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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

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

    Marta Wojnowska, Takeaki Wajima ... Ulrich Schwarz-Linek
    The T-shaped fold of an abundant surface protein ties streptococci to collagens, an interaction that enhances biofilm such as often found in invasive infections.
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    Structural mechanisms of pump assembly and drug transport in the AcrAB-TolC efflux system

    Xiaofei Ge, Zhiwei Gu, Jiawei Wang
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    Insights into substrate binding and utilization by hyaluronan synthase

    Zachery Stephens, Julia Karasinska, Jochen Zimmer
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Cell Biology

    Functionally-Coupled Ion Channels Begin Co-assembling at the Start of Their Synthesis

    Roya Pournejati, Jessica M Huang ... Oscar Vivas
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    • Fundamental
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    Lenacapavir-induced Lattice Hyperstabilization is Central to HIV-1 Capsid Failure at the Nuclear Pore Complex and in the Cytoplasm

    Arpa Hudait, Ryan C Burdick ... Gregory A Voth
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    Cryo-EM structure of the bicarbonate receptor GPR30

    Shota Kaneda, Airi Jo-Watanabe ... Osamu Nureki
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Dock-and-lock binding of SxIP ligands is required for stable and selective EB1 interactions

    Teresa Almeida, Eleanor Hargreaves ... Igor Barsukov
    Structural analysis reveals a two-step EB1-SxIP binding mechanism and identifies ligand mutations that greatly enhance affinity, offering potential therapeutic avenues for targeting microtubule plus end interactions.
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    Ω-Loop mutations control dynamics of the active site by modulating the hydrogen-bonding network in PDC-3 β-lactamase

    Shuang Chen, Andrew R Mack ... Shozeb Haider
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    Twelve phosphomimetic mutations induce the assembly of recombinant full-length human tau into paired helical filaments

    Sofia Lövestam, Jane L Wagstaff ... Sjors HW Scheres
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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Crossover in aromatic amino acid interaction strength between tyrosine and phenylalanine in biomolecular condensates

    David De Sancho, Xabier Lopez
    Hydration modulates aromatic interactions, explaining why Tyr is a stronger sticker than Phe in aqueous environments like protein condensates but not in the cores of folded proteins.