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    Cryo-EM structure of the bicarbonate receptor GPR30

    Shota Kaneda, Airi Jo-Watanabe ... Osamu Nureki
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    Unbend, correction of local beam-induced sample motion in cryo-EM images using a 3D spline model

    Lingli Kong, Ximena Zottig ... Nikolaus Grigorieff
    Movie alignment software uses a 3D spline model to capture beam-induced motion in cryo-electron microscopy movie frames, correct local sample distortions, and improve two-dimensional template matching signal-to-noise ratios in the corrected images.
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    Towards a unified molecular mechanism for ligand-dependent activation of NR4A-RXR heterodimers

    Xiaoyu Yu, Yuanjun He ... Douglas J Kojetin
    Resolving the mechanism of RXR ligand-dependent NR4A-RXR nuclear receptor heterodimer activation requires a diverse ligand set that includes heterodimer-selective agonists.
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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
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    Direct MRI of Collagen

    Jason D van Schoor, Markus Weiger ... Klaas P Pruessmann
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
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    Interrogating the structure and function of the human voltage-gated proton channel (hHv1) with a fluorescent noncanonical amino acid

    Emerson M Carmona, William N Zagotta, Sharona E Gordon
    A fluorescent noncanonical amino acid enables structural measurements across full-length human voltage-gated proton channel (Hv1) and reveals zinc-dependent conformational changes.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
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    Distinct mechanisms of inhibition of Kv2 potassium channels by tetraethylammonium and RY785

    Shan Zhang, Robyn Stix ... José D Faraldo-Gómez
    Computer simulations reveal the structural basis for a selective mechanism of ion-channel inhibition that could guide future pharmacological developments against associated human health disorders.
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    Bifunctional Architecture Enables Substrate Catalysis and Channeling in Paracoccus TMAO Demethylase

    Trung Thach, KanagaVijayan Dhanabalan ... Ramaswamy Subramanian
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    SMC complex unidirectionally translocates DNA by coupling segment capture with an asymmetric kleisin path

    Masataka Yamauchi, Giovanni Bruno Brandani ... Shoji Takada
    An asymmetric kleisin path breaks the symmetry of the SMC homodimer, ensuring unidirectional DNA translocation via a segment capture mechanism.