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    RNA selectively modulates activity of virulent amyloid PSMα3 and host-defense LL-37 via phase separation and aggregation dynamics

    Bader Rayan, Eilon Barnea ... Meytal Landau
    RNA differentially regulates the assembly pathways of bacterial and host α-helical peptides, revealing supramolecular architecture as a tunable determinant of cytotoxic and antimicrobial function.
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    In silico design and validation of high-affinity RNA aptamers for SARS-CoV-2 comparable to neutralizing antibodies

    Yanqing Yang, Lulu Qiao ... Ruhong Zhou
    Computer-Aided Aptamer Modeling and Optimization (CAAMO) enables structure-guided RNA aptamer affinity maturation, producing a SARS-CoV-2 RBD (receptor binding domain) binder that rivals neutralizing antibodies and retains predicted activity across variants.
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    Yoda molecules agonize PIEZO2

    Tharaka D Wijerathne, Aneesh Chandrasekharan ... Jérôme J Lacroix
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    Characterization of an early-diverging KCNE potassium-channel auxiliary subunit in the jawless vertebrate lamprey

    Go Kasuya, Kaei Ryu ... Koichi Nakajo
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    Lenacapavir-induced lattice hyperstabilization is central to HIV-1 capsid failure at the nuclear pore complex and in the cytoplasm

    Arpa Hudait, Ryan C Burdick ... Gregory A Voth
    Lenacapavir disrupts HIV-1 capsid elasticity, inducing mechanical rupture at the nuclear pore, highlighting that altering viral material properties can be a viable antiviral drug design strategy.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
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    Rescuing the Function of Missense-Mutated Tumor Suppressor VHL using Stabilizing Small Molecules

    Mariam Ahmed Fouad, Christopher S Parry ... John Karanicolas
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    A membrane insertion code for intrinsically disordered proteins

    Fidha Nazreen Kunnath Muhammedkutty, Huan-Xiang Zhou
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    Conformational variability of HIV-1 Env trimer and viral vulnerability

    Yiwei Cao, Wonpil Im
    Large-scale all-atom simulations of a full-length, glycosylated HIV-1 Env trimer in an asymmetric membrane reveal a rigid ectodomain and highly diverse conformational landscapes in the membrane-proximal region and transmembrane domain.
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    Structural insights into the recruitment of viral type 2 IRES to ribosomal preinitiation complex for protein synthesis

    Deepakash Das, Tanweer Hussain
    The viral type 2 internal ribosome entry site uses a unique mechanism to hijack the host ribosomal machinery by interacting with initiator tRNA and 40S head.
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    Intraflagellar transport protein IFT172 contains a C-terminal ubiquitin-binding U-box-like domain involved in ciliary signaling

    Nevin K Zacharia, Stefanie Kuhns ... Esben Lorentzen
    The IFT172 C-terminus bridges IFT-A and IFT-B complexes through mutually exclusive interactions with IFT140 and IFT144, and harbors a U-box-like domain linking intraflagellar transport to ubiquitin-dependent ciliary signaling.
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