The structure of CCT-Hsc70 NBD suggests a mechanism for Hsp70 delivery of substrates to the chaperonin.

abstract：:The AAA+ ATPase Vps4 disassembles ESCRT-III and is essential for HIV-1 budding and other pathways. Vps4 is a paradigmatic member of a class of hexameric AAA+ ATPases that disassemble protein complexes without degradation. To distinguish between local displacement versus global unfolding mechanisms for complex disassem...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Yang B,Stjepanovic G,Shen Q,Martin A,Hurley JH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thousands of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been discovered, but their functional characterization has been slowed by a limited set of research tools. Here we review emerging RNA-centric methods to interrogate the intrinsic structure of lncRNAs as well as their genomic localization and biochemical partners. Unders...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Chu C,Spitale RC,Chang HY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, the Ponceau staining presented in Fig. 1b (right, bottom) does not follow best practices for figure preparation since itinadvertently included duplications from the Ponceau staining presented in Supplementary Fig. 1b (for which the same preparation ofnucleosomes from HeLa cells had been used). A new F...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Daujat S,Weiss T,Mohn F,Lange UC,Ziegler-Birling C,Zeissler U,Lappe M,Schübeler D,Torres-Padilla ME,Schneider R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal acetylation of Sir3 is essential for heterochromatin establishment and maintenance in yeast, but its mechanism of action is unknown. The crystal structure of the N-terminally acetylated BAH domain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sir3 bound to the nucleosome core particle reveals that the N-terminal acetylat...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Arnaudo N,Fernández IS,McLaughlin SH,Peak-Chew SY,Rhodes D,Martino F

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin V is a double-headed processive molecular motor that moves along an actin filament by taking 36-nm steps. Using optical trapping nanometry with high spatiotemporal resolution, we discovered that there are two possible pathways for the 36-nm steps, one with 12- and 24-nm substeps, in this order, and the other wi...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Uemura S,Higuchi H,Olivares AO,De La Cruz EM,Ishiwata S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial tRNA adenosine deaminases (TadAs) catalyze the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine to inosine at the wobble position of tRNA(Arg2), a process that enables this single tRNA to recognize three different arginine codons in mRNA. In addition, inosine is also introduced at the wobble position of multiple eukaryot...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Losey HC,Ruthenburg AJ,Verdine GL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hsp70s use ATP hydrolysis to disrupt protein-protein associations and to move macromolecules. One example is the Hsc70- mediated disassembly of the clathrin coats that form on vesicles during endocytosis. Here, we exploited the exceptional features of these coats to test three models-Brownian ratchet, power-stroke and...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Sousa R,Liao HS,Cuéllar J,Jin S,Valpuesta JM,Jin AJ,Lafer EM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Podovirus P-SSP7 infects Prochlorococcus marinus, the most abundant oceanic photosynthetic microorganism. Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy yields icosahedral and asymmetrical structures of infectious P-SSP7 with 4.6-A and 9-A resolution, respectively. The asymmetric reconstruction reveals how symmetry mismatch...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Liu X,Zhang Q,Murata K,Baker ML,Sullivan MB,Fu C,Dougherty MT,Schmid MF,Osburne MS,Chisholm SW,Chiu W

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allosteric interactions are typically considered to proceed through a series of discrete changes in bonding interactions that alter the protein conformation. Here we show that allostery can be mediated exclusively by transmitted changes in protein motions. We have characterized the negatively cooperative binding of cA...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Popovych N,Sun S,Ebright RH,Kalodimos CG

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:It has recently been shown that RNA 3'-end formation plays a more widespread role in controlling gene expression than previously thought. To examine the impact of regulated 3'-end formation genome-wide, we applied direct RNA sequencing to A. thaliana. Here we show the authentic transcriptome in unprecedented detail an...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Sherstnev A,Duc C,Cole C,Zacharaki V,Hornyik C,Ozsolak F,Milos PM,Barton GJ,Simpson GG

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Domain 5 (D5) is the central core of group II intron ribozymes. Many base and backbone substituents of this highly conserved hairpin participate in catalysis and are crucial for binding to other intron domains. We report the solution structures of the 34-nucleotide D5 hairpin from the group II intron ai5 gamma in the ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Sigel RK,Sashital DG,Abramovitz DL,Palmer AG,Butcher SE,Pyle AM

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We show that convergent transcription induces transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) in trans for both fission yeast and mammalian cells. This method has advantages over existing strategies to induce gene silencing. Previous studies in fission yeast have characterized TGS as a cis-specific process involving RNA interfer...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Gullerova M,Proudfoot NJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of autotaxin with its substrates leads to the production of lysophosphatidic acids (LPA), bioactive lipids with an emerging prominent role in inflammation and cancer. Two papers in this issue tell the previously unknown story of autotaxin, from substrate discrimination to highly efficient local deliver...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Tabchy A,Tigyi G,Mills GB

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural chromosome ends resemble double-stranded DNA breaks, but they do not activate a damage response in healthy cells. Telomeres therefore have evolved to solve the 'end-protection problem' by inhibiting multiple DNA damage-response pathways. During the past decade, the view of telomeres has progressed from simple ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Arnoult N,Karlseder J

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:CpG island-like sequences are commonly thought to provide the sole signals for designating constitutively unmethylated regions in the genome, thus generating open chromatin domains within a sea of global repression. Using a new database obtained from comprehensive microarray analysis, we show that unmethylated regions...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Straussman R,Nejman D,Roberts D,Steinfeld I,Blum B,Benvenisty N,Simon I,Yakhini Z,Cedar H

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：: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：:The RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) C-terminal domain (CTD) heptapeptide repeats (1-YSPTSPS-7) undergo dynamic phosphorylation and dephosphorylation during the transcription cycle to recruit factors that regulate transcription, RNA processing and chromatin modification. We show here that RPRD1A and RPRD1B form homodimers a...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Ni Z,Xu C,Guo X,Hunter GO,Kuznetsova OV,Tempel W,Marcon E,Zhong G,Guo H,Kuo WW,Li J,Young P,Olsen JB,Wan C,Loppnau P,El Bakkouri M,Senisterra GA,He H,Huang H,Sidhu SS,Emili A,Murphy S,Mosley AL,Arrowsmith CH

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mre11-Rad50-NBS1 (MRN) complex has many roles in response to DNA double-strand breaks, but its functions in repair by nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) pathways are poorly understood. We have investigated requirements for MRN in class switch recombination (CSR), a programmed DNA rearrangement in B lymphocytes that ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Dinkelmann M,Spehalski E,Stoneham T,Buis J,Wu Y,Sekiguchi JM,Ferguson DO

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitination is a post-translational modification (PTM) that is essential for balancing numerous physiological processes. To enable delineation of protein ubiquitination at a site-specific level, we generated an antibody, denoted UbiSite, recognizing the C-terminal 13 amino acids of ubiquitin, which remain attached ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Akimov V,Barrio-Hernandez I,Hansen SVF,Hallenborg P,Pedersen AK,Bekker-Jensen DB,Puglia M,Christensen SDK,Vanselow JT,Nielsen MM,Kratchmarova I,Kelstrup CD,Olsen JV,Blagoev B

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When targeting promoter regions, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) trigger a previously proposed pathway known as transcriptional gene silencing by promoting heterochromatin formation. Here we show that siRNAs targeting intronic or exonic sequences close to an alternative exon regulate the splicing of that exon. The eff...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Alló M,Buggiano V,Fededa JP,Petrillo E,Schor I,de la Mata M,Agirre E,Plass M,Eyras E,Elela SA,Klinck R,Chabot B,Kornblihtt AR

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells respond to changes in environmental conditions via orchestrated modifications in gene expression. For example, in response to heat shock, cells execute a program of gene-specific transcriptional activation and repression. Although the activation of genes upon heat shock has been widely studied, the mechanism of ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Allen TA,Von Kaenel S,Goodrich JA,Kugel JF

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The typical function of kinesins is to transport cargo along microtubules. Binding of ATP to microtubule-attached motile kinesins leads to cargo displacement. To better understand the nature of the conformational changes that lead to the power stroke that moves a kinesin's load along a microtubule, we determined the X...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Gigant B,Wang W,Dreier B,Jiang Q,Pecqueur L,Plückthun A,Wang C,Knossow M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although R loops can occur at different genomic locations, the factors that determine their formation and frequency remain unclear. Emerging evidence indicates that DNA breaks stimulate DNA-RNA hybrid formation. Here, we discuss the possibility that formation of hybrids may be an inevitable risk of DNA breaks that occ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Aguilera A,Gómez-González B

更新日期：2017-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Tripeptidyl peptidase II (TPP II) is the largest known eukaryotic protease (6 MDa). It is believed to act downstream of the 26S proteasome, cleaving tripeptides from the N termini of longer peptides, and it is implicated in numerous cellular processes. Here we report the structure of Drosophila TPP II determined by a ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Chuang CK,Rockel B,Seyit G,Walian PJ,Schönegge AM,Peters J,Zwart PH,Baumeister W,Jap BK

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clustered codons that pair to low-abundance tRNA isoacceptors can form slow-translating regions in the mRNA and cause transient ribosomal arrest. We report that folding efficiency of the Escherichia coli multidomain protein SufI can be severely perturbed by alterations in ribosome-mediated translational attenuation. S...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Zhang G,Hubalewska M,Ignatova Z

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To catalyze pre-mRNA splicing, U6 small nuclear RNA positions two metals that interact directly with the scissile phosphates. U6 metal ligands correspond stereospecifically to metal ligands within the catalytic domain V of a group II self-splicing intron. Domain V ligands are organized by base-triple interactions, whi...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Fica SM,Mefford MA,Piccirilli JA,Staley JP

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jun dimerization protein-2 (JDP2) is a component of the AP-1 transcription factor that represses transactivation mediated by the Jun family of proteins. Here, we examine the functional mechanisms of JDP2 and show that it can inhibit p300-mediated acetylation of core histones in vitro and in vivo. Inhibition of histone...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Jin C,Kato K,Chimura T,Yamasaki T,Nakade K,Murata T,Li H,Pan J,Zhao M,Sun K,Chiu R,Ito T,Nagata K,Horikoshi M,Yokoyama KK

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00