research advances

• Twist to open

  A structure of an engineered potassium channel suggests a novel model for the gating mechanism.

• Topping off the proteasome

  The structure of the entire proteasome complex provides insight into key functions while raising questions for future studies.

• Refining protein structure prediction

  Molecular dynamics simulations are shown to systematically improve template-based models of protein structure.

• Just blot and see

  A simple method for transferring proteins onto EM grids may speed up single-particle analyses of large protein complexes.

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• featured system

  • Revealing the Nuclear Pore Complex

    Modular architecture of the nuclear pore complex

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• news

  • PSI in the spotlight
  • Europe's research plan starts to take shape
  • Researchers feel pressure to cite superfluous papers

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• research library

  • Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 a-Fucosidases Are Active on Fucosylated Human Milk Oligosaccharides
  • The FGGY Carbohydrate Kinase Family: Insights into the Evolution of Functional Specificities
  • Symmetric dimethylation of H3R2 is a newly identified histone mark that supports euchromatin maintenance

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• events

  • 56th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting February 25, 2012 - February 29, 2012
    San Diego, California, USA
  • Keystone Symposia: G Protein-Coupled Receptors: Molecular Mechanisms and Novel Functional Insights February 17, 2012 - February 22, 2012
    Banff, Alberta, Canada

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