Hiroaki Matsuura

Structural basis for monobody OP-4 binding to open-form adenylate kinase

The paper determines the crystal structure of the OPEN-form adenylate kinase/monobody OP-4 complex and identifies key residues critical for binding.

Structural basis of stereochemical promiscuity by an umami taste receptor ortholog, Tas1r1/Tas1r3 from pufferfish

This study determines the crystal structure of a pufferfish umami taste receptor ortholog, revealing how it binds both L- and D-amino acids through structural adaptations.

Solubility, Hydration, and Sulphate Coordination in Cubic Insulin Crystals from Esrapid™ Monomers Stabilized in Divalent Anionic Form of Citric Acid

This study investigates how water and anion coordination affect insulin's structure and stability across a pH range, revealing pH-dependent electrostatic effects on protein dynamics and stabilization.

Deciphering the altered conformational states of bifunctional thaumarchaeal crotonyl-CoA hydratase and 3-hydroxypropionyl-CoA dehydratase from Nitrosopumilus maritimus

The paper determines ambient temperature structures of the bifunctional Nmar_1308 enzyme from Nitrosopumilus maritimus, revealing new conformational dynamics relevant to synthetic biology.

Elucidating polymorphs of crystal structures with intensity-based hierarchical clustering analysis on multiple diffraction datasets

This paper demonstrates the use of intensity-based hierarchical clustering to detect structural polymorphs in diffraction datasets from multiple crystals.