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Kono Washio

Imperial College LondonORCID 0009-0009-1928-6516Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1 Assay:protein sequence· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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Daniella PretoriusiD· 1 shared Georgi I. NikoviD· 1 shared Henry N. TauntiD· 1 shared James W. MurrayiD· 1 shared Maruf M. U. AliiD· 1 shared Sergey OvchinnikoviD· 1 shared Srinjan BasuiD· 1 shared Steve-William Florent· 1 shared

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Synthetic BiologyCommunications ChemistryPeer-reviewedDec 4, 2025

Designing Novel Solenoid Proteins with In Silico Evolution

Daniella Pretorius, Georgi I. Nikov, Kono Washio…·James W. Murray

This paper designs novel solenoid proteins using in silico evolution, achieving successful folding for alpha-solenoids and improved results for beta-solenoids with refinements.

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protein sequencemachine learning (classical)

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BiochemistrybioRxivPreprintOct 25, 2025

Structure of ER chaperone complex GRP170-ATP-BiP suggests a new model for substrate engagement

Yassin Ben-Khoud, Kono Washio, Srinjan Basu, Maruf M. U. Ali

The paper reports the cryo-EM structure of the GRP170-ATP-BiP complex, revealing a new model for substrate engagement and GRP170's pseudo-ATPase activity.

DOI 10.1101/2025.10.25.684324

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