Macromolecular Modeling Blog ™

In this Bi-weekly digest, a large scale structural analysis of the human tyrosine phosphatome, a Fas-death domain complex structure, and at least two works concerning calmodulin… 

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In this Bi-Weekly Digest, several folding theory papers and a first look at a large ribonucleoprotein particle which may play a role in pathogen clearance. 

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In this Bi-weekly digest, a structural insight into the inhibition mechanism of calpastatins, analysis of core hydrophobic amino acids interactions and more relevant titles form current issues of molecular and computational biology literature. If you want to initiate in a public discussion on one of these, let us know in the comments.

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S. Gordo et al. implement a new strategy for preventative anti-cancer therapeutics. R337H is the most frequent inherited mutation in p53, “The guardian of the genome”, and is associated with wide spectrum of cancer forms. The mutation is believed to destabilize the native tetramer form of p53. In this study the researchers designed a small molecule that reconstitutes tetramerization of such a mutant. By Nir London.

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In this Bi-Weekly digest – relevant titles form current issues of molecular and computational biology literature, amongst featured titles: Surface Sites for Engineering Allosteric Control in Proteins and The RNA Polymerase ”Switch Region” Is a Target for Inhibitors. If you want to initiate in a public discussion on one of these, let us know in the comments.

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