxford side-entry cryo stage ( OTHER ) |
| Camera | |
| Detector | TVIPS TemCam-F816 |
| Image Acquisition | |
Processing | |
| Method | helical reconstruction |
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| 3 D reconstruction | |
| Algorithm | Iterative helical real space reconstruction |
| Euler Angles Details | SPIDER:theta 90 degrees, phi 90 degrees |
| Software | Spider |
| CTF Correction | Whole micrograph |
| Resolution By Author | 8 |
| Resolution Method | FSC 0.5 cutoff |
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| Data from EMDB | |||
| Header (meta data in XML format) | emd-1731.xml (10.8 KB) | ||
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| Map data | emd_1731.map.gz (110.5 MB) | ||
| Images | emd-1731.jpg (193.8 KB) | ||
| FTP directory | ftp://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-1731 | ||
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