Structural mechanism for gating of a eukaryotic mechanosensitive channel of small conductance.

abstract：:β-Diguetoxin-Dc1a (Dc1a) is a toxin from the desert bush spider Diguetia canities that incapacitates insects at concentrations that are non-toxic to mammals. Dc1a promotes opening of German cockroach voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels (BgNav1), whereas human Nav channels are insensitive. Here, by transplanting common...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bende NS,Dziemborowicz S,Mobli M,Herzig V,Gilchrist J,Wagner J,Nicholson GM,King GF,Bosmans F

更新日期：2014-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-dependent chromatin remodellers are mutated in more than 20% of human cancers. The consequences of these mutations on enzyme function are poorly understood. Here, we characterise the effects of CHD4 mutations identified in endometrial carcinoma on the remodelling properties of dMi-2, the highly conserved Drosophil...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kovač K,Sauer A,Mačinković I,Awe S,Finkernagel F,Hoffmeister H,Fuchs A,Müller R,Rathke C,Längst G,Brehm A

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotechnology attempts to develop supernumerary limbs, but can the human brain deal with the complexity to control an extra limb and yield advantages from it? Here, we analyzed the neuromechanics and manipulation abilities of two polydactyly subjects who each possess six fingers on their hands. Anatomical MRI of the...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mehring C,Akselrod M,Bashford L,Mace M,Choi H,Blüher M,Buschhoff AS,Pistohl T,Salomon R,Cheah A,Blanke O,Serino A,Burdet E

更新日期：2019-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Chiral magnets are an emerging class of topological matter harboring localized and topologically protected vortex-like magnetic textures called skyrmions, which are currently under intense scrutiny as an entity for information storage and processing. Here, on the level of micromagnetics we rigorously show that chiral ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hoffmann M,Zimmermann B,Müller GP,Schürhoff D,Kiselev NS,Melcher C,Blügel S

更新日期：2017-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have witnessed thriving progress of flexible and portable electronics, with very high demand for cost-effective and tailor-made multifunctional devices. Here, we report on an ingenious origami hierarchical sensor array (OHSA) written with a conductive ink. Thanks to origami as a controllable hierarchical ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang M,Sun JJ,Khatib M,Lin ZY,Chen ZH,Saliba W,Gharra A,Horev YD,Kloper V,Milyutin Y,Huynh TP,Brandon S,Shi G,Haick H

更新日期：2019-03-08 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 communications

authors： Calejman CM,Trefely S,Entwisle SW,Luciano A,Jung SM,Hsiao W,Torres A,Hung CM,Li H,Snyder NW,Villén J,Wellen KE,Guertin DA

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The mixed layer of modern oceans is a zone of fully homogenized sediment resulting from bioturbation. The mixed layer is host to complex biogeochemical cycles that directly impact ecosystem functioning, affecting ocean productivity and marine biodiversity. The timing of origin of the mixed layer has been controversial...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gougeon RC,Mángano MG,Buatois LA,Narbonne GM,Laing BA

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic pathogen of humans, uses quorum sensing (QS) to regulate the production of extracellular products that can benefit all members of the population. P. aeruginosa can police QS-deficient cheaters by producing hydrogen cyanide, which is also QS regulated; however, the mechanism by ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yan H,Asfahl KL,Li N,Sun F,Xiao J,Shen D,Dandekar AA,Wang M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutational inactivation of the SWI/SNF chromatin regulator ATRX occurs frequently in gliomas, the most common primary brain tumors. Whether and how ATRX deficiency promotes oncogenesis by epigenomic dysregulation remains unclear, despite its recent implication in both genomic instability and telomere dysfunction. Here...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Danussi C,Bose P,Parthasarathy PT,Silberman PC,Van Arnam JS,Vitucci M,Tang OY,Heguy A,Wang Y,Chan TA,Riggins GJ,Sulman EP,Lang F,Creighton CJ,Deneen B,Miller CR,Picketts DJ,Kannan K,Huse JT

更新日期：2018-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Trafficking of mitochondria into dendrites and axons plays an important role in the physiology and pathophysiology of neurons. Mitochondrial outer membrane protein Miro and adaptor proteins TRAKs/Milton link mitochondria to molecular motors. Here we show that metaxins MTX-1 and MTX-2 contribute to mitochondrial transp...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhao Y,Song E,Wang W,Hsieh CH,Wang X,Feng W,Wang X,Shen K

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian pseudokinase SgK223, and its structurally related homologue SgK269, are oncogenic scaffolds that nucleate the assembly of specific signalling complexes and regulate tyrosine kinase signalling. Both SgK223 and SgK269 form homo- and hetero-oligomers, a mechanism that underpins a diversity of signalling out...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Patel O,Griffin MDW,Panjikar S,Dai W,Ma X,Chan H,Zheng C,Kropp A,Murphy JM,Daly RJ,Lucet IS

更新日期：2017-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to acting as a cellular energy source, ATP can also act as a damage-associated molecular pattern in both animals and plants. Stomata are leaf pores that control gas exchange and, therefore, impact critical functions such as photosynthesis, drought tolerance, and also are the preferred entry point for patho...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen D,Cao Y,Li H,Kim D,Ahsan N,Thelen J,Stacey G

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread CsrA/RsmA protein regulators repress translation by binding GGA motifs in bacterial mRNAs. CsrA activity is primarily controlled through sequestration by multiple small regulatory RNAs. Here we investigate CsrA activity control in the absence of antagonizing small RNAs by examining the CsrA regulon in t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dugar G,Svensson SL,Bischler T,Wäldchen S,Reinhardt R,Sauer M,Sharma CM

更新日期：2016-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiments have shown that local species richness promotes ecosystem functioning and stability. Whether this also applies under real-world conditions is still debated. Here, we focus on larger scales of space, time and ecological organization. We develop a quasi-experimental d...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Oehri J,Schmid B,Schaepman-Strub G,Niklaus PA

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloidal interactions in nematic liquid crystals can be described as interactions between elastic multipoles that depend on particle shape, topology, chirality, boundary conditions and induced topological defects. Here, we describe a nematic colloidal system consisting of mesostructures of gold capable of inducing el...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yuan Y,Tasinkevych M,Smalyukh II

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymocyte-expressed, positive selection-associated 1 (Tespa1) is important in T cell receptor (TCR)-driven thymocyte development. Downstream of the TCR, Tespa1 is a crucial component of the linker for activation of T cells (LAT) signalosome, facilitating calcium signalling and subsequent MAPK activation. However, it i...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liang J,Lyu J,Zhao M,Li D,Zheng M,Fang Y,Zhao F,Lou J,Guo C,Wang L,Wang D,Liu W,Lu L

更新日期：2017-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The TORC1 complex controls cell growth upon integrating nutritional signals including amino-acid availability. TORC1 notably adapts the plasma membrane protein content by regulating arrestin-mediated endocytosis of amino-acid transporters. Here we demonstrate that TORC1 further fine tunes the inherent activity of the ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Boeckstaens M,Llinares E,Van Vooren P,Marini AM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) play critical roles in the central nervous system. Their heterotetrameric composition generates subtypes with distinct functional properties and spatio-temporal distribution in the brain, raising the possibility for subtype-specific targeting by pharmacological means for treatme...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang JX,Irvine MW,Burnell ES,Sapkota K,Thatcher RJ,Li M,Simorowski N,Volianskis A,Collingridge GL,Monaghan DT,Jane DE,Furukawa H

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial effector MavC catalyzes non-canonical ubiquitination of host E2 enzyme UBE2N without engaging any of the conventional ubiquitination machinery, thereby abolishing UBE2N's function in forming K63-linked ubiquitin (Ub) chains and dampening NF-кB signaling. We now report the structures of MavC in complex wi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang Y,Zhan Q,Wang X,Li P,Liu S,Gao G,Gao P

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAB receptors (GBRs) are key regulators of synaptic release but little is known about trafficking mechanisms that control their presynaptic abundance. We now show that sequence-related epitopes in APP, AJAP-1 and PIANP bind with nanomolar affinities to the N-terminal sushi-domain of presynaptic GBRs. Of the three in...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dinamarca MC,Raveh A,Schneider A,Fritzius T,Früh S,Rem PD,Stawarski M,Lalanne T,Turecek R,Choo M,Besseyrias V,Bildl W,Bentrop D,Staufenbiel M,Gassmann M,Fakler B,Schwenk J,Bettler B

更新日期：2019-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:For a cell to move forward it must convert chemical energy into mechanical propulsion. Force produced by actin polymerization can generate traction across the plasma membrane by transmission through integrins to their ligands. However, the role this force plays in integrin activation is unknown. Here we show that inte...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nordenfelt P,Elliott HL,Springer TA

更新日期：2016-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The photons in circularly polarized light can transfer their quantized spin angular momentum to micro- and nanostructures via absorption and scattering. This normally exerts positive torque on the objects wher the sign (i.e., handedness or angular direction) follows that of the spin angular momentum. Here we show that...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Han F,Parker JA,Yifat Y,Peterson C,Gray SK,Scherer NF,Yan Z

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard units of measurement are required for the quantitative description of nature; however, few standard units have been established for genomics to date. Here, we have developed a synthetic DNA ladder that defines a quantitative standard unit that can measure DNA sequence abundance within a next-generation sequen...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Reis ALM,Deveson IW,Wong T,Madala BS,Barker C,Blackburn J,Marcellin E,Mercer TR

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying a bona fide population of cardiac stem cells (CSCs) is a critical step for developing cell-based therapies for heart failure patients. Previously, cardiac c-kit(+) cells were reported to be CSCs with a potential to become myocardial, endothelial and smooth muscle cells in vitro and after cardiac injury. He...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sultana N,Zhang L,Yan J,Chen J,Cai W,Razzaque S,Jeong D,Sheng W,Bu L,Xu M,Huang GY,Hajjar RJ,Zhou B,Moon A,Cai CL

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:For the state-of-the-art quantum dot light-emitting diodes, while the ZnO nanoparticle layers can provide effective electron injections into quantum dots layers, the hole transporting materials usually cannot guarantee sufficient hole injection owing to the deep valence band of quantum dots. Developing proper hole tra...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cao W,Xiang C,Yang Y,Chen Q,Chen L,Yan X,Qian L

更新日期：2018-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian clocks generate reliable ~24-h rhythms despite being based on stochastic biochemical reactions. The circadian clock in Synechococcus elongatus uses a post-translational oscillator that cycles deterministically in a test tube. Because the volume of a single bacterial cell is much smaller than a macroscopic re...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chew J,Leypunskiy E,Lin J,Murugan A,Rust MJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin stimulates the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), energy expenditure, and weight loss; however, the underlying molecular mechanism remains elusive. Here, we uncover Sh2b1 in leptin receptor (LepR) neurons as a critical component of a SNS/brown adipose tissue (BAT)/thermogenesis axis. LepR neuron-specific deletio...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jiang L,Su H,Wu X,Shen H,Kim MH,Li Y,Myers MG Jr,Owyang C,Rui L

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:To reconstruct the evolutionary origin of multicellular animals from their unicellular ancestors, the genome sequences of diverse unicellular relatives are essential. However, only the genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis has been reported to date. Here we completely sequence the genome of the filastere...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Suga H,Chen Z,de Mendoza A,Sebé-Pedrós A,Brown MW,Kramer E,Carr M,Kerner P,Vervoort M,Sánchez-Pons N,Torruella G,Derelle R,Manning G,Lang BF,Russ C,Haas BJ,Roger AJ,Nusbaum C,Ruiz-Trillo I

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deployment of next-generation renewable biofuels can be enhanced by improving their compatibility with the current infrastructure for transportation, storage and utilization. Propane, the bulk component of liquid petroleum gas, is an appealing target as it already has a global market. In addition, it is a gas unde...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kallio P,Pásztor A,Thiel K,Akhtar MK,Jones PR

更新日期：2014-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread use of fuel cells is currently limited by the lack of efficient and cost-effective catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction. Iron-based non-precious metal catalysts exhibit promising activity and stability, as an alternative to state-of-the-art platinum catalysts. However, the identity of the active ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Varnell JA,Tse EC,Schulz CE,Fister TT,Haasch RT,Timoshenko J,Frenkel AI,Gewirth AA

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00