Structural basis of human separase regulation by securin and CDK1–cyclin B1

J Yu, P Raia, CM Ghent, T Raisch, Y Sadian… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
In early mitosis, the duplicated chromosomes are held together by the ring-shaped cohesin
complex. Separation of chromosomes during anaphase is triggered by separase—a large …

Prefusion structure of human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B and structural basis for membrane fusion

Y Liu, KP Heim, Y Che, X Chi, X Qiu, S Han… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) causes congenital disease with long-term morbidity.
HCMV glycoprotein B (gB) transitions irreversibly from a metastable prefusion to a stable …

Cryo-EM grid preparation of membrane protein samples for single particle analysis

GG Sgro, TRD Costa - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) have made it possible to solve
structures of biological macromolecules at near atomic resolution. Development of more …

Molecular structure of the intact bacterial flagellar basal body

S Johnson, EJ Furlong, JC Deme, AL Nord… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The bacterial flagellum is a macromolecular protein complex that enables motility in many
species. Bacterial flagella self-assemble a strong, multicomponent drive shaft that couples …

Diverse cytomotive actins and tubulins share a polymerization switch mechanism conferring robust dynamics

JM Wagstaff, VJ Planelles-Herrero, G Sharov… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Protein filaments are used in myriads of ways to organize other molecules within cells. Some
filament-forming proteins couple the hydrolysis of nucleotides to their polymerization cycle …

In situ and high‐resolution cryo‐EM structure of a bacterial type VI secretion system membrane complex

C Rapisarda, Y Cherrak, R Kooger, V Schmidt… - The EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
Bacteria have evolved macromolecular machineries that secrete effectors and toxins to
survive and thrive in diverse environments. The type VI secretion system (T6 SS) is a …

Structural basis for assembly of non-canonical small subunits into type IC Cascade

RE O'Brien, IC Santos, D Wrapp, JPK Bravo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Bacteria and archaea employ CRISPR (clustered, regularly, interspaced, short palindromic
repeats)-Cas (CRISPR-associated) systems as a type of adaptive immunity to target and …

Structural snapshots of R-loop formation by a type IC CRISPR Cascade

RE O'Brien, JPK Bravo, D Ramos, GN Hibshman… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Type I CRISPR-Cas systems employ multi-subunit Cascade effector complexes to
target foreign nucleic acids for destruction. Here, we present structures of D. vulgaris type IC …

[PDF][PDF] Industrial cryo-EM facility setup and management

K Sader, R Matadeen, P Castro Hartmann… - … Section D: Structural …, 2020 - journals.iucr.org
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has rapidly expanded with the introduction of direct
electron detectors, improved image-processing software and automated image acquisition …

The cryo‐EM structure of the BoNT/Wo‐NTNH complex reveals two immunoglobulin‐like domains

S Košenina, J Škerlová, S Zhang, M Dong… - The FEBS …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The botulinum neurotoxin‐like toxin from Weissella oryzae (BoNT/Wo) is one of the BoNT‐
like toxins recently identified outside of the Clostridium genus. We show that, like the …