Structural basis for selective activation of ABA receptors.

abstract：:Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), a cytokine produced by epithelial cells at barrier surfaces, is pivotal for the development of widespread chronic inflammatory disorders such as asthma and atopic dermatitis. The structure of the mouse TSLP-mediated signaling complex reveals how TSLP establishes extensive interface...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Verstraete K,van Schie L,Vyncke L,Bloch Y,Tavernier J,Pauwels E,Peelman F,Savvides SN

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental question is how enzymes can accelerate chemical reactions. Catalysis is not only defined by actual chemical steps, but also by enzyme structure and dynamics. To investigate the role of protein dynamics in enzymatic turnover, we measured residue-specific protein dynamics in hyperthermophilic and mesophili...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Wolf-Watz M,Thai V,Henzler-Wildman K,Hadjipavlou G,Eisenmesser EZ,Kern D

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MCL-1 is an antiapoptotic BCL-2 family protein that has emerged as a major pathogenic factor in human cancer. Like BCL-2, MCL-1 bears a surface groove whose function is to sequester the BH3 killer domains of proapoptotic BCL-2 family members, a mechanism harnessed by cancer cells to establish formidable apoptotic bloc...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Lee S,Wales TE,Escudero S,Cohen DT,Luccarelli J,Gallagher CG,Cohen NA,Huhn AJ,Bird GH,Engen JR,Walensky LD

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The threat of a major coronavirus pandemic urges the development of strategies to combat these pathogens. Human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63) is an α-coronavirus that can cause severe lower-respiratory-tract infections requiring hospitalization. We report here the 3.4-Å-resolution cryo-EM reconstruction of the HCoV-NL6...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Walls AC,Tortorici MA,Frenz B,Snijder J,Li W,Rey FA,DiMaio F,Bosch BJ,Veesler D

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thylakoid assembly 8 (THA8) is a pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) RNA-binding protein required for the splicing of the transcript of ycf3, a gene involved in chloroplast thylakoid-membrane biogenesis. Here we report the identification of multiple THA8-binding sites in the ycf3 intron and present crystal structures of Br...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Ke J,Chen RZ,Ban T,Zhou XE,Gu X,Tan MH,Chen C,Kang Y,Brunzelle JS,Zhu JK,Melcher K,Xu HE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel approach to separate two ribosome populations from the same cells and use this method in combination with RNA-seq to identify mRNAs bound to Saccharomyces cerevisiae ribosomes with and without Rps26, a protein linked to the pathogenesis of Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA). These analyses reveal that R...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Ferretti MB,Ghalei H,Ward EA,Potts EL,Karbstein K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin G4 antibodies exhibit unusual properties with important biological consequences. We report the structure of the human full-length IgG4 S228P anti-PD1 antibody pembrolizumab, solved to 2.3-Å resolution. Pembrolizumab is a compact molecule, consistent with the presence of a short hinge region. The Fc doma...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Scapin G,Yang X,Prosise WW,McCoy M,Reichert P,Johnston JM,Kashi RS,Strickland C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of cell volume against osmotic change is crucial for proper cell functions. Leucine-rich repeat-containing 8 proteins are anion-selective channels that extrude anions to decrease the cell volume on cellular swelling. Here, we present the structure of human leucine-rich repeat-containing 8A, determined by s...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Kasuya G,Nakane T,Yokoyama T,Jia Y,Inoue M,Watanabe K,Nakamura R,Nishizawa T,Kusakizako T,Tsutsumi A,Yanagisawa H,Dohmae N,Hattori M,Ichijo H,Yan Z,Kikkawa M,Shirouzu M,Ishitani R,Nureki O

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Newly synthesized polypeptides undergo various cotranslational maturation steps, including N-terminal enzymatic processing, chaperone-assisted folding and membrane targeting, but the spatial and temporal coordination of these steps is unclear. We show that Escherichia coli methionine aminopeptidase (MAP) associates wi...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Sandikci A,Gloge F,Martinez M,Mayer MP,Wade R,Bukau B,Kramer G

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) machinery, including ESCRT-III, localizes to the midbody and participates in the membrane-abscission step of cytokinesis. The ESCRT-III protein charged multivesicular body protein 1B (CHMP1B) is required for recruitment of the MIT domain-containing protein s...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Yang D,Rismanchi N,Renvoisé B,Lippincott-Schwartz J,Blackstone C,Hurley JH

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have linked the C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II (pol II) with cotranscriptional precursor messenger RNA processing, but little is known about the CTD's function in regulating alternative splicing. We have examined this function using alpha-amanitin-resistant pol II CTD mutants and fibrone...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： de la Mata M,Kornblihtt AR

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:In eukaryotes, the essential dimeric molecular chaperone Hsp90 is required for the activation and maturation of specific substrates such as steroid hormone receptors, tyrosine kinases and transcription factors. Hsp90 is involved in the establishment of cancer and has become an attractive target for drug design. Here w...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Hagn F,Lagleder S,Retzlaff M,Rohrberg J,Demmer O,Richter K,Buchner J,Kessler H

更新日期：2011-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporin (AQP) folding in the endoplasmic reticulum is characterized by two distinct pathways of membrane insertion that arise from divergent residues within the second transmembrane segment. We now show that in AQP1 these residues (Asn49 and Lys51) interact with Asp185 at the C terminus of TM5 to form a polar, quate...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Buck TM,Wagner J,Grund S,Skach WR

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteasome is the main ATP-dependent protease in eukaryotic cells and controls the concentration of many regulatory proteins in the cytosol and nucleus. Proteins are targeted to the proteasome by the covalent attachment of polyubiquitin chains. The ubiquitin modification serves as the proteasome recognition elemen...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Prakash S,Tian L,Ratliff KS,Lehotzky RE,Matouschek A

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:Three recent studies converged on a specific protein-protein interface between TPP1 and telomerase as being crucial for the regulation of both telomerase recruitment and processivity in mammalian cells. An equivalent interaction appears to exist in budding yeast, making this a nearly universal means of telomerase regu...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Lue NF,Yu EY,Lei M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brr2 is a DExD/H-box helicase responsible for U4/U6 unwinding during spliceosomal activation. Brr2 contains two helicase-like domains, each of which is followed by a Sec63 domain with unknown function. We determined the crystal structure of the second Sec63 domain, which unexpectedly resembles domains 4 and 5 of DNA h...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Zhang L,Xu T,Maeder C,Bud LO,Shanks J,Nix J,Guthrie C,Pleiss JA,Zhao R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The core of the neurotransmitter release machinery is formed by SNARE complexes, which bring the vesicle and plasma membranes together and are key for fusion, and by Munc18-1, which controls SNARE-complex formation and may also have a direct role in fusion. In addition, SNARE complex assembly is likely orchestrated by...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Rizo J,Rosenmund C

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major structural components of HIV-1 are encoded as a single polyprotein, Gag, which is sufficient for virus particle assembly. Initially, Gag forms an approximately spherical shell underlying the membrane of the immature particle. After proteolytic maturation of Gag, the capsid (CA) domain of Gag reforms into a c...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Briggs JA,Simon MN,Gross I,Kräusslich HG,Fuller SD,Vogt VM,Johnson MC

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human APOBEC3G (A3G) DNA cytosine deaminase restricts and hypermutates DNA-based parasites including HIV-1. The viral infectivity factor (Vif) prevents restriction by triggering A3G degradation. Although the structure of the A3G catalytic domain is known, the structure of the N-terminal Vif-binding domain has prov...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Kouno T,Luengas EM,Shigematsu M,Shandilya SM,Zhang J,Chen L,Hara M,Schiffer CA,Harris RS,Matsuo H

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear volume and the number of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) on the nucleus almost double during interphase in dividing cells. How these events are coordinated with the cell cycle is poorly understood, particularly in mammalian cells. We report here, based on newly developed techniques for visualizing NPC formation,...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Maeshima K,Iino H,Hihara S,Funakoshi T,Watanabe A,Nishimura M,Nakatomi R,Yahata K,Imamoto F,Hashikawa T,Yokota H,Imamoto N

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：:We have determined the solution structure of the complex between an arginine-glycine-rich RGG peptide from the human fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) and an in vitro-selected guanine-rich (G-rich) sc1 RNA. The bound RNA forms a newly discovered G-quadruplex separated from the flanking duplex stem by a mixed...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Phan AT,Kuryavyi V,Darnell JC,Serganov A,Majumdar A,Ilin S,Raslin T,Polonskaia A,Chen C,Clain D,Darnell RB,Patel DJ

更新日期：2011-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin is a dynamic structure that must respond to myriad stimuli to regulate access to DNA, and chemical modification of histones is a major means by which the cell modulates nucleosome mobility and turnover. Histone modifications are linked to essentially every cellular process requiring DNA access, including tra...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Zentner GE,Henikoff S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitination cascade has a key role in the assembly of repair and signaling proteins at sites of double-strand DNA breaks. The E3 ubiquitin ligase RING finger protein 8 (RNF8) triggers the initial ubiquitination at double-strand DNA breaks, whereas sustained ubiquitination requires the downstream E3 ligase RING ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Feng L,Chen J

更新日期：2012-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression is inherently stochastic; precise gene regulation by transcription factors is important for cell-fate determination. Many transcription factors regulate their own expression, suggesting that autoregulation counters intrinsic stochasticity in gene expression. Using a new strategy, cotranslational activa...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Hensel Z,Feng H,Han B,Hatem C,Wang J,Xiao J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage T4 and related viruses have a contractile tail that serves as an efficient mechanical device for infecting bacteria. A three-dimensional cryo-EM reconstruction of the mature T4 tail assembly at 15-A resolution shows the hexagonal dome-shaped baseplate, the extended contractile sheath, the long tail fiber...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Kostyuchenko VA,Chipman PR,Leiman PG,Arisaka F,Mesyanzhinov VV,Rossmann MG

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To locate key RNA features in the structure of the spliceosome by EM, we fused a sequence-specific RNA binding protein to a protein with a distinct donut-shaped structure. We used this fusion to label spliceosomes assembled on a pre-mRNA that contained the target sequence in the exons. The label is clearly visible in ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Alcid EA,Jurica MS

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00