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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Cryo-electron tomographic investigation of native hippocampal glutamatergic synapses

    Aya Matsui, Cathy Spangler ... Eric Gouaux
    By harnessing antibody fragments conjugated to small gold nanoparticles together with high pressure freezing, FIB/SEM milling and cryo-electron tomography, AMPA receptors were identified from mouse brain tissue.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structure of the human heparan-α-glucosaminide N-acetyltransferase (HGSNAT)

    Vikas Navratna, Arvind Kumar ... Shyamal Mosalaganti
    First high-resolution structure of HGSNAT-acetyl-CoA complex, that describes the architecture of a novel transmembrane N-acetyltransferase fold and provides a molecular basis for MPS IIIC causing mutation induced destabilization of HGSNAT.
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation

    Amphibian mast cells serve as barriers to chytrid fungus infections

    Kelsey A Hauser, Christina N Garvey ... Leon Grayfer
    Enriching amphibian, Xenopus laevis, cutaneous mast cells confers protection against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis chytrid fungus infections.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Cryo-EM structure of the bicarbonate receptor GPR30

    Shota Kaneda, Airi Jo-Watanabe ... Osamu Nureki
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Medicine

    Adventitial fibroblasts direct smooth muscle cell-state transition in pulmonary vascular disease

    Slaven Crnkovic, Helene Thekkekara Puthenparampil ... Grazyna Kwapiszewska
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Rapid, DNA-induced interface swapping by DNA gyrase

    Thomas RM Germe, Natassja G Bush ... Anthony Maxwell
    DNA gyrase, a regulator of bacterial genomes topology, is shown to undergo rearrangements while functioning on DNA in vitro, with important potential consequences for gyrase-targeted antibiotics activity and bacterial evolution.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    The substrate-binding domains of the osmoregulatory ABC importer OpuA transiently interact

    Marco van den Noort, Panagiotis Drougkas ... Bert Poolman
    Transient and weak interactions between the substrate-binding proteins of the ATP-binding cassette transporter OpuA can influence the transport efficiency.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structural insights into the GTP-driven monomerization and activation of a bacterial LRRK2 homolog using allosteric nanobodies

    Christian Galicia, Giambattista Guaitoli ... Wim Versées
    Conformation-specific nanobodies enable to capture and solve the first GTP-bound active structure of a bacterial homolog of the Parkinson-associated LRRK2 protein, providing insights into the activation mechanism of these proteins.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structure-guided mutagenesis of OSCAs reveals differential activation to mechanical stimuli

    Sebastian Jojoa-Cruz, Adrienne E Dubin ... Andrew B Ward
    Structural comparison and electrophysiology of OSCA channels shed light on potential structural features influencing response to poke stimulus.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Discovery of lipid binding sites in a ligand-gated ion channel by integrating simulations and cryo-EM

    Cathrine Bergh, Urška Rovšnik ... Erik Lindahl
    A combination of molecular dynamics simulations and electron cryomicroscopy characterizes interactions of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel with 25 lipid molecules, specifically in a functional state in which they were not previously observed.