structural biology

The paper predicts a cohesin acetylation complex in budding yeast that interacts with nicked DNA and confirms its function through experiments.

FoXSight identifies weak binding events in crystallographic fragment screening by detecting target-specific density features in noisy electron density maps.

This paper extends a protein structure validation method to RNA, showing it can detect errors in low-resolution structures where map-based methods fail.

This study reports cryo-EM structures of full-length BCRs, revealing their dynamic conformation and antigen binding-induced signaling mechanisms.

The paper presents structures of hTRPC3 in resting and open states, revealing how the moonwalker mutation activates the channel by disrupting a polar interaction and inducing structural changes.

This study determines cryo-EM structures of NCBE, revealing ion binding sites and an inhibitor mechanism, and proposes an elevator-like transport mechanism for Na+-coupled HCO3- transporters.

The paper reports structural insights into how large serine integrases control directionality during DNA integration and excision using recombination directionality factors.

The paper determines the structure of PTDSS2 from Equus caballus in complex with PE or serine substrates, revealing substrate binding sites and PLD activity.

The paper uses MD simulations and computational methods to determine the direction of conformational coupling in RTK dimers, showing it correlates with receptor activity states.

DSSNA v2026 analyzes nucleic acid structures in MD simulations, identifying base pairs, hydrogen bonds, and stacking interactions, showing that canonical pairs are stable while non-canonical ones are transient.

This paper determines the structure of indoleacetate decarboxylase and challenges the proposed mechanism of skatole formation by showing it may follow a Kolbe-type decarboxylation rather than hydrogen atom transfer.

This study shows that ANP32 is a conserved host factor for viral replication in the Articulavirales order, using structural and biochemical analyses of TiLV and its interaction with ANP32.

This study determines the structure of Kv channels bound to 4AP, showing it binds the closed state and enters via membrane-facing fenestrations, explaining its inhibitory mechanism.

This paper develops a machine learning framework to predict capsid protein binding sites in ssRNA viruses using local geometric features from RNA structures, achieving high accuracy with and without experimental data.

The paper determines the cryo-EM structure of the human mitochondrial RNA degradosome, revealing a unique helicase-nuclease coupling mechanism.

This paper discovers and structurally analyzes a novel -1,2-glucosidase from Arthrobacter humicola A8F5, revealing its unique mechanism and structural features for cleaving rare -1,2-glucosidic bonds.

The paper presents the cryo-EM structure of AsCas12a bound to a pseudo-DNA guide and RNA target, revealing its mechanism of DNA-guided RNA recognition.

This study characterizes the structure of the non-tailed vibriophage NO16, revealing its capsid organization and potential host interaction mechanisms.

This paper reports a 13-subunit c-ring in the Chlamydomonas chloroplast ATP synthase, which lowers the H+/ATP cost of carbon fixation compared to the 14-subunit structure in spinach.

This study reports co-crystal structures of a bioluminescent energy-transfer complex in Renilla reniformis, revealing the spatial arrangement of donor-acceptor chromophores and their role in efficient radiationless energy transfer.

The paper presents the structure of an RNA polymerase ribozyme complex bound to RNA substrates, revealing its catalytic mechanism and structural similarity to polymerase proteins.

RPDynaFlow generates RNA-protein conformational ensembles using flow-matching, expanding phase space sampling beyond MD simulations for studying interactions.

The paper elucidates the molecular mechanism of the Avs2-trypsin-MBL system, revealing how phage terminase recognition triggers tetramerization and activation of the system for anti-phage defense.

The paper develops 3DisoGalaxy to study alternative splicing in breast cancer, finding that many transcripts produce translation-supported proteins and that functional divergence is concentrated in specific regions.

This study compares enhanced sampling methods for RNA conformational sampling, finding T-REMD provides the most accurate ensembles and improves virtual screening.

The paper uses cryo-EM to study a ribozyme's structure, revealing how it evolved to polymerize nucleotides and how mutations can enhance its function.

The paper determines the cryo-EM structure of a minimal PSI-LHCI supercomplex with FNR binding from a terrestrial eustigmatophyte, revealing structural adaptations for light harvesting under stress.

The paper introduces a method to extract directional electron-density features from diffraction data using spherical-harmonic decomposition, revealing chemically interpretable dipolar features in crystallographic maps.

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

This paper reports the purification, crystallization, and structure of Trichomonas vaginalis pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase (TvPPi-PFK), revealing its active site and additional ligand-binding sites.