Solid-state NMR: Methods for biological solids

S Ahlawat, KR Mote, NA Lakomek… - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the last two decades, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy has
transformed from a spectroscopic technique investigating small molecules and industrial …

Characterization of lipid–protein interactions and lipid-mediated modulation of membrane protein function through molecular simulation

MP Muller, T Jiang, C Sun, M Lihan, S Pant… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The cellular membrane constitutes one of the most fundamental compartments of a living
cell, where key processes such as selective transport of material and exchange of …

Inositol phosphates are assembly co-factors for HIV-1

RA Dick, KK Zadrozny, C Xu, FKM Schur, TD Lyddon… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract A short, 14-amino-acid segment called SP1, located in the Gag structural protein,
has a critical role during the formation of the HIV-1 virus particle. During virus assembly, the …

[HTML][HTML] HIV-1 maturation: Lessons learned from inhibitors

AB Kleinpeter, EO Freed - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since the emergence of HIV and AIDS in the early 1980s, the development of safe and
effective therapies has accompanied a massive increase in our understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Hidden motions and motion-induced invisibility: Dynamics-based spectral editing in solid-state NMR

I Matlahov, PCA van der Wel - Methods, 2018 - Elsevier
Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy enables the structural
characterization of a diverse array of biological assemblies that include amyloid fibrils, non …

Maturation of retroviruses

O Pornillos, BK Ganser-Pornillos - Current opinion in virology, 2019 - Elsevier
During retrovirus maturation, cleavage of the precursor structural Gag polyprotein by the
viral protease induces architectural rearrangement of the virus particle from an immature into …

The hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid—dynamic compartment for infectious virus production and new antiviral target

M Niklasch, P Zimmermann, M Nassal - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a small enveloped DNA virus which replicates its tiny 3.2 kb
genome by reverse transcription inside an icosahedral nucleocapsid, formed by a single …

Advances in HIV-1 assembly

G Lerner, N Weaver, B Anokhin, P Spearman - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The assembly of HIV-1 particles is a concerted and dynamic process that takes place on the
plasma membrane of infected cells. An abundance of recent discoveries has advanced our …

Biochemical and structural insights into SARS-CoV-2 polyprotein processing by Mpro

R Yadav, VV Courouble, SK Dey, JJEK Harrison… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
SARS-CoV-2, a human coronavirus, is the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its
genome is translated into two large polyproteins subsequently cleaved by viral papain-like …

High-resolution structures of HIV-1 Gag cleavage mutants determine structural switch for virus maturation

S Mattei, A Tan, B Glass, B Müller… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - pnas.org
HIV-1 maturation occurs via multiple proteolytic cleavages of the Gag polyprotein, causing
rearrangement of the virus particle required for infectivity. Cleavage results in beta-hairpin …