Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

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(The median citation count of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology is 5. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Publisher Correction: Structure and activation of the RING E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM72 on the membrane490
Author Correction: Polλ promotes microhomology-mediated end-joining290
Author Correction: Structure of the human K2P13.1 channel reveals a hydrophilic pore restriction and lipid cofactor site243
Shifting our perspective on orphan G protein-coupled receptors210
Celebrating Nature Structural & Molecular Biology’s 30th anniversary140
Tau modification by the norepinephrine metabolite DOPEGAL stimulates its pathology and propagation139
Constitutive activation mechanism of a class C GPCR136
30 years of structural and molecular biology and counting132
Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase114
Exploration of novel αβ-protein folds through de novo design100
A heterotrimeric protein complex assembles the metazoan V-ATPase upon dissipation of proton gradients98
Towards a molecular and structural definition of cell death96
Isoform-resolved mRNA profiling of ribosome load defines interplay of HIF and mTOR dysregulation in kidney cancer94
Endocrine resistance and breast cancer plasticity are controlled by CoREST90
Transcription directionality is licensed by Integrator at active human promoters86
Uncovering protein glycosylation dynamics and heterogeneity using deep quantitative glycoprofiling (DQGlyco)86
A PKA inhibitor motif within SMOOTHENED controls Hedgehog signal transduction85
Dissecting the mechanism of CRISPR–Cas technologies to design efficient biotechnologies83
Structural insights into metazoan pretargeting GET complexes81
Snapshots of actin and tubulin folding inside the TRiC chaperonin81
Accessible technology for diploid high-order 3D human genome analysis79
Structural basis for pre-tRNA recognition and processing by the human tRNA splicing endonuclease complex78
Surviving under stress conditions75
TRIM37 prevents ectopic spindle pole assembly by peptide motif recognition and substrate-dependent oligomerization73
Alternative splicing of CARM1 regulated by LincGET-guided paraspeckles biases the first cell fate in mammalian early embryos69
Tropomyosin 1-I/C coordinates kinesin-1 and dynein motors during oskar mRNA transport69
Structure of the HCV glycoprotein69
A novel class of inhibitors that disrupts the stability of integrin heterodimers identified by CRISPR-tiling-instructed genetic screens69
The Ruminococcus bromii amylosome protein Sas6 binds single and double helical α-glucan structures in starch68
Protein import into mitochondria — a new path through the membranes67
ACAD10 and ACAD11 enable mammalian 4-hydroxy acid lipid catabolism67
Ensemble cryo-EM reveals conformational states of the nsp13 helicase in the SARS-CoV-2 helicase replication–transcription complex63
Structures of aberrant spliceosome intermediates on their way to disassembly62
Structural insights into translocation and tailored synthesis of hyaluronan62
Structural basis of branching during RNA splicing60
P-type ATPase magnesium transporter MgtA acts as a dimer60
Cryo-EM analysis of complement C3 reveals a reversible major opening of the macroglobulin ring59
Reduction of DHHC5-mediated beclin 1 S-palmitoylation underlies autophagy decline in aging59
Current challenges in understanding the role of enhancers in disease59
PARylated PDHE1α generates acetyl-CoA for local chromatin acetylation and DNA damage repair59
Studying the impact of the nuclear topography on gene function58
Binding NEMO: Liquid–liquid phase separation captures immune regulator58
Cohesin closes the door on coexpression56
Author Correction: Structural basis of the histone ubiquitination read–write mechanism of RYBP–PRC156
Autoinhibition of a clamp-loader ATPase revealed by deep mutagenesis and cryo-EM56
Author Correction: Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus56
Comprehensive analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae intron structures in vivo55
Transcription start site choice diversifies mRNA isoforms and defines cancer cell behavior54
A personal perspective of the voltage-gated potassium channel studies54
Microtubule-binding-induced allostery triggers LIS1 dissociation from dynein prior to cargo transport54
Rhodopsin-bestrophin fusion proteins from unicellular algae form gigantic pentameric ion channels53
Chemical modifications, ions and water molecules in the sub-2 Å resolution structure of the human 80S ribosome53
Better SIFI than sorry53
EGOC inhibits TOROID polymerization by structurally activating TORC153
cBAF generates subnucleosomes that expand OCT4 binding and function beyond DNA motifs at enhancers53
Lineage regulators TFAP2C and NR5A2 function as bipotency activators in totipotent embryos52
The conformational landscape of human transthyretin revealed by cryo-EM52
Cryo-EM structure of the NDH–PSI–LHCI supercomplex from Spinacia oleracea52
MiOS, an integrated imaging and computational strategy to model gene folding with nucleosome resolution52
Author Correction: Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase52
Signal-induced enhancer activation requires Ku70 to read topoisomerase1–DNA covalent complexes52
Phase separation drives X-chromosome inactivation52
Control of transcription elongation and DNA repair by alarmone ppGpp51
Addendum: Retinoic acid signaling is critical during the totipotency window in early mammalian development51
THEMIS is a substrate and allosteric activator of SHP1, playing dual roles during T cell development50
Dynamic PRC1–CBX8 stabilizes a porous structure of chromatin condensates49
DNA methylation restricts coordinated germline and neural fates in embryonic stem cell differentiation48
Smc5/6 silences episomal transcription by a three-step function48
Telomeric 8-oxo-guanine drives rapid premature senescence in the absence of telomere shortening48
Transcriptional repression upon S phase entry protects genome integrity in pluripotent cells47
Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus47
Structures of transcription preinitiation complex engaged with the +1 nucleosome46
Structure and activation of the human autophagy-initiating ULK1C:PI3KC3-C1 supercomplex46
Structure of adenylyl cyclase 5 in complex with Gβγ offers insights into ADCY5-related dyskinesia46
Cryogenic electron microscopy structures reveal how ATP and DNA binding in MutS coordinates sequential steps of DNA mismatch repair45
SCAF1 drives the compositional diversity of mammalian respirasomes45
Understanding ubiquitination in neurodevelopment by integrating insights across space and time45
A conserved coupling of transcriptional ON and OFF periods underlies bursting dynamics45
Deadenylation kinetics of mixed poly(A) tails at single-nucleotide resolution45
Transcription modulates chromatin dynamics and locus configuration sampling44
All roads lead to MRN regulation at telomeres: different paths to one solution44
Na+-V-ATPase inhibitor curbs VRE growth and unveils Na+ pathway structure44
Perfect match: PET ligand fits snugly into folded Tau filaments44
Transcription and replication meet the silent X chromosome territory44
Virtual screen raises hit rate44
Thirty years of structural changes44
Transport mechanism of presynaptic high-affinity choline uptake by CHT143
Mechanistic basis for PYROXD1-mediated protection of the human tRNA ligase complex against oxidative inactivation43
Excited-state observation of active K-Ras reveals differential structural dynamics of wild-type versus oncogenic G12D and G12C mutants42
Structure and function of the human mitochondrial MRS2 channel42
Structural basis of circularly permuted group II intron self-splicing42
TALEDs complete the toolkit for editing human mitochondrial DNA42
Diverse activation mechanisms of PI3Ks41
Condensation of ZFP207 and U1 snRNP promotes spliceosome assembly41
Finding and recycling stalled spliceosomes41
Architects of the membrane: structures of eukaryotic choline phosphotransferase 1 and choline/ethanolamine phosphotransferase 141
STING to the lysosome’s rescue41
Dynamics of microcompartment formation at the mitosis-to-G1 transition40
RNA polymerase II depletion from the inactive X chromosome territory is not mediated by physical compartmentalization39
Start codon-associated ribosomal frameshifting mediates nutrient stress adaptation39
Functional epigenomics: chromatin complexity untangled39
Structural plasticity of bacterial ESCRT-III protein PspA in higher-order assemblies39
Structural basis of hepatitis B virus receptor binding38
Evolution of a histone variant involved in compartmental regulation of NAD metabolism38
Structural basis for the dynamic chaperoning of disordered clients by Hsp9038
Structure and interactions of the endogenous human Commander complex37
Molecular interactions contributing to FUS SYGQ LC-RGG phase separation and co-partitioning with RNA polymerase II heptads37
The complexin C-terminal amphipathic helix stabilizes the fusion pore open state by sculpting membranes37
ZBTB16/PLZF regulates juvenile spermatogonial stem cell development through an extensive transcription factor poising network37
Pioneer factor Pax7 initiates two-step cell-cycle-dependent chromatin opening37
Guidelines for minimal reporting requirements, design and interpretation of experiments involving the use of eukaryotic dual gene expression reporters (MINDR)36
DNA replication at high res36
CENP-N promotes the compaction of centromeric chromatin36
Cryptic elements of the heat-shock response36
The coupling mechanism of mammalian mitochondrial complex I36
Looking back at 202136
Structural clues about bridge-mediated lipid transfer35
Regulatory activity is the default DNA state in eukaryotes35
Two dynamically competing factors determine the translation start site35
A PAR6–aPKC–LGL structure reveals how LGL antagonizes aPKC35
Mesoscale regulation of microtubule-organizing centers by the E3 ligase TRIM3735
Orchestrating nucleic acid–protein interactions at chromosome ends: telomerase mechanisms come into focus35
Heritable maintenance of chromatin modifications confers transcriptional memory of interferon-γ signaling34
High-resolution structures of the SARS-CoV-2 N7-methyltransferase inform therapeutic development34
cGAMP-activated cGAS–STING signaling: its bacterial origins and evolutionary adaptation by metazoans34
Hallucination of closed repeat proteins containing central pockets34
Remodeling of maternal mRNA through poly(A) tail orchestrates human oocyte-to-embryo transition34
Cryo-EM structures of human RNA polymerase I34
Cooperation of chromatin remodeling SWI/SNF complex and pioneer factor AP-1 shapes 3D enhancer landscapes34
Structural insights into the decoding capability of isoleucine tRNAs with lysidine and agmatidine33
Structure of a volume-regulated heteromeric LRRC8A/C channel33
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
MacroH2A1.1 has evolved to let PARP1 do more by loosening its grip on PAR33
Structural insights into the iron nitrogenase complex33
Mechanical disengagement of the cohesin ring32
Structure of RAS signaling regulator complex reveals mechanism32
A chromatin mesh model for compaction of chromatin by PRC1 in condensates32
Molting mitochondria32
Looking back at 30 years of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology32
The structure of the NuA4–Tip60 complex reveals the mechanism and importance of long-range chromatin modification31
Molecular basis of the TRAP complex function in ER protein biogenesis31
Parkinson’s disease risk protein TMEM175 keeps lysosomes running on a proton leak31
Mechanisms for licensing origins of DNA replication in eukaryotic cells31
Ferlin structures31
PARP1 and HPF1 team up to flag down DNA-repair machinery31
Time-course remodeling and pathology intervention of α-synuclein amyloid fibril by heparin and heparin-like oligosaccharides31
A tweak and a peek: How Cas9 pries open double-stranded DNA to check its sequence30
The yeast genome is globally accessible in living cells30
Remote on–off switching of protein activity by intrinsically disordered region30
Structure and function of a broad-range thermal receptor in myriapods30
Structural basis of pH-dependent activation in a CLC transporter30
Glycerol mediates crosstalk between metabolism and trafficking through the golgin Imh130
Cryo-EM structure of the human CST–Polα/primase complex in a recruitment state30
Distinct tau filament folds in human MAPT mutants P301L and P301T30
Catalytic and noncatalytic functions of DNA polymerase κ in translesion DNA synthesis30
A nanobody-based therapeutic targeting Nipah virus limits viral escape30
Author Correction: Smc5/6 silences episomal transcription by a three-step function29
De novo design of obligate ABC-type heterotrimeric proteins29
Fatty acid transporter MFSD2A is a multifunctional gatekeeper in brain and placenta29
Author Correction: The active site of O-GlcNAc transferase imposes constraints on substrate sequence29
A rare genetic variant biases maternal meiotic recombination toward risk of pregnancy loss29
Conformational coupling of redox-driven Na+-translocation in Vibrio cholerae NADH:quinone oxidoreductase29
Mechanism of mammalian transcriptional repression by noncoding RNA28
Author Correction: Phase separation drives the self-assembly of mitochondrial nucleoids for transcriptional modulation28
Replication licensing during S phase: breaking the law to prevent breaking DNA28
A PRE loop at the dac locus acts as a topological chromatin structure that restricts and specifies enhancer–promoter communication28
CRISPR–ChIP reveals selective regulation of H3K79me2 by Menin in MLL leukemia28
Author Correction: Structural basis for antibody-mediated NMDA receptor clustering and endocytosis in autoimmune encephalitis28
Actin up: shifting chromosomes toward repair, but also translocations28
Tau filaments with the Alzheimer fold in human MAPT mutants V337M and R406W28
Menopause age and cancer risk is influenced by rare genetic variants28
Cryo-EM structures of the Spo11 core complex bound to DNA28
Combinatorial quantification of 5mC and 5hmC at individual CpG dyads and the transcriptome in single cells reveals modulators of DNA methylation maintenance fidelity27
The structure of the human 80S ribosome at 1.9 Å resolution reveals the molecular role of chemical modifications and ions in RNA27
Wide-ranging cellular functions of ion channels and lipid scramblases in the structurally related TMC, TMEM16 and TMEM63 families27
The subcortical maternal complex safeguards mouse oocyte-to-embryo transition by preventing nuclear entry of SPIN127
Structural insights into TRPV2 modulation by probenecid27
Towards a structurally resolved human protein interaction network27
Regulation of kinesin-2 motility by its β-hairpin motif27
Genome dilution by cell growth drives starvation-like proteome remodeling in mammalian and yeast cells26
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-phosphate26
True-atomic-resolution insights into the structure and functional role of linear chains and low-barrier hydrogen bonds in proteins26
Tubulin acetyltransferases access and modify the microtubule luminal K40 residue through anchors in taxane-binding pockets26
Concerted SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase activities of TOPORS and RNF4 are essential for stress management and cell proliferation26
Mapping the conformational landscape of the stimulatory heterotrimeric G protein26
Structural inventory of cotranslational protein folding by the eukaryotic RAC complex25
Returning home to navigate challenges and meet potential in Poland25
How one molecule senses light and temperature25
A conformational switch controlling the toxicity of the prion protein25
Structural insights into SV2A and the mechanism of racetam anticonvulsants25
A unifying model for membrane protein biogenesis25
H4K16ac activates the transcription of transposable elements and contributes to their cis-regulatory function25
Structural insights into the regulation of Cas7-11 by TPR-CHAT25
An egg-ceptional mechanism of acentrosomal spindle assembly25
Molecular basis for Gβγ-mediated activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase γ25
Structural landscape of activation, desensitization and inhibition in the human TRPM4 channel25
Exposing chromothripsis25
Mechanism and modeling of human disease-associated near-exon intronic variants that perturb RNA splicing25
Building a molecular rotor25
Space exploration: finding new protein conformations using AlphaFold225
Structure of the γ-tubulin ring complex-capped microtubule25
Structural basis for retron co-option of anti-phage ATPase-nuclease25
Short poly(A) tails are protected from deadenylation by the LARP1–PABP complex24
Structural basis for CaVα2δ:gabapentin binding24
Plasticity in ligand recognition at somatostatin receptors24
From atoms to cells24
Structures of complete extracellular receptor assemblies mediated by IL-12 and IL-2324
Neuronal VPS13D loss drives microglial activation24
Resistance of estrogen receptor function to BET bromodomain inhibition is mediated by transcriptional coactivator cooperativity24
MAVS deSUMOylation by SENP1 inhibits its aggregation and antagonizes IRF3 activation24
Structure reveals why genome folding is necessary for site-specific integration of foreign DNA into CRISPR arrays24
The molecular basis of lamin-specific chromatin interactions24
Computational design of sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins24
Visualizing the repair of broken DNA in living cells reveals a new mechanism for DNA homology search23
Insights into stoichiometry and gating of heteromeric LRRC8A–LRRC8C volume-regulated anion channels23
Structural and functional mechanisms of anti-NMDAR autoimmune encephalitis23
Initiation of ERAD by the bifunctional complex of Mnl1/Htm1 mannosidase and protein disulfide isomerase23
Molecular glues that inhibit deubiquitylase activity and inflammatory signaling23
Building up complexity in structural biology studies23
Ebola virus L–VP35 structure23
A fine balancing act: how epitranscriptome regulates dosage compensation in mammals23
Structural and mechanistic insights into Streptococcus pneumoniae NADPH oxidase23
The impact of DNA methylation on CTCF-mediated 3D genome organization23
Decoupling of degradation from deadenylation reshapes poly(A) tail length in yeast meiosis23
Human primase hangs on the primer–template and Polα to facilitate primer termination23
Cracking the case of m7G modification in human tRNAs23
Efficient selenium use by PRDX6 suppresses iron toxicity and ferroptosis23
Structure of the preholoproteasome reveals late steps in proteasome core particle biogenesis23
A snapshot of proteostasis in human oocytes23
Future opportunities in solute carrier structural biology22
Reciprocal stabilization of CtBP and TRIM28 represses autophagy to promote metastasis22
The LexA–RecA* structure reveals a cryptic lock-and-key mechanism for SOS activation22
The HMCES DNA-protein cross-link functions as an intermediate in DNA interstrand cross-link repair22
Essential protein P116 extracts cholesterol and other indispensable lipids for Mycoplasmas22
Structural basis of the alkaline pH-dependent activation of insulin receptor-related receptor22
Structural basis of LRPPRC–SLIRP-dependent translation by the mitoribosome22
Architecture of the ESCPE-1 membrane coat22
Natural selection finds a way, even under heavy constraints22
Structural basis of the histone ubiquitination read–write mechanism of RYBP–PRC122
DNA methyltransferases 3A and 3B target specific sequences during mouse gastrulation22
AlphaFold3 takes a step toward decoding molecular behavior and biological computation22
A pioneer factor locally opens compacted chromatin to enable targeted ATP-dependent nucleosome remodeling21
Distinct stabilization of the human T cell leukemia virus type 1 immature Gag lattice21
An in vivo platform to screen for regulators of Huntington’s disease21
Structures of the ribosome bound to EF-Tu–isoleucine tRNA elucidate the mechanism of AUG avoidance21
Structural basis of sequence-specific cytosine deamination by double-stranded DNA deaminase toxin DddA21
A cohesin traffic pattern genetically linked to gene regulation21
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