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    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Conformational heterogeneity of the BTK PHTH domain drives multiple regulatory states

    David Yin-wei Lin, Lauren E Kueffer ... Amy H Andreotti
    Multiple dynamic protein interactions converge to regulate the catalytic activity of the B cell kinase, BTK.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structural and mechanistic insights into ribosomal ITS2 RNA processing by nuclease-kinase machinery

    Jiyun Chen, Hong Chen ... Liang Liu
    The structures of full-length Las1-Grc3 complexes provide crucial insights into the activation mechanism of HEPN nuclease and the pathway of pre-rRNA processing in ribosome biosynthesis.
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    How accurately can one predict drug binding modes using AlphaFold models?

    Masha Karelina, Joseph J Noh, Ron O Dror
    AlphaFold 2 models capture binding pocket structures accurately but fare poorly when used to predict ligand-binding poses.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 NSP10 highlight strong functional conservation of its binding to two non-structural proteins, NSP14 and NSP16

    Huan Wang, Syed RA Rizvi ... Shozeb Haider
    Structure and simulations reveal SARS-CoV-2 NSP10 is more resistant to genetic variations than other SARS-CoV-2 NSPs and that the presence of mutations conserves structural and dynamic changes in NSP10.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    The neuronal calcium sensor NCS-1 regulates the phosphorylation state and activity of the Gα chaperone and GEF Ric-8A

    Daniel Muñoz-Reyes, Levi J McClelland ... Maria Jose Sanchez-Barrena
    Biochemical, biophysical, and structural approach to determine the molecular basis of the calcium-sensitive regulation of the Gα chaperone and guanine exchange factor Ric-8A by the neuronal calcium sensor NCS-1.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Ice nucleation proteins self-assemble into large fibres to trigger freezing at near 0 °C

    Thomas Hansen, Jocelyn Lee ... Peter L Davies
    Self-assembly of bacterial ice nucleation proteins is required for efficient activity and is mediated by electrostatic interactions, creating long and thin fibres.
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    Computational analysis of long-range allosteric communications in CFTR

    Ayca Ersoy, Bengi Altintel ... Oded Lewinson
    A combination of computational approaches identifies a novel allosteric hotspot in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.
    1. Physics of Living Systems
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Viruses: Packing up the genome

    Bálint Kiss, Miklós Kellermayer
    Nucleotide and force-dependent mechanisms control how the viral genome of lambda bacteriophage is inserted into capsids.
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    Folding of prestin’s anion-binding site and the mechanism of outer hair cell electromotility

    Xiaoxuan Lin, Patrick R Haller ... Tobin R Sosnick
    Identification of Cl-induced folding advances the field’s understanding of prestin’s unique voltage-sensing mechanism and its involvement in mammalian hearing sensation.
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Dynamic landscape of the intracellular termini of acid-sensing ion channel 1a

    Megan M Cullinan, Robert C Klipp ... John R Bankston
    A novel FRET approach suggests that the intracellular termini of acid-sensing ion channel 1a do not form a complex at rest requiring a new hypothesis for ASIC1a involvement in stroke.