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Dawafuti Sherpa

Harvard UniversityORCID 0000-0001-7815-5895Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:yeast· 2 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Sichen ShaoiD· 2 shared Andreas CarlströmiD· 1 shared Arno F. AlpiiD· 1 shared Bowen Wan· 1 shared Brenda Arlene SchulmaniD· 1 shared Christine LangloisiD· 1 shared Daniel BollschweileriD· 1 shared Fynn M. HanseniD· 1 shared

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Molecular BiologyNature Structural & Molecular BiologyPeer-reviewedDec 3, 2025

Translational activators align mRNAs at the small mitoribosomal subunit for translation initiation

Joseph B. Bridgers, Andreas Carlström, Dawafuti Sherpa…·L. Stirling Churchman

The paper investigates how mitochondrial translational activators (TAs) facilitate transcript-specific translation initiation by aligning mRNAs at the small mitoribosomal subunit.

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yeastexperimental assay

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Molecular BiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedNov 17, 2025

Structures of human organellar SPFH protein complexes

Jingjing Gao, Dawafuti Sherpa, Nikita Kupko…·Sichen Shao

The paper reports cryo-EM structures of two human SPFH protein complexes, revealing their stoichiometry and architectural features.

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humanexperimental assay

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Molecular BiologyMolecular CellPeer-reviewedNov 7, 2019

Interconversion between Anticipatory and Active GID E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Conformations via Metabolically Driven Substrate Receptor Assembly

Shuai Qiao, Christine Langlois, Jakub Chrustowicz…·Brenda Arlene Schulman

The paper reveals how environmental changes trigger structural transitions in GID E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes, enabling substrate recognition and degradation.

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yeastproteomics

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