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    Impact of protein and small molecule interactions on kinase conformations

    Valentina Kugler, Selina Schwaighofer ... Eduard Stefan
    Kinase conformation reporters reveal how protein kinase activity conformations are influenced by regulatory protein interactions, patient mutations, and cellular drug binding, aiding in systematically anticipating treatment efficacy and designing patient-tailored therapies.
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    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structural and dynamic changes in P-Rex1 upon activation by PIP3 and inhibition by IP4

    Sandeep K Ravala, Sendi Rafael Adame-Garcia ... John JG Tesmer
    P-Rex1 adopts an inactive, compact conformation that is stabilized by an abundant intracellular molecule and undergoes dynamic changes to extend upon encountering signaling phospholipids in membranes.
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    A robust method for measuring aminoacylation through tRNA-Seq

    Kristian Davidsen, Lucas B Sullivan
    Improved chemical, molecular biology, and computational approaches establish an optimized method for accurate and precise quantification of tRNA expression, modifications, and aminoacylation.
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    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Allosteric modulation by the fatty acid site in the glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 spike

    A Sofia F Oliveira, Fiona L Kearns ... Adrian J Mulholland
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Alzheimer’s disease linked Aβ42 exerts product feedback inhibition on γ-secretase impairing downstream cell signaling

    Katarzyna Marta Zoltowska, Utpal Das ... Lucía Chávez-Gutiérrez
    A novel Aβ-driven inhibitory mechanism on γ-secretases, which leads to substrate accumulation and reduced release of products, contributes to neurotoxicity by impairing γ-secretase signaling and might operate in Alzheimer’s disease.
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    2. Plant Biology

    Allosteric activation of the co-receptor BAK1 by the EFR receptor kinase initiates immune signaling

    Henning Mühlenbeck, Yuko Tsutsui ... Cyril Zipfel
    Structure-function analysis reveals an allosteric mechanism activating a plant immune receptor kinase complex.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Hsp47 promotes biogenesis of multi-subunit neuroreceptors in the endoplasmic reticulum

    Ya-Juan Wang, Xiao-Jing Di ... Ting-Wei Mu
    Hsp47 positively regulates the functional surface expression of endogenous GABAA receptors and plays a critical and general role in the maturation of Cys-loop neuroreceptors.