Cryo-EM in drug discovery: achievements, limitations and prospects

JP Renaud, A Chari, C Ciferri, W Liu… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2018 - nature.com
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) of non-crystalline single particles is a biophysical
technique that can be used to determine the structure of biological macromolecules and …

Determinants, maintenance, and function of organellar pH

SA Freeman, S Grinstein… - Physiological reviews, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
The protonation state of soluble and membrane-associated macromolecules dictates their
charge, conformation, and functional activity. In addition, protons (H+ or their equivalents) …

Cryo-EM structure of the entire mammalian F-type ATP synthase

G Pinke, L Zhou, LA Sazanov - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2020 - nature.com
The majority of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) powering cellular processes in eukaryotes is
produced by the mitochondrial F1Fo ATP synthase. Here, we present the atomic models of …

Molecular basis of V-ATPase inhibition by bafilomycin A1

R Wang, J Wang, A Hassan, CH Lee, XS Xie… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Pharmacological inhibition of vacuolar-type H+-ATPase (V-ATPase) by its specific inhibitor
can abrogate tumor metastasis, prevent autophagy, and reduce cellular signaling …

Structure of V-ATPase from the mammalian brain

YM Abbas, D Wu, SA Bueler, CV Robinson… - Science, 2020 - science.org
In neurons, the loading of neurotransmitters into synaptic vesicles uses energy from proton-
pumping vesicular-or vacuolar-type adenosine triphosphatases (V-ATPases). These …

The V-ATPases in cancer and cell death

F Chen, R Kang, J Liu, D Tang - Cancer gene therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Transmembrane ATPases are membrane-bound enzyme complexes and ion transporters
that can be divided into F-, V-, and A-ATPases according to their structure. The V-ATPases …

Structure and Roles of V-type ATPases

T Vasanthakumar, JL Rubinstein - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2020 - cell.com
V-ATPases are membrane-embedded protein complexes that function as ATP hydrolysis-
driven proton pumps. V-ATPases are the primary source of organellar acidification in all …

Structures of a complete human V-ATPase reveal mechanisms of its assembly

L Wang, D Wu, CV Robinson, H Wu, TM Fu - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Vesicular-or vacuolar-type adenosine triphosphatases (V-ATPases) are ATP-driven proton
pumps comprised of a cytoplasmic V 1 complex for ATP hydrolysis and a membrane …

Cryo-EM structure of the mammalian ATP synthase tetramer bound with inhibitory protein IF1

J Gu, L Zhang, S Zong, R Guo, T Liu, J Yi, P Wang… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase produces most of the ATP
required by mammalian cells. We isolated porcine tetrameric ATP synthase and solved its …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation and function of V-ATPases in physiology and disease

MP Collins, M Forgac - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The vacuolar H+-ATPases (V-ATPases) are essential, ATP-dependent proton
pumps present in a variety of eukaryotic cellular membranes. Intracellularly, V-ATPase …