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    A generic binding pocket for small molecule IKs activators at the extracellular inter-subunit interface of KCNQ1 and KCNE1 channel complexes

    Magnus Chan, Harutyun Sahakyan ... David Fedida
    Characterization of an extra-membrane site in IKs formed by KCNQ1 S1, Pore and S6 domains and the near extracellular region of KCNE1, which forms a binding pocket for channel activators.
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    2. Cell Biology

    Divergent regulation of KCNQ1/E1 by targeted recruitment of protein kinase A to distinct sites on the channel complex

    Xinle Zou, Sri Karthika Shanmugam ... Henry M Colecraft
    Targeted recruitment of protein kinase A subunits enables distinctive regulation of the functional expression of a potassium channel depending on whether the enzyme is targeted to a pore-forming or auxiliary subunit.
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    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structural characterization of human RPA70N association with DNA damage response proteins

    Yeyao Wu, Wangmi Fu ... Chun Zhou
    Structural characterization of human RPA70N association with a series of DNA damage response proteins reveals versatile protein interaction mechanisms that help to recruit DNA repair proteins to the damage site quickly and efficiently.
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    2. Neuroscience

    DnaJC7 specifically regulates tau seeding

    Valerie Ann Perez, David W Sanders ... Marc I Diamond
    Knockout of the J domain protein DnaJC7 reduces tau aggregate clearance and increases intracellular tau seeding for recombinant and human brain-derived tau seed sources.
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    2. Neuroscience

    CaMKII autophosphorylation can occur between holoenzymes without subunit exchange

    Iva Lučić, Léonie Héluin ... Andrew JR Plested
    CaMKII is capable of spreading activity between holoenzymes without exchanging subunits.
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    2. Cell Biology

    The Axin scaffold protects the kinase GSK3β from cross-pathway inhibition

    Maire Gavagan, Noel Jameson, Jesse G Zalatan
    A biochemical approach using the Wnt pathway as a model system demonstrates a new mechanism for specificity in interconnected signaling networks through scaffold-mediated shielding of bound proteins.
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    Saccharomyces cerevisiae DJ-1 paralogs maintain genome integrity through glycation repair of nucleic acids and proteins

    Gautam Susarla, Priyanka Kataria ... Patrick D'Silva
    Yeast DJ-1 homologs are molecular erasers of glycation adducts on cellular macromolecules and preserve mitochondrial health through redistributing into mitochondria under elevated carbonyl stress.
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    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Investigating the composition and recruitment of the mycobacterial ImuA′–ImuB–DnaE2 mutasome

    Sophia Gessner, Zela Alexandria-Mae Martin ... Digby F Warner
    The interaction of ImuB with the β sliding clamp is essential for induced mutagenesis in mycobacteria and could be a novel target for new anti-tuberculosis drugs designed to inhibit the emergence of genetic resistance.
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    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    The intrinsically disordered cytoplasmic tail of a dendrite branching receptor uses two distinct mechanisms to regulate the actin cytoskeleton

    Daniel A Kramer, Heidy Y Narvaez-Ortiz ... Baoyu Chen
    The dendrite branching receptor HPO-30 modulates actin dynamics by binding to both WAVE complex and actin filaments.
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    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    p38γ and p38δ modulate innate immune response by regulating MEF2D activation

    Alejandra Escós, Ester Diaz-Mora ... Ana Cuenda
    Generation and validation of a new mouse strain as a tool to demonstrate the implication of p38γ/p38δ in inflammation through the regulation of the transcription factor MEF2D’s activity.