Structure-based discovery of small molecules that disaggregate Alzheimer's disease tissue derived tau fibrils in vitro

PM Seidler, KA Murray, DR Boyer, P Ge… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the consequence of neuronal death and brain atrophy
associated with the aggregation of protein tau into fibrils. Thus disaggregation of tau fibrils …

Better, faster, cheaper: recent advances in cryo–electron microscopy

EYD Chua, JH Mendez, M Rapp, SL Ilca… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Cryo–electron microscopy (cryo-EM) continues its remarkable growth as a method for
visualizing biological objects, which has been driven by advances across the entire pipeline …

Structure determination by cryoEM at 100 keV

G McMullan, K Naydenova… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Electron cryomicroscopy can, in principle, determine the structures of most biological
molecules but is currently limited by access, specimen preparation difficulties, and cost. We …

Illuminating the understudied GPCR-ome

S Majumdar, Y Chiu, JE Pickett, BL Roth - Drug Discovery Today, 2023 - Elsevier
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the target of> 30% of approved drugs. Despite
their popularity, many of the> 800 human GPCRs remain understudied. The Illuminating the …

Structures of the T cell potassium channel Kv1. 3 with immunoglobulin modulators

P Selvakumar, AI Fernández-Mariño, N Khanra… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The Kv1. 3 potassium channel is expressed abundantly on activated T cells and mediates
the cellular immune response. This role has made the channel a target for therapeutic …

Structural mechanisms of TRPM7 activation and inhibition

KD Nadezhdin, L Correia, C Narangoda… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The transient receptor potential channel TRPM7 is a master regulator of the organismal
balance of divalent cations that plays an essential role in embryonic development, immune …

Square beams for optimal tiling in transmission electron microscopy

EYD Chua, LM Alink, M Kopylov, JD Johnston… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Imaging large fields of view at a high magnification requires tiling. Transmission electron
microscopes typically have round beam profiles; therefore, tiling across a large area is either …

Mechanisms of HIV-1 integrase resistance to dolutegravir and potent inhibition of drug-resistant variants

M Li, D Oliveira Passos, Z Shan, SJ Smith, Q Sun… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
HIV-1 infection depends on the integration of viral DNA into host chromatin. Integration is
mediated by the viral enzyme integrase and is blocked by integrase strand transfer inhibitors …

Structure of human TRPV4 in complex with GTPase RhoA

KD Nadezhdin, IA Talyzina, A Parthasarathy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channel TRPV4 is a polymodal cellular sensor that
responds to moderate heat, cell swelling, shear stress, and small-molecule ligands. It is …

Structural mechanism of human oncochannel TRPV6 inhibition by the natural phytoestrogen genistein

A Neuberger, YA Trofimov, MV Yelshanskaya… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Calcium-selective oncochannel TRPV6 is the major driver of cell proliferation in human
cancers. While significant effort has been invested in the development of synthetic TRPV6 …