A metazoan ortholog of SpoT hydrolyzes ppGpp and functions in starvation responses.

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：: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

abstract：:p53 binds as a tetramer to DNA targets consisting of two decameric half-sites separated by a variable spacer. Here we present high-resolution crystal structures of complexes between p53 core-domain tetramers and DNA targets consisting of contiguous half-sites. In contrast to previously reported p53-DNA complexes that ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Kitayner M,Rozenberg H,Rohs R,Suad O,Rabinovich D,Honig B,Shakked Z

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：: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：:Coupling between transcription and RNA processing is a key gene regulatory mechanism. Here we use chromatin immunoprecipitation to detect transcription-dependent accumulation of the precursor mRNA (pre-mRNA) splicing factors hnRNP A1, U2AF65 and U1 and U5 snRNPs on the intron-containing human FOS gene. These factors w...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Listerman I,Sapra AK,Neugebauer KM

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：: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：: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 structure of the Sortilin ectodomain in complex with neurotensin has been determined at 2-A resolution, revealing that the C-terminal part of neurotensin binds in the tunnel of a ten-bladed beta-propeller domain. Binding competition studies suggest that additional binding sites, for example, for the prodomain of n...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Quistgaard EM,Madsen P,Grøftehauge MK,Nissen P,Petersen CM,Thirup SS

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:RNA functions at enhancers remain mysterious. Here we show that the 7SK small nuclear RNA (snRNA) inhibits enhancer transcription by modulating nucleosome position. 7SK occupies enhancers and super enhancers genome wide in mouse and human cells, and it is required to limit enhancer-RNA initiation and synthesis in a ma...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Flynn RA,Do BT,Rubin AJ,Calo E,Lee B,Kuchelmeister H,Rale M,Chu C,Kool ET,Wysocka J,Khavari PA,Chang HY

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA-damage response (DDR) ensures genome stability and proper inheritance of genetic information, both of which are essential to survival. It is presently unclear to what extent other signaling pathways modulate DDR function. Here we show that Notch receptor binds and inactivates ATM kinase and that this mechanism...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Vermezovic J,Adamowicz M,Santarpia L,Rustighi A,Forcato M,Lucano C,Massimiliano L,Costanzo V,Bicciato S,Del Sal G,d'Adda di Fagagna F

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：: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：:Glucokinase (GK) is a glucose-phosphorylating enzyme that regulates insulin release and hepatic metabolism, and its loss of function is implicated in diabetes pathogenesis. GK activators (GKAs) are attractive therapeutics in diabetes; however, clinical data indicate that their benefits can be offset by hypoglycemia, o...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Szlyk B,Braun CR,Ljubicic S,Patton E,Bird GH,Osundiji MA,Matschinsky FM,Walensky LD,Danial NN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By sequence-specific binding to 3' UUU-OH, the La protein shields precursor (pre)-RNAs from 3' end digestion and is required to protect defective pre-transfer RNAs from decay. Although La is comprised of a La motif and an RNA-recognition motif (RRM), a recent structure indicates that the RRM beta-sheet surface is not ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Huang Y,Bayfield MA,Intine RV,Maraia RJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:We developed an experimental system for studying genome instability caused by fragile X (CGG)n repeats in mammalian cells. Our method uses a selectable cassette carrying the HyTK gene under the control of the FMR1 promoter with (CGG)n repeats in its 5' UTR, which is integrated into the unique RL5 site in murine erythr...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Kononenko AV,Ebersole T,Vasquez KM,Mirkin SM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated co-transcriptional recruitment of pre-mRNA processing factors to human genes. Capping factors associate with paused RNA polymerase II (pol II) at the 5' ends of quiescent genes. They also track throughout actively transcribed genes and accumulate with paused polymerase in the 3' flanking region. The 3'...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Glover-Cutter K,Kim S,Espinosa J,Bentley DL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Green tea has held a long-standing place in traditional Asian medicine. Scientific research is now beginning to explain why. ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors：

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changing environmental conditions and lessening fresh water supplies have sparked intense interest in understanding and manipulating abscisic acid (ABA) signaling, which controls adaptive responses to drought and other abiotic stressors. We recently discovered a selective ABA agonist, pyrabactin, and used it to discov...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Peterson FC,Burgie ES,Park SY,Jensen DR,Weiner JJ,Bingman CA,Chang CE,Cutler SR,Phillips GN Jr,Volkman BF

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desensitization is a universal feature of ligand-gated ion channels. Using the crystal structure of the GluR2 L483Y mutant channel as a guide, we attempted to build non-desensitizing kainate-subtype glutamate receptors. Success was achieved for GluR5, GluR6 and GluR7 with intermolecular disulfide cross-links but not b...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Weston MC,Schuck P,Ghosal A,Rosenmund C,Mayer ML

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histone variant macroH2A1 regulates gene expression important for differentiation, stem-cell reprogramming and tumor suppression. Here, we demonstrate that in primary human cells, macroH2A1 participates in two physically and functionally distinct types of chromatin marked by either H3K27me3 or nine histone acetyla...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Chen H,Ruiz PD,Novikov L,Casill AD,Park JW,Gamble MJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The WAVE regulatory complex (WRC) transmits information from the Rac GTPase to the actin nucleator Arp2/3 complex. We have reconstituted recombinant human and Drosophila WRC in several forms and shown that they are inactive toward Arp2/3 complex but can be activated by Rac in a nucleotide-dependent fashion. Our observ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Ismail AM,Padrick SB,Chen B,Umetani J,Rosen MK

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosome-associated quality control (RQC) represents a rescue pathway in eukaryotic cells that is triggered upon translational stalling. Collided ribosomes are recognized for subsequent dissociation followed by degradation of nascent peptides. However, endogenous RQC-inducing sequences and the mechanism underlying the...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Matsuo Y,Tesina P,Nakajima S,Mizuno M,Endo A,Buschauer R,Cheng J,Shounai O,Ikeuchi K,Saeki Y,Becker T,Beckmann R,Inada T

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in structure determination of the bacterial and eukaryotic transcription machinery have led to a marked increase in the understanding of the mechanism of transcription. Models for the specific assembly of the RNA polymerase II transcription machinery at a promoter, conformational changes that occur during ini...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Hahn S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eukaryotic DNA replication machinery must traverse every nucleosome in the genome during S phase. As nucleosomes are generally inhibitory to DNA-dependent processes, chromatin structure must undergo extensive reorganization to facilitate DNA synthesis. However, the identity of chromatin-remodeling factors involved...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Vincent JA,Kwong TJ,Tsukiyama T

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Nature structural & molecular biology

authors： Marcinkiewicz KM

更新日期：2018-12-01 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