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    On the Polymorph-Selection Determinants of α-Synuclein Amyloid Fibrils Studied at Atomic Resolution

    Lukas Frey, David Rhyner ... Jason Greenwald
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    Distinct allosteric remodeling of HIV-1 Env dynamics on virions by gp41-directed antibodies reveals two modes of neutralization

    Wang Xu, Narendra Kumar Gonepudi ... Maolin Lu
    Antibodies can target multiple conformational states of the HIV envelope to block viral entry, broadening the mechanisms underlying neutralization.
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    Gβγ engages PLCβ3 at multiple sites to reorient and facilitate its activation

    Isaac J Fisher, Kanishka Senarath ... Angeline M Lyon
    Phospholipase Cβ3 is translocated and activated by the heterotrimeric G protein subunit Gαq at the plasma membrane, but the Gβγ heterodimer is required for maximum activation.
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    Bifunctional architecture enables substrate catalysis and channeling in Paracoccus TMAO demethylase

    Trung Thach, KanagaVijayan Dhanabalan ... Ramaswamy Subramanian
    Trimethylamine N-oxide demethylase uses substrate channeling to couple trimethylamine N-oxide demethylation with one-carbon metabolism, safely detoxifying formaldehyde while enhancing metabolic efficiency.
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    Two Glu/Asp residues cooperatively mediate an early step of ATP hydrolysis in GHKL ATPases MutL and GyrB

    Kenji Fukui, Ayaka Shibuya ... Takato Yano
    A cooperative catalytic mechanism provides a revised framework for understanding ATP hydrolysis in a broad subset of GHKL ATPases.
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    VDAC2 stabilizes a membrane-inserted, primed intermediate of BAX activation

    Varun Ravishankar, Laidy M Alvero-González ... Lucie Bergdoll
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    In extracto cryo-EM reveals eEF2 as a major hibernation factor on 60S and 80S particles

    Zahra Seraj, Ximena Zottig ... Andrei A Korostelev
    Cryogenic electron microscopy of cellular extracts can visualize atomic details and discover new interactions between biological molecules, such as the interactions of the ribosome, the protein-making machinery, with essential proteins to regulate cellular functions.