Xiaotian Liao
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Albert Escobedo
5 months ago
🎲 Our paper on the genetics, energetics, and allostery in proteins with randomized cores and surfaces is out today
@science.org
! 🧬 By charting a protein’s sequence universe, we could rationalize which versions were kept through evolution – and why many stable ones were not.
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Claudia C. Weber
9 months ago
Our paper on myxozoan genomes is out now in G3! See thread below for a brief recap (slight change of title from the preprint, same content). Thank you also to
@arunsethuraman.bsky.social
for handling the manuscript and
@joannamasel.bsky.social
for helpful comments.
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Ore Francis
7 months ago
Proud to have authored this review with brilliant people. Hope we inspire more attempts to sequence the
#protist
genomes that are within reach! Huge thanks to Alexandra Schoenle for leading.
#ProtistsOnSky
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ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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Ben Lehner
6 months ago
The evolution of allostery in a protein family. Aina's new preprint containing seven complete comparative allosteric maps
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Ben Lehner
6 months ago
New preprint: Allostery is a widespread cause of loss-of-function variant pathogenicity by the great
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Allostery is a widespread cause of loss-of-function variant pathogenicity
Allosteric communication between non-contacting sites in proteins plays a fundamental role in biological regulation and drug action. While allosteric gain-of-function variants are known drivers of onc...
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Anna Arutyunyan
7 months ago
Alzheimer’s disease 🧠starts with a molecular domino effect - but what triggers the first piece to fall? In our new study we cracked open the black box of early protein aggregation, and the findings could reshape how we fight neurodegeneration. 🧵👇
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Massively parallel genetic perturbation suggests the energetic structure of an amyloid-β transition state
The aggregation rates of >140,000 mutants reveal the energetic structure of an amyloid-β nucleation reaction transition state.
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Max Stammnitz
7 months ago
1 plant hormone receptor ☘️ 3,500 mutants, to single-site saturation 🧬 >45,000 binding and abundance measurements 📶 Very happy to present our latest work – where deep mutational scanning meets the world of small molecules.
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The genetic architecture of an allosteric hormone receptor
Many proteins function as switches, detecting chemicals and transducing their concentrations into cellular responses. Receptor switches are key to the integration of environmental signals, yet it is n...
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Taylor Mighell
7 months ago
GPCR-MAPS is now live!
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A new platform for high resolution functional mapping of GPCRs with massive mutagenesis. We identify the core activation network, residues involved in biased signaling, and generate >7,000 full dose response curves. With
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The genetic architecture of G-protein coupled receptor signaling
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the most abundant class of human receptors and drug targets. The vast majority of GPCR drugs bind the conserved orthosteric pocket, which can lead to non-specif...
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