Paper highlights
Highlights Paper Dic 2025
"Stepwise Hydration Reveals Conformational Switching in Chiral Prolinol" Donatella Loru, Elena R. Alonso, Aran Insausti, Cristóbal Pérez, Luca...
Highlights Paper Nov 2025
"Insights into the Catalytic Activity of a Metagenome-Derived Urethanase" Katarzyna Świderek, Kemel Arafet, Victor de Sousa Batista, Daniel...
# Highlights Paper Oct 2025
"Structural basis for amyloid fibril assembly by the master cell-signaling regulator receptor-interacting protein kinase 1" Paula Polonio, Jorge...
#Highlights Paper Sept 2025
"Elucidating the structure and assembly mechanism of actinoporin pores in complex membrane environments" Rocío Arranz, César Santiago, Simonas...
#Highlights Paper 2 May 2025
Mechanically knocking out titin reveals protein tension loss as atrigger of muscle disease. Silva-Rojas R, Vicente N, Gavilán-Herrera M,...
# Highlights Paper 1 May 2025
"Enzyme Enhancement Through Computational Stability Design Targeting NMR-DeterminedCatalytic Hotspots. " Gutierrez-Rus LI, Vos E, Pantoja-Uceda D,...
# Highlight Paper 3 April 2025
"Mechanical adaptivity of red blood cell flickering to extrinsic membrane stiffening by the solid-like biosurfactant" Moleiro LH, Herráez-Aguilar D,...
# Highlights Paper 2 April 2025
Resouring susceptibility to β-lactam antibiotics in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Nguyen VT, Birhanu BT, Miguel-Ruano V, Kim C,...
# Highlights Paper 1 April 2025
Real-space heterogeneous reconstruction, refinement, and disentanglement of CryoEM conformational states with HetSIREN. Herreros D, Mata CP,...
# Highlights Paper 2 March 2025
"DNA calorimetric force spectroscopy at single base pair resolution. " Rissone P, Rico-Pasto M, Smith SB, Ritort F. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar...
# Highlights Paper 1 March 2025
Structural recognition and stabilization oftyrosine hydroxylase by the J-domain protein DNAJC12. Tai MDS, Ochoa L, Flydal MI, Velasco-Carneros L,...
# Highlights Paper 1 Feb 2025
"Structures of the cyanobacterial nitrogen regulators NtcA and PipX complexed to DNA shed light on DNA binding by NtcA and implicate PipX in the...
# Highlights Paper 2 Feb 2025
"Sequence-dependent scale for translocon-mediated insertion of interfacial helices in membranes." Grau B, Kormos R, Bañó-Polo M, Chen K,...
# Highlights Paper 3 Feb 2025
Citrullination at the N-terminal region of MDM2 by the PADI4 enzyme. Neira JL, Rizzuti B, Palomino-Schätzlein M, Rejas V, Abian O, Velazquez- Campoy...
# Highlights Jan 2025 Paper 3
"Exploring the druggability of the UEV domain of human TSG101 in search for broad-spectrumantivirals. " Montero F, Parra-López M, Rodríguez-Martínez...
# Highlights Jan 2025 Paper 2
Photoswitchable Diazocine Derivative for Adenosine A3 Receptor Activation in Psoriasis López-Cano M, Scortichini M, Tosh DK, Salmaso V, Ko T,...
# Highlights Jan 2025 Paper 1
"A lever hypothesis for Synaptotagmin-1 action in neurotransmitter release." JJaczynska K, Esser V, Xu J, Sari L, Lin MM, Rosenmund C, Rizo J. Proc...
#paperhighlights Dec2024 #3
Phosphorylation of cytochrome c at tyrosine 48 finely regulates its binding to the histonechaperone SET/TAF-Iβ in the nucleus. Tamargo-Azpilicueta...
#paperhighlights Dec2024 #2
Unveiling the GT114 family: Structural characterization of A075L, a glycosyltransferase fromParamecium bursaria chlorella virus-1 (PBCV-1). Laugieri...
#paperhighlights Dec2024 #1
Mis-splicing of a neuronal microexon promotes CPEB4 aggregation in ASD. Garcia-Cabau C, Bartomeu A, Tesei G, Cheung KC, Pose-Utrilla J, Picó...
#paperhighlights Nov2024 #3
Stacking correlation length in single-stranded DNA. Viader-Godoy X, Manosas M, Ritort F. Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 Nov 27;52(21):13243-13254....
#paperhighlights Nov2024 #2
Nanoscale dynamics of Dynamin 1 helices reveals squeeze-twist deformationmode critical for membrane fission Zhang Y, Lillo JV, Mohamed Abdelrasoul...
#paperhighlights Nov2024 #1
Cell response to extracellular matrix viscous energydissipation outweighs high-rigidity sensing. Huerta-López C, Clemente-Manteca A,...
#paperhighlights Oct2024 #3
Structural basis for regulation of a CBASS-CRISPR-Cas defense island by a transmembrane anti-σ factor and its ECF σ partner Bernal-Bernal D,...
#paperhighlights Oct2024 #2
Structural Basis for Alternative Self-Assembly Pathways Leading to Different Human Immunodeficiency Virus Capsid-Like Nanoparticles. Escrig J,...
#paperhighlights Oct2024 #1
Pomotrelvir and Nirmatrelvir Binding and Reactivity with SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease: Implications for Resistance Mechanisms from Computations....
#paperhighlights Sept2024 #3
Merging multi-omics with proteome integral solubility alteration unveils antibiotic mode of action Maity R, Zhang X, Liberati FR .. et al.. Sancho J...
#paperhighlights Sept2024 #2
Photoswitchable Carbamazepine Analogs for Non-Invasive Neuroinhibition In Vivo Camerin L, Maleeva G .. et al.. Gorostiza P. Ang. Chem. Int. Ed....
#paperhighlights Sept2024 #1
An integrated machine-leearning model to predict nucleosome architecture Sala A, Labrador M, Buitrago D .. et al.. Orozco M Nuc. Acids Res. ...
#paperhighlights August2024 #3
Hif1α-dependent mitochondrial acute O2 sensing and signaling to myocyteCa2+ channels mediate arterial hypoxic vasodilation. Moreno-Domínguez...
#paperhighlights_August2024_#2
Phosphorylation at the disordered N-end makes HuR accumulate anddimerize in the cytoplasm Baños-Jaime B, Corrales-Guerrero L, Pérez-Mejías G,...
#paperhighlights August2024 #1
Tensing Flipper: Photosensitized Manipulation of Membrane Tension, Lipid Phase Separation, and Raft Protein Sorting in Biological Membranes Torra J,...
#paperhighlights July2024 #2
Aggrescan4D: structure-informed analysis of pH-dependent protein aggregation Bárcenas O, Kuriata A, Zalewski M, Iglesias V, Pintado-Grima C, Firlik...
#paperhighlights July2024 #1
Formation of left-handed helices by C2'-fluorinated nucleic acids under physiological salt conditions. El-Khoury R, Cabrero C, Movilla S,...
#paperhighlights May2024 #2
Engineering bio-brick protein scaffolds for organizing enzyme assemblies. Ledesma-Fernandez A, Velasco-Lozano S, Campos-Muelas P, Madrid R,...
#paperhighlights May2024 #1
First Order Alignment Transition in an Interfaced Active NematicFluid. Bantysh O, Martínez-Prat B, Nambisan J, Fernández-Nieves A, Sagués F,...
#paperhighlights April2024 #3
Extending MeCP2 interactome: canonical nucleosomal histones interact with MeCP2. Ortega-Alarcon D, Claveria-Gimeno R, Vega S, Kalani L, Jorge-Torres...
#paperhighlights April2024 #2
Site-specific incorporation of a fluorescent nucleobase analog enhances i-motif stability and allows monitoring of i-motif folding inside cells. ...
#paperhighlights April2024 #1
“A Targetable N-Terminal Motif Orchestrates α-Synuclein Oligomer-to-Fibril Conversion. Santos J, Cuellar J, Pallarès I, Byrd EJ, Lends A, Moro F,...
#paperhighlights Mar2024 #2
Activation and friction in enzymatic loop opening and closing dynamics. Zinovjev K, Guénon P, Ramos-Guzmán CA, Ruiz-Pernía JJ, Laage D, Tuñón I....
#paperhighlights Mar2024 #1
Membrane fission via transmembrane contact Spencer RKW, Santos-Pérez I, Rodríguez-Renovales I, Martinez Galvez JM, Shnyrova AV & Müller M Nat...
#paperhighlights Feb2024 #3
Single-Molecule Analysis of Genome Uncoating from Individual Human Rhinovirus Particles, and Modulation by Antiviral Drugs Valbuena A, Strobl K,...
#paperhighlights Feb2024 #2
Transition of human γ-tubulin ring complex into a closed conformation during microtubule nucleation Brito C, Serna M, Guerra P, Llorca O &...
#paperhighlights Feb2024 #1
Variance sum rule for entropy production Di Terlizzi I, Gironella M, Herraez-Aguilar D, Betz T, Monroy F, Baiesi M & Ritort F Science 383(6686):...
#paperhighlights Jan2024 #3
Charged Biological Membranes Repel Large Neutral Molecules by Surface Dielectrophoresis and Counterion Pressure M Aguilella-Arzo, D P Hoogerheide, M...
#paperhighlights Jan2024 #2
Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Aqueous Micellar Organometallic Catalysis: Methane Functionalization as a Case Study A Matamoros-Recio, E...
#paperhighlight Jan2024 #1
Flexible structural arrangement and DNA-binding properties of protein p6 from Bacillus subtillis phage φ29 M Alcorlo, J R Luque-Ortega, F Gago, A...
#paperhighlights Dec2023 #3
Three-Photon Infrared Stimulation of Endogenous Neuroreceptors in Vivo R Sortino, M Cunquero, G Castro-Olvera, R Gelabert, M Moreno, F Riefolo, C...
#paperhighlights Dec2023 #2
Structural basis of a redox-dependent conformational switch that regulates the stress kinase p38α J Pous, B Baginski, P Martin-Malpartida, L...
#paperhighlights Dec2023 #1
Rational optimization of a transcription factor activation domain inhibitor S Basu, P Martínez-Cristóbal, M Frigolé-Vivas, M Pesarrodona, M Lewis, E...
#paperhighlights Nov2023 #4
Molecular Sensing and Manipulation of Protein Oligomerization in Membrane Nanotubes with Bolaamphiphilic Foldamers K Aftahy, P Arrasate, P V...
#paperhighlights Nov2023 #3
Three-Dimensional Remodeling of SARS-CoV2-Infected Cells Revealed by Cryogenic Soft X-ray Tomography V Castro, A Joaquina Pérez-Berna, G Calvo, E...
#paperhighlights Nov2023 #2
Structural and functional insights into the delivery of a bacterial Rhs pore-forming toxin to the membrane A González-Magaña, I Tascón, J...
#paperhighlights Nov2023 #1
The laminin–keratin link shields the nucleus from mechanical deformation and signalling Z Kechagia, P Sáez, M Gómez-González, B Canales, S...
#paperhighlights Oct2023 #3
A MEC-2/stomatin condensate liquid-to-solid phase transition controls neuronal mechanotransduction during touch sensing N Sanfeliu-Cerdán, F...
#paperhighlights Oct2023 #2
Single─Not Double─3D-Aromaticity in an Oxidized Closo Icosahedral Dodecaiodo-Dodecaborate Cluster J Poater, S Escayola, A Poater, F Teixidor, H...
#paperhighlights Oct2023 #1
The Protein Matrix of Plastocyanin Supports Long-Distance Charge Transport with Photosystem I and the Copper Ion Regulates Its Spatial Span and...
#paperhighlights Sept2023 #3
Sub-micro- and nano-sized polyethylene terephthalate deconstruction with engineered protein nanopores Robles-Martín A, Amigot-Sánchez R,...
#paperhighlights Sept2023 #2
The self-association equilibrium of DNAJA2 regulates its interaction with unfolded substrate proteins and with Hsc70 L Velasco-Carneros, J Cuéllar,...
#paperighlights Sept2023 #1
A mechanosensing mechanism controls plasma membrane shape homeostasis at the nanoscale X Quiroga, N Walani. A Disanza, A Chavero, A Mittens, F...
#paperhighlights Aug2023 #2
Mitochondrial integrated stress response controls lung epithelial cell fate S H Han, M Lee, Y Shin, R Giovanni, R P Chakrabarty, M M Herrerias, L A...
#paperhighlights Aug2023 #1
Amyloid Fibrils Formed by Short Prion-Inspired Peptides Are Metalloenzymes S Navarro, M Díaz-Caballero, F Peccati, L Roldán-Martín, M Sodupe & S...
#paperhighlights Jul2023 #2
A multi-enzyme machine polymerizes the Haemophilus influenzae type b capsule J O Cifuente, J Schulze, A Bethe, V Di Domenico, C Litschko, I Budde, L...
#paperhighlights Jul2023 #1
Cytochrome c lysine acetylation regulates cellular respiration and cell death in ischemic skeletal muscle P T Morse, G Pérez-Mejías, J Wan, A A...
#paperhighlights Jun2023 #3
Structural analysis of the Candida albicans mitochondrial DNA maintenance factor Gcf1p reveals a dynamic DNA-bridging mechanism A Tarrés-Solé, F...
#paperhighlights Jun2023 #2
Characterization of p38α autophosphorylation inhibitors that target the non-canonical activation pathway L González, L Díaz, J Pous, B Baginski, A...
#paperhighlights Jun2023 #1
Architecture of the ESCPE-1 membrane coat C Lopez-Robles, S Scaramuzza, E N Astorga-Simon, M Ishida, C D Williamson, S Baños-Mateos, D Gil-Carton, M...
#paperhighlights May2023 #3
Expanded Conformations of Monomeric Tau Initiate Its Amyloidogenesis MdC Fernández-Ramírez, K K-S Ng, M Menéndez, D V Laurents, R Hervás, & M...
#paperhighlights May2023 #2
Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructures for Enhanced Single-Molecule Detection Sensitivity E K Herkert, D R Bermeo Alvaro, M Recchia, W Langbein, P Borri,...
#paperhighlights May2023 #1
LC3/GABARAP binding to fluid membranes is potentiated by ceramide YR Varela & A Alonso Autophagy, 19(4): 1371-1373, (2023) doi:...
#paperhighlights Apr2023 #1
Correlated motions in DNA: beyond base-pair step models of DNA flexibility K López-Güell, F Battistini, & M Orozco Nucleic Acids Research,...
#paperhighlights Mar2023 #3
Transgenic NADH dehydrogenase restores oxygen regulation of breathing in mitochondrial complex I-deficient mice B Jiménez-Gómez, P Ortega-Sáenz, L...
#paperhighlights Mar2023 #2
Structural basis of Ty1 integrase tethering to RNA polymerase III for targeted retrotransposon integration PQ Nguyen, S Huecas, A Asif-Laidin, A...
#paperhighlights Mar2023 #1
Mechanism of antibody-specific deglycosylation and immune evasion by Streptococcal IgG-specific endoglycosidases B Trastoy, JJ Du, JO Cifuente, L...
#paperhighlights Feb2023 #4
Mechanism of strand displacement DNA synthesis by the coordinated activities of human mitochondrial DNA polymerase and SSB I Plaza-G A, K M...
#paperhighlights Feb2023 #3
pH-Dependent Capping Interactions Induce Large-Scale Structural Transitions in i-Motifs I Serrano-Chacón, B Mir, L Cupellini, F Colizzi, M Orozco, N...
#paperhighlights Feb2023 #2
Facile Construction of New Hybrid Conjugation via Boron Cage Extension F Sun, S Tan, H-J Cao, C Lu, D Tu, J Poater, M Solà & H Yan J. Am. Chem....
#paperhighlights Feb2023 #1
Estimating conformational landscapes from Cryo-EM particles by 3D Zernike polynomials D Herreros, R R Lederman, J M Krieger, A Jiménez-Moreno, M...
#paperhighlights Jan2023 #4
Cryo-EM structure of hnRNPDL-2 fibrils, a functional amyloid associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy D3 J Garcia-Pardo, A Bartolomé-Nafría, A...
#paperhighlights Jan2023 #3
Metamorphism in TDP-43 prion-like domain determines chaperone recognition J Carrasco, R Antón, A Valbuena, D Pantoja-Uceda, M Mukhi, R Hervás, D V...
#paperhighlights Jan2023 #2
Molecular architecture and oligomerization of Candida glabrata Cdc13 underpin its telomeric DNA-binding and unfolding activity J Coloma, N...
#paperhighlights Jan2023 #1
Geometric deep learning reveals the spatiotemporal features of microscopic motion J Pineda, B Midtvedt, H Bachimanchi, S Noé, D Midtvedt, G Volpe...
#paperhighlights Dec2022 #4
LC3 subfamily in cardiolipin-mediated mitophagy: a comparison of the LC3A, LC3B and LC3C homologs M N Iriondo, A Etxaniz, Y R Varela, U Ballesteros,...
#paperhighlights Dec2022 #3
APLF and long non-coding RNA NIHCOLE promote stable DNA synapsis in non-homologous end joining S De Bragança, C Aicart-Ramos, R Arribas-Bosacoma, A...
#paperhighlights Dec2022 #2
Proton Transfers to DNA in Native Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry: A Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Study M Paulikat, J Aranda, E...
#paperhighlights Dec2022 #1
Chemical modulation of microtubule structure through the laulimalide/peloruside site J Estévez-Gallego, B Álvarez-Bernad, B Pera, C Wullschleger, O...
#paperhighlights Nov2022 #4
Molecular basis for DNA recognition by the maternal pioneer transcription factor FoxH1 R Pluta, E Aragón, N A Prescott, L Ruiz, R A Mees, B...
#paperhighlights Nov2022 #3
Structural basis for the inactivation of cytosolic DNA sensing by the vaccinia virus A Rivera-Calzada, R Arribas-Bosacoma, A Ruiz-Ramos, P...
#paperhighlights Nov2022 #2
Active boundary layers in confined active nematics J Hardoüin, C Doré, J Laurent, T Lopez-Leon, J Ignés-Mullol & F Sagués Nature Communications...
#paperhighlights Nov2022 #1
A glutamine-based single α-helix scaffold to target globular proteins A Escobedo, J Piccirillo, J Aranda, T Diercks, B Mateos, C Garcia-Cabau, M...
#paperhighlights Oct2022 #3
Nucleus-translocated mitochondrial cytochrome c liberates nucleophosmin-sequestered ARF tumor suppressor by changing nucleolar liquid–liquid phase...
#paperhighligths Oct2022 #2
TRPM8 contributes to sex dimorphism by promoting recovery of normal sensitivity in a mouse model of chronic migraine D Alarcón-Alarcón, D Cabañero,...
#paperhighlights Oct2022 #1
CryoEM structural exploration of catalytically active enzyme pyruvate carboxylase J P López-Alonso, M Lázaro, D Gil-Cartón, P H Choi, A Dodu, L Tong...
#paperhighlights Aug2022 #4
Mechanical strain stimulates COPII-dependent secretory trafficking via Rac1 Phuyal S, Djaerff E, Le Roux AL, Baker MJ, Fankhauser D, Mahdizadeh...
#paperhighlights Aug2022 #3
Molecular mechanism for the synchronized electrostatic coacervation and co-aggregation of alpha-synuclein and tau Gracia P, Polanco D, Tarancón-Díez...
#paperhighlights Aug2022 #2
Stochastic particle unbinding modulates growth dynamics and size of transcription factor condensates in living cells Muñoz-Gil G, Romero-Aristizabal...
#paperhighlights Aug2022 #1
A quantitative biophysical principle to explain the 3D cellular connectivity in curved epithelia Gómez-Gálvez P, Vicente-Munuera P, Anbari S, Tagua...
#paperhighlights July2022 #1
The structural role of SARS-CoV-2 genetic background in the emergence and success of spike mutations: The case of the spike A222V mutation Ginex T,...
#paperhighlights June2022 #3
Mechanical force application to the nucleus regulates nucleocytoplasmic transport I Andreu, I Granero-Moya, N R Chahare, K Clein, M Molina-Jordán, A...

































































































