Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structure of the human CTF18 clamp loader bound to PCNA

    Giuseppina R Briola, Muhammad Tehseen ... Alfredo De Biasio
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Genomic and structural insights into Jyvaskylavirus, the first giant virus isolated from Finland

    Gabriel Magno de Freitas Almeida, Miika Leppänen ... Lotta-Riina Sundberg
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Load-based divergence in the dynamic allostery of two TCRs recognizing the same pMHC

    Ana C Chang-Gonzalez, Aoi Akitsu ... Wonmuk Hwang
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    The co-receptor Tetraspanin12 directly captures Norrin to promote ligand-specific β-catenin signaling

    Elise S Bruguera, Jacob P Mahoney, William I Weis
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    AI-Based Discovery and CryoEM Structural Elucidation of a KATP Channel Pharmacochaperone

    Assmaa ElSheikh, Camden M Driggers ... Show-Ling Shyng
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Ligand-coupled conformational changes in a cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel revealed by time-resolved transition metal ion FRET

    Pierce Eggan, Sharona E Gordon, William N Zagotta
    Time-resolved tmFRET revealed structural and energetic changes induced by ligand binding with full agonist cAMP and partial agonist cGMP in the cyclic nucleotide-binding domain of the bacterial ion channel SthK.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Protonation/deprotonation-driven switch for the redox stability of low-potential [4Fe-4S] ferredoxin

    Kei Wada, Kenji Kobayashi ... Masaki Unno
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    A cryo-electron tomography study of ciliary rootlet organization

    Chris van Hoorn, Andrew P Carter
    Cryo-electron tomography uncovers the flexible, filamentous architecture of mouse ciliary rootlets and their regular cross-striations with extensive membrane connections.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Surprising Features of Nuclear Receptor Interaction Networks Revealed by Live Cell Single Molecule Imaging

    Liza Dahal, Thomas GW Graham ... Xavier Darzacq
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Prebiotic Gas Flow Environment Enables Isothermal Nucleic Acid Replication

    Philipp Schwintek, Emre Eren ... Dieter Braun
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    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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    Iowa State University, United States
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    The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
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    Boston University, United States
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