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Molecular mechanism of light-driven sodium pumping
Published in Nature communications (01-05-2020)“…The light-driven sodium-pumping rhodopsin KR2 from Krokinobacter eikastus is the only non-proton cation active transporter with demonstrated potential for…”
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Structural insights into ion conduction by channelrhodopsin 2
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (24-11-2017)“…The light-gated ion channel channelrhodopsin 2 (ChR2) from is a major optogenetic tool. Photon absorption starts a well-characterized photocycle, but the…”
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True-atomic-resolution insights into the structure and functional role of linear chains and low-barrier hydrogen bonds in proteins
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-05-2022)“…Hydrogen bonds are fundamental to the structure and function of biological macromolecules and have been explored in detail. The chains of hydrogen bonds (CHBs)…”
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Viral rhodopsins 1 are an unique family of light-gated cation channels
Published in Nature communications (11-11-2020)“…Phytoplankton is the base of the marine food chain as well as oxygen and carbon cycles and thus plays a global role in climate and ecology. Nucleocytoplasmic…”
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Unique structure and function of viral rhodopsins
Published in Nature communications (30-10-2019)“…Recently, two groups of rhodopsin genes were identified in large double-stranded DNA viruses. The structure and function of viral rhodopsins are unknown. We…”
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Structure and mechanisms of sodium-pumping KR2 rhodopsin
Published in Science advances (01-04-2019)“…Rhodopsins are the most universal biological light-energy transducers and abundant phototrophic mechanisms that evolved on Earth and have a remarkable…”
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Structure-based insights into evolution of rhodopsins
Published in Communications biology (30-06-2021)“…Rhodopsins, most of which are proton pumps generating transmembrane electrochemical proton gradients, span all three domains of life, are abundant in the…”
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High-pressure crystallography shows noble gas intervention into protein-lipid interaction and suggests a model for anaesthetic action
Published in Communications biology (14-04-2022)“…In this work we examine how small hydrophobic molecules such as inert gases interact with membrane proteins (MPs) at a molecular level. High pressure…”
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Crystal Structure of the N112A Mutant of the Light-Driven Sodium Pump KR2
Published in Crystals (Basel) (01-06-2020)“…The light-driven sodium pump KR2, found in 2013 in the marine bacteria Krokinobacter eikastus, serves as a model protein for the studies of the sodium-pumping…”
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Structure and dynamics of the SARS‐CoV‐2 envelope protein monomer
Published in Proteins, structure, function, and bioinformatics (01-05-2022)“…Coronaviruses, especially severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), present an ongoing threat to human wellbeing. Consequently, elucidation…”
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Insights into the mechanisms of light-oxygen-voltage domain color tuning from a set of high-resolution X-ray structures
Published in Proteins, structure, function, and bioinformatics (01-08-2021)“…Light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) domains are widespread photosensory modules that can be used in fluorescence microscopy, optogenetics and controlled production of…”
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Mechanisms of inward transmembrane proton translocation
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-07-2023)“…Proton transport is indispensable for cell life. It is believed that molecular mechanisms of proton movement through different types of proton-conducting…”
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Structural insights into the effects of glycerol on ligand binding to cytochrome P450
Published in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography. (01-01-2023)“…New antitubercular drugs are vital due to the spread of resistant strains. Carbethoxyhexyl imidazole (CHImi) inhibits cytochrome P450 CYP124, which is a…”
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Metabolic Fate of Human Immunoactive Sterols in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Published in Journal of molecular biology (19-02-2021)“…[Display omitted] •Major human immune oxysterols are metabolized by at least four Mtb enzymes.•3βHSD is able to inactivate EBI2 agonists and…”
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