The identification of a conserved α-helical domain in monkeypox virus H3 protein as critical for heparan sulfate binding unveils a novel therapeutic target, validated through AI and molecular dynamics simulations, offering potential for broad-spectrum antiviral development.
David Trombley McSwiggen, Helen Liu ... Hilary P Beck
Single-molecule tracking at scale, analyzing millions of cells and thousands of compounds per day, demonstrates that measuring protein motion provides mechanistic insights relevant to drug discovery.
Biophysical binding and structural prediction studies reveal that Tetraspanin12 directly binds the ligand Norrin, in a manner that is negatively cooperative with Norrin-Fzd4 binding and competitive with Norrin-LRP5/6 binding.
N‑terminus of MSL1 protein, involved in dosage compensation in Drosophila, is required for the interaction with non-coding roX2 RNA and the assembly of the complex on the male X chromosome.
Jake VanBelzen, Bennet Sakelaris ... Jason H Brickner
An alternative method for mapping RNA polymerase II occupancy over the genome provides new insights into the kinetics and molecular mechanism of transcription.