Newsletter 516 (June 17, 2024) NIH X-ray Diffraction SIG

 

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May 2024 PUBLICATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE GROUP

 

1: Zhan J, Zeher A, Huang R, Tang WK, Jenkins LM, Xia D. 

Conformations of Bcs1L undergoing ATP hydrolysis suggest a concerted translocation mechanism for folded iron-sulfur protein substrate.

Nat Commun. 2024 May 31;15(1):4655. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49029-y. 

PMID: 38821922; PMCID: PMC11143374.

 

2: Zhang B, Chuang GY, Biju A, Biner D, Cheng J, Wang Y, Bao S, Chao CW, Lei H, Liu T, Nazzari AF, Yang Y, Zhou T, Chen SJ, Chen X, Kong WP, Ou L, Parchment DK, Sarfo EK, SiMa H, Todd JP, Wang S, Woodward RA, Cheng C, Rawi R, Mascola JR, Kwong PD. 

Cholesterol reduction by immunization with a PCSK9 mimic.

Cell Rep. 2024 May 30;43(6):114285. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114285. Epub ahead of print. 

PMID: 38819987.

 

3: Jia M, Zhao H, Morano NC, Lu H, Lui YM, Du H, Becker JE, Yuen KY, Ho DD, Kwong PD, Shapiro L, To KK, Wu X. 

Human neutralizing antibodies target a conserved lateral patch on H7N9 hemagglutinin head.

Nat Commun. 2024 May 27;15(1):4505. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-48758-4. 

PMID: 38802413; PMCID:PMC11130183.

 

4: Wang S, Chan KW, Wei D, Ma X, Liu S, Hu G, Park S, Pan R, Gu Y, Nazzari AF, Olia AS, Xu K, Lin BC, Louder MK, McKee K, Doria-Rose NA, Montefiori D, Seaman MS, Zhou T, Kwong PD, Arthos J, Kong XP, Lu S. 

Human CD4-binding site antibody elicited by polyvalent DNA prime-protein boost vaccine neutralizes cross-clade tier-2-HIV strains.

Nat Commun. 2024 May 21;15(1):4301. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-48514-8. 

PMID: 38773089; PMCID: PMC11109196.

 

5: Diarra S, Ghosh S, Cissé L, Coulibaly T, Yalcouyé A, Harmison G, Diallo S, Diallo SH, Coulibaly O, Schindler A, Cissé CAK, Maiga AB, Bamba S, Samassekou O, Khokha MK, Mis EK, Lakhani SA, Donovan FX, Jacobson S, Blackstone C, Guinto CO, Landouré G, Bonifacino JS, Fischbeck KH, Grunseich C. 

AP2A2 mutation and defective endocytosis in a Malian family with hereditary spastic paraplegia.

Neurobiol Dis. 2024 May 19;198:106537. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106537. Epub ahead of print. 

PMID: 38772452.

 

6: Chinnam NB, Thapar R, Arvai AS, Sarker AH, Soll JM, Paul T, Syed A, Rosenberg DJ, Hammel M, Bacolla A, Katsonis P, Asthana A, Tsai MS, Ivanov I, Lichtarge O, Silverman RH, Mosammaparast N, Tsutakawa SE, Tainer JA. 

ASCC1 structures and bioinformatics reveal a novel Helix-Clasp-Helix RNA-binding motif linked to a two-histidine phosphodiesterase.

J Biol Chem. 2024 May 13:107368. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107368. Epub ahead of print. 

PMID: 38750793.

 

7: Kumar P, Tomita T, Gerken TA, Ballard CJ, Lee YS, Weiss LM, Samara NL.

A Toxoplasma gondii O-glycosyltransferase that modulates bradyzoite cyst wall rigidity is distinct from host homologues.

Nat Commun. 2024 May 6;15(1):3792. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-48253-w. 

PMID: 38710711; PMCID: PMC11074326.

 

8: Xu J, Zhou T, McKee K, Zhang B, Liu C, Nazzari AF, Pegu A, Shen CH, Becker JE, Bender MF, Chan P, Changela A, Chaudhary R, Chen X, Einav T, Kwon YD, Lin BC, Louder MK, Merriam JS, Morano NC, O'Dell S, Olia AS, Rawi R, Roark RS, Stephens T, Teng IT, Tourtellott-Fogt E, Wang S, Yang ES, Shapiro L, Tsybovsky Y, Doria-Rose NA, Casellas R, Kwong PD.

Ultrapotent Broadly Neutralizing Human-llama Bispecific Antibodies against HIV-1.

Adv Sci (Weinh). 2024 May 5:e2309268.doi: 10.1002/advs.202309268. Epub ahead of print. 

PMID: 38704686.

 

9: Osei-Amponsa V, Magidson V, Walters KJ.

Protocol for cytoskeleton staining of the semi-adherent multiple myeloma cell line RPMI 8226 by immunofluorescence.

STAR Protoc. 2024 May 2;5(2):103060. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103060. Epub ahead of print. 

PMID: 38700979; PMCID: PMC11078693.

 

10: Jiang J, Natarajan K, Margulies DH.

Chaperone-mediated MHC-I peptide exchange in antigen presentation.

IUCrJ. 2024 May 1;11(Pt 3):287-298. doi: 10.1107/S2052252524002768. 

PMID: 38656309; PMCID: PMC11067752.

 

11: De Pace R, Maroofian R, Paimboeuf A, Zamani M, Zaki MS, Sadeghian S, Azizimalamiri R, Galehdari H, Zeighami J, Williamson CD, Fleming E, Zhou D, Gannon JL, Thiffault I, Roze E, Suri M, Zifarelli G, Bauer P, Houlden H, Severino M, Patten SA, Farrow E, Bonifacino JS.

Biallelic BORCS8 variants cause an infantile-onset neurodegenerative disorder with altered lysosome dynamics.

Brain. 2024 May 3;147(5):1751-1767. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad427. 

PMID: 38128568; PMCID: PMC11068110.

 

For timely listing, please send a heads-up E-mail to the Editor upon publication.

 

 

METHODS – Integrative Structural Biology

 

H. Zheng et al., “PinMyMetal: A hybrid learning system to accurately model metal binding sites in macromolecules” PMID: 38463967.

 

M. Bochtler, “X-rays, electrons, and neutrons as probes of atomic matter” PMID: 38412856.

 

 

METHODS – XFEL, 3D-printed liquid sheet jet technology

 

M. Trebbin, “Thinner than a knife’s edge: 3D-printed liquid sheet jet technology for solution phase XFEL experiments” PMID: 37910141.

 

METHODS – Micro-ED, AlphaFold-Assisted

 

J.E. Miller et al., “AlphaFold-assisted structure determination of a bacterial protein of unknown function using X-ray and electron crystallography” PMID: 38451205

 

 

METHODS – Cryo-EM

 

C.L. Lawson et al., “Outcomes of the EMDataResource Cryo-EM Ligand Modeling Challenge” PMID: 38343795

 

B. Greber et al., “High-resolution cryo-EM of the human CDK-activating kinase for structure-based drug design” PMID: 38480681

 

G.J. Kleywegt, “Community recommendations on cryoEM data archiving and validation”  PMID: 38358351

 

M. Kschonsak et al., “Cryo-EM reveals an unprecedented binding site for Nav1.7 inhibitors enabling rational design of potent hybrid inhibitors” PMID: 36975198.

 

 

READINGS & TUTORIALS – Macromolecular Crystallography

 

G. Khusainov et al., “The time revolution in macromolecular crystallography.” PMID: 38616866.

 

J.R. Helliwell et al., “The evolution of raw data archiving and the growth of its importance in crystallography.” PMID: 38864497.

 

D.J. Haas, “Fifty years on: why macromolecular cryocrystallography has been so successful” IUCr Newsletter (2023) 31(3).

 

W.A. Hendrickson, “Facing the phase problem” PMID: 37668214.

 

READINGS & TUTORIALS – Cryo-EM

 

E. Nogales & J. Mahamid, “Bridging structural and cell biology with cryo-electron microscopy” PMID: 38570716.

 

DATABASES – Structural Biology


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