Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Natural xanthones as α-Mangostin induce vasorelaxation via binding to key gating residues in the S6 domain of BK channels

    Sönke Cordeiro, Robert Patejdl ... Marianne Musinszki
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Nucleosome wrapping energy in CpG islands and the role of epigenetic base modifications

    Rasa Giniūnaitė, Rahul Sharma ... Daiva Petkevičiūtė-Gerlach
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Dissecting Mechanisms of Ligand Binding and Conformational Changes in the Glutamine-Binding Protein

    Zhongying Han, Sabrina Panhans ... Thorben Cordes
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Characterization and modulation of human insulin degrading enzyme conformational dynamics to control enzyme activity

    Jordan M Mancl, Wenguang G Liang ... Wei-Jen Tang
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Conduction pathway for potassium through the Escherichia coli pump KdpFABC

    Adel Hussein, Xihui Zhang ... David L Stokes
    The path of potassium through an ATP-dependent membrane pump is elucidated with a high-resolution structure within a lipid bilayer together with mutational analysis at key points along this pathway.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Investigation of All Disease-Relevant Lysine Acetylation Sites in α-Synuclein Enabled by Non-canonical Amino Acid Mutagenesis

    Marie Shimogawa, Ming-Hao Li ... E James Petersson
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    A high-resolution analysis of arrestin2 interactions responsible for CCR5 endocytosis

    Ivana Petrovic, Samit Desai ... Stephan Grzesiek
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Multi-barrier unfolding of the double-knotted protein, TrmD–Tm1570, revealed by single-molecule force spectroscopy and molecular dynamics

    Fernando Bruno da Silva, Szymon Niewieczerzal ... Joanna I Sulkowska
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Protein-Induced Membrane Strain Drives Supercomplex Formation

    Maximilian C Pöverlein, Alexander Jussupow ... Ville RI Kaila
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Conformational dynamics and asymmetry in multimodal inhibition of membrane-bound pyrophosphatases

    Jianing Liu, Anokhi Shah ... Keni Vidilaseris
    Distinct asymmetric states in membrane-bound pyrophosphatases reveal how inhibitors block their activity and inform drug development.
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology
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    Allosteric Regulation of Kinase Activity – call for papers

    1. Physics of Living Systems
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Modelling biomolecular condensates

    Furqan Dar, Rohit Pappu
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Same structure, different mechanisms?

    Francis TF Tsai, Christopher P Hill

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