Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Simultaneous polyclonal antibody sequencing and epitope mapping by cryo electron microscopy and mass spectrometry – a perspective

    Douwe Schulte, Marta Šiborová ... Joost Snijder
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cancer Biology

    A role for JAK2 in mediating cell surface GHR-PRLR interaction

    Chen Chen, Jing Jiang ... André Leier
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Crosslinking by ZapD drives the assembly of short FtsZ filaments into toroidal structures in solution

    Adrián Merino-Salomón, Jonathan Schneider ... Germán Rivas
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Structural basis for collagen recognition by the Streptococcus pyogenes M3 protein and its involvement in biofilm

    Marta Wojnowska, Takeaki Wajima ... Ulrich Schwarz-Linek
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Coral anthozoan-specific opsins employ a novel chloride counterion for spectral tuning

    Yusuke Sakai, Saumik Sen ... Akihisa Terakita
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Functionally Important Residues from Graph Analysis of Coevolved Dynamic couplings

    Manming Xu, Sarath Chandra Dantu ... Shozeb Haider
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Elucidating the Mechanism Underlying UBA7•UBE2L6 Disulfide Complex Formation

    Pei-Tzu Chen, Jia-Yin Yeh ... Kuen-Phon Wu
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Plant Biology

    Structure of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase from the model microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Théo Le Moigne, Martina Santoni ... Julien Henri
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structure, function and assembly of soybean primary cell wall cellulose synthases

    Ruoya Ho, Pallinti Purushotham ... Jochen Zimmer
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Distinct Activation Mechanisms of CXCR4 and ACKR3 Revealed by Single-Molecule Analysis of their Conformational Landscapes

    Christopher T Schafer, Raymond F Pauszek ... David P Millar
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
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Highlights

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

    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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