Conformational ensembles of the human intrinsically disordered proteome

G Tesei, AI Trolle, N Jonsson, J Betz, FE Knudsen… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins and regions (collectively, IDRs) are pervasive across
proteomes in all kingdoms of life, help to shape biological functions and are involved in …

Single-molecule imaging and molecular dynamics simulations reveal early activation of the MET receptor in cells

Y Li, SM Arghittu, MS Dietz, GJ Hella, D Haße… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Embedding of cell-surface receptors into a membrane defines their dynamics but also
complicates experimental characterization of their signaling complexes. The hepatocyte …

Hierarchical assembly of single-stranded RNA

LM Pietrek, LS Stelzl, G Hummer - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) plays a major role in the flow of genetic information–most
notably, in the form of messenger RNA (mRNA)–and in the regulation of biological …

Dissecting the mechanism of atlastin-mediated homotypic membrane fusion at the single-molecule level

L Shi, C Yang, M Zhang, K Li, K Wang, L Jiao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Homotypic membrane fusion of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is mediated by dynamin-like
GTPase atlastin (ATL). This fundamental process relies on GTP-dependent domain …

Insights into Molecular Diversity within the FUS/EWS/TAF15 Protein Family: Unraveling Phase Separation of the N-Terminal Low-Complexity Domain from RNA …

CN Johnson, KA Sojitra, EJ Sohn… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The FET protein family, comprising FUS, EWS, and TAF15, plays crucial roles in mRNA
maturation, transcriptional regulation, and DNA damage response. Clinically, they are linked …

Identifying Sequence Effects on Chain Dimensions of Disordered Proteins by Integrating Experiments and Simulations

A Holla, EW Martin, T Dannenhoffer-Lafage, KM Ruff… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
It has become increasingly evident that the conformational distributions of intrinsically
disordered proteins or regions are strongly dependent on their amino acid compositions and …

Accounting for fast vs slow exchange in single molecule FRET experiments reveals hidden conformational states

JJ Miller, UL Mallimadugula, MI Zimmerman… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Proteins are dynamic systems whose structural preferences determine their function.
Unfortunately, building atomically detailed models of protein structure ensembles remains …

Single-molecule imaging and molecular dynamics simulations reveal early activation of the MET receptor in situ

Y Li, S Arghittu, MS Dietz, GJ Hella, D Haße… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The assembly of membrane receptors into signaling complexes is at the origin of key cellular
events. Yet, we often lack detailed structural mechanistic understanding. Receptors are …

Rational design of 19F NMR labelling sites to probe protein structure and interactions

JO Streit, SHS Chan, S Daya, J Christodoulou - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Proteins are investigated in increasingly more complex biological systems, where 19F NMR
is proving highly advantageous due to its high gyromagnetic ratio and background-free …

Single-molecule FRET and molecular dynamics simulations reveal early activation steps of MET receptor by Listeria monocytogenes

Y Li, SM Arghittu, MS Dietz, D Haße, DM Ferraris… - 2023 - europepmc.org
The human growth factor receptor MET is a receptor tyrosine kinase involved in cell
proliferation, migration, and survival. MET is also hijacked by the intracellular pathogen …