Impact of GPCR structures on drug discovery

M Congreve, C de Graaf, NA Swain, CG Tate - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Structures of 70 unique G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been determined, with
over 370 structures in total bound to different ligands and the receptors in various …

Bringing structure to cell biology with cryo-electron tomography

LN Young, E Villa - Annual review of biophysics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy have marked only the beginning of the
potential of this technique. To bring structure into cell biology, the modality of cryo-electron …

[HTML][HTML] BA. 2.12. 1, BA. 4 and BA. 5 escape antibodies elicited by Omicron infection

Y Cao, A Yisimayi, F Jian, W Song, T Xiao, L Wang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron sublineages BA.
2.12. 1, BA. 4 and BA. 5 exhibit higher transmissibility than the BA. 2 lineage 1. The receptor …

Structures of α-synuclein filaments from human brains with Lewy pathology

Y Yang, Y Shi, M Schweighauser, X Zhang, A Kotecha… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder, with resting tremor,
rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability being major symptoms. Neuropathologically, it …

Structural basis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron immune evasion and receptor engagement

M McCallum, N Czudnochowski, LE Rosen, SK Zepeda… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of
concern evades antibody-mediated immunity that comes from vaccination or infection with …

[HTML][HTML] Receptor binding and complex structures of human ACE2 to spike RBD from omicron and delta SARS-CoV-2

P Han, L Li, S Liu, Q Wang, D Zhang, Z Xu, P Han, X Li… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues worldwide with
many variants arising, some of which are variants of concern (VOCs). A recent VOC, omicron …

Imprinted antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages

YJ Park, D Pinto, AC Walls, Z Liu, A De Marco… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron sublineages carry
distinct spike mutations resulting in escape from antibodies induced by previous infection or …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and functional characterizations of infectivity and immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

Z Cui, P Liu, N Wang, L Wang, K Fan, Q Zhu, K Wang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant with increased fitness is spreading rapidly
worldwide. Analysis of cryo-EM structures of the spike (S) from Omicron reveals amino acid …

Neutralization, effector function and immune imprinting of Omicron variants

A Addetia, L Piccoli, JB Case, YJ Park, M Beltramello… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Currently circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants have acquired convergent mutations at hot spots
in the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein. The effects of these mutations on …

Bespoke library docking for 5-HT2A receptor agonists with antidepressant activity

AL Kaplan, DN Confair, K Kim, X Barros-Álvarez… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
There is considerable interest in screening ultralarge chemical libraries for ligand discovery,
both empirically and computationally,,–. Efforts have focused on readily synthesizable …