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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Characterization and modulation of human insulin degrading enzyme conformational dynamics to control enzyme activity

    Jordan M Mancl, Wenguang G Liang ... Wei-Jen Tang
    Integrative structural analysis identifies the structural basis and key residues responsible for IDE conformational dynamics that control the unfolding and selective degradation of amyloid peptides.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A macroevolution-inspired approach to reveal novel antibiotic resistance mechanisms

    Fernanda T Subtil, Teresa FG Machado ... Luiz Pedro S de Carvalho
    Using macroevolution, species not strains, uncovered important diversity in how mycobacteria respond to and resist antibiotics, revealing novel resistance determinants.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Membrane binding controls the ATPase cycle and localization of MinD in Bacillus subtilis

    Helge Feddersen, Charlotte Dyckmans, Marc Bramkamp
    Dynamic relocalization of MinD in Bacillus subtilis arises from membrane binding of monomers and dimers with membrane-triggered ATP hydrolysis, suggesting MinE-like activators are unnecessary for Min system dynamics.
    1. Neuroscience

    Growth in early infancy drives optimal brain functional connectivity which predicts cognitive flexibility in later childhood

    Chiara Bulgarelli, Anna Blasi ... The BRIGHT Study Team
    In Gambian infants, positive growth from 0 to 5 months of age predicted more mature brain networks, which in turn predicted cognitive outcomes at 3-5 years.
    1. Medicine
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Direct MRI of collagen

    Jason Daniel Van Schoor, Markus Weiger ... Klaas P Pruessmann
    The direct observation of collagen using magnetic resonance imaging is possible, presenting a new method to study the protein in vivo.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Quantitative RNA pseudouridine landscape reveals dynamic modification patterns and evolutionary conservation across bacterial species

    Letong Xu, Shenghai Shen ... Xin Deng
    Transcriptome-wide profiling of bacterial RNA pseudouridylation maps modification landscapes and nominates candidate regulatory sites, offering a resource and foundation for future mechanistic studies of Ψ function in bacteria.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    CO2-dependent opening of connexin 43 hemichannels

    Valentin Mihai Dospinescu, Alexander Mascarenhas ... Nicholas Dale
    Connexin43 is the most ubiquitously expressed connexin in the human body, and the CO2-dependent opening of Connexin43 hemichannels implies that CO2 may influence many physiological processes.
    1. Developmental Biology

    HSD17B7 is required for the function of sensory hair cells by regulating cholesterol synthesis

    Yuqian Shen, Ziyang Wang ... Dong Liu
    HSD17B7-dependent cholesterol biosynthesis is essential for hair cell function, implicating HSD17B7 disruption in the pathogenesis of hearing loss.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Dissecting mechanisms of ligand binding and conformational changes in the glutamine-binding protein

    Zhongying Han, Sabrina Panhans ... Thorben Cordes
    A range of biophysical techniques is used in combination with computational analysis to understand whether glutamine-binding protein binds its ligand via the induced-fit or conformational selection mechanism.
    1. Developmental Biology

    Mural cells protect the adult brain from hemorrhage but do not control the blood–brain barrier in developing zebrafish

    Oguzhan F Baltaci, Andrea Usseglio Gaudi ... Benjamin M Hogan
    Pericytes regulate cerebrovascular development, while vascular smooth muscle cells prevent hemorrhage and blood–brain barrier breakdown at vascular hotspots in juvenile and adult zebrafish.