Laurie Peverini, Sophie Shi ... Pierre-Jean Corringer
Conformational motions elicited by antagonists, partial agonists, and agonists in serotonin-gated ion channels 5-HT3AR progressively spread from the extracellular to the transmembrane domain.
In addition to the exon-F-binding domain and the globular tail domain-binding motif, the actin-binding domain of melanophilin interacts with myosin-5a tail region and mediates the association of myosin-5a with melanosomes.
Roberto Efraín Díaz, Andrew K Ecker ... James S Fraser
Biochemical and structural investigations of the pH adaptability of mouse Acidic Mammalian Chitinase offer insights for designing enhanced enzyme variants that can function in both lung and gut.
Direct inhibition of pyridoxal phosphatase activity by 7,8-dihydroxyflavone indicates a pharmacological entry point into brain disorders associated with vitamin B6 deficiency.
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.
Timothy A Bates, Mila Trank-Greene ... Fikadu G Tafesse
ESAT-6, a virulence factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, dimerizes at neutral pH and transitions to oligomers under acidic pH similar to that of lysosome, helping the bacterium evade host defense mechanisms.