Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering

CM Jeffries, J Ilavsky, A Martel, S Hinrichs… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Small-angle scattering (SAS) is a technique that is able to probe the structural organization
of matter and quantify its response to changes in external conditions. X-ray and neutron …

Nucleosome structure and dynamics are coming of age

K Zhou, G Gaullier, K Luger - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2019 - nature.com
Since the first high-resolution structure of the nucleosome was reported in 1997, the
available information on chromatin structure has increased very rapidly. Here, we review …

BioXTAS RAW: improvements to a free open-source program for small-angle X-ray scattering data reduction and analysis

JB Hopkins, RE Gillilan, S Skou - Applied crystallography, 2017 - journals.iucr.org
BioXTAS RAW is a graphical-user-interface-based free open-source Python program for
reduction and analysis of small-angle X-ray solution scattering (SAXS) data. The software is …

Advanced ensemble modelling of flexible macromolecules using X-ray solution scattering

G Tria, HDT Mertens, M Kachala, DI Svergun - IUCrJ, 2015 - journals.iucr.org
Dynamic ensembles of macromolecules mediate essential processes in biology.
Understanding the mechanisms driving the function and molecular interactions …

Intrinsically disordered proteins and intrinsically disordered protein regions

CJ Oldfield, AK Dunker - Annual review of biochemistry, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and IDP regions fail to form a stable structure, yet
they exhibit biological activities. Their mobile flexibility and structural instability are encoded …

Advances in understanding stimulus-responsive phase behavior of intrinsically disordered protein polymers

KM Ruff, S Roberts, A Chilkoti, RV Pappu - Journal of molecular biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Proteins and synthetic polymers can undergo phase transitions in response to changes to
intensive solution parameters such as temperature, proton chemical potentials (pH), and …

Decoupling of size and shape fluctuations in heteropolymeric sequences reconciles discrepancies in SAXS vs. FRET measurements

G Fuertes, N Banterle, KM Ruff, A Chowdhury… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - pnas.org
Unfolded states of proteins and native states of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)
populate heterogeneous conformational ensembles in solution. The average sizes of these …

Sequence determinants of the conformational properties of an intrinsically disordered protein prior to and upon multisite phosphorylation

EW Martin, AS Holehouse, CR Grace… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Many cell signaling events are coordinated by intrinsically disordered protein regions (IDRs)
that undergo multisite Serine/Threonine phosphorylation. The conformational properties of …

Sequence effects on size, shape, and structural heterogeneity in intrinsically disordered proteins

U Baul, D Chakraborty, ML Mugnai… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) lack well-defined three-dimensional structures, thus
challenging the archetypal notion of structure–function relationships. Determining the …

Crosstalk between regulatory elements in disordered TRPV4 N-terminus modulates lipid-dependent channel activity

B Goretzki, C Wiedemann, BA McCray… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are essential for membrane receptor regulation but
often remain unresolved in structural studies. TRPV4, a member of the TRP vanilloid …