A journey from structure to function of bacterial lipopolysaccharides

F Di Lorenzo, KA Duda, R Lanzetta, A Silipo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a crucial constituent of the outer membrane of most Gram-
negative bacteria, playing a fundamental role in the protection of bacteria from …

The promise and the challenges of cryo‐electron tomography

M Turk, W Baumeister - FEBS letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Structural biologists have traditionally approached cellular complexity in a reductionist
manner in which the cellular molecular components are fractionated and purified before …

A Bayesian approach to single-particle electron cryo-tomography in RELION-4.0

J Zivanov, J Otón, Z Ke, A von Kügelgen, E Pyle, K Qu… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
We present a new approach for macromolecular structure determination from multiple
particles in electron cryo-tomography (cryo-ET) data sets. Whereas existing subtomogram …

In-cell structural biology by NMR: the benefits of the atomic scale

FX Theillet - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In-cell structural biology aims at extracting structural information about proteins or nucleic
acids in their native, cellular environment. This emerging field holds great promise and is …

NMR-based methods for protein analysis

Y Hu, K Cheng, L He, X Zhang, B Jiang… - Analytical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a well-established method for
analyzing protein structure, interaction, and dynamics at atomic resolution and in various …

[HTML][HTML] Membraneless channels sieve cations in ammonia-oxidizing marine archaea

A von Kügelgen, CK Cassidy, S van Dorst, LL Pagani… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Nitrosopumilus maritimus is an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon that is crucial to the global
nitrogen cycle,. A critical step for nitrogen oxidation is the entrapment of ammonium ions …

Lipids mediate supramolecular outer membrane protein assembly in bacteria

MN Webby, AO Oluwole, C Pedebos, PG Inns… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
β Barrel outer membrane proteins (OMPs) cluster into supramolecular assemblies that give
function to the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria. How such assemblies form …

[HTML][HTML] Lipopolysaccharide O-antigens—bacterial glycans made to measure

C Whitfield, DM Williams, SD Kelly - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Lipopolysaccharides are critical components of bacterial outer membranes. The more
conserved lipid A part of the lipopolysaccharide molecule is a major element in the …

High-resolution in situ structure determination by cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging using emClarity

T Ni, T Frosio, L Mendonça, Y Sheng, D Clare… - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
Cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging (STA) has developed rapidly in
recent years. It provides structures of macromolecular complexes in situ and in cellular …

Design of biologically active binary protein 2D materials

AJ Ben-Sasson, JL Watson, W Sheffler, MC Johnson… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Ordered two-dimensional arrays such as S-layers, and designed analogues,–have intrigued
bioengineers,, but with the exception of a single lattice formed with flexible linkers, they are …