Reconstruction of glutamine synthetase using computer averaging

Ultramicroscopy. 1978;3(3):283-90. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3991(78)80038-2.

Abstract

The axial projection of the glutamine synthetase molecule has been reconstructed from electron micrographs of a stained preparation by using a new method of correlation search and averaging. The average over 50 individual molecules appears as a radial pattern with sixfold symmetry. The handedness evident in the average is attributed to nonuniformity of the negative stain.

MeSH terms

  • Bacillus / enzymology*
  • Computers*
  • Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase*
  • Microscopy, Electron*
  • Protein Conformation

Substances

  • Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase