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    Mechanism of dimer selectivity and binding cooperativity of BRAF inhibitors

    Joseph Clayton, Aarion Romany ... Jana Shen
    BRAF inhibitors achieve monomer or dimer selectivity through their ability to modulate dimerization and allosteric communication.
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    Flexibility in PAM recognition expands DNA targeting in xCas9

    Kazi A Hossain, Lukasz Nierzwicki ... Giulia Palermo
    xCas9's ability to recognise diverse DNA sequences stems from structural flexibility in the protospacer adjacent motif (PAM)-interacting cleft and adaptability to PAM-induced conformational changes, paving the way for advanced genome editing tools.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Molecular determinants of Neu5Ac binding to a tripartite ATP independent periplasmic (TRAP) transporter

    Parveen Goyal, KanagaVijayan Dhanabalan ... Subramanian Ramaswamy
    The first structure of a Neu5Ac bound Tripartite ATP-independent Periplasmic transporter (TRAP) reveals the presence of three ion binding sites.
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    Intraflagellar transport protein IFT172 contains a C-terminal ubiquitin-binding U-box-like domain involved in ciliary signaling

    Nevin K Zacharia, Stefanie Kuhns ... Esben Lorentzen
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Probing the force-from-lipid mechanism with synthetic polymers

    Miranda L Jacobs, Jan Steinkühler ... Neha P Kamat
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    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Discovery of a heparan sulfate binding domain in monkeypox virus H3 as an anti-poxviral drug target combining AI and MD simulations

    Bin Zheng, Meimei Duan ... Peng Zheng
    The identification of a conserved α-helical domain in monkeypox virus H3 protein as critical for heparan sulfate binding unveils a novel therapeutic target, validated through AI and molecular dynamics simulations, offering potential for broad-spectrum antiviral development.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Surprising features of nuclear receptor interaction networks revealed by live-cell single-molecule imaging

    Liza Dahal, Thomas GW Graham ... Xavier Darzacq
    Type II nuclear receptors do not always compete for a limiting pool of their obligate partner RXRa.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Recognition and cleavage of human tRNA methyltransferase TRMT1 by the SARS-CoV-2 main protease

    Angel D'Oliviera, Xuhang Dai ... Jeffrey S Mugridge
    The SARS-CoV-2 main protease specifically cleaves a conserved sequence in the human tRNA modifying enzyme TRMT1, resulting in reduced tRNA binding and the complete loss of TRMT1-mediated tRNA methyltransferase activity.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. 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
    Biophysical binding and structural prediction studies reveal that Tetraspanin12 directly binds the ligand Norrin, in a manner that is negatively cooperative with Norrin-Fzd4 binding and competitive with Norrin-LRP5/6 binding.