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Divalent ions tune the kinetics of a bacterial GTPase Center rRNA folding transition from secondary to tertiary structure.

Welty R., Pabit S.A., Katz A.M., Calvey G.D., Pollack L., & Hall K.B. (2018). “Divalent ions tune the kinetics of a bacterial GTPase Center rRNA folding transition from secondary to tertiary structure.” RNA. 2018 Dec;24(12):1828-1838. doi: 10.1261/rna.068361.118. Epub 2018 Sep 25. (Abstract)

Positive cardiac inotrope omecamtiv mecarbil activates muscle despite suppressing the myosin working stroke.

Woody M.S., Greenberg M.J., Barua B., Winkelmann D.A., Goldman Y.E., & Ostap E.M. (2018). “Positive cardiac inotrope omecamtiv mecarbil activates muscle despite suppressing the myosin working stroke.” Nat Commun. 2018 Sep 21;9(1):3838. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06193-2. (Abstract)

Genetic and Tissue Engineering Approaches to Modeling the Mechanics of Human Heart Failure for Drug Discovery.

Greenberg M.J., Daily N.J., Wang A., Conway M.K., & Wakatsuki T. (2018). “Genetic and Tissue Engineering Approaches to Modeling the Mechanics of Human Heart Failure for Drug Discovery.” Front Cardiovasc Med. 2018 Sep 19;5:120. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2018.00120. eCollection 2018. (Abstract)

The signature motif of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pif1 DNA helicase is essential in vivo for mitochondrial and nuclear functions and in vitro for ATPase activity.

Geronimo C.L., Singh S.P., Galletto R., & Zakian V.A. (2018). “The signature motif of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pif1 DNA helicase is essential in vivo for mitochondrial and nuclear functions and in vitro for ATPase activity.” Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 Sep 19;46(16):8357-8370. doi: 10.1093/nar/gky655. (Abstract)

Cooperative changes in solvent exposure identify cryptic pockets, conformational switches, and allosteric coupling

Justin R Porter, Katelyn E Moeder, Carrie A Sibbald, Maxwell I Zimmerman, Kathryn M Hart, Michael J Greenberg, & Gregory R Bowman (2018). “Cooperative changes in solvent exposure identify cryptic pockets, conformational switches, and allosteric coupling” bioRxiv. September 18, 2018. doi.org/10.1101/323568. (Abstract)

Targeting nucleotide exchange to inhibit constitutively active G protein α subunits in cancer cells.

Onken M.D., Makepeace C.M., Kaltenbronn K.M., Kanai S.M., Todd T.D., Wang S., Broekelmann T.J., Rao P.K., Cooper J.A., & Blumer K.J. (2018). “Targeting nucleotide exchange to inhibit constitutively active G protein α subunits in cancer cells.” Sci Signal. 2018 Sep 4;11(546). pii: eaao6852. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.aao6852. (Abstract)