TY - JOUR AU - Borkotoky, Subhomoi AU - Meena, Chetan Kumar AU - Khan, Mohammad Wahab AU - Murali, Ayaluru PY - 2013/04/24 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Three dimensional electron microscopy and in silico tools for macromolecular structure determination JF - EXCLI Journal JA - EXCLI J. VL - 12 IS - 0 SE - Review articles DO - UR - https://www.excli.de/index.php/excli/article/view/1152 SP - 335-346 AB - <p>Recently, structural biology witnessed a major tool - electron microscopy - in solving the structures of macromolecules in addition to the conventional techniques, X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Three dimensional transmission electron microscopy (3DTEM) is one of the most sophisticated techniques for structure determination of molecular machines. Known to give the 3-dimensional structures in its native form with literally no upper limit on size of the macromolecule, this tool does not need the crystallization of the protein. Combining the 3DTEM data with <i>in silico</i> tools, one can have better refined structure of a desired complex. In this review we are discussing about the recent advancements in three dimensional electron microscopy and tools associated with it.</p> ER -