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Capillary Electrophoresis-based Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange for Conformational Characterization of Proteins with Top-down Mass Spectrometry
Published on: June 8, 2021
Complementarity of Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry and Cryo-Electron Microscopy
John R Engen1, Elizabeth A Komives2
1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Abstract:
Methodological improvements in both single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) mean that the two methods are being more frequently used together to tackle complex problems in structural biology. There are many benefits to this combination, including for the analysis of low-resolution density, for structural validation, in the analysis of individual proteins versus the same proteins in large complexes, studies of allostery, protein quality control during cryo-EM construct optimization, and in the study of protein movements/dynamics during function. As will be highlighted in this review, through careful considerations of potential sample and conformational heterogeneity, many joint studies have recently been demonstrated, and many future studies using this combination are anticipated.
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