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UiO‐66 metal–organic frameworks in biomedicine: From structural tunability to bioimaging, photodiagnostics, and photodynamic cancer therapy

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
UiO‐66(Zr) metal–organic frameworks are chemically stable, biocompatible, and highly tunable nanomaterials. Their modular structure enables controlled drug delivery, multimodal bioimaging, and light‐activated photodynamic therapy, supporting integrated diagnostic and therapeutic (theranostic) applications in cancer and biomedical research.
Veronika Huntošová, Grigorii Rakhalskii, Miroslav Almáši   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Presynaptic v-ATPase Reversibly Disassembles and Thereby Modulates Exocytosis but Is Not Part of the Fusion Machinery

Cell Reports, 2017
Vacuolar H+-ATPase (v-ATPase) is a multi-subunit complex comprising two domains: the cytosolic V1 domain catalyzing ATP hydrolysis and the membranous V0 sector translocating protons across membranes.
Anna Bodzęta, Martin Kahms, Jürgen Klingauf   +2 more
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Directed evolution of enzymes at the crossroads of tradition and innovation

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
An iterative cycle of data‐driven enzyme optimization comprising four stages: genetic diversification of a template enzyme, expression of protein variants, high‐throughput evaluation, and machine‐learning‐guided redesign of the next variant library.
Maria Tomkova, Andrej Mirossay, Erik Sedlak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Light‐Gated Assembly of Membrane‐Bound DNA Filaments as Synthetic Cell Modules

Small Structures
Precise spatiotemporal control over biomolecular assembly is a central requirement for engineering synthetic cells and programmable biomaterials. Of particular interest are inducible filaments that can confer stability or mechanical transformation to ...
Svetozar Gavrilović, Marco Halbeisen, Thuy An Nguyen, Yusuf Qutbuddin, Petra Schwille   +4 more
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Guiding AlphaFold to predict how Munc13‐1 opens Syntaxin‐1

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The syntaxin‐1 Habc‐domain (orange), linker (pink) and SNARE motif (yellow) form a closed conformation that binds to Munc18‐1 (violet) and is opened by the Munc13‐1 MUN domain (cyan) to form the SNARE complex that triggers neurotransmitter release.
Madhurima Chattopadhyay, Junjie Xu, Josep Rizo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energetics of the microsporidian polar tube invasion machinery

eLife
Microsporidia are eukaryotic, obligate intracellular parasites that infect a wide range of hosts, leading to health and economic burdens worldwide.
Ray Chang, Ari Davydov, Pattana Jaroenlak, Breane Budaitis, Damian C Ekiert, Gira Bhabha, Manu Prakash   +6 more
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Boundaries steer the contraction of active gels

Nature Communications, 2016
The actomyosin cytoskeleton consists of a contractile array but how it becomes organized is not clear. Here the authors reconstitute a controllable contractile system to show that force balances at boundaries determine contraction dynamics, and spatial ...
Matthias Schuppler, Felix C. Keber, Martin Kröger, Andreas R. Bausch   +3 more
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Hyperactive ice‐binding proteins stabilize cell membranes and improve resistance to dehydration stress in Caenorhabditis elegans

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
TisIBP8, a fungal‐derived hyperactive ice‐binding protein, helps Caenorhabditis elegans survive dehydration. It localizes near cell membranes, reduces cell damage, and helps maintain membrane structure during drying. These results suggest that ice‐binding proteins can protect cells from dehydration stress as well as freezing stress.
Daiki Shimose, Kotaro Ozaki, Ryohei Kuriyama, Yuka Ikemoto, Kazuhiro Mio, Yuji C. Sasaki, Tatsuya Arai, Sakae Tsuda, Yoichi Shinkai, Masahiro Kuramochi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanical interactions among followers determine the emergence of leaders in migrating epithelial cell collectives

Nature Communications, 2018
During collective cell migration, how leader cells emerge is poorly understood. Here, the authors find that small groups of mechanically-interacting follower cells pull on the future leaders to stochastically elect them to their fate.
Medhavi Vishwakarma, Jacopo Di Russo, Dimitri Probst, Ulrich S. Schwarz, Tamal Das, Joachim P. Spatz   +5 more
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Importin 7 mediates the nuclear import of HIV‐1 integrase via a specific interacting interface

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
HIV‐1 integrase enables viral DNA integration into the host genome. By binding to the core domain of the host protein Importin 7 via its C‐terminal domain, the integrase is transported across the nuclear membrane into the nucleus, where integration of the viral genome into host DNA takes place. This translocation is a critical step for subsequent viral
Juana Bana, Avigail Yariv, Tal Oppenheim, Hadar Amartely, Dana Reichmann, Oded Livnah   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source