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    The C-terminus of the multi-drug efflux pump EmrE prevents proton leak by gating transport

    Merissa Brousseau, Da Teng ... Katherine A Henzler-Wildman
    The C-terminal tail acts as a secondary gate to regulate substrate access into the primary binding site for transport across the membrane.
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    Structural insights into heterohexameric assembly of epilepsy-related ligand–receptor complex LGI1–ADAM22

    Takayuki Yamaguchi, Kei Okatsu ... Shuya Fukai
    Cryo-electron microscopy and high-speed atomic force microscopy analyses of an epilepsy-related ligand–receptor complex LGI1–ADAM22 reveal the three-dimensional structure and dynamics of the 3:3 heterohexameric assembly of LGI1–ADAM22.
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    Expanding automated multiconformer ligand modeling to macrocycles and fragments

    Jessica Flowers, Nathaniel Echols ... Stephanie A Wankowicz
    qFit-ligand is a computational algorithm that enables accurate modeling of multiple conformational states of ligands in X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM).
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structural characterization and dynamics of AdhE ultrastructures from Clostridium thermocellum show a containment strategy for toxic intermediates

    Samantha J Ziegler, Brandon C Knott ... Yannick J Bomble
    Understanding the dynamics of AdhE enzymes is essential to be able to control the metabolic and energy fluxes in microorganisms used to produce biofuels and biochemicals.
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    LC8 enhances 53BP1 foci through heterogeneous bridging of 53BP1 oligomers

    Jesse Howe, Douglas Walker ... Elisar J Barbar
    The oligomerization domain of 53BP1, a key DNA repair protein, is a trimer which binds the dimeric hub protein LC8 by a novel mechanism to form dynamic heterogeneous complexes.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
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    PDZ-directed substrate recruitment is the primary determinant of specific 4E-BP1 dephosphorylation by PP1-Neurabin

    Roman O Fedoryshchak, Karim El-Bouri ... Richard Treisman
    Proteomics with PP1-Neurabin fusion proteins identify the 4E-BP proteins as novel Neurabin/PP1 substrates, and interaction with the Neurabin PDZ domain shown to be the major determinant of Neurabin/PP1 substrate specificity.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Mapping HIV-1 RNA structure, homodimers, long-range interactions and persistent domains by HiCapR

    Yan Zhang, Jingwan Han ... Zhihu Zhao
    HiCapR uncovers HIV RNA homodimers and long-range interactions that show structural dynamics critical for viral packaging and assembly.
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    The Structural Dynamics of IRE1 and its Interaction with Unfolded Peptides

    Elena Spinetti, G Elif Karagöz, Roberto Covino
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
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    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Structure of an oxygen-induced tubular nanocompartment in Pyrococcus furiosus

    Wenfei Song, Jan Fiala ... Friedrich Förster
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
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    Structural mechanisms of PIP2 activation and SEA0400 inhibition in human cardiac sodium-calcium exchanger NCX1

    Jing Xue, Weizhong Zeng ... Youxing Jiang
    Cryo-EM structures of HsNCX1 in complex with either phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (a physiological activator) or SEA0400 (a pharmacological inhibitor) provide mechanistic insights into the cellular regulation and pharmacology of NCX proteins.