Molecular dynamics simulation for all

SA Hollingsworth, RO Dror - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The impact of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in molecular biology and drug discovery
has expanded dramatically in recent years. These simulations capture the behavior of …

Cytosolic delivery of nucleic acids: The case of ionizable lipid nanoparticles

M Schlich, R Palomba, G Costabile… - Bioengineering & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ionizable lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the most clinically advanced nano‐delivery system
for therapeutic nucleic acids. The great effort put in the development of ionizable lipids with …

Psychedelics promote plasticity by directly binding to BDNF receptor TrkB

R Moliner, M Girych, CA Brunello, V Kovaleva… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Psychedelics produce fast and persistent antidepressant effects and induce neuroplasticity
resembling the effects of clinically approved antidepressants. We recently reported that …

Japanese evaluated nuclear data library version 5: JENDL-5

O Iwamoto, N Iwamoto, S Kunieda… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The fifth version of Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library, JENDL-5, was developed.
JENDL-5 aimed to meet a variety of needs not only from nuclear reactors but also from other …

Structural basis of NINJ1-mediated plasma membrane rupture in cell death

M Degen, JC Santos, K Pluhackova, G Cebrero… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Eukaryotic cells can undergo different forms of programmed cell death, many of which
culminate in plasma membrane rupture as the defining terminal event,,,,,–. Plasma …

A Gram-negative-selective antibiotic that spares the gut microbiome

KA Muñoz, RJ Ulrich, AK Vasan, M Sinclair, PC Wen… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Infections caused by Gram-negative pathogens are increasingly prevalent and are typically
treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics, resulting in disruption of the gut microbiome and …

Structure of SARS-CoV-2 membrane protein essential for virus assembly

Z Zhang, N Nomura, Y Muramoto, T Ekimoto… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The coronavirus membrane protein (M) is the most abundant viral structural protein and
plays a central role in virus assembly and morphogenesis. However, the process of M …

Multiple rereads of single proteins at single–amino acid resolution using nanopores

H Brinkerhoff, ASW Kang, J Liu, A Aksimentiev… - Science, 2021 - science.org
A proteomics tool capable of identifying single proteins would be important for cell biology
research and applications. Here, we demonstrate a nanopore-based single-molecule …

[HTML][HTML] Antidepressant drugs act by directly binding to TRKB neurotrophin receptors

PC Casarotto, M Girych, SM Fred, V Kovaleva… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
It is unclear how binding of antidepressant drugs to their targets gives rise to the clinical
antidepressant effect. We discovered that the transmembrane domain of tyrosine kinase …

Structures of the TMC-1 complex illuminate mechanosensory transduction

H Jeong, S Clark, A Goehring… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The initial step in the sensory transduction pathway underpinning hearing and balance in
mammals involves the conversion of force into the gating of a mechanosensory transduction …