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. 2021 Oct 26;12:6173. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26427-0

Fig. 4. Conjugated MonoUb-Cyclin B1-NT induces structural alterations to the 20S proteasome.

Fig. 4

a The model depicts the work-flow of sample preparation for cryo-EM: MonoUb-Cyclin B1-NT was incubated briefly with purified 20S proteasomes at 1:5 (proteasome:substrate) molar ratio on ice, frozen within 5 min, and then vitrified for further cryo-EM single-particle analysis. b Difference map rendering the symmetric pattern between the trans- and cis-rings of the 20S-alone map (upper) and 20S + monoUb-Cyclin B1-NT map (lower). The difference map (red density) was generated by using a 180° rotated (around the pseudo twofold axis) map minus its original unrotated map (transparent gray). c The top view of density maps from the cis α-ring of 20S only (blue) and the S1 class of 20S + monoUb-CyclinB11-NT (brick red) dataset. d Comparison of the 20S-alone (transparent blue) and the S1 class of 20S + MonoUb-Cyclin B1-NT (brick red) maps in the two β-rings focused on the β-annulus regions. Note the density loss in some of the annulus loops or β-sheet regions exposed to or close to the catalytic chamber in both β-rings.