Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

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    Wide Transition-State Ensemble as Key Component for Enzyme Catalysis

    Gabriel Ernesto Jara, Francesco Pontiggia ... Dorothee Kern
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    A cryo-ET study of ciliary rootlet organization

    Chris van Hoorn, Andrew P. Carter
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    A parameterized two-domain thermodynamic model explains diverse mutational effects on protein allostery

    Zhuang Liu, Thomas G Gillis ... Qiang Cui
    A combined theoretical and experimental study revealed the mechanistic and structural basis of mutational effects on allostery and provided insights into the intrinsic connection of intra- and inter-domain properties.
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    Mechanism of Dimer Selectivity and Binding Cooperativity of BRAF Inhibitors

    Joseph Clayton, Aarion Romany ... Jana Shen
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    Structures of wild-type and a constitutively closed mutant of connexin26 shed light on channel regulation by CO2

    Deborah H Brotherton, Sarbjit Nijjar ... Alexander David Cameron
    The mutation of Lys125 in connexin26 to glutamate, a carbamylation mimetic, pushes the equilibrium of the gap junction channel seen in cryo-EM towards a more closed conformation.
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    Bacterial vampirism mediated through taxis to serum

    Siena J Glenn, Zealon Gentry-Lear ... Arden Baylink
    Enteric bacteria associated with bloodstream infections are attracted to human serum through L-serine and the chemoreceptor Tsr, and in an enterohemorrhagic lesion model use chemotaxis to invade damaged vasculature.
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    Signaling: The tale of capturing Norrin

    Hsin-Yi Henry Ho
    Detailed binding experiments reveal new insights into the Norrin/Wnt signaling pathway that helps to control vascularization in the retina.
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    Iowa State University, United States
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    Boston University, United States
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    Stanford University School of Medicine, United States
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