Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

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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. 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. 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. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    A miniaturized MR1 metabolite display system with native-like protein features

    Photis Rotsides, Omkar Shinde ... Nikolaos G Sgourakis
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    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
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Plant Biology

    Molecular dynamics simulations illuminate the role of sequence context in the ELF3-PrD-based temperature sensing mechanism in plants

    Richard J Lindsay, Abhilash Sahoo ... Sonya M Hanson
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Effects of residue substitutions on the cellular abundance of proteins

    Thea K Schulze, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen
    Empirical substitution matrices from experimental measurements on 31,614 variants accurately predict cellular protein abundance changes using only amino-acid substitution and whether the site is buried or exposed.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    A novel RAB5 binding site in human VPS34-CII that is likely the primordial site in eukaryotic evolution

    Saule Spokaite, Yohei Ohashi ... Roger L Williams
    Cryo-EM structures unexpectedly show that there are two binding sites for RAB5, with the VPS15 site being the most evolutionarily ancient site, which is essential for endocytic sorting.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Two Glu/Asp Residues Cooperatively Mediate an Early Step of ATP Hydrolysis in GHKL ATPases MutL and GyrB

    Kenji Fukui, Ayaka Shibuya ... Takato Yano
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Conformational Variability of HIV-1 Env Trimer and Viral Vulnerability

    Yiwei Cao, Wonpil Im
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
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Highlights

    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Glycobiology: How enzymes make the right choice during biosynthesis

    Ana S Ramírez, Camilo Perez
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Membrane Biology: Two binding sites are better than one

    Mackenzie K Scott, John E Burke
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Membrane Proteins: A missing link for efflux pumps

    Hilal Wehbi, Isabelle Broutin

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