Cryoelectron microscopy articles within Nature

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    Structural studies of amyloid filaments purified from brains of people with neurodegenerative diseases link specific amyloid folds with distinct diseases and provide a basis for the development of models of neurodegenerative disease.

    • Sjors H. W. Scheres
    • , Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon
    •  & Michel Goedert

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    | Open Access

    The exploration of voltage-gated potassium channels using cryo-electron microscopy and electrophysiology identifies a mechanism of inactivation involved in regulating neuron firing.

    • Ana I. Fernández-Mariño
    • , Xiao-Feng Tan
    •  & Kenton J. Swartz

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    High-speed atomic force microscopy single-molecule imaging and cryo-EM analysis discover and reveal the structure of a TRPV3 pentamer, providing evidence for a non-canonical pentameric TRP-channel assembly, laying the foundation for new directions in TRP channel research.

    • Shifra Lansky
    • , John Michael Betancourt
    •  & Simon Scheuring

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    Cryo-electron microscopy structures of OPA1, mutations of which are associated with the disease dominant optic atrophy, provide insight into how structural features of OPA1 enable this protein to mediate mitochondrial-membrane fusion and remodelling.

    • Sarah B. Nyenhuis
    • , Xufeng Wu
    •  & Jenny E. Hinshaw

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    Human OPA1 embeds itself into cardiolipin-containing membranes through a lipid-binding paddle domain, and OPA1 oligomerization through multiple assembly interfaces promotes the helical assembly of a flexible OPA1 lattice on the membrane, driving mitochondrial fusion in cells.

    • Alexander von der Malsburg
    • , Gracie M. Sapp
    •  & Halil Aydin

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    | Open Access

    Structures of the glucagon receptor bound to β-arrestin 1 are reported, providing further information about the arrestin-mediated modulation of G protein-coupled receptors.

    • Kun Chen
    • , Chenhui Zhang
    •  & Beili Wu

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    Structural studies on the complex containing G-protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2), neurotensin receptor 1 (NTSR1), Gαq and the arrestin-biased ligand SBI-553 provide insights into these interactions and a foundation for the design of arrestin-biased ligands for G-protein-coupled receptors.

    • Jia Duan
    • , Heng Liu
    •  & H. Eric Xu

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    | Open Access

    Cryo-electron microscopy structures and mass spectrometry analyses show that TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) forms amyloid filaments with a distinct fold in type A frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 pathology (FTLD-TDP) compared with TDP-43 filaments in type B FTLD-TDP and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    • Diana Arseni
    • , Renren Chen
    •  & Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon

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    Cryo-electron microscopy structures and biochemical analyses provide insight into how short prokaryotic Argonaute proteins are assembled and activated, and reveal that oligomerization has a key role in driving catalytic activity.

    • Zhangfei Shen
    • , Xiao-Yuan Yang
    •  & Tian-Min Fu

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    | Open Access

    Cryo-EM structures and analysis provide insight into the mechanisms by which basic helix–loop–helix transcription factors access E-box DNA sequences that are embedded within nucleosomes, and cooperate with other transcription factors.

    • Alicia K. Michael
    • , Lisa Stoos
    •  & Nicolas H. Thomä

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    X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy analyses of Lettuce—a DNA mimic of GFP—bound to various fluorophores reveal previously unknown structures of DNA that rival analogous RNAs in complexity.

    • Luiz F. M. Passalacqua
    • , Michael T. Banco
    •  & Adrian R. Ferré-D’Amaré

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    | Open Access

    A new intracellular agonist-binding pocket is identified that is common to many G protein-coupled receptors, which will have implications for the development of biased compounds that target this large group of receptors.

    • Kazuhiro Kobayashi
    • , Kouki Kawakami
    •  & Osamu Nureki

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    A structural and functional analysis of the systems involved in oligosaccharide uptake in gut Bacteroidetes describes multicomponent complexes termed utilisomes that include pre-processing and transport subunits.

    • Joshua B. R. White
    • , Augustinas Silale
    •  & Neil A. Ranson

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    | Open Access

    Detailed atomic models of axonemes from algal flagella and human respiratory cilia, which are hair-like protrusions from cells that enable motility and clear mucus from human airways, could provide insights into how they function.

    • Travis Walton
    • , Miao Gui
    •  & Alan Brown

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    We report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of native pre-60S particles trapped in the channel of the yeast nuclear pore complex, suggesting a translocation model for the export of pre-60S particles through the complex.

    • Zongqiang Li
    • , Shuaijiabin Chen
    •  & Sen-Fang Sui

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    | Open Access

    Binding of the human pioneer transcription factor OCT4 to nucleosomes containing endogenous DNA sequences causes changes to the nucleosome structure and facilitates the cooperative assembly of multiple pioneer transcription factors, a property that can be affected by histone modifications.

    • Kalyan K. Sinha
    • , Silvija Bilokapic
    •  & Mario Halic

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    | Open Access

    Cryogenic electron microscopy images of a spliceosome complex undergoing catalytic activation provide mechanistic insight into how the two ATP-dependent RNA helicases involved in this process, PRP2 and Aquarius, work together.

    • Jana Schmitzová
    • , Constantin Cretu
    •  & Vladimir Pena

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    | Open Access

    A cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction of the virus ΦcrAss001 provides insights into the functions of the viral gene products in capsid assembly and infection.

    • Oliver W. Bayfield
    • , Andrey N. Shkoporov
    •  & Alfred A. Antson

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    | Open Access

    Active-state structures of the κ-opioid receptor in complexes with the G-protein heterotrimers Gi1, GoA, Gz and Gg provide insights into the actions of hallucinogenic opioids and G-protein-coupling specificity at the κ-opioid receptor.

    • Jianming Han
    • , Jingying Zhang
    •  & Tao Che

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    Cryo-electron microscopy analyses reveal adaptations that facilitate the octopus chemotactile receptor’s evolutionary transition from an ancestral role in neurotransmission to detecting greasy environmental agonists for ‘taste by touch’ sensory behaviour.

    • Corey A. H. Allard
    • , Guipeun Kang
    •  & Nicholas W. Bellono

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    Octopus and squid use cephalopod-specific chemotactile receptors to sense their respective marine environments, but structural adaptations in these receptors support the sensation of specific molecules suited to distinct physiological roles.

    • Guipeun Kang
    • , Corey A. H. Allard
    •  & Ryan E. Hibbs

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    Cryo-electron microscopy and tomography structures of reconstituted and endogenous human mRNA ribonucleoprotein complexes bound to the transcription–export complex reveal how mRNAs are packaged and recognized for nuclear export.

    • Belén Pacheco-Fiallos
    • , Matthias K. Vorländer
    •  & Clemens Plaschka

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    | Open Access

    Cryo-electron microscopy analysis of the Deinococcus radiodurans ISDra2 TnpB in complex with its cognate ωRNA and target DNA provides insights into the mechanism of TnpB function and the evolution of CRISPR–Cas12 effectors.

    • Ryoya Nakagawa
    • , Hisato Hirano
    •  & Osamu Nureki

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    | Open Access

    The reaction coordinate of aminoacyl-tRNA movement is altered on the human ribosome and the process is an order of magnitude slower compared with bacteria due to eukaryote-specific structural elements in the human ribosome and in the elongation factor eEF1A.

    • Mikael Holm
    • , S. Kundhavai Natchiar
    •  & Scott C. Blanchard

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    | Open Access

    The authors report the cryogenic electron microscopy structures of human GSDMB in complex with Shigella IpaH7.8 and the GSDMB pore, shedding light on the molecular mechanisms of Shigella IpaH7.8 recognition and targeting of GSDMs and GSDMB pore formation.

    • Chengliang Wang
    • , Sonia Shivcharan
    •  & Jianbin Ruan

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    The structural basis for the molecular mechanism of recognition of different IgM forms by the IgM receptor FcμR is determined using crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy.

    • Yaxin Li
    • , Hao Shen
    •  & Junyu Xiao

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    | Open Access

    A structure–function analysis of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator shows its two nucleotide-binding domains dimerize before channel opening, and reveals a mechanism through which conformational changes in the channel regulate chloride conductance.

    • Jesper Levring
    • , Daniel S. Terry
    •  & Jue Chen

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    Through the use of cryo-electron microscopy and molecular dynamics stimulations, mechanistic insight into the binding of an odorant to the human odorant receptor OR51E2 is provided.

    • Christian B. Billesbølle
    • , Claire A. de March
    •  & Aashish Manglik

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    | Open Access

    Structural and biochemical studies of the Mycobacterium smegmatis hydrogenase Huc provides insights into how [NiFe] hydrogenases oxidize trace amounts of atmospheric hydrogen and transfer the electrons liberated via quinone transport.

    • Rhys Grinter
    • , Ashleigh Kropp
    •  & Chris Greening

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    The active-state structure of human DICER bound to pre-miRNA reveals the structural basis for the specificity of DICER in how it selects substrates in a sequence dependent manner, and sheds light on DICER-related diseases.

    • Young-Yoon Lee
    • , Hansol Lee
    •  & Soung-Hun Roh

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    | Open Access

    The authors report the cryo-EM structure of human A3G bound to HIV-1 Vif, and the hijacked cellular proteins that promote ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, suggesting how Vif antagonizes A3G by intercepting it to prevent viral restriction.

    • Yen-Li Li
    • , Caroline A. Langley
    •  & John D. Gross

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    Cryo-EM is used to visualize the SARS-CoV-2 RTC bound to each of the natural NTPs as well as remdesivir triphosphate (RDV-TP) in states poised for incorporation, explaining the interactions required for NTP recognition and RDV-TP selectivity.

    • Brandon F. Malone
    • , Jason K. Perry
    •  & Seth A. Darst

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    A cryo-electron microscopy analysis of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii TOC–TIC supercomplex reveals that Tic214 traverses the chloroplast inner membrane, the intermembrane space and the outer membrane, connecting the TOC complex with the TIC proteins.

    • Hao Liu
    • , Anjie Li
    •  & Zhenfeng Liu

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    | Open Access

    Cryogenic-electron microscopy is used to determine the structure of TFEB as presented to mTORC1 for phosphorylation and an explanation is found for the strong dependence of TFEB phosphorylation on FLCN and the RagC GDP state.

    • Zhicheng Cui
    • , Gennaro Napolitano
    •  & James H. Hurley

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