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Structural basis of mitochondrial protein import by the TIM23 complex. Sim SI, Chen Y et al. Nature. 2023 Sep 21;621(7979):620–626.
Neutralization, effector function and immune imprinting of Omicron variants. Addetia A, Piccoli L et al. Nature. 2023 Sep 21;621(7979):592–601.
A pentameric TRPV3 channel with a dilated pore. Lansky S, Betancourt JM et al. Nature. 2023 Sep 7;621(7977):206–214.
DELE1 oligomerization promotes integrated stress response activation. Yang J, Baron KR et al. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2023 Sep;30(9):1295-1302.
OPA1 helical structures give perspective to mitochondrial dysfunction. Nyenhuis SB, Wu X et al. Nature. 2023 Aug 31;620(7976):1109–1116.
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April 19, 2023
Chimera production release 1.17.1 is now available, fixing an issue with 1.17 for Windows and Linux. See the release notes for details.
April 13, 2023
Chimera production release 1.17 is now available. Updating is required to keep using the tools that run Blast Protein, Modeller, and multiple sequence alignment with Clustal Omega or MUSCLE, as these will soon stop working in older versions. See the release notes for details.
December 21, 2022
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Protein backbone angles can be shown in a Ramachandran Plot along with probability contours (green lines) from a reference set of well-determined structures. Each amino acid residue is shown as a dot in a graph of φ vs. ψ, more commonly known as a Ramachandran plot or Ramachandran map. Residues are shown as blue dots, or when selected, as red dots. In the example, all helix residues have been selected. Conversely, clicking a dot in the plot will select the corresponding residue in the structure. When the plot has mouse focus, the cursor position (x = φ, y = ψ) is reported under the plot.
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Eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) complex (from Protein Data Bank entry 1rf8) in which eIF4E, shown with blue ribbons, is completely encircled by eIF4G, shown with yellow ribbons and red molecular surface (image creation details). (More samples...)
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