The tail structure of bacteriophage T4 and its mechanism of contraction.

abstract：:During homologous recombination, Rad51 forms a nucleoprotein filament with single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) that undergoes strand exchange with homologous double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). Here, we use real-time analysis to show that strand exchange by fission yeast Rad51 proceeds via two distinct three-strand intermediates, C1...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Ito K,Murayama Y,Takahashi M,Iwasaki H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogenesis of the photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco, a complex of eight large (RbcL) and eight small (RbcS) subunits, requires assembly chaperones. Here we analyzed the role of Rubisco accumulation factor1 (Raf1), a dimer of ∼40-kDa subunits. We find that Raf1 from Synechococcus elongatus acts downstream of chaperonin-ass...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Hauser T,Bhat JY,Miličić G,Wendler P,Hartl FU,Bracher A,Hayer-Hartl M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-messenger RNAs (pre-mRNAs) maturation is initiated cotranscriptionally. It is therefore conceivable that chromatin-borne information participates in alternative splicing. Here we find that elevated levels of trimethylation of histone H3 on Lys9 (H3K9me3) are a characteristic of the alternative exons of several gen...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Saint-André V,Batsché E,Rachez C,Muchardt C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested the specificity and utility of more than 200 antibodies raised against 57 different histone modifications in Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans and human cells. Although most antibodies performed well, more than 25% failed specificity tests by dot blot or western blot. Among specific antibo...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Egelhofer TA,Minoda A,Klugman S,Lee K,Kolasinska-Zwierz P,Alekseyenko AA,Cheung MS,Day DS,Gadel S,Gorchakov AA,Gu T,Kharchenko PV,Kuan S,Latorre I,Linder-Basso D,Luu Y,Ngo Q,Perry M,Rechtsteiner A,Riddle NC,Schwar

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:STING functions as both an adaptor protein signaling cytoplasmic double-stranded DNA and a direct immunosensor of cyclic diguanylate monophosphate (c-di-GMP). The crystal structures of the C-terminal domain of human STING (STING(CTD)) and its complex with c-di-GMP reveal how STING recognizes c-di-GMP. In response to c...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Shang G,Zhu D,Li N,Zhang J,Zhu C,Lu D,Liu C,Yu Q,Zhao Y,Xu S,Gu L

更新日期：2012-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly contagious measles virus infects millions of individuals worldwide, causing serious disease in children of developing countries. Infection is initiated by attachment of the measles virus hemagglutinin (MV-H), a glycoprotein anchored to the virus envelope, to the host cell receptors CD46 or signaling lymphoc...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Santiago C,Celma ML,Stehle T,Casasnovas JM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of proteins containing polyglutamine (polyQ) expansions characterizes many neurodegenerative disorders, including Huntington's disease. Molecular chaperones modulate the aggregation and toxicity of the huntingtin (Htt) protein by an ill-defined mechanism. Here we determine how the chaperonin TRiC suppresse...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Tam S,Spiess C,Auyeung W,Joachimiak L,Chen B,Poirier MA,Frydman J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of the gp120 envelope (Env) glycoprotein to the CD4 receptor is the first step in the HIV-1 infectious cycle. Although the CD4-binding site has been extensively characterized, the initial receptor interaction has been difficult to study because of major CD4-induced structural rearrangements. Here we used cryog...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Liu Q,Acharya P,Dolan MA,Zhang P,Guzzo C,Lu J,Kwon A,Gururani D,Miao H,Bylund T,Chuang GY,Druz A,Zhou T,Rice WJ,Wigge C,Carragher B,Potter CS,Kwong PD,Lusso P

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMOs) are ubiquitous in all domains of life and metabolize a myriad of xenobiotics, including toxins, pesticides and drugs. However, despite their pharmacological importance, structural information remains bereft. To further our understanding behind their biochemistry and diversity, w...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Nicoll CR,Bailleul G,Fiorentini F,Mascotti ML,Fraaije MW,Mattevi A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eukaryotic exosome is a multisubunit complex typically composed of a catalytically inactive core and the Rrp44 protein, which contains 3'-to-5' exo- and endo-RNase activities. RNA substrates have been shown to be recruited through the core to reach Rrp44's exo-RNase (EXO) site. Using single-particle EM and biochem...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Liu JJ,Bratkowski MA,Liu X,Niu CY,Ke A,Wang HW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-2 microglobulin (beta2m) is a globular protein that self-associates into fibrillar amyloid deposits in patients undergoing hemodialysis therapy. Formation of these beta-sheet-rich assemblies is a fundamental property of polypeptides that can be triggered by diverse conditions. For beta2m, oligomerization into pre...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Calabrese MF,Eakin CM,Wang JM,Miranker AD

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Processing of transcribed precursor ribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA) to a mature state is a conserved aspect of ribosome biogenesis in vivo. We developed an affinity-purification system to isolate and analyze in vivo-formed pre-rRNA-containing ribonucleoprotein (RNP) particles (rRNPs) from wild-type E. coli. We observed that ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Gupta N,Culver GM

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rbfox family of splicing factors regulate alternative splicing during animal development and in disease, impacting thousands of exons in the maturing brain, heart and muscle. Rbfox proteins have long been known to bind to the RNA sequence GCAUG with high affinity and specificity, but just half of Rbfox binding sit...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Begg BE,Jens M,Wang PY,Minor CM,Burge CB

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suppressing cellular signal transducers of transcription 2 (STAT2) is a common strategy that viruses use to establish infections, yet the detailed mechanism remains elusive, owing to a lack of structural information about the viral-cellular complex involved. Here, we report the cryo-EM and crystal structures of human ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Wang B,Thurmond S,Zhou K,Sánchez-Aparicio MT,Fang J,Lu J,Gao L,Ren W,Cui Y,Veit EC,Hong H,Evans MJ,O'Leary SE,García-Sastre A,Zhou ZH,Hai R,Song J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histones have two structurally and functionally distinct domains: globular domains forming the nucleosomal core around which DNA is wrapped and unstructured tails protruding from the nucleosomal core. Whereas post-translational modifications (PTMs) in histone tails are well studied, much less is currently known about ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Tropberger P,Schneider R

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SUMO processing and deconjugation are essential proteolytic activities for nuclear metabolism and cell-cycle progression in yeast and higher eukaryotes. To elucidate the mechanisms used during substrate lysine deconjugation, SUMO isoform processing and SUMO isoform interactions, X-ray structures were determined for a ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Reverter D,Lima CD

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinases are involved in disease development and modulation of their activity can be therapeutically beneficial. Drug-resistant mutant kinases are valuable tools in drug discovery efforts, but the prediction of mutants across the kinome is challenging. Here, we generate deep mutational scanning data to identify mutant ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Persky NS,Hernandez D,Do Carmo M,Brenan L,Cohen O,Kitajima S,Nayar U,Walker A,Pantel S,Lee Y,Cordova J,Sathappa M,Zhu C,Hayes TK,Ram P,Pancholi P,Mikkelsen TS,Barbie DA,Yang X,Haq R,Piccioni F,Root DE,Johannes

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylation of histones is central to chromatin regulation, and thus previously unknown mechanisms regulating genome function can be revealed through the discovery of new histone methyl marks. Here we identify Set5 as the first histone H4 methyltransferase, which monomethylates the critical H4 lysine residues 5, 8 and...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Green EM,Mas G,Young NL,Garcia BA,Gozani O

更新日期：2012-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Many genomic alterations associated with human diseases localize in noncoding regulatory elements located far from the promoters they regulate, making it challenging to link noncoding mutations or risk-associated variants with target genes. The range of action of a given set of enhancers is thought to be defined by in...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Martin D,Pantoja C,Fernández Miñán A,Valdes-Quezada C,Moltó E,Matesanz F,Bogdanović O,de la Calle-Mustienes E,Domínguez O,Taher L,Furlan-Magaril M,Alcina A,Cañón S,Fedetz M,Blasco MA,Pereira PS,Ovcharenko I,Recillas-Tar

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus nsp1 protein suppresses host gene expression, including type I interferon production, by promoting host mRNA degradation and inhibiting host translation, in infected cells. We present evidence that nsp1 uses a novel, two-pronged strategy to inhibit host translation and gen...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Kamitani W,Huang C,Narayanan K,Lokugamage KG,Makino S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The noncoding RNA Xist recruits silencing factors to the inactive X chromosome (Xi) and facilitates re-organization of Xi structure. Here, we examine the mouse epigenomic landscape of Xi and assess how Xist alters chromatin accessibility. Xist deletion triggers a gain of accessibility of select chromatin regions that ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Jégu T,Blum R,Cochrane JC,Yang L,Wang CY,Gilles ME,Colognori D,Szanto A,Marr SK,Kingston RE,Lee JT

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the two B-family human DNA polymerases, pol δ and pol ε, are responsible for the bulk of nuclear genome replication, at least 14 additional polymerases have roles in nuclear DNA repair and replication. In this issue, newly reported crystal structures of two specialized A-family polymerases, pol δ and pol ε, e...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Beard WA,Wilson SH

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a soluble cytochrome from Shewanella oneidensis that contains eight covalently attached heme groups and determined its crystal structure. One of these hemes exhibits novel ligation of the iron atom by the epsilon-amino group of a lysine residue, despite its attachment via a typical CXXCH motif. This h...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Mowat CG,Rothery E,Miles CS,McIver L,Doherty MK,Drewette K,Taylor P,Walkinshaw MD,Chapman SK,Reid GA

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although tertiary folding of whole protein domains is prohibited by the cramped dimensions of the ribosomal tunnel, dynamic tertiary interactions may permit folding of small elementary units within the tunnel. To probe this possibility, we used a beta-hairpin and an alpha-helical hairpin from the cytosolic N terminus ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Kosolapov A,Deutsch C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrins are heterodimeric cell-surface adhesion molecules comprising one of 18 possible α-chains and one of eight possible β-chains. They control a range of cell functions in a matrix- and ligand-specific manner. Integrins can be internalized by clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) through β subunit-based motifs foun...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： De Franceschi N,Arjonen A,Elkhatib N,Denessiouk K,Wrobel AG,Wilson TA,Pouwels J,Montagnac G,Owen DJ,Ivaska J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule-severing enzymes katanin, spastin and fidgetin are AAA ATPases important for the biogenesis and maintenance of complex microtubule arrays in axons, spindles and cilia. Because of a lack of known 3D structures for these enzymes, their mechanism of action has remained poorly understood. Here we report the X-...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Zehr E,Szyk A,Piszczek G,Szczesna E,Zuo X,Roll-Mecak A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In bacteria, incorporation of selenocysteine, the 21(st) amino acid, into proteins requires elongation factor SelB, which has the unusual property of binding to both transfer RNA (tRNA) and mRNA. SelB binds to an mRNA hairpin formed by the selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) with extremely high specificity, the ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Yoshizawa S,Rasubala L,Ose T,Kohda D,Fourmy D,Maenaka K

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The computational design of α-helical membrane proteins is still in its infancy but has already made great progress. De novo design allows stable, specific and active minimal oligomeric systems to be obtained. Computational reengineering can improve the stability and function of naturally occurring membrane proteins. ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Barth P,Senes A

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins regulate gene expression by controlling mRNA biogenesis, localization, translation and decay. Identifying the composition, diversity and function of mRNA-protein complexes (mRNPs) is essential to understanding these processes. In a global survey of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mRNA-binding proteins, we identified...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Mitchell SF,Jain S,She M,Parker R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Weill L,Belloc E,Castellazzi CL,Méndez R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00