Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

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

    Structural basis for the folding of PINK1 by the HSP90–CDC37 chaperone complex

    Kei Okatsu, Hayato Yamamoto ... Shuya Fukai
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    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
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    A proteome-wide biochemical screen defines binding determinants of the core autophagy protein LC3B

    Jennifer Kosmatka, Cong Liu ... Amy E Keating
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Insights into substrate binding and utilization by hyaluronan synthase

    Zachery Stephens, Julia Karasinska, Jochen Zimmer
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structure of the human CTF18−RFC clamp loader bound to PCNA

    Giuseppina R Briola, Mohammad Tehseen ... Alfredo De Biasio
    Human CTF18–RFC employs a unique structural stabilization mechanism to optimize PCNA loading and stimulate DNA synthesis by the leading-strand polymerase.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Protein-induced membrane strain drives supercomplex formation

    Maximilian C Pöverlein, Alexander Jussupow ... Ville RI Kaila
    Respiratory supercomplex formation relieves molecular strain of mitochondrial membranes and reshapes global protein motions, linking membrane reorganization to respiratory function.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Multi-barrier unfolding of the double-knotted protein, TrmD–Tm1570, revealed by single-molecule force spectroscopy and molecular dynamics

    Fernando Bruno da Silva, Szymon Niewieczerzal ... Joanna I Sulkowska
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

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

    Saulė Špokaitė, Yohei Ohashi ... Roger L Williams
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    A Structural Code for Assembly Specificity in GID/CTLH-Type E3 Ligases

    Pia Maria van gen Hassend, Hermann Schindelin
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Bifunctional Architecture Enables Substrate Catalysis and Channeling in Paracoccus TMAO Demethylase

    Trung Thach, KanagaVijayan Dhanabalan ... Ramaswamy Subramanian
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
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    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