The protein data bank archive

S Velankar, SK Burley, G Kurisu, JC Hoch… - Structural Proteomics …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Protein Data Bank is the single worldwide archive of experimentally determined
macromolecular structure data. Established in 1971 as the first open access data resource in …

[PDF][PDF] The CCP4 suite: integrative software for macromolecular crystallography

J Agirre, M Atanasova, H Bagdonas… - … Section D: Structural …, 2023 - journals.iucr.org
The Collaborative Computational Project No. 4 (CCP4) is a UK-led international collective
with a mission to develop, test, distribute and promote software for macromolecular …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of Mpro from SARS-CoV-2 and discovery of its inhibitors

Z Jin, X Du, Y Xu, Y Deng, M Liu, Y Zhao, B Zhang, X Li… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
A new coronavirus, known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2), is the aetiological agent responsible for the 2019–2020 viral pneumonia outbreak of …

Secreted pectin monooxygenases drive plant infection by pathogenic oomycetes

F Sabbadin, S Urresti, B Henrissat, AO Avrova… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The oomycete Phytophthora infestans is a damaging crop pathogen and a model organism
to study plant-pathogen interactions. We report the discovery of a family of copper …

A single sulfatase is required to access colonic mucin by a gut bacterium

AS Luis, C Jin, GV Pereira, RWP Glowacki, SR Gugel… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Humans have co-evolved with a dense community of microbial symbionts that inhabit the
lower intestine. In the colon, secreted mucus creates a barrier that separates these …

[HTML][HTML] The catalytic role of glutathione transferases in heterologous anthocyanin biosynthesis

M Eichenberger, T Schwander, S Hüppi, J Kreuzer… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Anthocyanins are ubiquitous plant pigments used in a variety of technological applications.
Yet, after over a century of research, the penultimate biosynthetic step to anthocyanidins …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis of nirmatrelvir and ensitrelvir activity against naturally occurring polymorphisms of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease

GD Noske, E de Souza Silva, MO de Godoy… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent of COVID-19. The main viral protease (M pro) is an
attractive target for antivirals. The clinically approved drug nirmatrelvir and the clinical …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro selection of macrocyclic peptide inhibitors containing cyclic γ2,4-amino acids targeting the SARS-CoV-2 main protease

T Miura, TR Malla, CD Owen, A Tumber, L Brewitz… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract γ-Amino acids can play important roles in the biological activities of natural
products; however, the ribosomal incorporation of γ-amino acids into peptides is …

Posttranslational modification of microtubules by the MATCAP detyrosinase

L Landskron, J Bak, A Adamopoulos, K Kaplani… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The detyrosination-tyrosination cycle involves the removal and religation of the C-terminal
tyrosine of α-tubulin and is implicated in cognitive, cardiac, and mitotic defects. The …

Structural basis of omega-3 fatty acid transport across the blood–brain barrier

RJ Cater, GL Chua, SK Erramilli, JE Keener, BC Choy… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Docosahexaenoic acid is an omega-3 fatty acid that is essential for neurological
development and function, and it is supplied to the brain and eyes predominantly from …