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Aedes aegypti can act as a vector for viral pathogens but the mechanism of viral resistance and evolving host-pathogen tolerance are poorly understood. Here the authors structurally characterise a duplicated pair of interacting Toll immunoreceptors and the ...

Aerolysin is a beta-pore-forming toxin produced by most Aeromonas bacteria, which has attracted large attention in the field of nanopore sensing due to its narrow and charged pore lumen. Structurally similar proteins, belonging to the aerolysin-like family ...

Congenital myasthenic syndrome-22 (CMS22, OMIM 616224) is a rare genetic disorder caused by deleterious genetic variation in the prolyl endopeptidase-like (PREPL) gene. Previous reports have described patients with deletions and nonsense variants in PREPL, ...

Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) is critical for B-cell maturation and activation. Btk loss-of-function mutations cause human X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA). In contrast, Btk signaling sustains growth of several B-cell neoplasms which may be treated with ...

Members of the DEAD-box helicase family are involved in all fundamental processes of RNA metabolism, and as such, their malfunction is associated with various diseases. Currently, whether and how oligomerization impacts their biochemical and biological fun ...

Repression of endogenous retroviral elements (ERVs) is facilitated by KAP1 (KRAB-associated protein 1)-containing complexes, however the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, we show that binding of KAP1 to the major component of the heterochromatin ...

Acyl protein thioesterase APT2 interacts with membranes via its charged beta-tongue, becomes palmitoylated by ZDHHC3/7 and deforms the bilayer to extract substrate acyl chains. APT2 deacylation leads to its membrane release and degradation. ...

Aerolysin‐like proteins are a family of pore‐forming toxins with potential biotechnological applications as nanopore sensors for biomolecular detection and sequencing. Despite their conserved structural fold, the low sequence identity complicates sequence ...

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Structure and dynamics of Toll immunoreceptor activation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Aerolysin Nanopore Structures Revealed at High Resolution in a Lipid Environment

Missense variants in CMS22 patients reveal that PREPL has both enzymatic and nonenzymatic functions

Btk SH2-kinase interface is critical for allosteric kinase activation and its targeting inhibits B-cell neoplasms

The Human RNA Helicase DDX21 Presents a Dimerization Interface Necessary for Helicase Activity

The HP1 box of KAP1 organizes HP1α for silencing of endogenous retroviral elements in embryonic stem cells

Structural characterization of Prolyl endopeptidase-like, a mitochondrial protein involved in congenital myasthenic syndrome-22

Palmitoylated acyl protein thioesterase APT2 deforms membranes to extract substrate acyl chains

Exploring New Nanopore Sensors from the Aerolysin Family

Structural and functional divergence of duplicated mosquito Toll and Spz compared to Drosophila