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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Mapping the conformational landscape of a dynamic enzyme by multitemperature and XFEL crystallography

    Daniel A Keedy, Lillian R Kenner ... James S Fraser
    The conformations of the enzyme cyclophilin A that are essential for its catalytic activity are temperature dependent and exhibit diverse responses, which is consistent with a complex energy landscape.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Mapping transiently formed and sparsely populated conformations on a complex energy landscape

    Yong Wang, Elena Papaleo, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen
    Molecular simulations can capture key aspects of the conformational exchange in a protein.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Characterization of the kinetic cycle of an ABC transporter by single-molecule and cryo-EM analyses

    Ling Wang, Zachary Lee Johnson ... Shixin Liu
    The conformational dynamics of multidrug resistance protein 1 (MRP1) are tracked in real time by single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer experiments, which elucidate the rate-limiting mechanism of MRP1's transport cycle.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Sterically confined rearrangements of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein control cell invasion

    Esteban Dodero-Rojas, Jose N Onuchic, Paul Charles Whitford
    SARS-CoV-2 entry mechanism through membrane fusion is regulated by the spike protein glycosylation state.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Integrative dynamic structural biology unveils conformers essential for the oligomerization of a large GTPase

    Thomas-O Peulen, Carola S Hengstenberg ... Christian Herrmann
    Multimodal spectroscopy (smFRET, EPR, SAXS, and SANS) and integrative structural modeling reveal large-scale domain rearrangements in human guanylate binding protein 1 (hGBP1) that are driving forces for the formation of oligomers that enable its biological function in innate immune defense.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Comment on 'Valid molecular dynamics simulations of human hemoglobin require a surprisingly large box size'

    Vytautas Gapsys, Bert L de Groot
    We are writing to comment on the article by El Hage et al., 2018 about molecular dynamics simulations of human hemoglobin.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Structural basis of the effect of activating mutations on the EGF receptor

    Ioannis Galdadas, Luca Carlino ... Francesco Luigi Gervasio
    Computational methods reveal how mutations affect the conformational landscape of the kinase domain of EGFR resulting in abnormal signaling and provide a structural framework for ongoing drug discovery efforts on mutant-specific EGFR inhibition.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    High-resolution structures with bound Mn2+ and Cd2+ map the metal import pathway in an Nramp transporter

    Shamayeeta Ray, Samuel P Berry ... Rachelle Gaudet
    Structures of a transition metal transporter spanning the entire Mn2+ transport cycle reveal distinct coordination geometries and dynamic polar networks that enable Mn2+ import, and a Cd2+-bound structure helps explain how Cd2+ behaves differently as a substrate.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Controlling protein function by fine-tuning conformational flexibility

    Sonja Schmid, Thorsten Hugel
    Specific and non-specific conformational confinement, via point mutation or cochaperone interaction or macro-molecular crowding, stimulates protein function in Hsp90 by reducing non-productive conformational flexibility.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    A single power stroke by ATP binding drives substrate translocation in a heterodimeric ABC transporter

    Erich Stefan, Susanne Hofmann, Robert Tampé
    Single-turnover studies reveal quantitative insights into the inner mechanics and unfold hidden facets in the conformational coupling of ATP binding, hydrolysis, and substrate translocation by ABC transporters.