[PDF][PDF] Macromolecular structure determination using X-rays, neutrons and electrons: recent developments in Phenix

D Liebschner, PV Afonine, ML Baker… - … Section D: Structural …, 2019 - journals.iucr.org
Diffraction (X-ray, neutron and electron) and electron cryo-microscopy are powerful methods
to determine three-dimensional macromolecular structures, which are required to …

Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2 subvariants, including BA. 4 and BA. 5

I Kimura, D Yamasoba, T Tamura, N Nao, T Suzuki… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
After the global spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2, some BA. 2 subvariants,
including BA. 2.9. 1, BA. 2.11, BA. 2.12. 1, BA. 4, and BA. 5, emerged in multiple countries …

Structural evidence for intermediates during O2 formation in photosystem II

A Bhowmick, R Hussein, I Bogacz, PS Simon… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In natural photosynthesis, the light-driven splitting of water into electrons, protons and
molecular oxygen forms the first step of the solar-to-chemical energy conversion process …

Structures of the σ2 receptor enable docking for bioactive ligand discovery

A Alon, J Lyu, JM Braz, TA Tummino, V Craik… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The σ2 receptor has attracted intense interest in cancer imaging, psychiatric disease,
neuropathic pain,–and other areas of biology,. Here we determined the crystal structure of …

[HTML][HTML] A crystallographic snapshot of SARS-CoV-2 main protease maturation process

GD Noske, AM Nakamura, VO Gawriljuk… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent of COVID-19. The dimeric form of the viral M pro is
responsible for the cleavage of the viral polyprotein in 11 sites, including its own N and C …

X-ray crystallographic characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease polyprotein cleavage sites essential for viral processing and maturation

J Lee, C Kenward, LJ Worrall, M Vuckovic… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the pathogen
that causes COVID-19, produces polyproteins 1a and 1ab that contain, respectively, 11 or …

The molecular mechanism of transport by the mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier

JJ Ruprecht, MS King, T Zögg, AA Aleksandrova… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Mitochondrial ADP/ATP carriers transport ADP into the mitochondrial matrix for ATP
synthesis, and ATP out to fuel the cell, by cycling between cytoplasmic-open and matrix …

Structure of photosystem II and substrate binding at room temperature

ID Young, M Ibrahim, R Chatterjee, S Gul, FD Fuller… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Light-induced oxidation of water by photosystem II (PS II) in plants, algae and cyanobacteria
has generated most of the dioxygen in the atmosphere. PS II, a membrane-bound multi …

Glioblastoma mutations alter EGFR dimer structure to prevent ligand bias

C Hu, CA Leche, A Kiyatkin, Z Yu, SE Stayrook… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is frequently mutated in human cancer,, and is
an important therapeutic target. EGFR inhibitors have been successful in lung cancer, where …

A lysine–cysteine redox switch with an NOS bridge regulates enzyme function

M Wensien, FR von Pappenheim, LM Funk… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Disulfide bonds between cysteine residues are important post-translational modifications in
proteins that have critical roles for protein structure and stability, as redox-active catalytic …