Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering

CM Jeffries, J Ilavsky, A Martel, S Hinrichs… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Small-angle scattering (SAS) is a technique that is able to probe the structural organization
of matter and quantify its response to changes in external conditions. X-ray and neutron …

Supramolecular luminescent sensors

TL Mako, JM Racicot, M Levine - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
There is great need for stand-alone luminescence-based chemosensors that exemplify
selectivity, sensitivity, and applicability and that overcome the challenges that arise from …

Chiral plasmonic triangular nanorings with SERS activity for ultrasensitive detection of amyloid proteins in Alzheimer's disease

G Wang, C Hao, W Ma, A Qu, C Chen, J Xu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chiral plasmonic nanomaterials have attracted unprecedented attention due to their broad
applications in biomedicine, negative refractive index, and chiral sensing. Here, using a wet …

Hydrogen atoms in supramolecular chemistry: a structural perspective. Where are they, and why does it matter?

AL Thompson, NG White - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen bonding interactions are ubiquitous across the biochemical and chemical
sciences, and are of particular interest to supramolecular chemists. They have been used to …

Hinge disulfides in human IgG2 CD40 antibodies modulate receptor signaling by regulation of conformation and flexibility

CM Orr, H Fisher, X Yu, CHT Chan, Y Gao… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Antibodies protect from infection, underpin successful vaccines and elicit therapeutic
responses in otherwise untreatable cancers and autoimmune conditions. The human IgG2 …

Macromolecular room temperature crystallography

M Fischer - Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 2021 - cambridge.org
X-ray crystallography enables detailed structural studies of proteins to understand and
modulate their function. Conducting crystallographic experiments at cryogenic temperatures …

X-rays in the cryo-electron microscopy era: structural biology's dynamic future

SC Shoemaker, N Ando - Biochemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past several years, single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has
emerged as a leading method for elucidating macromolecular structures at near-atomic …

Role of computational methods in going beyond X-ray crystallography to explore protein structure and dynamics

A Srivastava, T Nagai, A Srivastava… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Protein structural biology came a long way since the determination of the first three-
dimensional structure of myoglobin about six decades ago. Across this period, X-ray …

Supramolecular copolymers of peptides and lipidated peptides and their therapeutic potential

R Qiu, IR Sasselli, Z Álvarez, H Sai, W Ji… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular peptide chemistry offers a versatile strategy to create chemical systems
useful as new biomaterials with potential to deliver nearly 1000 known candidate peptide …

Conformational switching and flexibility in cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase studied by small-angle X-ray scattering and cryoelectron microscopy

MB Watkins, H Wang, A Burnim… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase (MetH) catalyzes the synthesis of methionine
from homocysteine and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (CH3-H4folate) using the unique chemistry …