Computational approaches streamlining drug discovery

AV Sadybekov, V Katritch - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Computer-aided drug discovery has been around for decades, although the past few years
have seen a tectonic shift towards embracing computational technologies in both academia …

Two-dimensional polymers and polymerizations

AM Evans, MJ Strauss, AR Corcos, Z Hirani… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Synthetic chemists have developed robust methods to synthesize discrete molecules, linear
and branched polymers, and disordered cross-linked networks. However, two-dimensional …

Electron microscopy studies of soft nanomaterials

Z Lyu, L Yao, W Chen, FC Kalutantirige… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review highlights recent efforts on applying electron microscopy (EM) to soft (including
biological) nanomaterials. We will show how developments of both the hardware and …

Atomic-level structure determination of amorphous molecular solids by NMR

M Cordova, P Moutzouri, SO Nilsson Lill… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Structure determination of amorphous materials remains challenging, owing to the
disorder inherent to these materials. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) powder …

Protein X-ray crystallography and drug discovery

L Maveyraud, L Mourey - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the advent of structural biology in the drug discovery process, medicinal chemists
gained the opportunity to use detailed structural information in order to progress screening …

Cryo-EM advances in RNA structure determination

H Ma, X Jia, K Zhang, Z Su - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has emerged as an unprecedented tool to resolve
protein structures at atomic resolution. Structural insights of biological samples not …

Biological phase separation: cell biology meets biophysics

T Yoshizawa, RS Nozawa, TZ Jia, T Saio, E Mori - Biophysical reviews, 2020 - Springer
Progress in development of biophysical analytic approaches has recently crossed paths with
macromolecule condensates in cells. These cell condensates, typically termed liquid-like …

Protein data bank: a comprehensive review of 3D structure holdings and worldwide utilization by researchers, educators, and students

SK Burley, HM Berman, JM Duarte, Z Feng, JW Flatt… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB),
funded by the United States National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and …

Structural features of tight-junction proteins

U Heinemann, A Schuetz - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Tight junctions are complex supramolecular entities composed of integral membrane
proteins, membrane-associated and soluble cytoplasmic proteins engaging in an intricate …

New Insights into the Cooperativity and Dynamics of Dimeric Enzymes

KW Chen, TY Sun, YD Wu - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
A survey of protein databases indicates that the majority of enzymes exist in oligomeric
forms, with about half of those found in the UniProt database being homodimeric …