Newsletter 519 (August 5, 2024) NIH X-ray Diffraction SIG

 

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July 2024 PUBLICATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE GROUP

 

1: Tugarinov V, Torricella F, Ying J, Clore GM.

Transverse relaxation optimized spectroscopy of NH2 groups in glutamine and asparagine side chains of proteins.

J Biomol NMR. 2024 Jul 31. doi: 10.1007/s10858-024-00445-8. Epub ahead of print.

PMID: 39083133.

 

2: Umuhire Juru A, Ghirlando R, Zhang J.

Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the widespread OB fold.

Nat Commun. 2024 Jul 29;15(1):6385. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50730-1.

PMID: 39075051; PMCID: PMC11286949.

 

3: Lee M, Lu M, Zhang B, Zhou T, Katte R, Han Y, Rawi R, Kwong PD.

HIV-1-envelope trimer transitions from prefusion-closed to CD4-bound-open conformations through an occluded-intermediate state.

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jul 17:2024.07.15.603531. doi: 10.1101/2024.07.15.603531.

PMID: 39071380; PMCID: PMC11275901.

 

4: Ongey EL, Banerjee A.

In vitro reconstitution of transition metal transporters.

J Biol Chem. 2024 Jul 18:107589. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107589. Epub ahead of print.

PMID: 39032653.

 

5: Sim MJW, Hanada KI, Stotz Z, Yu Z, Lu J, Brennan P, Quastel M, Gillespie GM, Long EO, Yang JC, Sun PD.

Identification and structural characterization of a mutant KRAS-G12V specific TCR restricted by HLA-A3.

Eur J Immunol. 2024 Jul 18:e2451079. doi: 10.1002/eji.202451079. Epub ahead of print.

PMID: 39030753.

 

6: Zhang P, Gorman J, Tsybovsky Y, Lu M, Liu Q, Gopan V, Singh M, Lin Y, Miao H, Seo Y, Kwon A, Olia AS, Chuang GY, Geng H, Lai YT, Zhou T, Mascola JR, Mothes W, Kwong PD, Lusso P.

Design of soluble HIV-1 envelope trimers free of covalent gp120-gp41 bonds with prevalent native-like conformation.

Cell Rep. 2024 Jul 18;43(8):114518. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114518. Epub ahead of print.

PMID: 39028623.

 

7: Skeparnias I, Zhang J.

Structural basis of NEAT1 lncRNA maturation and menRNA instability.

Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2024 Jul 18. doi: 10.1038/s41594-024-01361-z. Epub ahead of print.

PMID: 39026030.

 

8: Kumar JP, Kosek D, Durell SR, Miller Jenkins LM, Debnath S, Coussens NP, Hall MD, Appella DH, Dyda F, Mazur SJ, Appella E.

Crystal structure and mechanistic studies of the PPM1D serine/threonine phosphatase catalytic domain.

J Biol Chem. 2024 Jul 11;300(8):107561. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107561. Epub ahead of print.

PMID: 39002674.

 

9: Tong AY, Tong EL, Hannani MA, Shaffer SN, Santiago D, Ferré-D'Amaré AR, Passalacqua LFM, Abdelsayed MM.

RNA thermometers are widespread upstream of ABC transporter genes in bacteria.

J Biol Chem. 2024 Jul 9;300(8):107547. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107547. Epub ahead of print.

PMID: 38992441.

 

10: Walters KJ.

Virus-host warfare by PROTACs.

Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2024 Jul 9. doi: 10.1038/s41580-024-00761-9. Epub ahead of print.

PMID: 38982303.

 

11: Giarimoglou N, Kouvela A, Zhang J, Stamatopoulou V, Stathopoulos C.

Structural idiosyncrasies of glycyl T-box riboswitches among pathogenic bacteria.

RNA. 2024 Jul 9:rna.080071.124. doi: 10.1261/rna.080071.124. Epub ahead of print.

PMID: 38981655.

 

12: Dauter Z, Wlodawer A.

In some cases more complicated approaches to refinement of macromolecular structures are not necessary.

IUCrJ. 2024 Jul 1;11(Pt 4):643-644. doi: 10.1107/S2052252524005803.

PMID: 38958017; PMCID: PMC11220886.

 

13: Skeparnias I, Bou-Nader C, Anastasakis DG, Fan L, Wang YX, Hafner M, Zhang J.

Structural basis of MALAT1 RNA maturation and mascRNA biogenesis.

Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2024 Jul 2. doi: 10.1038/s41594-024-01340-4. Epub ahead of print.

PMID: 38956168.

 

14: Lu X, Passalacqua LFM, Nodwell M, Kong KYS, Caballero-García G, Dolgosheina EV, Ferré-D'Amaré AR, Britton R, Unrau PJ.

Symmetry breaking of fluorophore binding to a G-quadruplex generates an RNA aptamer with picomolar KD.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 Jul 1:gkae493. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae493. Epub ahead of print.

PMID: 38945550. 

 

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

 

 

METHODS – Sample Preparation Tips

 

S. Yadav and K.R. Vinothkumar, “Factors affecting macromolecule orientations in thin films formed in cryo-EM” PMID: 38935342

 

S.E.J. Bowman et al., “Preparing research samples for safe arrival at centers and facilities: recipes for successful experiments” PMID: 38990054

 

 

METHODS – Integrative Structural Biology

 

M. Bazayeva et al., “A database overview of metal-coordination distances in metalloproteins” PMID: 38682667

 

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.

 

 

METHODS – SAXS

 

K. Lytje and J.S. Pederson, “Validation of electron-microscopy maps using solution small-angle X-ray scattering” PMID: 38935344.

 

 

METHODS – NMR and Ligand Screening

 

M. Bütikofer et al., “Rapid Protein-Ligand Affinity Determination by Photoinduced Hyperpolarized NMR” PMID: 38957136.

 

 

READINGS & TUTORIALS – Macromolecular Crystallography

 

K.L. Shelley and E.F. Garman, “Identifying and avoiding radiation damage in macromolecular crystallography” PMID: 38700059

 

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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