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    Enhanced Processivity and Collective Force Production of Kinesins at Low Radial Forces

    Andrew M Hensley, Ahmet Yildiz
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    1. Physics of Living Systems
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Roles of the membrane-binding motif and the C-terminal domain of RNase E in localization and diffusion in E. coli

    Laura Troyer, Yu-Huan Wang ... Sangjin Kim
    Single-molecule imaging uncovers how distinct membrane-binding motifs and the intrinsically disordered C-terminal domain control RNase E’s membrane association and diffusion, linking structural divergence to RNA-processing dynamics in bacteria.
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    Insights from aquaporin structures into drug-resistant sleeping sickness

    Modestas Matusevicius, Robin A Corey ... Simone N Weyand
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Characterization of binding kinetics and intracellular signaling of new psychoactive substances targeting cannabinoid receptor using transition-based reweighting method

    Soumajit Dutta, Diwakar Shukla
    New psychoactive substances activate cannabinoid receptors using distinct ligand-receptor interactions.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology

    Unbend: Correction of local beam-induced sample motion in cryo-EM images using a 3D spline model

    Lingli Kong, Ximena Zottig ... Nikolaus Grigorieff
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology

    Accessibility of the unstructured α-tubulin C-terminal tail is controlled by microtubule lattice conformation

    Takashi Hotta, Morgan L Pimm ... Kristen J Verhey
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    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
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    1. Neuroscience
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Cryo-electron tomography reveals the microtubule-bound form of inactive LRRK2

    Siyu Chen, Tamar Basiashvili ... Elizabeth Villa
    Full-length, autoinhibited LRRK2 assembles into distinct, shorter microtubule-bound filaments via a previously unobserved N-terminal repeat interface, revealing new structural states with potential therapeutic implications.
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Cryo-EM Reveals Regulatory Mechanisms Governing Substrate Selection and Activation of Human LONP1

    Jeffrey T Mindrebo, Lauren Alexandrescu ... Gabriel C Lander
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