Targeted protein degradation via intramolecular bivalent glues

O Hsia, M Hinterndorfer, AD Cowan, K Iso, T Ishida… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation is a pharmacological modality that is based on the induced
proximity of an E3 ubiquitin ligase and a target protein to promote target ubiquitination and …

Disease-specific tau filaments assemble via polymorphic intermediates

S Lövestam, D Li, JL Wagstaff, A Kotecha, D Kimanius… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Intermediate species in the assembly of amyloid filaments are believed to play a central role
in neurodegenerative diseases and may constitute important targets for therapeutic …

Heteromeric amyloid filaments of ANXA11 and TDP-43 in FTLD-TDP Type C

D Arseni, T Nonaka, MH Jacobsen, AG Murzin… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the abnormal filamentous assembly of
specific proteins in the central nervous system. Human genetic studies have established a …

Structural basis of Integrator-dependent RNA polymerase II termination

I Fianu, M Ochmann, JL Walshe, O Dybkov, JN Cruz… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The Integrator complex can terminate RNA polymerase II (Pol II) in the promoter-proximal
region of genes. Previous work has shed light on how Integrator binds to the paused …

A hitchhiker's guide to geometric gnns for 3d atomic systems

A Duval, SV Mathis, CK Joshi, V Schmidt… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Recent advances in computational modelling of atomic systems, spanning molecules,
proteins, and materials, represent them as geometric graphs with atoms embedded as …

RNA sample optimization for cryo-EM analysis

X Chen, L Wang, J **e, JS Nowak, B Luo, C Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
RNAs play critical roles in most biological processes. Although the three-dimensional (3D)
structures of RNAs primarily determine their functions, it remains challenging to …

Accurate prediction of protein structural flexibility by deep learning integrating intricate atomic structures and Cryo-EM density information

X Song, L Bao, C Feng, Q Huang, F Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The dynamics of proteins are crucial for understanding their mechanisms. However,
computationally predicting protein dynamic information has proven challenging. Here, we …

A structural rationale for reversible vs irreversible amyloid fibril formation from a single protein

L Frey, J Zhou, G Cereghetti, ME Weber… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Reversible and irreversible amyloids are two diverging cases of protein (mis) folding
associated with the cross-β motif in the protein folding and aggregation energy landscape …

A disease resistance protein triggers oligomerization of its NLR helper into a hexameric resistosome to mediate innate immunity

J Madhuprakash, AA Toghani, MP Contreras… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
NRCs are essential helper NLR (nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat)
proteins that execute immune responses triggered by sensor NLRs. The resting state of …

[HTML][HTML] Single particle cryo-EM map and model validation: It's not crystal clear

GC Lander - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Single particle cryo-EM structure validation is an area of much-needed
development, and has seen significant recent advances.•The reported resolution of a single …