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Feline coronavirus drug inhibits the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 and blocks virus replication
Nature Communications, 2020 Coronavirus main protease is essential for viral polyprotein processing and replication. Here Vuong et al. report efficient inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 replication by the dipeptide-based protease inhibitor GC376 and its parent GC373, which were originally ...
Wayne Vuong +13 more
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Structure and mechanism of membrane transporters
Scientific Reports, 2022 Membrane transporters are an important group of proteins in physiology and disease. Their functions make them common drug targets, but their location in the lipid bilayers poses a tremendous challenge to researchers.
Lan Guan
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Inhibition of TRPP3 by calmodulin through Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II
Cell Insight, 2023 Transient receptor potential (TRP) polycystin-3 (TRPP3) is a non-selective cation channel activated by Ca2+ and protons and is involved in regulating ciliary Ca2+ concentration, hedgehog signaling and sour tasting.
Xiong Liu +6 more
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Conformational dynamics of the human serotonin transporter during substrate and drug binding
Nature Communications, 2019 The serotonin transporter (SERT) is responsible for re-uptake of serotonin into the presynaptic neuron and plays a key role in synaptic transmission. Here, the authors use hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry to probe the conformational dynamics
Ingvar R. Möller +6 more
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Nature Communications, 2020 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Wayne Vuong +13 more
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The rapid developments of membrane protein structure biology over the last two decades
BMC Biology, 2023 Membrane protein research has flourished in the past 20 years. Exciting technological innovations in structural biology, including cryoEM single-particle analysis and AI-based protein structure prediction, such as AlphaFold 2, have largely revolutionized
Lan Guan
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Structural insight into the mechanism of energy transfer in cyanobacterial phycobilisomes
Nature Communications, 2021 The major light-harvesting systems for photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and red algae are phycobilisomes (PBS). Here, the authors present the cryo-EM structures of two cyanobacterial PBS from Anabaena 7120 and Synechococcus 7002 and discuss their energy ...
Lvqin Zheng +7 more
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Multilayered regulation of GluK3 kainate receptors is mediated by Neto subunits and zinc
Communications BiologyKainate receptors (KARs), a distinct subfamily of ionotropic glutamate receptors, are critical modulators of synaptic transmission and network excitability. Their function is intricately regulated by auxiliary subunits and endogenous ions.
Rajesh Vinnakota +4 more
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Cornichons: Evolution, AMPA receptor modulation, and emerging roles beyond the nervous system
Brain DisordersCornichons are auxiliary proteins that regulate the functions of AMPA receptors (AMPARs), which mediate fast excitatory transmission in the central nervous system.
Pratibha Bharti +3 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Fluorescent probes allow dynamic visualization of phosphoinositides in living cells (left), whereas mass spectrometry provides high‐sensitivity, isomer‐resolved quantitation (right). Their synergistic use captures complementary aspects of lipid signaling. This review illustrates how these approaches reveal the spatiotemporal regulation and quantitative
Hiroaki Kajiho +3 more
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