Advances and challenges in time-resolved macromolecular crystallography

G Brändén, R Neutze - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Conformational changes are essential for the correct functioning of
biological macromolecules. Time-resolved x-ray crystallography extends an extremely …

Mitochondrial structure and bioenergetics in normal and disease conditions

M Protasoni, M Zeviani - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria are ubiquitous intracellular organelles found in almost all eukaryotes and
involved in various aspects of cellular life, with a primary role in energy production. The …

Mutations on RBD of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant result in stronger binding to human ACE2 receptor

CS Lupala, Y Ye, H Chen, XD Su, H Liu - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has led to more than 270 million
infections and 5.3 million of deaths worldwide. Several major variants of SARS-CoV-2 have …

Multiscale simulations of biological membranes: the challenge to understand biological phenomena in a living substance

G Enkavi, M Javanainen, W Kulig, T Róg… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular
composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by …

[HTML][HTML] Recent results in time resolved serial femtosecond crystallography at XFELs

AM Orville - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography (tr-SFX) probes structure and
function in each sample.•X-ray free electron lasers (XFELS) provide atomic and electronic …

Time-resolved serial crystallography to track the dynamics of carbon monoxide in the active site of cytochrome c oxidase

C Safari, S Ghosh, R Andersson, J Johannesson… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Cytochrome c oxidase (C c O) is part of the respiratory chain and contributes to the
electrochemical membrane gradient in mitochondria as well as in many bacteria, as it uses …

Carbon monoxide signaling: examining its engagement with various molecular targets in the context of binding affinity, concentration, and biologic response

Z Yuan, LK De La Cruz, X Yang, B Wang, Q Ma - Pharmacological Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon monoxide (CO) has been firmly established as an endogenous signaling molecule
with a variety of pathophysiological and pharmacological functions, including …

Role of carbon monoxide in host–gut microbiome communication

CP Hopper, LK De La Cruz, KV Lyles… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nature is full of examples of symbiotic relationships. The critical symbiotic relation between
host and mutualistic bacteria is attracting increasing attention to the degree that the gut …

Snapshot of an oxygen intermediate in the catalytic reaction of cytochrome c oxidase

I Ishigami, A Lewis-Ballester… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Cytochrome c oxidase (C c O) reduces dioxygen to water and harnesses the chemical
energy to drive proton translocation across the inner mitochondrial membrane by an …

Carbon monoxide–beyond toxicity?

D Stucki, W Stahl - Toxicology letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication is one of the most frequent causes of accidental
poisoning, mechanistically related to the inhibition of oxygen transport following blockage of …