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Building de novo cryo-electron microscopy structures collaboratively with citizen scientists
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Building de novo cryo-electron microscopy structures collaboratively with citizen scientists

Firas Khatib, Ambroise Desfosses, Brian Koepnick, Jeff Flatten, Zoran Popović, David Baker, Seth Cooper, Irina Gutsche, Scott Horowitz and Foldit Players
PLoS biology, Vol.17(11), pp.e3000472-e3000472
11/12/2019
PMID: 31714936

Abstract

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Life Sciences Structural Biology
With the rapid improvement of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) resolution, new computational tools are needed to assist and improve upon atomic model building and refinement options. This communication demonstrates that microscopists can now collaborate with the players of the computer game Foldit to generate high-quality de novo structural models. This development could greatly speed the generation of excellent cryo-EM structures when used in addition to current methods.
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000472View
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