2018
DNA melting initiates the RAG catalytic pathway
Ru H, Mi W, Zhang P, Alt FW, Schatz DG, Liao M, Wu H. DNA melting initiates the RAG catalytic pathway. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2018, 25: 732-742. PMID: 30061602, PMCID: PMC6080600, DOI: 10.1038/s41594-018-0098-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecombination signal sequencesDNA meltingCryo-EM structureBase-specific contactsSignal sequenceDNA transpositionSubstrate bindingRetroviral integrationRAG endonucleaseDimer openingTerminal sequenceGTG sequenceDNA cleavageScissile phosphateDNAUniversal mechanismPiston-like movementSequenceActive siteHeptamerRetrotransposonsCatalytic pathwayTransposonComplexesEndonuclease
2009
CLIC2-RyR1 Interaction and Structural Characterization by Cryo-electron Microscopy
Meng X, Wang G, Viero C, Wang Q, Mi W, Su XD, Wagenknecht T, Williams AJ, Liu Z, Yin CC. CLIC2-RyR1 Interaction and Structural Characterization by Cryo-electron Microscopy. Journal Of Molecular Biology 2009, 387: 320-334. PMID: 19356589, PMCID: PMC2667806, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.01.059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCryo-electron microscopyChannel activitySkeletal ryanodine receptorsAffinity of ryanodineSkeletal sarcoplasmic reticulum vesiclesSmall proteinsClamp regionConformational changesPhysiological functionsDomain 5Closed stateSingle-channel recordingsStructural familyRyR1 channelsRyanodine receptorSkeletal muscleRyR1VesiclesOpen probabilityRyR channelsChannel 2Channel recordingsEfflux rateSarcoplasmic reticulum vesiclesReticulum vesicles