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  1. RNA Triplex Structures Revealed by WAXS-Driven MD Simulations

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    10 Jan 2022 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Yen-Lin Chen, Weiwei He, Serdal Kirmizialtin, Lois Pollack

    http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4000889 journal-article Chen, Y.-L., He, W., Kirmizialtin, S., & Pollack, L. (2022). RNA Triplex Structures Revealed by WAXS-Driven MD Simulations. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4000889 Yen-Lin Chen and Weiwei He and Serdal Kirmizialtin and …

  2. Integral equation models for solvent in macromolecular crystals

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    04 Jan 2022 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Jonathon G. Gray, George M. Giambaşu, David Case, Tyler Luchko

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0070869 journal-article Gray, J. G., Giambaşu, G. M., Case, D. A., & Luchko, T. (2022). Integral equation models for solvent in macromolecular crystals. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 156(1), 014801. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0070869 Jonathon G. Gray and George M. …

  3. Continuous organelle separation in an insulator‐based dielectrophoretic device

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    29 Dec 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Ricardo Ortiz, Domin Koh, Dai Hyun Kim, Mohammad Towshif Rabbani, Cesar Anguaya Velasquez, Mukul Sonker, Edgar A. Arriaga, Alexandra Ros

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elps.202100326 journal-article Ortiz, R., Koh, D., Kim, D. H., Rabbani, M. T., Anguaya Velasquez, C., Sonker, M., Arriaga, E. A., & Ros, A. (2022). Continuous organelle separation in an insulator‐based dielectrophoretic device. ELECTROPHORESIS, 43(12), 1283–1296. …

  4. A counter-enzyme complex regulates glutamate metabolism in Bacillus subtilis

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    20 Dec 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Vijay Jayaraman, D. John Lee, Nadav Elad, Shay Vimer, Michal Sharon, James Fraser, Dan S. Tawfik

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41589-021-00919-y journal-article Jayaraman, V., Lee, D. J., Elad, N., Vimer, S., Sharon, M., Fraser, J. S., & Tawfik, D. S. (2021). A counter-enzyme complex regulates glutamate metabolism in Bacillus subtilis. Nature Chemical Biology, 18(2), 161–170. …

  5. Case Study of High-Throughput Drug Screening and Remote Data Collection for SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease by Using Serial Femtosecond X-ray Crystallography

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    19 Dec 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Omur Guven, Mehmet Gul, Esra Ayan, J Austin Johnson, Baris Cakilkaya, Gozde Usta, Fatma Betul Ertem, Nurettin Tokay, Busra Yuksel, Oktay Gocenler, Cengizhan Buyukdag, Sabine Botha, Gihan Kaushylal Ketawala, Zhen Su, Brandon Hayes, Frederic Poitevin, Alexander Batyuk, Chun Hong Yoon, Christopher Kupitz, Serdar Durdagi, Raymond G. Sierra, Hasan Demirci

    http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cryst11121579 Since early 2020, COVID-19 has grown to affect the lives of billions globally. A worldwide investigation has been ongoing for characterizing the virus and also for finding an effective drug and developing vaccines. As time has been of the essence, a crucial …

  6. Co-flow injection for serial crystallography at X-ray free-electron lasers

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    16 Dec 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Diandra Doppler, Mohammad T. Rabbani, Romain Letrun, Jorvani Cruz Villarreal, Dai Hyun Kim, Sahir Ilyas Gandhi, Ana Egatz-Gomez, Mukul Sonker, Joe Chen, Faisal Hammad Mekky Koua, Jayhow Yang, Mohamed Youssef, Victoria Mazalova, Saša Bajt, Megan Shelby, Matt A. Coleman, Max Oliver Wiedorn, Juraj Knoska, Silvan Schön, Tokushi Sato, Mark S. Hunter, Ahmad Hosseinizadeh, Christopher Kuptiz, Reza Nazari, Roberto C. Alvarez, Konstantinos Karpos, Sahba Zaare, Zachary Dobson, Erin Discianno, Shangji Zhang, James D Zook, Johan Bielecki, Raphael De Wijn, Adam R. Round, Patrik Vagovic, Marco Kloos, Mohammad Vakili, Gihan Kaushylal Ketawala, Natasha Stander, Tien L. Olson, Katherine Morin, Jyotirmory Mondal, Jonathan Nguyen, José Domingo Meza-Aguilar, Gerdenis Kodis, Sara Vaiana, Jose M. Martin-Garcia, Valerio Mariani, Peter Schwander, Marius Schmidt, Marc Messerschmidt, Abbas Ourmazd, Nadia Zatsepin, Uwe Weierstall, Barry D. Bruce, Adrian P. Mancuso, Thomas Grant, Anton Barty, Henry Chapman, Matthias Frank, Raimund Fromme, John Spence, Sabine Botha, Petra Fromme, Richard Kirian, Alexandra Ros

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s1600576721011079 Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) is a powerful technique that exploits X-ray free-electron lasers to determine the structure of macromolecules at room temperature. Despite the impressive exposition of structural details with this novel …

  7. The crystal structure of DynF from the dynemicin-biosynthesis pathway of Micromonospora chersina

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    16 Dec 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Abigael Kosgei, Mitchell Miller, Minakshi Bhardwaj, Weijun Xu, Jon S. Thorson, Steven G. Van Lanen, George Phillips

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s2053230x21012322 Dynemicin is an enediyne natural product from Micromonospora chersina ATCC53710. Access to the biosynthetic gene cluster of dynemicin has enabled the in vitro study of gene products within the cluster to decipher their roles in assembling this unique …

  8. Abstract 13747: Targeting Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator (uPA) and the uPA Receptor, Reduces Vascular Inflammation and Lung Hemorrhage in Systemic Lupus and SARS CoV2 Infection in Mouse Models of Respiratory Distress Syndromes

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    16 Dec 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Liqiang Zhang, Jordan R Yaron, Lauren Schutz, Emily Aliskevich, Kyle Browder, Nicholas Saldevar, Isabela R Zanetti, Nora Elmadbouly, Honor Glenn, Yize Li, Karen Kibler, Brenda Hogue, Grant McFadden, Alexandra R Lucas

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/circ.144.suppl_2.13747 Introduction: Acute respiratory distress syndromes with vascular inflammation and alveolar hemorrhage have high mortality and limited treatment. Autoimmune disease and severe viral infection cause vascular inflammation and …

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  10. Characterization of a Spatially resolved multi-element laser ablation ion source

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    26 Nov 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): K. Murray, C. Chambers, D. Chen, Z. Feng, J. Fraser, Y. Ito, Y. Lan, S. Mendez, M. Medina Peregrina, H. Rasiwala, L. Richez, N. Roy, R. Simpson, J. Dilling, W. Fairbank, A.A. Kwiatkowski, T. Brunner

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2021.116763 journal-article Murray, K., Chambers, C., Chen, D., Feng, Z., Fraser, J., Ito, Y., Lan, Y., Mendez, S., Medina Peregrina, M., Rasiwala, H., Richez, L., Roy, N., Simpson, R., Dilling, J., Fairbank, W., Kwiatkowski, A. A., & Brunner, T. (2022). …

  11. Structural insights into bifunctional thaumarchaeal crotonyl-CoA hydratase and 3-hydroxypropionyl-CoA dehydratase from Nitrosopumilus maritimus

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    24 Nov 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Ebru Destan, Busra Yuksel, Bradley B. Tolar, Esra Ayan, Sam Deutsch, Yasuo Yoshikuni, Soichi Wakatsuki, Christopher A. Francis, Hasan Demirci

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02180-8 AbstractThe ammonia-oxidizing thaumarchaeal 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate (3HP/4HB) cycle is one of the most energy-efficient CO2 fixation cycles discovered thus far. The protein encoded by Nmar_1308 (from Nitrosopumilus maritimus SCM1) is a …

  12. Few-fs resolution of a photoactive protein traversing a conical intersection

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    03 Nov 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): A. Hosseinizadeh, N. Breckwoldt, R. Fung, R. Sepehr, M. Schmidt, P. Schwander, R. Santra, A. Ourmazd

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04050-9 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Hosseinizadeh, A. et al., 2021. Few-fs resolution of a photoactive protein traversing a conical intersection. Nature, 599(7886), pp.697–701. Available at: …

  13. Macromolecular movies, storybooks written by nature

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    03 Nov 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Marius Schmidt

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12551-021-00846-1 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Schmidt, M., 2021. Macromolecular movies, storybooks written by nature. Biophysical Reviews. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12551-021-00846-1. Marius Schmidt

  14. Characterizing and Tuning the Properties of Polydiacetylene Films for Sensing Applications

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    26 Oct 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Tanner J. Finney, Sanjai J. Parikh, Amir Berman, Darryl Y. Sasaki, Tonya L. Kuhl

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02004 journal-article Finney, T. J., Parikh, S. J., Berman, A., Sasaki, D. Y., & Kuhl, T. L. (2021). Characterizing and Tuning the Properties of Polydiacetylene Films for Sensing Applications. Langmuir, 37(44), 12940–12951. …

  15. The neutralization effect of montelukast on SARS-CoV-2 is shown by multiscale in silico simulations and combined in vitro studies

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    22 Oct 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Serdar Durdagi, Timucin Avsar, Muge Didem Orhan, Muge Serhatli, Bertan Koray Balcioglu, Hasan Umit Ozturk, Alisan Kayabolen, Yuksel Cetin, Seyma Aydinlik, Tugba Bagci-Onder, Saban Tekin, Hasan Demirci, Mustafa Guzel, Atilla Akdemir, Seyma Calis, Lalehan Oktay, Ilayda Tolu, Yasar Enes Butun, Ece Erdemoglu, Alpsu Olkan, Nurettin Tokay, Şeyma Işık, Aysenur Ozcan, Elif Acar, Sehriban Buyukkilic, Yesim Yumak

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2021.10.014 journal-article Durdagi, S., Avsar, T., Orhan, M. D., Serhatli, M., Balcioglu, B. K., Ozturk, H. U., Kayabolen, A., Cetin, Y., Aydinlik, S., Bagci-Onder, T., Tekin, S., Demirci, H., Guzel, M., Akdemir, A., Calis, S., Oktay, L., Tolu, I., Butun, Y. E., …

  16. Decoding hidden structural information in solution wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS): from ensemble modeling to machine learning

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    21 Oct 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Yen-Lin Chen, Lois Pollack

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0108767321098731 journal-article Chen, Y.-L., & Pollack, L. (2021). Decoding hidden structural information in solution wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS): from ensemble modeling to machine learning. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, 77(a1), …

  17. Visualization of biomolecular structures by WAXS and MD

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    21 Oct 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Weiwei He, Yen-Lin Chen, Serdal Kirmizialtin, Lois Pollack

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0108767321098755 journal-article He, W., Chen, Y.-L., Kirmizialtin, S., & Pollack, L. (2021). Visualization of biomolecular structures by WAXS and MD. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, 77(a1), a124–a124. …

  18. What it takes for a successful mix-and-inject serial crystallography experiment: from a sample preparation and sample delivery perspective

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    21 Oct 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Kara Zielinski, Lois Pollack

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0108767321099219 journal-article Zielinski, K., & Pollack, L. (2021). What it takes for a successful mix-and-inject serial crystallography experiment: from a sample preparation and sample delivery perspective. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, …

  19. Turning up the heat on molecular machines with multi-temperature and temperature-jump X-ray scattering experiments

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    21 Oct 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Michael Thompson, Alexander Wolff, Benjamin Barad, Wilson Nieves Vasquez, Nathaniel Brown, Hyun Sun Cho, Friedrich Schotte, Valentyn Stadnytskyi, Philip Anfinrud, James Fraser

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0108767321097841 journal-article Thompson, M., Wolff, A., Barad, B., Vasquez, W. N., Brown, N., Cho, H. S., Schotte, F., Stadnytskyi, V., Anfinrud, P., & Fraser, J. (2021). Turning up the heat on molecular machines with multi-temperature and temperature-jump X-ray …

  20. Pushing the boundaries in crystallization screening: making automated user-accessible crystallization work

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    21 Oct 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Sarah EJ Bowman, Miranda Lynch, Angela Lauricella, Edward Snell

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0108767321098470 journal-article Bowman, S., Lynch, M., Lauricella, A., & Snell, E. (2021). Pushing the boundaries in crystallization screening: making automated user-accessible crystallization work. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, 77(a1), …

  21. The ideal crystal for structural biology

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    21 Oct 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Edward Snell, Diana Monteiro, Sarah EJ Bowman

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0108767321098901 journal-article Snell, E., Monteiro, D., & Bowman, S. (2021). The ideal crystal for structural biology. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, 77(a1), a109–a109. https://doi.org/10.1107/s0108767321098901 Edward Snell and Diana …

  22. CryoFold: Determining protein structures and data-guided ensembles from cryo-EM density maps

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    22 Sep 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Mrinal Shekhar, Genki Terashi, Chitrak Gupta, Daipayan Sarkar, Gaspard Debussche, Nicholas J. Sisco, Jonathan Nguyen, Arup Mondal, John Vant, Petra Fromme, Wade D. Van Horn, Emad Tajkhorshid, Daisuke Kihara, Ken Dill, Alberto Perez, Abhishek Singharoy

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2021.09.004 journal-article Shekhar, M., Terashi, G., Gupta, C., Sarkar, D., Debussche, G., Sisco, N. J., Nguyen, J., Mondal, A., Vant, J., Fromme, P., Van Horn, W. D., Tajkhorshid, E., Kihara, D., Dill, K., Perez, A., & Singharoy, A. (2021). CryoFold: Determining …

  23. Observation of substrate diffusion and ligand binding in enzyme crystals using high-repetition-rate mix-and-inject serial crystallography

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    08 Sep 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Suraj Pandey, George Douglas Calvey, Andrea Katz, Tek Narsingh Malla, Faisal Hammad Mekky Koua, Jose M. Martin-Garcia, Ishwor Poudyal, Jay-How Yang, Mohammad Vakili, Oleksandr Yefanov, Kara Zielinski, Sasa Bajt, Salah Awel, Katarina Doerner, Matthias Frank, Luca Gelisio, Rebecca Jeanne Jernigan, Henry Kirkwood, Marco Kloos, Jayanath Koliyadu, Valerio Mariani, Mitchell Miller, Grant Mills, Garrett Charles Nelson, Jose L. Olmos, Alireza Sadri, Tokushi Sato, Alexandra Tolstikova, Weijun Xu, Abbas Ourmazd, John Spence, Peter Schwander, Anton Barty, Henry Chapman, Petra Fromme, Adrian P. Mancuso, George Phillips, Richard Bean, Lois Pollack, Marius Schmidt

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s2052252521008125 Here, we illustrate what happens inside the catalytic cleft of an enzyme when substrate or ligand binds on single-millisecond timescales. The initial phase of the enzymatic cycle is observed with near-atomic resolution using the most advanced X-ray source …

  24. A glycan gate controls opening of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

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    19 Aug 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Terra Sztain, Surl-Hee Ahn, Anthony T. Bogetti, Lorenzo Casalino, Jory A. Goldsmith, Evan Seitz, Ryan S. McCool, Fiona L. Kearns, Francisco Acosta-Reyes, Suvrajit Maji, Ghoncheh Mashayekhi, J. Andrew McCammon, Abbas Ourmazd, Joachim Frank, Jason S. McLellan, Lillian T. Chong, Rommie E. Amaro

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00758-3 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Sztain, T. et al., 2021. A glycan gate controls opening of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Nature Chemistry. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00758-3. Terra Sztain and …

  25. Near-physiological-temperature serial crystallography reveals conformations of SARS-CoV-2 main protease active site for improved drug repurposing

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    16 Aug 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Serdar Durdagi, Çağdaş Dağ, Berna Dogan, Merve Yigin, Timucin Avsar, Cengizhan Buyukdag, Ismail Erol, Fatma Betul Ertem, Seyma Calis, Gunseli Yildirim, Muge D. Orhan, Omur Guven, Busecan Aksoydan, Ebru Destan, Kader Sahin, Sabri O. Besler, Lalehan Oktay, Alaleh Shafiei, Ilayda Tolu, Esra Ayan, Busra Yuksel, Ayse B. Peksen, Oktay Gocenler, Ali D. Yucel, Ozgur Can, Serena Ozabrahamyan, Alpsu Olkan, Ece Erdemoglu, Fulya Aksit, Gokhan Tanisali, Oleksandr M. Yefanov, Anton Barty, Alexandra Tolstikova, Gihan Kaushylal Ketawala, Sabine Botha, E. Han Dao, Brandon Hayes, Mengning Liang, Matthew H. Seaberg, Mark S. Hunter, Alex Batyuk, Valerio Mariani, Zhen Su, Frederic Poitevin, Chun Hong Yoon, Christopher Kupitz, Raymond G. Sierra, Edward Snell, Hasan Demirci

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2021.07.007 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Durdagi, S. et al., 2021. Near-physiological-temperature serial crystallography reveals conformations of SARS-CoV-2 main protease active site for improved drug repurposing. Structure. …

  26. Surface coatings for microfluidic biomedical devices

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    16 Aug 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): M. Sonker, B.G. Abdallah, A. Ros

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-819971-8.00003-2 book-chapter Sonker, M., Abdallah, B.G. & Ros, A., 2021. Surface coatings for microfluidic biomedical devices. Microfluidic Devices for Biomedical Applications, pp.79–123. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-819971-8.00003-2. …

  27. Molecular dynamics analysis of a flexible loop at the binding interface of the SARS‐CoV ‐2 spike protein receptor‐binding domain

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    10 Aug 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Jonathan K. Williams, Baifan Wang, Andrew Sam, Cody L. Hoop, David Case, Jean Baum

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prot.26208 journal-article Williams, J.K. et al., 2021. Molecular dynamics analysis of a flexible loop at the binding interface of the SARS‐CoV ‐2 spike protein receptor‐binding domain. Proteins: Structure, Function, …

  28. A SAXS-based approach to rationally evaluate radical scavengers – toward eliminating radiation damage in solution and crystallographic studies

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    10 Aug 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Timothy R. Stachowski, Mary E. Snell, Edward Snell

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s1600577521004045 X-ray-based techniques are a powerful tool in structural biology but the radiation-induced chemistry that results can be detrimental and may mask an accurate structural understanding. In the crystallographic case, cryocooling has been employed as a …

  29. Structural insight into host plasma membrane association and assembly of HIV-1 matrix protein

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    04 Aug 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Halilibrahim Ciftci, Hiroshi Tateishi, Kotaro Koiwai, Ryoko Koga, Kensaku Anraku, Kazuaki Monde, Çağdaş Dağ, Ebru Destan, Busra Yuksel, Esra Ayan, Gunseli Yildirim, Merve Yigin, F. Betul Ertem, Alaleh Shafiei, Omur Guven, Sabri O. Besler, Raymond G. Sierra, Chun Hong Yoon, Zhen Su, Mengling Liang, Burcin Acar, Turkan Haliloglu, Masami Otsuka, Fumiaki Yumoto, Mikako Fujita, Toshiya Senda, Hasan Demirci

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95236-8 AbstractOligomerization of Pr55Gag is a critical step of the late stage of the HIV life cycle. It has been known that the binding of IP6, an abundant endogenous cyclitol molecule at the MA domain, has been linked to the oligomerization of Pr55Gag. …

  30. The three-dimensional structure of Drosophila melanogaster (6–4) photolyase at room temperature

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    29 Jul 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Andrea Cellini, Weixiao Yuan Wahlgren, Léocadie Henry, Suraj Pandey, Swagatha Ghosh, Leticia Castillon, Elin Claesson, Heikki Takala, Joachim Kübel, Amke Nimmrich, Valentyna Kuznetsova, Eriko Nango, So Iwata, Shigeki Owada, Emina Stojkovic, Marius Schmidt, Janne A. Ihalainen, Sebastian Westenhoff

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s2059798321005830 (6–4) photolyases are flavoproteins that belong to the photolyase/cryptochrome family. Their function is to repair DNA lesions using visible light. Here, crystal structures of Drosophila melanogaster (6–4) photolyase [Dm(6–4)photolyase] at room and …

  31. Effectiveness of different types of Masks in Aerosol Dispersion in SARS–CoV-2 Infection

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    17 Jun 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Gokhan Tanisali, Ahmet Sozak, Abdul Samet Bulut, Tolga Ziya Sander, Ozlem Dogan, Çağdaş Dağ, Mehmet Gönen, Fusun Can, Hasan Demirci, Onder Ergonul

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.06.029 journal-article Tanisali, G. et al., 2021. Effectiveness of different types of Masks in Aerosol Dispersion in SARS–CoV-2 Infection. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.06.029. Gokhan …

  32. A capillary-based microfluidic device enables primary high-throughput room-temperature crystallographic screening

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    14 Jun 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Shuo Sui, Anne Mulichak, Raviraj Kulathila, Joshua McGee, Danny Filiatreault, Sarthak Saha, Aina Cohen, Jinhu Song, Holly Hung, Jonathan Selway, Christina Kirby, Om K. Shrestha, Wilhelm Weihofen, Michelle Fodor, Mei Xu, Rajiv Chopra, Sarah Perry

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s1600576721004155 A novel capillary-based microfluidic strategy to accelerate the process of small-molecule-compound screening by room-temperature X-ray crystallography using protein crystals is reported. The ultra-thin microfluidic devices are composed of a UV-curable …

  33. Dan Salah Tawfik (1955‐2021)—A giant of protein evolution

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    28 May 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Mikael H Elias, James Fraser, Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin, Wayne M Patrick, Colin J Jackson

    http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embr.202153256 journal-article Elias, M.H. et al., 2021. Dan Salah Tawfik (1955‐2021)—A giant of protein evolution. EMBO reports. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embr.202153256. Mikael H Elias and James S Fraser and Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin and Wayne M …

  34. Biological Networks across Scales—The Theoretical and Empirical Foundations for Time-Varying Complex Networks that Connect Structure and Function across Levels of Biological Organization

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    21 May 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Paul Bogdan, Gustavo Caetano-Anollés, Anna Jolles, Hyunju Kim, James Morris, Cheryl A Murphy, Catherine Royer, Edward Snell, Adam Steinbrenner, Nicholas Strausfeld

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab069 Abstract Many biological systems across scales of size and complexity exhibit a time-varying complex network structure that emerges and self-organizes as a result of interactions with the environment. Network interactions optimize some intrinsic …

  35. Applications of microfluidic mixers for time-resolved SAXS and crystallography experiments

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    11 May 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Kara Zielinski, Lois Pollack

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0108767320099663 journal-article Zielinski, K. & Pollack, L., 2020. Applications of microfluidic mixers for time-resolved SAXS and crystallography experiments. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, 76(a1), pp.a33–a33. Available at: …

  36. Vitamin C Binds to SARS Coronavirus-2 Main Protease Essential for Viral Replication

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    04 May 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Tek Narsingh Malla, Suraj Pandey, Luis Aldama, Dennisse Feliz, Moraima Noda, Ishwor Poudyal, George Phillips, Emina Stojkovic, Marius Schmidt

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.02.442358 AbstractThere is an urgent need for anti-viral agents that treat and/or prevent Covid-19 caused by SARS-Coronavirus (CoV-2) infections. The replication of the SARS CoV-2 is dependent on the activity of two cysteine proteases, a papain-like protease, …

  37. The structural plasticity of nucleic acid duplexes revealed by WAXS and MD

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    23 Apr 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Weiwei He, Yen-Lin Chen, Lois Pollack, Serdal Kirmizialtin

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf6106 Double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) and RNA (dsRNA) helices display an unusual structural diversity. Some structural variations are linked to sequence and may serve as signaling units for protein-binding partners. Therefore, elucidating the mechanisms and factors …

  38. Structural biology in the time of COVID-19: perspectives on methods and milestones

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    22 Apr 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Miranda Lynch, Edward Snell, Sarah EJ Bowman

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s2052252521003948 The global COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has wreaked unprecedented havoc on global society, in terms of a huge loss of life and burden of morbidity, economic upheaval and social disruption. Yet …

  39. State of the structure address on MET receptor activation by HGF

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    17 Apr 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Edmond M. Linossi, Gabriella O. Estevam, Masaya Oshima, James Fraser, Eric A. Collisson, Natalia Jura

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bst20200394 The MET receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) and its cognate ligand hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) comprise a signaling axis essential for development, wound healing and tissue homeostasis. Aberrant HGF/MET signaling is a driver of many cancers and contributes to …

  40. ORACLE reveals a bright future to fight bacteria

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    15 Apr 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Willow Coyote-Maestas, James Fraser

    http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.68277 A new way to alter the genome of bacteriophages helps produce large libraries of variants, allowing these bacteria-killing viruses to be designed to target species harmful to human health. journal-article Coyote-Maestas, W., & Fraser, J. S. (2021). ORACLE …

  41. Fragment binding to the Nsp3 macrodomain of SARS-CoV-2 identified through crystallographic screening and computational docking

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    14 Apr 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Marion Schuller, Galen J. Correy, Stefan Gahbauer, Daren Fearon, Taiasean Wu, Roberto Efraín Díaz, Iris Diane Young, Luan Carvalho Martins, Dominique H. Smith, Ursula Schulze-Gahmen, Tristan W. Owens, Ishan Deshpande, Gregory E. Merz, Aye C. Thwin, Justin T. Biel, Jessica K. Peters, Michelle Moritz, Nadia Herrera, Huong T. Kratochvil, Anthony Aimon, James M. Bennett, Jose Brandao Neto, Aina E. Cohen, Alexandre Dias, Alice Douangamath, Louise Dunnett, Oleg Fedorov, Matteo P. Ferla, Martin R. Fuchs, Tyler J. Gorrie-Stone, James Holton, Michael G. Johnson, Tobias Krojer, George Meigs, Ailsa J. Powell, Johannes Gregor Matthias Rack, Victor L. Rangel, Silvia Russi, Rachael E. Skyner, Clyde A. Smith, Alexei S. Soares, Jennifer L. Wierman, Kang Zhu, Peter O’Brien, Natalia Jura, Alan Ashworth, John J. Irwin, Michael Thompson, Jason E. Gestwicki, Frank Von Delft, Brian K. Shoichet, James Fraser, Ivan Ahel, Ron Morganti

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf8711 The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) macrodomain within the nonstructural protein 3 counteracts host-mediated antiviral adenosine diphosphate–ribosylation signaling. This enzyme is a promising antiviral target because catalytic …

  42. Solution structure(s) of trinucleosomes from contrast variation SAXS

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    12 Apr 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Alexander W Mauney, Uma M Muthurajan, Karolin Luger, Lois Pollack

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab290 Abstract Nucleosomes in all eukaryotic cells are organized into higher order structures that facilitate genome compaction. Visualizing these organized structures is an important step in understanding how genomic DNA is efficiently stored yet …

  43. Microgravity as an environment for macromolecular crystallization – an outlook in the era of space stations and commercial space flight

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    08 Apr 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): E. H. Snell, J. R. Helliwell

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0889311x.2021.1900833 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Snell, E.H. & Helliwell, J.R., 2021. Microgravity as an environment for macromolecular crystallization – an outlook in the era of space stations and commercial space flight. …

  44. Quantitative Approach for Protein Analysis in Small Cell Ensembles by an Integrated Microfluidic Chip with MALDI Mass Spectrometry

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    05 Apr 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Mian Yang, Jorvani Cruz Villarreal, Nethmi Ariyasinghe, Rory Kruithoff, Robert Ros, Alexandra Ros

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04112 journal-article Yang, M. et al., 2021. Quantitative Approach for Protein Analysis in Small Cell Ensembles by an Integrated Microfluidic Chip with MALDI Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, 93(15), pp.6053–6061. Available at: …

  45. SAXS structure of homodimeric oxyHemoglobin III from bivalve Lucina pectinata

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    01 Apr 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Darya Marchany‐Rivera, Rafael A. Estremera‐Andújar, Carlos Nieves‐Marrero, Carlos R. Ruiz‐Martínez, William Bauer, Juan López‐Garriga

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bip.23427 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Marchany‐Rivera, D. et al., 2021. SAXS structure of homodimeric oxyHemoglobin III from bivalve Lucina pectinata. Biopolymers. …

  46. High-resolution crystal structures of transient intermediates in the phytochrome photocycle

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    23 Mar 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Melissa Carrillo, Suraj Pandey, Juan Sanchez, Moraima Noda, Ishwor Poudyal, Luis Aldama, Tek Narsingh Malla, Elin Claesson, Weixiao Yuan Wahlgren, Denisse Feliz, Vukica Šrajer, Michał Maj, Leticia Castillon, So Iwata, Eriko Nango, Rie Tanaka, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Luo Fangjia, Kensuke Tono, Shigeki Owada, Sebastian Westenhoff, Emina Stojkovic, Marius Schmidt

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2021.03.004 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Carrillo, M. et al., 2021. High-resolution crystal structures of transient intermediates in the phytochrome photocycle. Structure. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2021.03.004. …

  47. Early-stage dynamics of chloride ion–pumping rhodopsin revealed by a femtosecond X-ray laser

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    22 Mar 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Ji-Hye Yun, Xuanxuan Li, Jianing Yue, Jae-Hyun Park, Zeyu Jin, Chufeng Li, Hao Hu, Yingchen Shi, Suraj Pandey, Sergio Carbajo, Sébastien Boutet, Mark S. Hunter, Mengning Liang, Raymond G. Sierra, Thomas J. Lane, Liang Zhou, Uwe Weierstall, Nadia Zatsepin, Mio Ohki, Jeremy R. H. Tame, Sam-Yong Park, John Spence, Wenkai Zhang, Marius Schmidt, Weontae Lee, Haiguang Liu

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020486118 Chloride ion–pumping rhodopsin (ClR) in some marine bacteria utilizes light energy to actively transport Cl− into cells. How the ClR initiates the transport is elusive. Here, we show the dynamics of ion transport observed with time-resolved serial …

  48. Synchronous RNA conformational changes trigger ordered phase transitions in crystals

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    19 Mar 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Saminathan Ramakrishnan, Jason R. Stagno, Chelsie E Conrad, Jienyu Ding, Ping Yu, Yuba R. Bhandari, Yun-Tzai Lee, Gary Pauly, Oleksandr Yefanov, Max Oliver Wiedorn, Juraj Knoska, Dominik Oberthür, Thomas A. White, Anton Barty, Valerio Mariani, Chufeng Li, Wolfgang Brehm, William F. Heinz, Valentin Magidson, Stephen Lockett, Mark S. Hunter, Sébastien Boutet, Nadia Zatsepin, Xiaobing Zuo, Thomas D. Grant, Suraj Pandey, Marius Schmidt, John Spence, Henry Chapman, Yun-Xing Wang

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21838-5 AbstractTime-resolved studies of biomacromolecular crystals have been limited to systems involving only minute conformational changes within the same lattice. Ligand-induced changes greater than several angstroms, however, are likely to result in …

  49. Classical molecular dynamics

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    11 Mar 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Charles L. Brooks, David Case, Steve Plimpton, Benoît Roux, David Van Der Spoel, Emad Tajkhorshid

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0045455 journal-article Brooks, C.L. et al., 2021. Classical molecular dynamics. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 154(10), p.100401. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0045455. Charles L. Brooks and David A. Case and Steve Plimpton and Benoît Roux and David …

  50. A science education model for large collaborative centers

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    05 Mar 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): William J. Bauer, Sarah Woodruff

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/4.0000081 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Bauer, W.J. & Woodruff, S.B., 2021. A science education model for large collaborative centers. Structural Dynamics, 8(2), p.020402. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/4.0000081. William J. …

  51. X-ray-Based Techniques to Study the Nano–Bio Interface

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    02 Mar 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Carlos Sanchez-Cano, Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla, John M. Abendroth, Tobias Beck, Robert Blick, Yuan Cao, Frank Caruso, Indranath Chakraborty, Henry Chapman, Chunying Chen, Bruce E. Cohen, Andre L. C. Conceição, David P. Cormode, Daxiang Cui, Kenneth A. Dawson, Gerald Falkenberg, Chunhai Fan, Neus Feliu, Mingyuan Gao, Elisabetta Gargioni, Claus-C. Glüer, Florian Grüner, Moustapha Hassan, Yong Hu, Yalan Huang, Samuel Huber, Nils Huse, Yanan Kang, Ali Khademhosseini, Thomas F. Keller, Christian Körnig, Nicholas A. Kotov, Dorota Koziej, Xing-Jie Liang, Beibei Liu, Sijin Liu, Yang Liu, Ziyao Liu, Luis M. Liz-Marzán, Xiaowei Ma, Andres Machicote, Wolfgang Maison, Adrian P. Mancuso, Saad Megahed, Bert Nickel, Ferdinand Otto, Cristina Palencia, Sakura Pascarelli, Arwen Pearson, Oula Peñate-Medina, Bing Qi, Joachim Rädler, Joseph J. Richardson, Axel Rosenhahn, Kai Rothkamm, Michael Rübhausen, Milan K. Sanyal, Raymond E. Schaak, Heinz-Peter Schlemmer, Marius Schmidt, Oliver Schmutzler, Theo Schotten, Florian Schulz, A. K. Sood, Kathryn M. Spiers, Theresa Staufer, Dominik M. Stemer, Andreas Stierle, Xing Sun, Gohar Tsakanova, Paul S. Weiss, Horst Weller, Fabian Westermeier, Ming Xu, Huijie Yan, Yuan Zeng, Ying Zhao, Yuliang Zhao, Dingcheng Zhu, Ying Zhu, Wolfgang J. Parak

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c09563 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Sanchez-Cano, C. et al., 2021. X-ray-Based Techniques to Study the Nano–Bio Interface. ACS Nano, 15(3), pp.3754–3807. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c09563. Carlos …

  52. Reply to: Limitations of the iterative electron density reconstruction algorithm from solution scattering data

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    01 Mar 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Thomas D. Grant

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01083-w journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Grant, T.D., 2021. Reply to: Limitations of the iterative electron density reconstruction algorithm from solution scattering data. Nature Methods, 18(3), pp.246–248. Available at: …

  53. The ligand-bound state of a G protein-coupled receptor stabilizes the interaction of functional cholesterol molecules

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    26 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Laura Lemel, Katarzyna Nieścierowicz, M. Dolores García-Fernández, Leonardo Darré, Thierry Durroux, Marta Busnelli, Mylène Pezet, Fabrice Rébeillé, Juliette Jouhet, Bernard Mouillac, Carmen Domene, Bice Chini, Vadim Cherezov, Christophe J. Moreau

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100059 journal-article Lemel, L. et al., 2021. The ligand-bound state of a G protein-coupled receptor stabilizes the interaction of functional cholesterol molecules. Journal of Lipid Research, 62, p.100059. Available at: …

  54. A new solution to the curved Ewald sphere problem for 3D image reconstruction in electron microscopy

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    22 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): J.P.J. Chen, K.E. Schmidt, J.C.H. Spence, R.A. Kirian

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2021.113234 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Chen, J.P.J. et al., 2021. A new solution to the curved Ewald sphere problem for 3D image reconstruction in electron microscopy. Ultramicroscopy, p.113234. Available at: …

  55. Structural insight into host plasma membrane association and assembly of HIV-1 Matrix protein

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    21 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Halilibrahim Ciftci, Hiroshi Tateishi, Kotaro Koiwai, Ryoko Koga, Kensaku Anraku, Kazuaki Monde, Çağdaş Dağ, Ebru Destan, Busra Yuksel, Esra Ayan, Gunseli Yildirim, Merve Yigin, F. Betul Ertem, Alaleh Shafiei, Omur Guven, Sabri O. Besler, Raymond G. Sierra, Chun Hong Yoon, Zhen Su, Mengling Liang, Burcin Acar, Turkan Haliloglu, Masami Otsuka, Fumiaki Yumoto, Mikako Fujita, Toshiya Senda, Hasan Demirci

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.21.432153 ABSTRACTHIV-1 continues to be a global health concern since AIDS was first recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is estimated that there were 38 million people infected with HIV-1 and 1.5 million deaths in 2019 alone. A better …

  56. Polo: an open-source graphical user interface for crystallization screening

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    19 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Ethan T Holleman, Erica Duguid, Lisa J. Keefe, Sarah EJ Bowman

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s1600576721000108 Polo is a Python-based graphical user interface designed to streamline viewing and analysis of images to monitor crystal growth, with a specific target to enable users of the High-Throughput Crystallization Screening Center at …

  57. PEGylated Serp-1 Markedly Reduces Pristane-Induced Experimental Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage, Altering uPAR Distribution, and Macrophage Invasion

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    18 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Qiuyun Guo, Jordan R. Yaron, John W. Wallen, Kyle F. Browder, Ryan Boyd, Tien L. Olson, Michelle Burgin, Peaches Ulrich, Emily Aliskevich, Lauren N. Schutz, Petra Fromme, Liqiang Zhang, Alexandra R. Lucas

    http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.633212 Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is one of the most serious clinical complications of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The prevalence of DAH is reported to range from 1 to 5%, but while DAH is considered a rare complication there is a reported 50–80% …

  58. Selecting XFEL single-particle snapshots by geometric machine learning

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    18 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Eduardo R. Cruz-Chú, Ahmad Hosseinizadeh, Ghoncheh Mashayekhi, Russell Fung, Abbas Ourmazd, Peter Schwander

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/4.0000060 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Cruz-Chú, E.R. et al., 2021. Selecting XFEL single-particle snapshots by geometric machine learning. Structural Dynamics, 8(1), p.014701. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/4.0000060. Eduardo …

  59. Breaking the Boundary between Solution X-Ray Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Structured Nucleic Acids

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    12 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Yen-Lin Chen, Weiwei He, Lois Pollack, Serdal Kirmizialtin

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.1995 journal-article Chen, Y.-L. et al., 2021. Breaking the Boundary between Solution X-Ray Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Structured Nucleic Acids. Biophysical Journal, 120(3), p.315a. Available at: …

  60. Molecular Dynamics Simulations Unravel the Mysteries of Hemoglobin Diseases

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    12 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Premila P. Samuel, David Case

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.1905 journal-article Samuel, P.P. & Case, D.A., 2021. Molecular Dynamics Simulations Unravel the Mysteries of Hemoglobin Diseases. Biophysical Journal, 120(3), p.298a. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.1905. Premila P. Samuel and David …

  61. Femtosecond Single-Particle Diffractive Imaging of 3D DNA-Origami Molecular Scaffolds with XFEL Pulses

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    12 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): P. Lourdu Xavier, Kartik Ayyer, Oleksandr Yefanov, Luca Gelisio, Johan Bielecki, Amit K. Samanta, Saša Bajt, Ruojie Sha, David Bushnell, Roger Kornberg, Yevheniy Ovcharenko, Jochen Kuepper, Michael Meyer, Nadrian C. Seeman, Henry Chapman

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.1697 journal-article Xavier, P.L. et al., 2021. Femtosecond Single-Particle Diffractive Imaging of 3D DNA-Origami Molecular Scaffolds with XFEL Pulses. Biophysical Journal, 120(3), p.265a. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.1697. P. …

  62. Ultrafast Membrane Protein Dynamics Revealed by X-Ray Scattering with a Femtosecond Free-Electron Laser

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    12 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Thomas D. Grant, Suchithranga M.D.C. Perera, Leslie A. Salas-Estrada, Andrey V. Struts, Udeep Chawla, Steven D.E. Fried, Nipuna Weerasinghe, Kostantinos Karpos, Domingo Meza, Nadia Zatsepin, Alan Grossfield, Derek Mendez, Petra Fromme, Richard Kirian, Michael F. Brown

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.1006 journal-article Grant, T.D. et al., 2021. Ultrafast Membrane Protein Dynamics Revealed by X-Ray Scattering with a Femtosecond Free-Electron Laser. Biophysical Journal, 120(3), p.133a. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.1006. Thomas …

  63. Functional Expansion of G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Shown by Time-Resolved X-Ray Scattering

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    12 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): C. Swathi K. Menon, Konstantinos Karpos, Thomas D. Grant, Andrey V. Struts, Steven D.E. Fried, Suchithranga M.D.C. Perera, Irina V. Kosheleva, Leslie Salas-Estrada, Alan Grossfield, Petra Fromme, Richard Kirian, Michael F. Brown

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.1003 journal-article Menon, C.S.K. et al., 2021. Functional Expansion of G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Shown by Time-Resolved X-Ray Scattering. Biophysical Journal, 120(3), p.132a. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.1003. C. Swathi K. Menon …

  64. Sodium Binding in Cysteinyl Leukotriene G Protein-Coupled Receptors

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    12 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Viktoriia Shaulskaia, Aleksandra Luginina, Polina Khorn, Anastasiia Gusach, Olga Sukhacheva, Ekaterina Smirnova, Valentin Borshchevskiy, Alexey Mishin, Vadim Cherezov

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.987 journal-article Shaulskaia, V. et al., 2021. Sodium Binding in Cysteinyl Leukotriene G Protein-Coupled Receptors. Biophysical Journal, 120(3), p.129a. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.987. Viktoriia Shaulskaia and Aleksandra …

  65. Mediator structure and conformation change

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    10 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Heqiao Zhang, Dong-Hua Chen, Rayees Mattoo, David Bushnell, Yannan Wang, Chao Yuan, Lin Wang, Chunnian Wang, Ralph E. Davis, Yan Nie, Roger Kornberg

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2021.01.022 journal-article Heqiao Zhang and Dong-Hua Chen and Rayees U.H. Mattoo and David A. Bushnell and Yannan Wang and Chao Yuan and Lin Wang and Chunnian Wang and Ralph E. Davis and Yan Nie and Roger D. Kornberg

  66. Quantitative agreement between dynamical rocking curves in ultrafast electron diffraction for x-ray lasers

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    05 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): L.E. Malin, W.S. Graves, M. Holl, J.C.H. Spence, E.A. Nanni, R.K. Li, X. Shen, S. Weathersby

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2021.113211 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Malin, L.E. et al., 2021. Quantitative agreement between dynamical rocking curves in ultrafast electron diffraction for x-ray lasers. Ultramicroscopy, 223, p.113211. Available at: …

  67. Cryo-EM model validation recommendations based on outcomes of the 2019 EMDataResource challenge

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    04 Feb 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Catherine L. Lawson, Andriy Kryshtafovych, Paul D. Adams, Pavel V. Afonine, Matthew L. Baker, Benjamin A. Barad, Paul Bond, Tom Burnley, Renzhi Cao, Jianlin Cheng, Grzegorz Chojnowski, Kevin Cowtan, Ken A. Dill, Frank DiMaio, Daniel P. Farrell, James Fraser, Mark A. Herzik, Soon Wen Hoh, Jie Hou, Li-Wei Hung, Maxim Igaev, Agnel P. Joseph, Daisuke Kihara, Dilip Kumar, Sumit Mittal, Bohdan Monastyrskyy, Mateusz Olek, Colin M. Palmer, Ardan Patwardhan, Alberto Perez, Jonas Pfab, Grigore D. Pintilie, Jane S. Richardson, Peter B. Rosenthal, Daipayan Sarkar, Luisa U. Schäfer, Michael F. Schmid, Gunnar F. Schröder, Mrinal Shekhar, Dong Si, Abishek Singharoy, Genki Terashi, Thomas C. Terwilliger, Andrea Vaiana, Liguo Wang, Zhe Wang, Stephanie A. Wankowicz, Christopher J. Williams, Martyn Winn, Tianqi Wu, Xiaodi Yu, Kaiming Zhang, Helen M. Berman, Wah Chiu

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41592-020-01051-w AbstractThis paper describes outcomes of the 2019 Cryo-EM Model Challenge. The goals were to (1) assess the quality of models that can be produced from cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) maps using current modeling software, (2) evaluate …

  68. C-phycocyanin as a highly attractive model system in protein crystallography: unique crystallization properties and packing-diversity screening

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    26 Jan 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Iosifina Sarrou, Christian G. Feiler, Sven Falke, Nolan Peard, Oleksandr Yefanov, Henry Chapman

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s2059798320016071 The unique crystallization properties of the antenna protein C-phycocyanin (C-PC) from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus are reported and discussed. C-PC crystallizes in hundreds of significantly different conditions within a …

  69. Molecular Dynamics Analysis of a Flexible Loop at the Binding Interface of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Receptor-Binding Domain

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    14 Jan 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Jonathan K. Williams, Baifan Wang, Andrew Sam, Cody L. Hoop, David Case, Jean Baum

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.08.425965 AbstractSince the identification of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as the causative agent of the current COVID-19 pandemic, considerable effort has been spent characterizing the interaction between the Spike protein receptor-binding domain (RBD) and the human …

  70. Evidence that specific interactions play a role in the cholesterol sensitivity of G protein-coupled receptors

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    12 Jan 2021 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): James Geiger, Rick Sexton, Zina Al-Sahouri, Ming-Yue Lee, Eugene Chun, Kaleeckal G. Harikumar, Laurence J. Miller, Oliver Beckstein, Wei Liu

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2021.183557 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Geiger, J. et al., 2021. Evidence that specific interactions play a role in the cholesterol sensitivity of G protein-coupled receptors. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, …

  71. Using X-ray Diffraction Techniques for Biomimetic Drug Development, Formulation, and Polymorphic Characterization

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    30 Dec 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Israel Rodriguez, Ritika Gautam, Arthur Tinoco

    http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics6010001 Drug development is a decades-long, multibillion dollar investment that often limits itself. To decrease the time to drug approval, efforts are focused on drug targets and drug formulation for optimal biocompatibility and efficacy. X-ray structural …

  72. Assessment of enzyme active site positioning and tests of catalytic mechanisms through X-ray–derived conformational ensembles

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    23 Dec 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Filip Yabukarski, Justin T. Biel, Margaux M. Pinney, Tzanko Doukov, Alexander S. Powers, James Fraser, Daniel Herschlag

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011350117 How enzymes achieve their enormous rate enhancements remains a central question in biology, and our understanding to date has impacted drug development, influenced enzyme design, and deepened our appreciation of evolutionary processes. While enzymes …

  73. Genetic interaction mapping informs integrative structure determination of protein complexes

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    10 Dec 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Hannes Braberg, Ignacia Echeverria, Stefan Bohn, Peter Cimermancic, Anthony Shiver, Richard Alexander, Jiewei Xu, Michael Shales, Raghuvar Dronamraju, Shuangying Jiang, Gajendradhar Dwivedi, Derek Bogdanoff, Kaitlin K. Chaung, Ruth Hüttenhain, Shuyi Wang, David Mavor, Riccardo Pellarin, Dina Schneidman, Joel S. Bader, James Fraser, John Morris, James E. Haber, Brian D. Strahl, Carol A. Gross, Junbiao Dai, Jef D. Boeke, Andrej Sali, Nevan J. Krogan

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz4910 Determining structures of protein complexes is crucial for understanding cellular functions. Here, we describe an integrative structure determination approach that relies on in vivo measurements of genetic interactions. We construct phenotypic profiles for …

  74. Friction measurements of model saliva-wine solutions between polydimethylsiloxane surfaces

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    09 Dec 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Ryan S. Edmonds, Tanner J. Finney, Michael R. Bull, Aude A. Watrelot, Tonya L. Kuhl

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2020.106522 journal-article Edmonds, R.S. et al., 2021. Friction measurements of model saliva-wine solutions between polydimethylsiloxane surfaces. Food Hydrocolloids, 113, p.106522. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2020.106522. Ryan S. …

  75. 8th BioXFEL International Conference

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  76. Macromolecular phasing using diffraction from multiple crystal forms

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    08 Dec 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Markus Metz, Romain D. Arnal, Wolfgang Brehm, Henry Chapman, Andrew J. Morgan, Rick P. Millane

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s2053273320013650 A phasing algorithm for macromolecular crystallography is proposed that utilizes diffraction data from multiple crystal forms – crystals of the same molecule with different unit-cell packings (different unit-cell parameters or space-group symmetries). …

  77. The XBI BioLab for life science experiments at the European XFEL

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    02 Dec 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Huijong Han, Ekaterina Round, Robin Schubert, Yasmin Gül, Jana Makroczyová, Domingo Meza, Philipp Heuser, Martin Aepfelbacher, Imrich Barák, Christian Betzel, Petra Fromme, Inari Kursula, Poul Nissen, Elena Tereschenko, Joachim Schulz, Charlotte Uetrecht, Jozef Uličný, Matthias Wilmanns, Janos Hajdu, Victor S. Lamzin, Kristina Lorenzen

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s1600576720013989 The science of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) critically depends on the performance of the X-ray laser and on the quality of the samples placed into the X-ray beam. The stability of biological samples is limited and key biomolecular transformations …

  78. Direct Observation of the Mechanism of Antibiotic Resistance by Mix-and-Inject at the European XFEL

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    26 Nov 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Suraj Pandey, George Douglas Calvey, Andrea Katz, Tek Narsingh Malla, Faisal Hammad Mekky Koua, Jose M. Martin-Garcia, Ishwor Poudyal, Jay-How Yang, Mohammad Vakili, Oleksandr Yefanov, Kara Zielinski, Saša Bajt, Salah Awel, Katerina Dörner, Matthias Frank, Luca Gelisio, Rebecca Jeanne Jernigan, Henry Kirkwood, Marco Kloos, Jayanath Koliyadu, Valerio Mariani, Mitchell Miller, Grant Mills, Garrett Charles Nelson, Jose L. Olmos, Alireza Sadri, Tokushi Sato, Alexandra Tolstikova, Weijun Xu, Abbas Ourmazd, John Spence, Peter Schwander, Anton Barty, Henry Chapman, Petra Fromme, Adrian P. Mancuso, George Phillips, Richard Bean, Lois Pollack, Marius Schmidt

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.24.396689 AbstractIn this study, we follow the diffusion and buildup of occupancy of the substrate ceftriaxone in M. tuberculosis β-lactamase BlaC microcrystals by structural analysis of the enzyme substrate complex at single millisecond time resolution. We also …

  79. Extended properties of magnetic spins of zinc ferrite nanoparticles in the THz frequency range

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    23 Nov 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Mohamed Abdellatif-Youssef, Martin Etter, Petra Fromme, Marco Salerno

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.167574 journal-article Abdellatif-Youssef, M. et al., 2021. Extended properties of magnetic spins of zinc ferrite nanoparticles in the THz frequency range. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 525, p.167574. Available at: …

  80. 3D diffractive imaging of nanoparticle ensembles using an x-ray laser

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    20 Nov 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Kartik Ayyer, P. Lourdu Xavier, Johan Bielecki, Zhou Shen, Benedikt J. Daurer, Amit K. Samanta, Salah Awel, Richard Bean, Anton Barty, Martin Bergemann, Tomas Ekeberg, Armando D. Estillore, Hans Fangohr, Klaus Giewekemeyer, Mark S. Hunter, Mikhail Karnevskiy, Richard Kirian, Henry Kirkwood, Yoonhee Kim, Jayanath Koliyadu, Holger Lange, Romain Letrun, Jannik Lübke, Thomas Michelat, Andrew J. Morgan, Nils Roth, Tokushi Sato, Marcin Sikorski, Florian Schulz, John Spence, Patrik Vagovic, Tamme Wollweber, Lena Worbs, Oleksandr Yefanov, Yulong Zhuang, Filipe R. N. C. Maia, Daniel A. Horke, Jochen Küpper, N. Duane Loh, Adrian P. Mancuso, Henry Chapman

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/optica.410851 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Ayyer, K. et al., 2020. 3D diffractive imaging of nanoparticle ensembles using an x-ray laser. Optica, 8(1), p.15. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/optica.410851. Kartik Ayyer and P. …

  81. How directed evolution reshapes the energy landscape in an enzyme to boost catalysis

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    19 Nov 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Renee Otten, Ricardo A. P. Pádua, H. Adrian Bunzel, Vy Nguyen, Warintra Pitsawong, MacKenzie Patterson, Shuo Sui, Sarah Perry, Aina E. Cohen, Donald Hilvert, Dorothee Kern

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abd3623 The advent of biocatalysts designed computationally and optimized by laboratory evolution provides an opportunity to explore molecular strategies for augmenting catalytic function. Applying a suite of NMR, crystallographic, and stopped-flow techniques to an …

  82. Diffraction data from aerosolized Coliphage PR772 virus particles imaged with the Linac Coherent Light Source

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    19 Nov 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Haoyuan Li, Reza Nazari, Brian Abbey, Roberto Alvarez, Andrew Aquila, Kartik Ayyer, Anton Barty, Peter Berntsen, Johan Bielecki, Alberto Pietrini, Maximilian Bucher, Gabriella Carini, Henry Chapman, Alice Contreras, Benedikt J. Daurer, Hasan Demirci, Leonie Flűckiger, Matthias Frank, Janos Hajdu, Max F. Hantke, Brenda Hogue, Ahmad Hosseinizadeh, Mark S. Hunter, H. Olof Jönsson, Richard Kirian, Ruslan P. Kurta, Duane Loh, Filipe R. N. C. Maia, Adrian P. Mancuso, Andrew J. Morgan, Matthew McFadden, Kerstin Muehlig, Anna Munke, Hemanth Kumar Narayana Reddy, Carl Nettelblad, Abbas Ourmazd, Max Rose, Peter Schwander, M. Marvin Seibert, Jonas A. Sellberg, Raymond G. Sierra, Zhibin Sun, Martin Svenda, Ivan A. Vartanyants, Peter Walter, Daniel Westphal, Garth Williams, P. Lourdu Xavier, Chun Hong Yoon, Sahba Zaare

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00745-2 AbstractSingle Particle Imaging (SPI) with intense coherent X-ray pulses from X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) has the potential to produce molecular structures without the need for crystallization or freezing. Here we present a dataset of 285,944 …

  83. qFit 3: Protein and ligand multiconformer modeling for X‐ray crystallographic and single‐particle cryo‐EM density maps

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    18 Nov 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Blake T. Riley, Stephanie A. Wankowicz, Saulo H. P. Oliveira, Gydo C. P. Zundert, Daniel W. Hogan, James Fraser, Daniel A. Keedy, Henry Bedem

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pro.4001 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Riley, B.T. et al., 2020. qFit 3: Protein and ligand multiconformer modeling for X‐ray crystallographic and single‐particle cryo‐EM density maps. Protein …

  84. SAXS studies of X-ray induced disulfide bond damage: Engineering high-resolution insight from a low-resolution technique

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    17 Nov 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Timothy R. Stachowski, Mary E. Snell, Edward Snell

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239702 A significant problem in biological X-ray crystallography is the radiation chemistry caused by the incident X-ray beam. This produces both global and site-specific damage. Site specific damage can misdirect the biological interpretation of the …

  85. Single-femtosecond atomic-resolution observation of a protein traversing a conical intersection

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    15 Nov 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): A. Hosseinizadeh, N. Breckwoldt, R. Fung, R. Sepehr, M. Schmidt, P. Schwander, R. Santra, A. Ourmazd

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.13.382218 The structural dynamics of a molecule are determined by the underlying potential energy landscape. Conical intersections are funnels connecting otherwise separate energy surfaces. Posited almost a century ago 1, conical intersections remain the subject of …

  86. Elucidating the Role of Microprocessor Protein DGCR8 in Bending RNA Structures

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    13 Nov 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Suzette A. Pabit, Yen-Lin Chen, Emery T. Usher, Erik C. Cook, Lois Pollack, Scott A. Showalter

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.10.038 journal-article Pabit, S.A. et al., 2020. Elucidating the Role of Microprocessor Protein DGCR8 in Bending RNA Structures. Biophysical Journal, 119(12), pp.2524–2536. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2020.10.038. Suzette A. Pabit and …

  87. Discovery of allosteric binding sites by crystallographic fragment screening

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    07 Nov 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Tobias Krojer, James Fraser, Frank Von Delft

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbi.2020.08.004 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Krojer, T., Fraser, J.S. & von Delft, F., 2020. Discovery of allosteric binding sites by crystallographic fragment screening. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 65, pp.209–216. …

  88. Methods for Crystallization and Structural Determination of M-T7 Protein from Myxoma Virus

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    27 Oct 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Christopher James Gisriel, Petra Fromme, Jose M. Martin-Garcia

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1012-1_8 book-chapter Gisriel, C., Fromme, P. & Martin-Garcia, J.M., 2020. Methods for Crystallization and Structural Determination of M-T7 Protein from Myxoma Virus. Viruses as Therapeutics, pp.125–162. Available at: …

  89. Molecular-replacement phasing using predicted protein structures from AWSEM-Suite

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    26 Oct 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Shikai Jin, Mitchell Miller, Mingchen Chen, Nicholas P. Schafer, Xingcheng Lin, Xun Chen, George Phillips, Peter G. Wolynes

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s2052252520013494 The phase problem in X-ray crystallography arises from the fact that only the intensities, and not the phases, of the diffracting electromagnetic waves are measured directly. Molecular replacement can often estimate the relative phases of reflections …

  90. Expanding the space of protein geometries by computational design of de novo fold families

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    16 Oct 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Xingjie Pan, Michael Thompson, Yang Zhang, Lin Liu, James Fraser, Mark J. S. Kelly, Tanja Kortemme

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abc0881 Naturally occurring proteins vary the precise geometries of structural elements to create distinct shapes optimal for function. We present a computational design method, loop-helix-loop unit combinatorial sampling (LUCS), that mimics nature’s ability to …

  91. High intensity x-ray interaction with a model bio-molecule system: double-core-hole states and fragmentation of formamide

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    15 Oct 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): D Koulentianos, A E A Fouda, S H Southworth, J D Bozek, J Küpper, R Santra, N V Kryzhevoi, L S Cederbaum, C Bostedt, M Messerschmidt, N Berrah, L Fang, B Murphy, T Osipov, J P Cryan, J Glownia, S Ghimire, P J Ho, B Krässig, D Ray, Y Li, E P Kanter, L Young, G Doumy

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/abc183 journal-article Koulentianos, D. et al., 2020. High intensity x-ray interaction with a model bio-molecule system: double-core-hole states and fragmentation of formamide. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 53(24), p.244005. …

  92. An advanced workflow for single-particle imaging with the limited data at an X-ray free-electron laser

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    15 Oct 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Dameli Assalauova, Young Yong Kim, Sergey Bobkov, Ruslan Khubbutdinov, Max Rose, Roberto Alvarez, Jakob Andreasson, Eugeniu Balaur, Alice Contreras, Hasan Demirci, Luca Gelisio, Janos Hajdu, Mark S. Hunter, Ruslan P. Kurta, Haoyuan Li, Matthew McFadden, Reza Nazari, Peter Schwander, Anton Teslyuk, Peter Walter, P. Lourdu Xavier, Chun Hong Yoon, Sahba Zaare, Viacheslav A. Ilyin, Richard Kirian, Brenda Hogue, Andrew Aquila, Ivan A. Vartanyants

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s2052252520012798 An improved analysis for single-particle imaging (SPI) experiments, using the limited data, is presented here. Results are based on a study of bacteriophage PR772 performed at the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Science instrument at the Linac Coherent …

  93. Harnessing the power of an X-ray laser for serial crystallography of membrane proteins crystallized in lipidic cubic phase

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    15 Oct 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Ming-Yue Lee, James Geiger, Andrii Ishchenko, Gye Won Han, Anton Barty, Thomas A. White, Cornelius Gati, Alexander Batyuk, Mark S. Hunter, Andrew Aquila, Sébastien Boutet, Uwe Weierstall, Vadim Cherezov, Wei Liu

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s2052252520012701 Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) with X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) has proven highly successful for structure determination of challenging membrane proteins crystallized in lipidic cubic phase; however, like most techniques, it has …

  94. Biomechanical Analysis of Retrograde Superior Ramus Screw Fixation Constructs

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    08 Oct 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Justin F. Lucas, Milton L. Chip Routt, Jonathan G. Eastman

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/bot.0000000000001951 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Justin F. Lucas and Milton L. Chip Routt and Jonathan G. Eastman

  95. Crystallization of ApoA1 and ApoE4 Nanolipoprotein Particles and Initial XFEL-Based Structural Studies

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    01 Oct 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Megan Shelby, Deepshika Gilbile, Thomas Grant, William Bauer, Brent W. Segelke, Wei He, Angela Evans, Natalia Crespo, Pontus Fischer, Tim Pakendorf, Vincent Hennicke, Mark S. Hunter, Alex Batyuk, Miriam Barthelmess, Alke Meents, Tonya Kuhl, Matthias Frank, Matthew Coleman

    http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cryst10100886 Nanolipoprotein particles (NLPs), also called “nanodiscs”, are discoidal particles with a patch of lipid bilayer corralled by apolipoproteins. NLPs have long been of interest due to both their utility as membrane-model systems into which membrane proteins …

  96. Synthetic group A streptogramin antibiotics that overcome Vat resistance

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    23 Sep 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Qi Li, Jenna Pellegrino, D. John Lee, Arthur A. Tran, Hector Chaires, Ruoxi Wang, Jesslyn E. Park, Kaijie Ji, David Chow, Na Zhang, Axel F. Brilot, Justin T. Biel, Gydo Van Zundert, Kenneth Borrelli, Dean Shinabarger, Cindy Wolfe, Beverly Murray, Matthew P. Jacobson, Estelle Mühle, Olivier Chesneau, James Fraser, Ian B. Seiple

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2761-3 journal-article Li, Q. et al., 2020. Synthetic group A streptogramin antibiotics that overcome Vat resistance. Nature, 586(7827), pp.145–150. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2761-3. Qi Li and Jenna Pellegrino and D. John Lee and …

  97. Ensemble-based enzyme design can recapitulate the effects of laboratory directed evolution in silico

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    23 Sep 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Aron Broom, Rojo V. Rakotoharisoa, Michael Thompson, Niayesh Zarifi, Erin Nguyen, Nurzhan Mukhametzhanov, Lin Liu, James Fraser, Roberto A. Chica

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18619-x Abstract The creation of artificial enzymes is a key objective of computational protein design. Although de novo enzymes have been successfully designed, these exhibit low catalytic efficiencies, requiring directed evolution to improve …

  98. Subthreshold Erosion of an Organic Polymer Induced by Multiple Shots of an X-Ray Free-Electron Laser

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    22 Sep 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): T. Burian, J. Chalupský, V. Hájková, M. Toufarová, V. Vorlíček, S. Hau-Riege, J. Krzywinski, J.D. Bozek, C. Bostedt, A.T. Graf, U.F. Jastrow, S. Kreis, R.A. London, M. Messerschmidt, S. Moeller, R. Sobierajski, K. Tiedtke, M. De Grazia, T. Auguste, B. Carré, S. Guizard, H. Merdji, N. Medvedev, L. Juha

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.14.034057 journal-article Burian, T. et al., 2020. Subthreshold Erosion of an Organic Polymer Induced by Multiple Shots of an X-Ray Free-Electron Laser. Physical Review Applied, 14(3). Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.14.034057. T. …

  99. Characterizing Enzyme Reactions in Microcrystals for Effective Mix-and-Inject Experiments using X-ray Free-Electron Lasers

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    21 Sep 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): George Douglas Calvey, Andrea Katz, Kara Zielinski, Boris Dzikovski, Lois Pollack

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02569 journal-article NSF-STC Biology with X-ray Lasers (NSF-1231306) Calvey, G.D. et al., 2020. Characterizing Enzyme Reactions in Microcrystals for Effective Mix-and-Inject Experiments using X-ray Free-Electron Lasers. Analytical Chemistry, 92(20), …

  100. Retrieving functional pathways of biomolecules from single-particle snapshots

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    18 Sep 2020 | BioXFEL Publications | Contributor(s): Ali Dashti, Ghoncheh Mashayekhi, Mrinal Shekhar, Danya Ben Hail, Salah Salah, Peter Schwander, Amedee Des Georges, Abhishek Singharoy, Joachim Frank, Abbas Ourmazd

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18403-x Abstract A primary reason for the intense interest in structural biology is the fact that knowledge of structure can elucidate macromolecular functions in living organisms. Sustained effort has resulted in an impressive arsenal of tools for determining …