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

    Kei Wada, Kenji Kobayashi ... Masaki Unno
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    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.
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    Role of the αC-β4 loop in protein kinase structure and dynamics

    Jian Wu, Nisha A Jonniya ... Susan S Taylor
    The importance of the αC-β4 loop at the interface between the N- and C-lobes of Protein Kinase A for synergistic high-affinity binding of ATP and a pseudo substrate inhibitor.
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    RNA tertiary structure and conformational dynamics revealed by BASH MaP

    Maxim Oleynikov, Samie R Jaffrey
    BASH MaP quantitatively reveals alternative RNA tertiary structures by enabling dimethyl sulfate to probe the presence of nucleobase interactions on the Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen faces of single RNA molecules.
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    Ligand response of guanidine-IV riboswitch at single-molecule level

    Lingzhi Gao, Dian Chen, Yu Liu
    A folding-function model for the guanidine-IV riboswitch under both guanidine-free and guanidine-present conditions offers valuable insights into its regulatory mechanism.
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    Atomic-Level Free Energy Landscape Reveals Cooperative Symport Mechanism of Melibiose Transporter

    Ruibin Liang, Lan Guan
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    Water and chloride as allosteric inhibitors in WNK kinase osmosensing

    Liliana R Teixeira, Radha Akella ... Elizabeth J Goldsmith
    WNKs sense osmotic pressure by binding specific water molecules to the inactive dimeric configuration of WNK1 and WNK3, integrating signals with chloride inhibition as demonstrated by mutagenesis and structure.
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    Molecular dynamics simulations illuminate the role of sequence context in the ELF3-PrD-based temperature sensing mechanism in plants

    Richard J Lindsay, Rafael Giordano Viegas ... Sonya M Hanson
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