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    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Archaeal chromatin ‘slinkies’ are inherently dynamic complexes with deflected DNA wrapping pathways

    Samuel Bowerman, Jeff Wereszczynski, Karolin Luger
    Archaeal histones compact DNA into nucleosome-like particles of varying sizes that contort sporadically and reorient DNA wrapping.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography reveals early structural changes in channelrhodopsin

    Kazumasa Oda, Takashi Nomura ... Osamu Nureki
    Time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography revealed retinal kink and early changes in channelrhodopsin, which leads to the ion pore formation.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structural basis for human TRPC5 channel inhibition by two distinct inhibitors

    Kangcheng Song, Miao Wei ... Lei Chen
    The binding sites of two distinct TRPC5 inhibitors clemizole and HC-070 are revealed by cryo-EM.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    The allosteric modulation of complement C5 by knob domain peptides

    Alex Macpherson, Maisem Laabei ... Jean MH van den Elsen
    Structural and functional analysis of a new class of low-molecular-weight antibody fragments, derived from bovine immunoglobulins, reveals their therapeutic potential against C5, a target for refractory inflammatory diseases.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Disease-related mutations in PI3Kγ disrupt regulatory C-terminal dynamics and reveal a path to selective inhibitors

    Manoj K Rathinaswamy, Zied Gaieb ... John E Burke
    The c-terminus of PI3K plays a key role in regulating kinase activity, with c-terminal disease-linked mutations leading to either activation or inhibition, which reveal a path to specific inhibitors.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Single-molecule view of coordination in a multi-functional DNA polymerase

    Raymond F Pauszek III, Rajan Lamichhane ... David P Millar
    The primer extension and 5' flap processing activities of DNA polymerase I are physically coordinated by combined movements of the DNA substrate and the 5' nuclease domain of the enzyme.
    1. Neuroscience
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Molecular basis for functional connectivity between the voltage sensor and the selectivity filter gate in Shaker K+ channels

    Carlos AZ Bassetto, João Luis Carvalho-de-Souza, Francisco Bezanilla
    A chain of residues connecting the voltage sensing domain and the pore domain is responsible for a noncanonical communication between these domains.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    SARS-CoV-2 S protein:ACE2 interaction reveals novel allosteric targets

    Palur V Raghuvamsi, Nikhil K Tulsian ... Ganesh S Anand
    SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binding to receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 allosterically enhances furin proteolysis at distal S1/S2 cleavage sites.
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Molecular structures of the eukaryotic retinal importer ABCA4

    Fangyu Liu, James Lee, Jue Chen
    The structures of ABCA4 in two conformations provide a framework to understand its transport mechanism.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    HP1 proteins compact DNA into mechanically and positionally stable phase separated domains

    Madeline M Keenen, David Brown ... Sy Redding
    Heterochromatin proteins compartmentalize DNA into compact structures resistant to mechanical disruption but susceptible to competitive dissolution.