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Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications is a structural biology communications journal published by the IUCr. http://journals.iucr.org/f

Structural Biology Communications

The June issue is out! journals.iucr.org/f/issues/202... The cover illustration - Plasmodium vivax macrophage migration inhibitory factor - is from an article forming part of our Early Career Scientists in Structural Science special issue. Find out more and submit: journals.iucr.org/early-career...

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It was lovely to chat with Anu and @charliebondxray.bsky.social about PPR proteins, their RNA binding modes and awesome modularity. Please watch, give the IUCr a thumbs up, and add some comments when you have a minute! What would you like to see in these interviews?

Structural Biology Communications

Acetylation-mimicking K214Q and K216Q variant structures of Escherichia coli glucokinase showed that acetylation mimics impaired activity and produced domain shifts #Glucokinases #LysineAcetylation #AcetylationMimickingMutations doi.org/10.1107/S205...

The first structure of a cold-active arginase reveals a modest reduction in structural rigidity associated with cold adaptation #ColdActiveEnzymes #Arginases #XRayCrystallography doi.org/10.1107/S205...

The structure of a complex between human RAGE ectodomain and S100A6 variant Y84C provides a possible model for S100 covalent homodimerization that is fully compatible with RAGE binding #S100Proteins #Cysteines #CovalentHomodimerization doi.org/10.1107/S205...

Structural and enzymatic characterization of an Asp49 phospolipase A2 (PLA2) from Lachesis muta expands our understanding of structure–function relationships among viperid PLA2s #SnakeVenomPhospholipaseA2 #LachesisMuta #ProteinOligomer doi.org/10.1107/S205...

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In the latest in our Interviews With Authors series, the Acta F Section Editors talk to Anuradha Pullakhandam and Charlie Bond about their review on 'Structures of pentatricopeptide repeat proteins'. Read the article at journals.iucr.org/f/issues/202... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYcF...

Thank you to my coauthor Stefania Hanau and to @actacrystf.iucr.org 6590 downloads is very satisfying. Thank you to all those readers.

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In our latest episode of Interviews With Authors, we discussed PentatricoPeptide Repeat (PPR) proteins, their roles in RNA binding, use in protein design and other things, and I'd like to share some highlights. What are PPR proteins and why do they matter, you may ask? Anuradha has the answers:

New paper out in @actacrystf.iucr.org! We benchmarked cryoSPARC for amyloid helical reconstruction: ease of use over RELION, but amyloid-specific development still needed & software interoperability remains a problem. @landerlab.bsky.social Kelly Lab @scripps.edu doi.org/10.1107/S205...

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