Abstract:
:Specific, noncovalent binding of biomolecules can only be understood by considering structural, thermodynamic, and kinetic issues. The theoretical foundations for such analyses have been clarified in the past year. Computational techniques for both particle-based and continuum models continue to improve and to yield useful insights into an ever wider range of biomolecular systems.
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Curr Opin Struct Bioljournal_title
Current opinion in structural biologyauthors
McCammon JAdoi
10.1016/s0959-440x(98)80046-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-04-01 00:00:00pages
245-9issue
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0959-440Xissn
1879-033Xpii
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8pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Pyrrolopyrimidine containing natural products are widely distributed in Nature. The biosynthesis of the 7-deazapurine moiety that is common to all pyrrolopyrimidines entails multiple steps, one of which is a complex radical-mediated ring contraction reaction catalyzed by CDG synthase. Herein we review the biosynthetic...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2015.11.005
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Structural modeling of a cell is an evolving strategic direction in computational structural biology. It takes advantage of new powerful modeling techniques, deeper understanding of fundamental principles of molecular structure and assembly, and rapid growth of the amount of structural data generated by experimental t...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2019.03.012
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Biology has, and continues to be, shaped by evolutionary mechanisms. Within the past decade, local fitness landscapes have become experimentally tractable and are providing new perspectives on evolutionary mechanisms. Powered by next-generation sequencing, the impacts of all individual amino acid substitutions on func...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2018.01.001
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The ISWI family of ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers regulates transcription of coding and noncoding RNA by mobilizing nucleosomes and controlling the length of linker DNA separating nucleosomes (spacing). Nucleosome movement is tightly coupled to the DNA translocation activity of the helicase domain in the catalytic...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2014.01.010
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::H+ transporting, reversible F-type ATPases (ATP synthases) and V-type ATPases share major structural features and function by similar mechanisms. Recent structural and genetic experiments provide new insights into the organization of the transmembrane and coupling sectors of the enzymes and the molecular mechanics of ...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-440x(96)80114-x
更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Conformational dynamics is a hallmark of diverse non-coding RNA functions. During these functional processes, RNA molecules almost ubiquitously undergo conformational transitions that are tuned to meet distinct structural and kinetic requirements for proper function. A complete mechanistic understanding of RNA functio...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2015.02.011
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Allostery plays important roles in many biological processes. Although all non-fibrous proteins may be allosteric, currently only a limited number of allosteric proteins are known. How allosteric regulation depends on protein topology and what are the preferred folds in allosteric proteins need to be explored. Alloste...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2020.01.011
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The modulation of enzyme function is a key regulatory feature of biological systems. The ability to engineer synthetic enzymes that can be controlled by any arbitrary signal would enable a wide array of sensing applications and therapeutics and provide us with powerful tools for the basic study of biology. Here severa...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2009.04.007
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Conformational changes are an essential feature of most molecular processes in biology. Optical tweezers have emerged as a powerful tool for probing conformational dynamics at the single-molecule level because of their high resolution and sensitivity, opening new windows on phenomena ranging from folding and ligand bi...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2015.06.006
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The computational evaluation of protein-protein interactions will play an important role in organising the wealth of data being generated by high-throughput initiatives. Here we discuss future applications, report recent developments and identify areas requiring further investigation. Many functions have been develope...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2013.06.017
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent advances in atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging of nucleic acids include the visualization of DNA and RNA incorporated into devices and patterns, and into structures based on their sequences or sequence recognition. AFM imaging of nuclear structures has contributed to advances in telomere research and to our ...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2004.05.005
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The X-ray structures of two prokaryotic pentameric ligand-gated ion channels have recently provided detailed insight into this important family of neurotransmitter receptors. These prokaryotic homologs share the overall architecture of their eukaryotic counterparts with conservation in functionally important residues....
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2009.07.006
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The past year has seen some major advances in the area of carbohydrate synthesis using chemical methods. Progress in all areas of synthetic methodology, including new protecting groups and coupling methods, has been reported. A number of complex carbohydrate structures have been prepared using known, as well as new, m...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-440x(00)00252-9
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Can a stereochemical recognition code explain sequence-specific protein-nucleic acid interactions? Whereas a code that is generally applicable to DNA-binding proteins of all known structural families is unattainable, the indications are that a code can describe at least some of the interactions of classical zinc finge...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-440x(97)80015-2
更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The past years have seen tremendous progress towards understanding how arrestins recognize phosphorylated G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Two arrestin crystal structures, one of a pre-activated splice variant and one bound to a GPCR phosphopeptide, provided insights into the conformational changes upon phosphate ...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2014.07.006
更新日期:2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The exponential growth in the amount of genomic data published in recent years has led to increased efforts in analysing genomes for the presence of repeated sequences, which has in turn fostered the development of novel repeat recognition methods. This has resulted in a deepened understanding of the importance and ab...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-440x(98)80068-7
更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Many proteins are composed of protein domains, functional units of common descent. Multidomain forms are common in all eukaryotes making up more than half of the proteome and the evolution of novel domain architecture has been accelerated in metazoans. It is also becoming increasingly clear that alternative splicing i...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2013.02.013
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A remarkable group of proteins challenge the notions that protein sequence determines a unique three-dimensional structure, and that membrane and soluble proteins are very distinct. The pore-forming toxins typically transform from soluble, monomeric proteins to oligomers that form transmembrane channels. Recent struct...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2006.03.008
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::There has been significant recent progress in the computational design of protein interactions including the creation of novel heterodimers, homodimers, nanohedra, fibril caps and a protein crystal. Essential to these successes has been the use of innovative strategies for finding binding modes that are achievable, th...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2013.04.010
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Covalently circularized nanodiscs (cNDs) represent a significant advance in the durability and applicability of nanodisc technology. The new cNDs demonstrate higher size homogeneity and improved stability compared with that of non-circularized forms. Moreover, cNDs can be prepared at various defined sizes up to 80-nm ...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2018.03.014
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::For many protein families, such as serine proteinases or serine proteinase inhibitors, the family assignment predicts reactivity only in general terms. Both detailed specificity and quantitative reactivity are lacking. We believe that, for many such protein families, algorithms can be devised by defining the subset of...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0959-440x(03)00013-7
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::ATP- and NAD(+)-dependent DNA ligases, ATP-dependent RNA ligases and GTP-dependent mRNA capping enzymes comprise a superfamily of proteins that catalyze nucleotidyl transfer to polynucleotide 5' ends via covalent enzyme-(lysyl-N)-NMP intermediates. The superfamily is defined by five peptide motifs that line the nucleo...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2004.10.006
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Generally, non-catalytic carbohydrate binding module (CBM) specificity has been shown to parallel the catalytic activity of the carbohydrate active enzyme (CAZyme) module it is appended to. With the rapid expansion in metagenomic sequence space for the potential discovery of new CBMs in addition to the recent emergenc...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2014.07.004
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::RNA motifs are directed and ordered stacked arrays of non-Watson-Crick base pairs forming distinctive foldings of the phosphodiester backbones of the interacting RNA strands. They correspond to the 'loops' - hairpin, internal and junction - that intersperse the Watson-Crick two-dimensional helices as seen in two-dimen...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0959-440x(03)00076-9
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cells are equipped with cosolvents that modulate protein folding and aggregation to withstand water stress. The effect of cosolvents on the aggregation rates depends on whether the polypeptide sequence is an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) or can fold into a specific native structure. Cosolvents, which act as d...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2019.12.011
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The 5' m7GpppN cap plays an essential role in the life cycle of eukaryotic mRNA and is required for efficient pre-mRNA splicing, export, stability and translation. Nascent pre-mRNA is capped through a series of three enzymatic steps that result in a 5' N7-methyl guanosine linked by an inverted 5'-5' triphosphate bridg...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2005.01.009
更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRps) of the segmented double-stranded (ds) RNA viruses of the Reoviridae family exhibit distinguishing structural elements, enabling the enzymes to function within the confines of a proteinaceous core particle. These globular, cage-like polymerases are traversed by four well-defined tu...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2009.10.007
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Transmembrane helix-helix interactions mediate the folding and assembly of membrane proteins. Recognition motifs range from GxxxG and leucine zippers to polar side chains and salt bridges. Some canonical membrane proteins contain local charge clusters that are important for folding and function, and which have to be c...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2014.05.003
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The torque-generating, direction-reversing switch proteins of the bacterial flagellar rotary motor form a cytoplasmic extension of the bacterial flagellar basal body. 10 A maps, obtained by electron cryomicroscopy, of the bacterial filament reveal an unusual alpha domain which forms the protein-subunit export channel....
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0959-440x(95)80074-3
更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The radical intermediates generated during the catalytic cycles of adenosylcobalamin-dependent enzymes occur in pairs. The positions of radicals residing on the cofactor, substrate or protein, relative to the position of the low-spin Co(2+) from the cob(II)alamin intermediate, can be extracted from electron paramagnet...
journal_title:Current opinion in structural biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2003.10.011
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00