Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology is 20. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Publisher Correction: Structure and activation of the RING E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM72 on the membrane472
Author Correction: Polλ promotes microhomology-mediated end-joining287
Author Correction: Structure of the human K2P13.1 channel reveals a hydrophilic pore restriction and lipid cofactor site239
Shifting our perspective on orphan G protein-coupled receptors203
Celebrating Nature Structural & Molecular Biology’s 30th anniversary136
A novel class of inhibitors that disrupts the stability of integrin heterodimers identified by CRISPR-tiling-instructed genetic screens134
Protein import into mitochondria — a new path through the membranes134
Snapshots of actin and tubulin folding inside the TRiC chaperonin130
Accessible technology for diploid high-order 3D human genome analysis110
Structural basis for pre-tRNA recognition and processing by the human tRNA splicing endonuclease complex96
Dissecting the mechanism of CRISPR–Cas technologies to design efficient biotechnologies93
Surviving under stress conditions92
Structures of aberrant spliceosome intermediates on their way to disassembly91
Alternative splicing of CARM1 regulated by LincGET-guided paraspeckles biases the first cell fate in mammalian early embryos88
Towards a molecular and structural definition of cell death83
Uncovering protein glycosylation dynamics and heterogeneity using deep quantitative glycoprofiling (DQGlyco)83
P-type ATPase magnesium transporter MgtA acts as a dimer81
TRIM37 prevents ectopic spindle pole assembly by peptide motif recognition and substrate-dependent oligomerization80
A heterotrimeric protein complex assembles the metazoan V-ATPase upon dissipation of proton gradients79
Structural insights into translocation and tailored synthesis of hyaluronan78
ACAD10 and ACAD11 enable mammalian 4-hydroxy acid lipid catabolism78
Exploration of novel αβ-protein folds through de novo design78
Reduction of DHHC5-mediated beclin 1 S-palmitoylation underlies autophagy decline in aging76
Endocrine resistance and breast cancer plasticity are controlled by CoREST74
Tropomyosin 1-I/C coordinates kinesin-1 and dynein motors during oskar mRNA transport73
Structural basis of branching during RNA splicing72
Tau modification by the norepinephrine metabolite DOPEGAL stimulates its pathology and propagation68
Ensemble cryo-EM reveals conformational states of the nsp13 helicase in the SARS-CoV-2 helicase replication–transcription complex67
Structural insights into metazoan pretargeting GET complexes66
PARylated PDHE1α generates acetyl-CoA for local chromatin acetylation and DNA damage repair66
A PKA inhibitor motif within SMOOTHENED controls Hedgehog signal transduction65
The Ruminococcus bromii amylosome protein Sas6 binds single and double helical α-glucan structures in starch65
Current challenges in understanding the role of enhancers in disease65
Constitutive activation mechanism of a class C GPCR62
30 years of structural and molecular biology and counting62
Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase60
Isoform-resolved mRNA profiling of ribosome load defines interplay of HIF and mTOR dysregulation in kidney cancer59
Transcription directionality is licensed by Integrator at active human promoters58
Cryo-EM analysis of complement C3 reveals a reversible major opening of the macroglobulin ring58
Structure of the HCV glycoprotein58
Studying the impact of the nuclear topography on gene function57
Binding NEMO: Liquid–liquid phase separation captures immune regulator57
EGOC inhibits TOROID polymerization by structurally activating TORC156
Cohesin closes the door on coexpression55
Author Correction: Structural basis of the histone ubiquitination read–write mechanism of RYBP–PRC154
Autoinhibition of a clamp-loader ATPase revealed by deep mutagenesis and cryo-EM54
Author Correction: Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus54
Structure and activation of the human autophagy-initiating ULK1C:PI3KC3-C1 supercomplex54
Phase separation drives X-chromosome inactivation53
SCAF1 drives the compositional diversity of mammalian respirasomes53
Signal-induced enhancer activation requires Ku70 to read topoisomerase1–DNA covalent complexes53
Comprehensive analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae intron structures in vivo52
Smc5/6 silences episomal transcription by a three-step function52
A conserved coupling of transcriptional ON and OFF periods underlies bursting dynamics52
Understanding ubiquitination in neurodevelopment by integrating insights across space and time52
Microtubule-binding-induced allostery triggers LIS1 dissociation from dynein prior to cargo transport51
Addendum: Retinoic acid signaling is critical during the totipotency window in early mammalian development51
Rhodopsin-bestrophin fusion proteins from unicellular algae form gigantic pentameric ion channels51
Cryogenic electron microscopy structures reveal how ATP and DNA binding in MutS coordinates sequential steps of DNA mismatch repair50
MiOS, an integrated imaging and computational strategy to model gene folding with nucleosome resolution50
A personal perspective of the voltage-gated potassium channel studies50
THEMIS is a substrate and allosteric activator of SHP1, playing dual roles during T cell development50
Building insights into KRAS signaling complexes50
Author Correction: Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase50
Chemical modifications, ions and water molecules in the sub-2 Å resolution structure of the human 80S ribosome49
Transcription start site choice diversifies mRNA isoforms and defines cancer cell behavior49
cBAF generates subnucleosomes that expand OCT4 binding and function beyond DNA motifs at enhancers48
Dynamic PRC1–CBX8 stabilizes a porous structure of chromatin condensates48
DNA methylation restricts coordinated germline and neural fates in embryonic stem cell differentiation48
Structures of transcription preinitiation complex engaged with the +1 nucleosome47
Transcriptional repression upon S phase entry protects genome integrity in pluripotent cells47
Cryo-EM structure of the NDH–PSI–LHCI supercomplex from Spinacia oleracea47
Structure of adenylyl cyclase 5 in complex with Gβγ offers insights into ADCY5-related dyskinesia47
Better SIFI than sorry47
The conformational landscape of human transthyretin revealed by cryo-EM46
Telomeric 8-oxo-guanine drives rapid premature senescence in the absence of telomere shortening45
Control of transcription elongation and DNA repair by alarmone ppGpp45
Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus44
Lineage regulators TFAP2C and NR5A2 function as bipotency activators in totipotent embryos44
Deadenylation kinetics of mixed poly(A) tails at single-nucleotide resolution44
Transport mechanism of presynaptic high-affinity choline uptake by CHT143
Transcription modulates chromatin dynamics and locus configuration sampling43
Functional epigenomics: chromatin complexity untangled43
RNA polymerase II depletion from the inactive X chromosome territory is not mediated by physical compartmentalization43
Virtual screen raises hit rate43
Perfect match: PET ligand fits snugly into folded Tau filaments43
All roads lead to MRN regulation at telomeres: different paths to one solution42
Na+-V-ATPase inhibitor curbs VRE growth and unveils Na+ pathway structure42
Thirty years of structural changes42
Transcription and replication meet the silent X chromosome territory42
Structural basis of circularly permuted group II intron self-splicing41
Condensation of ZFP207 and U1 snRNP promotes spliceosome assembly41
Finding and recycling stalled spliceosomes41
Mechanistic basis for PYROXD1-mediated protection of the human tRNA ligase complex against oxidative inactivation41
STING to the lysosome’s rescue41
Structural basis for the dynamic chaperoning of disordered clients by Hsp9040
Structure and function of the human mitochondrial MRS2 channel40
Diverse activation mechanisms of PI3Ks40
Evolution of a histone variant involved in compartmental regulation of NAD metabolism39
The complexin C-terminal amphipathic helix stabilizes the fusion pore open state by sculpting membranes39
The coupling mechanism of mammalian mitochondrial complex I39
TALEDs complete the toolkit for editing human mitochondrial DNA39
Guidelines for minimal reporting requirements, design and interpretation of experiments involving the use of eukaryotic dual gene expression reporters (MINDR)39
Excited-state observation of active K-Ras reveals differential structural dynamics of wild-type versus oncogenic G12D and G12C mutants39
Architects of the membrane: structures of eukaryotic choline phosphotransferase 1 and choline/ethanolamine phosphotransferase 138
Structure and interactions of the endogenous human Commander complex38
Molecular interactions contributing to FUS SYGQ LC-RGG phase separation and co-partitioning with RNA polymerase II heptads37
Structural plasticity of bacterial ESCRT-III protein PspA in higher-order assemblies37
Start codon-associated ribosomal frameshifting mediates nutrient stress adaptation36
CENP-N promotes the compaction of centromeric chromatin36
Pioneer factor Pax7 initiates two-step cell-cycle-dependent chromatin opening36
ZBTB16/PLZF regulates juvenile spermatogonial stem cell development through an extensive transcription factor poising network36
Cryptic elements of the heat-shock response35
Structural basis of hepatitis B virus receptor binding35
Looking back at 202135
MacroH2A1.1 has evolved to let PARP1 do more by loosening its grip on PAR35
DNA replication at high res35
Hallucination of closed repeat proteins containing central pockets34
cGAMP-activated cGAS–STING signaling: its bacterial origins and evolutionary adaptation by metazoans34
A PAR6–aPKC–LGL structure reveals how LGL antagonizes aPKC34
Regulatory activity is the default DNA state in eukaryotes34
Orchestrating nucleic acid–protein interactions at chromosome ends: telomerase mechanisms come into focus34
Structural mechanism for the selective phosphorylation of DNA-loaded MCM double hexamers by the Dbf4-dependent kinase33
Structural basis of MALAT1 RNA maturation and mascRNA biogenesis33
Structural clues about bridge-mediated lipid transfer33
Cooperation of chromatin remodeling SWI/SNF complex and pioneer factor AP-1 shapes 3D enhancer landscapes33
Mesoscale regulation of microtubule-organizing centers by the E3 ligase TRIM3733
Two dynamically competing factors determine the translation start site33
Cryo-EM structures of human RNA polymerase I33
Structure of RAS signaling regulator complex reveals mechanism32
Structure of a volume-regulated heteromeric LRRC8A/C channel32
Remodeling of maternal mRNA through poly(A) tail orchestrates human oocyte-to-embryo transition32
Molting mitochondria32
High-resolution structures of the SARS-CoV-2 N7-methyltransferase inform therapeutic development32
Heritable maintenance of chromatin modifications confers transcriptional memory of interferon-γ signaling32
Looking back at 30 years of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology32
Structural insights into the iron nitrogenase complex32
Structural insights into the decoding capability of isoleucine tRNAs with lysidine and agmatidine32
Structural basis of pH-dependent activation in a CLC transporter31
De novo design of obligate ABC-type heterotrimeric proteins31
Mechanical disengagement of the cohesin ring31
A chromatin mesh model for compaction of chromatin by PRC1 in condensates31
A nanobody-based therapeutic targeting Nipah virus limits viral escape31
Catalytic and noncatalytic functions of DNA polymerase κ in translesion DNA synthesis31
Molecular basis of the TRAP complex function in ER protein biogenesis31
Conformational coupling of redox-driven Na+-translocation in Vibrio cholerae NADH:quinone oxidoreductase30
Glycerol mediates crosstalk between metabolism and trafficking through the golgin Imh130
Parkinson’s disease risk protein TMEM175 keeps lysosomes running on a proton leak30
Cryo-EM structure of the human CST–Polα/primase complex in a recruitment state30
PARP1 and HPF1 team up to flag down DNA-repair machinery30
Structure and function of a broad-range thermal receptor in myriapods30
Ferlin structures30
Distinct tau filament folds in human MAPT mutants P301L and P301T30
The structure of the NuA4–Tip60 complex reveals the mechanism and importance of long-range chromatin modification30
Mechanisms for licensing origins of DNA replication in eukaryotic cells29
Time-course remodeling and pathology intervention of α-synuclein amyloid fibril by heparin and heparin-like oligosaccharides29
A tweak and a peek: How Cas9 pries open double-stranded DNA to check its sequence29
Remote on–off switching of protein activity by intrinsically disordered region29
The yeast genome is globally accessible in living cells29
Author Correction: Smc5/6 silences episomal transcription by a three-step function28
Replication licensing during S phase: breaking the law to prevent breaking DNA28
Menopause age and cancer risk is influenced by rare genetic variants28
Author Correction: Structural basis for antibody-mediated NMDA receptor clustering and endocytosis in autoimmune encephalitis28
A rare genetic variant biases maternal meiotic recombination toward risk of pregnancy loss28
Author Correction: The active site of O-GlcNAc transferase imposes constraints on substrate sequence28
Mapping the conformational landscape of the stimulatory heterotrimeric G protein28
Actin up: shifting chromosomes toward repair, but also translocations28
Fatty acid transporter MFSD2A is a multifunctional gatekeeper in brain and placenta28
Cryo-EM structures of the Spo11 core complex bound to DNA28
Structural inventory of cotranslational protein folding by the eukaryotic RAC complex28
Tubulin acetyltransferases access and modify the microtubule luminal K40 residue through anchors in taxane-binding pockets27
Author Correction: Phase separation drives the self-assembly of mitochondrial nucleoids for transcriptional modulation27
The structure of the human 80S ribosome at 1.9 Å resolution reveals the molecular role of chemical modifications and ions in RNA27
Mechanism of mammalian transcriptional repression by noncoding RNA27
Mechanism and modeling of human disease-associated near-exon intronic variants that perturb RNA splicing27
Returning home to navigate challenges and meet potential in Poland27
Structural insights into the regulation of Cas7-11 by TPR-CHAT27
Towards a structurally resolved human protein interaction network27
A PRE loop at the dac locus acts as a topological chromatin structure that restricts and specifies enhancer–promoter communication27
Regulation of kinesin-2 motility by its β-hairpin motif27
The subcortical maternal complex safeguards mouse oocyte-to-embryo transition by preventing nuclear entry of SPIN127
Genome dilution by cell growth drives starvation-like proteome remodeling in mammalian and yeast cells26
Concerted SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase activities of TOPORS and RNF4 are essential for stress management and cell proliferation26
Combinatorial quantification of 5mC and 5hmC at individual CpG dyads and the transcriptome in single cells reveals modulators of DNA methylation maintenance fidelity26
True-atomic-resolution insights into the structure and functional role of linear chains and low-barrier hydrogen bonds in proteins26
Tau filaments with the Alzheimer fold in human MAPT mutants V337M and R406W26
CRISPR–ChIP reveals selective regulation of H3K79me2 by Menin in MLL leukemia26
Cryo-EM reveals how Hsp90 and FKBP immunophilins co-regulate the glucocorticoid receptor26
Molecular basis for the regulation of human glycogen synthase by phosphorylation and glucose-6-phosphate25
How one molecule senses light and temperature25
Resistance of estrogen receptor function to BET bromodomain inhibition is mediated by transcriptional coactivator cooperativity25
A unifying model for membrane protein biogenesis25
Exposing chromothripsis25
H4K16ac activates the transcription of transposable elements and contributes to their cis-regulatory function25
Structural insights into TRPV2 modulation by probenecid25
Structures of complete extracellular receptor assemblies mediated by IL-12 and IL-2325
Neuronal VPS13D loss drives microglial activation25
Wide-ranging cellular functions of ion channels and lipid scramblases in the structurally related TMC, TMEM16 and TMEM63 families25
Building a molecular rotor25
Space exploration: finding new protein conformations using AlphaFold225
An egg-ceptional mechanism of acentrosomal spindle assembly25
A conformational switch controlling the toxicity of the prion protein24
MAVS deSUMOylation by SENP1 inhibits its aggregation and antagonizes IRF3 activation24
Molecular basis for Gβγ-mediated activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase γ24
Structure reveals why genome folding is necessary for site-specific integration of foreign DNA into CRISPR arrays24
Computational design of sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins24
Structure of the γ-tubulin ring complex-capped microtubule24
Structural basis for CaVα2δ:gabapentin binding24
Plasticity in ligand recognition at somatostatin receptors24
The molecular basis of lamin-specific chromatin interactions24
Short poly(A) tails are protected from deadenylation by the LARP1–PABP complex23
Ebola virus L–VP35 structure23
A fine balancing act: how epitranscriptome regulates dosage compensation in mammals23
Reciprocal stabilization of CtBP and TRIM28 represses autophagy to promote metastasis23
Human primase hangs on the primer–template and Polα to facilitate primer termination23
Cracking the case of m7G modification in human tRNAs23
Building up complexity in structural biology studies23
A snapshot of proteostasis in human oocytes23
Structural insights into SV2A and the mechanism of racetam anticonvulsants23
Visualizing the repair of broken DNA in living cells reveals a new mechanism for DNA homology search23
From atoms to cells23
Efficient selenium use by PRDX6 suppresses iron toxicity and ferroptosis23
Insights into stoichiometry and gating of heteromeric LRRC8A–LRRC8C volume-regulated anion channels23
AlphaFold3 takes a step toward decoding molecular behavior and biological computation22
Structural basis of LRPPRC–SLIRP-dependent translation by the mitoribosome22
DNA methyltransferases 3A and 3B target specific sequences during mouse gastrulation22
The HMCES DNA-protein cross-link functions as an intermediate in DNA interstrand cross-link repair22
Structural basis of the alkaline pH-dependent activation of insulin receptor-related receptor22
Molecular glues that inhibit deubiquitylase activity and inflammatory signaling22
Structural and mechanistic insights into Streptococcus pneumoniae NADPH oxidase22
Structural basis of the histone ubiquitination read–write mechanism of RYBP–PRC122
Initiation of ERAD by the bifunctional complex of Mnl1/Htm1 mannosidase and protein disulfide isomerase22
Structural and functional mechanisms of anti-NMDAR autoimmune encephalitis22
Future opportunities in solute carrier structural biology22
Structure of the preholoproteasome reveals late steps in proteasome core particle biogenesis22
Architecture of the ESCPE-1 membrane coat22
Decoupling of degradation from deadenylation reshapes poly(A) tail length in yeast meiosis22
Natural selection finds a way, even under heavy constraints22
The RNA world21
Membrane-embedded machines21
Nucleosome recognition and DNA distortion by the Chd1 remodeler in a nucleotide-free state21
An in vivo platform to screen for regulators of Huntington’s disease21
The impact of DNA methylation on CTCF-mediated 3D genome organization21
The essential functions of protein SUMOylation in cell proliferation21
ELL3 regulates spindle assembly to prevent maternally inherited aneuploidy and infertility21
Quantitative analysis of transcription start site selection reveals control by DNA sequence, RNA polymerase II activity and NTP levels21
The LexA–RecA* structure reveals a cryptic lock-and-key mechanism for SOS activation21
African ancestry neurodegeneration risk variant disrupts an intronic branchpoint in GBA121
Higher-order phosphatase–substrate contacts terminate the integrated stress response21
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