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    LipIDens: simulation assisted interpretation of lipid densities in cryo-EM structures of membrane proteins

    Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) enables the determination of membrane protein structures in native-like environments. Characterising how membrane proteins interact with the surrounding membrane lipid enviro...

    T. Bertie Ansell, Wanling Song, Claire E. Coupland, Loic Carrique in Nature Communications (2023)

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    The morphogen Sonic hedgehog inhibits its receptor Patched by a pincer grasp mechanism

    Hedgehog (HH) ligands, classical morphogens that pattern embryonic tissues in all animals, are covalently coupled to two lipids—a palmitoyl group at the N terminus and a cholesteroyl group at the C terminus. W...

    Amalie F. Rudolf, Maia Kinnebrew, Christiane Kowatsch in Nature Chemical Biology (2019)