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    Isolation of small extracellular vesicles from small volumes of blood plasma using size exclusion chromatography and density gradient ultracentrifugation

    Fang Kong, Megha Upadya ... Ming Dao
    The optimized protocol for isolating small extracellular vesicles from small blood volumes, confirmed by independent methods including cryo-electron microscopy, ensures superior purity and high yield for reliable biomarker detection.
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    MORC2 mediates transcriptional regulation through liquid-liquid phase separation

    Yanshen Zhang, Weiya Xu ... Yihui Bi
    The dynamic internal fluidity of nuclear MORC2 condensates, rather than their mere assembly, is strictly required for transcriptional regulation and is selectively disrupted by neuropathy-linked mutations.
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    Identification and classification of ion channels across the tree of life provide functional insights into understudied CALHM channels

    Rahil Taujale, Sung Jin Park ... Natarajan Kannan
    An evolution-guided framework is proposed to accelerate the discovery and therapeutic targeting of understudied dark channels by integrating sequence, structure, and functional data from diverse organisms.
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    The role of ATP synthase subunit e (ATP5I) in mediating the metabolic and antiproliferative effects of metformin in cancer cells

    Guillaume Lefrançois, Emilie Lavallée ... Gerardo Ferbeyre
    Biochemical and genetic evidence identifies ATP5I as a biguanide target, redefining biguanide action through ATP synthase regulation and assembly, mitochondrial architecture, and mitochondrial protein turnover.
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    Lipid Transport: How membranes shape up for lipid transfer

    Takashi Hirashima, Toshiya Endo
    The extraction of a phospholipid called phosphatidic acid from the mitochondrial outer membrane is regulated by the curvature of this membrane.
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    Natural xanthones as α-Mangostin induce vasorelaxation involving key gating residues in the S6 domain of BK channels

    Soenke Cordeiro, Robert Patejdl ... Marianne A Musinszki
    Identification of mangostins as potent BK channel activators links natural xanthones to vascular smooth muscle relaxation, providing a mechanistic basis for their reported antihypertensive effects.
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    Towards a unified molecular mechanism for ligand-dependent activation of NR4A-RXR heterodimers

    Xiaoyu Yu, Yuanjun He ... Douglas J Kojetin
    Resolving the mechanism of RXR ligand-dependent NR4A-RXR nuclear receptor heterodimer activation requires a diverse ligand set that includes heterodimer-selective agonists.
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    Interrogating the structure and function of the human voltage-gated proton channel (hHv1) with a fluorescent noncanonical amino acid

    Emerson M Carmona, William N Zagotta, Sharona E Gordon
    A fluorescent noncanonical amino acid enables structural measurements across full-length human voltage-gated proton channel (Hv1) and reveals zinc-dependent conformational changes.