Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

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1. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   CTFFIND5 provides improved insight into quality, tilt, and thickness of TEM samples

   Johannes Elferich, Lingli Kong ... Nikolaus Grigorieff

   CTFFIND5 estimates the thickness and tilt of cryogenic electron microscopy samples directly from the power spectrum of a single exposure.
2. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Streamlining segmentation of cryo-electron tomography datasets with Ais

   Mart GF Last, Leoni Abendstein ... Thomas H Sharp

   The software package Ais simplifies automated segmentation in cryo-electron tomography, enabling users to segment, detect particles, and visualize data in a streamlined and accessible workflow.
3. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Mechanism of expanded DNA recognition in xCas9

   Kazi A Hossain, Lukasz Nierzwicki ... Giulia Palermo
4. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   An integrated machine learning approach delineates an entropic expansion mechanism for the binding of a small molecule to α-synuclein

   Sneha Menon, Subinoy Adhikari, Jagannath Mondal

   Interaction of small molecule expands the conformational ensemble of alpha synuclein.
5. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Conformational dynamics of a nicotinic receptor neurotransmitter site

   Mrityunjay Singh, Dinesh C Indurthi ... Shailendra Asthana

   MD-simulations reveal low- to high-affinity conformational shift of orthosteric site in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, offering insight into agonist roles in activation dynamics, and highlighting the utility of agonist efficiency.
6. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Harnessing AlphaFold to reveal hERG channel conformational state secrets

   Khoa Ngo, Pei-Chi Yang ... Igor Vorobyov
7. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Hidden GPCR structural transitions addressed by multiple walker supervised molecular dynamics (mwSuMD)

   Giuseppe Deganutti, Ludovico Pipitò ... Christopher A Reynolds
8. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Control of 3′ splice site selection by the yeast splicing factor Fyv6

   Katherine A Senn, Karli A Lipinski ... Aaron A Hoskins

   The Saccharomyces cerevisiae spliceosome component Fyv6 contributes to precursor messenger RNA splicing by promoting use of branch site distal 3' splice sites and interacting with key factors involved in exon ligation.
9. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Targeted anticancer pre-vinylsulfone covalent inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase IX

   Aivaras Vaškevičius, Denis Baronas ... Daumantas Matulis

   A series of compounds were synthesized and demonstrated to form a specific covalent bond with His64 of CAIX, an anticancer target, a strategy applicable to any drug design project.
10. 1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Isoleucine gate blocks K⁺ conduction in C-type inactivation

    Werner Treptow, Yichen Liu ... Benoit Roux

    The conformation of an isoleucine gate located along the TM6 segment on the intracellular side below the selectivity filter is a critical component leading to a non-conductive state in the C-type inactivation process of K⁺ channels.