Molecular mechanisms of metabotropic GABAB receptor function

H Shaye, B Stauch, C Gati, V Cherezov - Science advances, 2021 - science.org
Metabotropic γ-aminobutyric acid G protein–coupled receptors (GABAB) represent one of
the two main types of inhibitory neurotransmitter receptors in the brain. These receptors act …

Prospects and limitations of high-resolution single-particle cryo-electron microscopy

A Chari, H Stark - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has matured into a robust method for the
determination of biological macromolecule structures in the past decade, complementing X …

Structures of α-synuclein filaments from human brains with Lewy pathology

Y Yang, Y Shi, M Schweighauser, X Zhang, A Kotecha… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder, with resting tremor,
rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability being major symptoms. Neuropathologically, it …

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 …

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 …

CryoDRGN: reconstruction of heterogeneous cryo-EM structures using neural networks

ED Zhong, T Bepler, B Berger, JH Davis - Nature methods, 2021 - nature.com
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) single-particle analysis has proven powerful in
determining the structures of rigid macromolecules. However, many imaged protein …

Atomic-resolution protein structure determination by cryo-EM

KM Yip, N Fischer, E Paknia, A Chari, H Stark - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Single-particle electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) is a powerful method for solving the three-
dimensional structures of biological macromolecules. The technological development of …

Structure of pathological TDP-43 filaments from ALS with FTLD

D Arseni, M Hasegawa, AG Murzin, F Kametani, M Arai… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The abnormal aggregation of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43) in neurons and
glia is the defining pathological hallmark of the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic …

Assembly of recombinant tau into filaments identical to those of Alzheimer's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy

S Lövestam, FA Koh, B van Knippenberg, A Kotecha… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Abundant filamentous inclusions of tau are characteristic of more than 20
neurodegenerative diseases that are collectively termed tauopathies. Electron cryo …

Structural basis for translational shutdown and immune evasion by the Nsp1 protein of SARS-CoV-2

M Thoms, R Buschauer, M Ameismeier, L Koepke… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of
the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A major virulence factor of …