Cross-linking mass spectrometry for investigating protein conformations and protein–protein interactions─ a method for all seasons

L Piersimoni, PL Kastritis, C Arlt, A Sinz - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Mass spectrometry (MS) has become one of the key technologies of structural biology. In this
review, the contributions of chemical cross-linking combined with mass spectrometry (XL …

Cross-linking mass spectrometry: methods and applications in structural, molecular and systems biology

FJ O'Reilly, J Rappsilber - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2018 - nature.com
Over the past decade, cross-linking mass spectrometry (CLMS) has developed into a robust
and flexible tool that provides medium-resolution structural information. CLMS data provide …

A high-speed search engine pLink 2 with systematic evaluation for proteome-scale identification of cross-linked peptides

ZL Chen, JM Meng, Y Cao, JL Yin, RQ Fang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We describe pLink 2, a search engine with higher speed and reliability for proteome-scale
identification of cross-linked peptides. With a two-stage open search strategy facilitated by …

Cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS): An emerging technology for interactomics and structural biology

C Yu, L Huang - Analytical chemistry, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Protein-protein interactions are fundamental to the formation of intricate interaction networks
and the assembly of multisubunit protein complexes that represent the functional …

Crosslinking and mass spectrometry: an integrated technology to understand the structure and function of molecular machines

A Leitner, M Faini, F Stengel, R Aebersold - Trends in biochemical …, 2016 - cell.com
In recent years, chemical crosslinking of protein complexes and the identification of
crosslinked residues by mass spectrometry (XL-MS; sometimes abbreviated as CX-MS) has …

Crucial HSP70 co-chaperone complex unlocks metazoan protein disaggregation

NB Nillegoda, J Kirstein, A Szlachcic, M Berynskyy… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Protein aggregates are the hallmark of stressed and ageing cells, and characterize several
pathophysiological states,. Healthy metazoan cells effectively eliminate intracellular protein …

Molecular architecture of the inner ring scaffold of the human nuclear pore complex

J Kosinski, S Mosalaganti, A Von Appen, R Teimer… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are 110-megadalton assemblies that mediate
nucleocytoplasmic transport. NPCs are built from multiple copies of~ 30 different …

Architecture and conformational switch mechanism of the ryanodine receptor

RG Efremov, A Leitner, R Aebersold, S Raunser - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Muscle contraction is initiated by the release of calcium (Ca2+) from the sarcoplasmic
reticulum into the cytoplasm of myocytes through ryanodine receptors (RyRs). RyRs are …

Integrated structural analysis of the human nuclear pore complex scaffold

KH Bui, A Von Appen, AL DiGuilio, A Ori, L Sparks… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is a fundamental component of all eukaryotic cells that
facilitates nucleocytoplasmic exchange of macromolecules. It is assembled from multiple …

The complete structure of the large subunit of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome

BJ Greber, D Boehringer, M Leibundgut, P Bieri… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) are extensively modified ribosomes of bacterial
descent specialized for the synthesis and insertion of membrane proteins that are critical for …