Gerhard Hummer

This study investigates how HIV-1 capsids pass through nuclear pores, finding that capsids retain their structure and cause NPC scaffold rings to crack.

This study shows that Dictyostelium discoideum uses nuclear pores as conduits for fluid flow during osmotic stress, distinct from passive diffusion and active transport.

This study refines the Martini force field to better model glycoprotein interactions by aligning simulations with experimental data on sugar-protein interactions.

This study investigates the role of intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) in ER-phagy by modeling and simulating their membrane interactions and remodeling effects.

This study identifies FLVCR1 and FLVCR2 as choline and ethanolamine transporters, revealing their structural dynamics and substrate selectivity mechanisms.

This paper introduces a high-confidence 3D template matching method for CryoET, enabling accurate localization of cellular structures with improved statistical confidence.

This study benchmarks cryo-ET resolution based on lamella thickness and particle depth, showing no negative impact up to 180 nm and ion-induced damage extending 30 nm from surfaces.

The paper develops a robotic-inspired method to define the conformational space of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein using DH parameters, showing improved distinction of conformations compared to spherical coordinates.

This study determines the structure of a bacterial gasdermin pore and reveals a conserved mechanism of pore assembly and membrane targeting.

This study uses atomistic simulations to reveal the mechanism of directional c-ring rotation in mitochondrial ATP synthase, showing how proton transfer and residue interactions ensure rotation directionality.

This study investigates how ALG-2 binds membranes and proteins in a Ca2+-dependent manner, revealing its role in membrane repair and ERES function.

This study introduces a method to assemble ssRNA structures using hierarchical chain growth, showing agreement with experimental data and improving accuracy with Bayesian refinement.

The paper identifies three sequential steps by which the ATG12-ATG5-ATG16L1 complex delivers LC3 to the phagophore via WIPI2, ATG16L1, and ATG3.

Autoencoder design plus a roughly 24-hour cell-free screen tested 500 candidates over five rounds, finding 30 functional AMPs; six were broad-spectrum with no resistance emerging in E. coli.

The paper visualizes GSDMD nanostructures at the plasma membrane of pyroptotic cells and identifies PI(3,4,5)P3 as a regulator of pore formation.

The paper uses AI to create a dynamic model of the human nuclear pore complex, showing how the protein scaffold interacts with the nuclear envelope.

The paper identifies co-translational assembly domains in proteins that facilitate interactions between nascent chains and fully synthesized subunits, revealing their role in regulating complex assembly pathways.

GlycoSHIELD is a pipeline that grafts glycan conformers onto protein structures to model glycan impact on protein dynamics and interactions.

The paper uses molecular dynamics simulations to show that glycosylation at N90 and N322 sites of human ACE2 has opposing effects on SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binding.

This study uses cryo electron tomography and simulations to analyze the structure of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in situ, revealing three hinges in the stalk domain that enable orientational flexibility.

The paper identifies two novel Legionella OTU-like deubiquitinases, LotB and LotC, and describes their structural and functional differences in ubiquitin chain cleavage during infection.