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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Methods. 2019 Apr 29;16(5):369–379. doi: 10.1038/s41592-019-0395-x

Table 1.

Examples of MicroED structures

Sample Year Resolution Ref. Commentary
Lysozyme
(14.4 kDa)
graphic file with name nihms-1029832-t0009.jpg 2013 2.9 Å 7 First structure determined by electron diffraction of 3D crystals. PDB ID: 3J4G
Lysozyme
(14.4 kDa)
graphic file with name nihms-1029832-t0010.jpg 2014 2.5 Å 8 First structure determined by continuous rotation data collection, which currently is the standard MicroED method of data collection. PDB ID: 3J6K
Catalase
(245 kDa)
graphic file with name nihms-1029832-t0011.jpg 2014 3.2Å 33 These microcrystals resisted structure determination for several decades. PDB ID: 3J7B
Sup35 prion protein core
(905 Da)
graphic file with name nihms-1029832-t0012.jpg 2016 1.0 Å 34 One of the first structures with phases determined by direct methods. PDB ID: 5K2E
Trypsin
(23.4 kDa)
graphic file with name nihms-1029832-t0013.jpg 2017 1.7 Å 24 Microcrystals were generated by fragmenting larger crystals. PDB ID: 5K7R
Xylanase
(21.1 kDa)
graphic file with name nihms-1029832-t0014.jpg 2017 2.3 Å 24 Microcrystals were generated by fragmenting larger crystals. PDB ID: 5K7P
Thaumatin
(22.2 kDa)
graphic file with name nihms-1029832-t0015.jpg 2017 2.5 Å 24 Microcrystals were generated by fragmenting larger crystals. PDB ID: 5K7Q
TGF-b/TbRII complex
(22.9 kDa)
graphic file with name nihms-1029832-t0016.jpg 2017 2.9 Å 24 First structure of a protein complex determined by MicroED. PDB ID: 5TY4
Au146(p-MBA)57 nanoparticle
(37.5 kDa)
graphic file with name nihms-1029832-t0017.jpg 2017 0.85 Å 36 Structure of a gold nanoparticle determined by MicroED
Proteinase K
(28.9 kDa)
graphic file with name nihms-1029832-t0018.jpg 2018 1.7 Å 83 Ultra-low dose MicroED structure. PDB ID: 6CL7
Bank vole prion protein segment
(1.1 kDa)
graphic file with name nihms-1029832-t0019.jpg 2018 0.75 Å 39 One of the highest resolution MicroED structures to date. PDB ID: 6AXZ
Carbamazepine
(236 Da)
graphic file with name nihms-1029832-t0020.jpg 2018 0.85 Å 39, 67, 91 Structure of the drug, carbamazepine determined by MicroED