Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

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    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Distinct mechanisms of inhibition of Kv2 potassium channels by tetraethylammonium and RY785

    Shan Zhang, Robyn Stix ... José D Faraldo-Gómez
    Computer simulations reveal the structural basis for a selective mechanism of ion-channel inhibition that could guide future pharmacological developments against associated human health disorders.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Bifunctional Architecture Enables Substrate Catalysis and Channeling in Paracoccus TMAO Demethylase

    Trung Thach, KanagaVijayan Dhanabalan ... Ramaswamy Subramanian
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    SMC complex unidirectionally translocates DNA by coupling segment capture with an asymmetric kleisin path

    Masataka Yamauchi, Giovanni Bruno Brandani ... Shoji Takada
    An asymmetric kleisin path breaks the symmetry of the SMC homodimer, ensuring unidirectional DNA translocation via a segment capture mechanism.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    PPIscreenML is a method for structure-based screening of protein-protein interactions using AlphaFold

    Victoria Mischley, Johannes Maier ... John Karanicolas
    PPIscreenML is a rigorously benchmarked method that uses AlphaFold2 to screen for interacting protein pairs, and it provides superior performance to other available methods.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Towards a unified molecular mechanism for ligand-dependent activation of NR4A-RXR heterodimers

    Xiaoyu Yu, Yuanjun He ... Douglas J Kojetin
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    • Important
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Modulating inter-mitochondrial contacts to increase membrane potential for mitigating blue light damage

    Yuxin Wang, Kangqiang Qiu ... Jiajie Diao
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    • Incomplete
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    DEER of Singly Labelled Proteins to Evaluate Supramolecular Packing of Amyloid Fibrils

    Karen Tsay, Asif Equbal ... Yann Fichou
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structural mechanisms of pump assembly and drug transport in the AcrAB–TolC efflux system

    Xiaofei Ge, Zhiwei Gu, Jiawei Wang
    High‑resolution cryo‑EM structures uncover YbjP as a novel lipoprotein that positions TolC and supports conformational changes in E. coli drug efflux pumps mediating antibiotic resistance.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Distinct allosteric remodeling of HIV-1 Env dynamics on virions by gp41-directed antibodies reveals two modes of neutralization

    Wang Xu, Narendra Kumar Gonepudi ... Maolin Lu
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    A lipoprotein partner for the Escherichia coli outer membrane protein TolC

    Jim Horne, Elise Kaplan ... Ben F Luisi
    Structural and biochemical analyses identify a bacterial lipoprotein that associates with the outer membrane component of tripartite multi-drug efflux pumps, and its potential functional roles are explored by complementary bioinformatics, proteomcid and genetic approaches.
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    One enzyme, two substrates

    Ana S Ramírez, Camilo Perez
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    Membrane Biology: Two binding sites are better than one

    Mackenzie K Scott, John E Burke
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    Membrane Proteins: A missing link for efflux pumps

    Hilal Wehbi, Isabelle Broutin

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