Cryo-electron tomography on focused ion beam lamellae transforms structural cell biology

C Berger, N Premaraj, RBG Ravelli, K Knoops… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cryogenic electron microscopy and data processing enable the determination of structures
of isolated macromolecules to near-atomic resolution. However, these data do not provide …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and mechanism of the RNA polymerase II transcription machinery

AC Schier, DJ Taatjes - Genes & development, 2020 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Abstract RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcribes all protein-coding genes and many
noncoding RNAs in eukaryotic genomes. Although Pol II is a complex, 12-subunit enzyme, it …

New tools for automated cryo-EM single-particle analysis in RELION-4.0

D Kimanius, L Dong, G Sharov, T Nakane… - Biochemical …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
We describe new tools for the processing of electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) images in
the fourth major release of the RELION software. In particular, we introduce VDAM, a …

Structure-based classification of tauopathies

Y Shi, W Zhang, Y Yang, AG Murzin, B Falcon… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The ordered assembly of tau protein into filaments characterizes several neurodegenerative
diseases, which are called tauopathies. It was previously reported that, by cryo-electron …

Receptor binding and priming of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 for membrane fusion

DJ Benton, AG Wrobel, P Xu, C Roustan, SR Martin… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is initiated by
virus binding to the ACE2 cell-surface receptors,,–, followed by fusion of the virus and cell …

Distinct conformational states of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

Y Cai, J Zhang, T **ao, H Peng, SM Sterling… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Intervention strategies are urgently needed to control the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. The trimeric viral spike (S) protein catalyzes fusion …

Membrane fusion and immune evasion by the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

J Zhang, T **ao, Y Cai, CL Lavine, H Peng, H Zhu… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The Delta variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
outcompeted previously prevalent variants and become a dominant strain worldwide. We …

Neutralizing nanobodies bind SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD and block interaction with ACE2

J Huo, A Le Bas, RR Ruza, HME Duyvesteyn… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is more transmissible than previous coronaviruses and causes a
more serious illness than influenza. The SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (RBD) of the …

DeepEMhancer: a deep learning solution for cryo-EM volume post-processing

R Sanchez-Garcia, J Gomez-Blanco, A Cuervo… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Cryo-EM maps are valuable sources of information for protein structure modeling. However,
due to the loss of contrast at high frequencies, they generally need to be post-processed to …

SARS-CoV-2 and bat RaTG13 spike glycoprotein structures inform on virus evolution and furin-cleavage effects

AG Wrobel, DJ Benton, P Xu, C Roustan… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 is thought to have emerged from bats, possibly via a secondary host. Here, we
investigate the relationship of spike (S) glycoprotein from SARS-CoV-2 with the S protein of …