Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Insights from aquaporin structures into drug-resistant sleeping sickness

    Modestas Matusevicius, Robin A Corey ... Simone N Weyand
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structural insights into heterohexameric assembly of epilepsy-related ligand–receptor complex LGI1–ADAM22

    Takayuki Yamaguchi, Kei Okatsu ... Shuya Fukai
    Cryo-electron microscopy and high-speed atomic force microscopy analyses of an epilepsy-related ligand–receptor complex LGI1–ADAM22 reveal the three-dimensional structure and dynamics of the 3:3 heterohexameric assembly of LGI1–ADAM22.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Cryo-EM structures of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel in liposomes

    Vikram Dalal, Brandon K Tan ... Wayland WL Cheng
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Expanding automated multiconformer ligand modeling to macrocycles and fragments

    Jessica Flowers, Nathaniel Echols ... Stephanie A Wankowicz
    qFit-ligand is a computational algorithm that enables accurate modeling of multiple conformational states of ligands in X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM).
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Coral anthozoan-specific opsins employ a novel chloride counterion for spectral tuning

    Yusuke Sakai, Saumik Sen ... Akihisa Terakita
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Domain Coupling in Allosteric Regulation of SthK Measured Using Time-Resolved Transition Metal Ion FRET

    Pierce Eggan, Sharona E Gordon, William N Zagotta
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structural characterization and dynamics of AdhE ultrastructures from Clostridium thermocellum show a containment strategy for toxic intermediates

    Samantha J Ziegler, Brandon C Knott ... Yannick J Bomble
    Understanding the dynamics of AdhE enzymes is essential to be able to control the metabolic and energy fluxes in microorganisms used to produce biofuels and biochemicals.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology

    Functionally-Coupled Ion Channels Begin Co-assembling at the Start of Their Synthesis

    Roya Pournejati, Jessica M Huang ... Oscar Vivas
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    LC8 enhances 53BP1 foci through heterogeneous bridging of 53BP1 oligomers

    Jesse Howe, Douglas Walker ... Elisar J Barbar
    The oligomerization domain of 53BP1, a key DNA repair protein, is a trimer which binds the dimeric hub protein LC8 by a novel mechanism to form dynamic heterogeneous complexes.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    The C-terminus of the multi-drug efflux pump EmrE prevents proton leak by gating transport

    Merissa Brousseau, Da Teng ... Katherine A Henzler-Wildman
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Fundamental
    • Solid
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Highlights

    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology
    3. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Allosteric Regulation of Kinase Activity – call for papers

    1. Physics of Living Systems
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Modelling biomolecular condensates

    Furqan Dar, Rohit Pappu
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Same structure, different mechanisms?

    Francis TF Tsai, Christopher P Hill

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    The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
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