Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology is 19. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Publisher Correction: Structure and activation of the RING E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM72 on the membrane576
Structural insights into metazoan pretargeting GET complexes427
Author Correction: Polλ promotes microhomology-mediated end-joining282
A novel class of inhibitors that disrupts the stability of integrin heterodimers identified by CRISPR-tiling-instructed genetic screens264
Endocrine resistance and breast cancer plasticity are controlled by CoREST206
Celebrating Nature Structural & Molecular Biology’s 30th anniversary203
30 years of structural and molecular biology and counting180
Accessible technology for diploid high-order 3D human genome analysis165
Structural basis of branching during RNA splicing146
Author Correction: Structure of the human K2P13.1 channel reveals a hydrophilic pore restriction and lipid cofactor site138
Protein import into mitochondria — a new path through the membranes126
Exploration of novel αβ-protein folds through de novo design123
Fanconi anemia proteins participate in a break-induced-replication-like pathway to counter replication stress121
Structural basis for pre-tRNA recognition and processing by the human tRNA splicing endonuclease complex119
Structural insights into translocation and tailored synthesis of hyaluronan117
Structure of the HCV glycoprotein115
Structures of aberrant spliceosome intermediates on their way to disassembly114
Cryo-EM analysis of complement C3 reveals a reversible major opening of the macroglobulin ring112
Isoform-resolved mRNA profiling of ribosome load defines interplay of HIF and mTOR dysregulation in kidney cancer92
Surviving under stress conditions88
TRIM37 prevents ectopic spindle pole assembly by peptide motif recognition and substrate-dependent oligomerization82
Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase80
Tropomyosin 1-I/C coordinates kinesin-1 and dynein motors during oskar mRNA transport78
Dissecting the mechanism of CRISPR–Cas technologies to design efficient biotechnologies77
Shifting our perspective on orphan G protein-coupled receptors77
The Ruminococcus bromii amylosome protein Sas6 binds single and double helical α-glucan structures in starch77
Constitutive activation mechanism of a class C GPCR77
Alternative splicing of CARM1 regulated by LincGET-guided paraspeckles biases the first cell fate in mammalian early embryos75
Snapshots of actin and tubulin folding inside the TRiC chaperonin74
Current challenges in understanding the role of enhancers in disease73
PARylated PDHE1α generates acetyl-CoA for local chromatin acetylation and DNA damage repair73
Tau modification by the norepinephrine metabolite DOPEGAL stimulates its pathology and propagation73
Reduction of DHHC5-mediated beclin 1 S-palmitoylation underlies autophagy decline in aging72
Transcription directionality is licensed by Integrator at active human promoters72
A PKA inhibitor motif within SMOOTHENED controls Hedgehog signal transduction72
Ensemble cryo-EM reveals conformational states of the nsp13 helicase in the SARS-CoV-2 helicase replication–transcription complex71
Uncovering protein glycosylation dynamics and heterogeneity using deep quantitative glycoprofiling (DQGlyco)71
Studying the impact of the nuclear topography on gene function69
Binding NEMO: Liquid–liquid phase separation captures immune regulator68
Dynamic PRC1–CBX8 stabilizes a porous structure of chromatin condensates66
Nature, more than nurture, of epigenetic states66
Author Correction: Structural basis of tRNA recognition by the m3C RNA methyltransferase METTL6 in complex with SerRS seryl-tRNA synthetase66
Transcription start site choice diversifies mRNA isoforms and defines cancer cell behavior66
Phase separation drives X-chromosome inactivation65
Cryogenic electron microscopy structures reveal how ATP and DNA binding in MutS coordinates sequential steps of DNA mismatch repair65
cBAF generates subnucleosomes that expand OCT4 binding and function beyond DNA motifs at enhancers60
Signal-induced enhancer activation requires Ku70 to read topoisomerase1–DNA covalent complexes58
THEMIS is a substrate and allosteric activator of SHP1, playing dual roles during T cell development56
Autoinhibition of a clamp-loader ATPase revealed by deep mutagenesis and cryo-EM55
Author Correction: Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus55
Building insights into KRAS signaling complexes55
Structure of adenylyl cyclase 5 in complex with Gβγ offers insights into ADCY5-related dyskinesia55
Chemical modifications, ions and water molecules in the sub-2 Å resolution structure of the human 80S ribosome54
A personal perspective of the voltage-gated potassium channel studies54
Cryo-EM structure of the NDH–PSI–LHCI supercomplex from Spinacia oleracea52
Cohesin closes the door on coexpression52
Telomeric 8-oxo-guanine drives rapid premature senescence in the absence of telomere shortening52
Deadenylation kinetics of mixed poly(A) tails at single-nucleotide resolution52
Smc5/6 silences episomal transcription by a three-step function51
Structures of outer-arm dynein array on microtubule doublet reveal a motor coordination mechanism51
Structures of transcription preinitiation complex engaged with the +1 nucleosome51
Control of transcription elongation and DNA repair by alarmone ppGpp50
Microtubule-binding-induced allostery triggers LIS1 dissociation from dynein prior to cargo transport50
Transcriptional repression upon S phase entry protects genome integrity in pluripotent cells49
MiOS, an integrated imaging and computational strategy to model gene folding with nucleosome resolution49
EGOC inhibits TOROID polymerization by structurally activating TORC149
Cryo-EM structure of an active central apparatus47
The conformational landscape of human transthyretin revealed by cryo-EM47
Rhodopsin-bestrophin fusion proteins from unicellular algae form gigantic pentameric ion channels47
Understanding ubiquitination in neurodevelopment by integrating insights across space and time47
Lineage regulators TFAP2C and NR5A2 function as bipotency activators in totipotent embryos47
Structure and activation of the human autophagy-initiating ULK1C:PI3KC3-C1 supercomplex47
SCAF1 drives the compositional diversity of mammalian respirasomes46
DNA methylation restricts coordinated germline and neural fates in embryonic stem cell differentiation46
Perfect match: PET ligand fits snugly into folded Tau filaments45
TALEDs complete the toolkit for editing human mitochondrial DNA45
Functional epigenomics: chromatin complexity untangled44
Structural basis of hepatitis B virus receptor binding44
Transcription and replication meet the silent X chromosome territory44
Na+-V-ATPase inhibitor curbs VRE growth and unveils Na+ pathway structure44
Condensation of ZFP207 and U1 snRNP promotes spliceosome assembly44
All roads lead to MRN regulation at telomeres: different paths to one solution44
Structure and function of the human mitochondrial MRS2 channel44
Thirty years of structural changes43
ZBTB16/PLZF regulates juvenile spermatogonial stem cell development through an extensive transcription factor poising network43
Virtual screen raises hit rate43
Structural basis for the dynamic chaperoning of disordered clients by Hsp9042
Mechanistic basis for PYROXD1-mediated protection of the human tRNA ligase complex against oxidative inactivation42
Guidelines for minimal reporting requirements, design and interpretation of experiments involving the use of eukaryotic dual gene expression reporters (MINDR)41
STING to the lysosome’s rescue41
CENP-N promotes the compaction of centromeric chromatin41
Evolution of a histone variant involved in compartmental regulation of NAD metabolism41
Diverse activation mechanisms of PI3Ks41
Finding and recycling stalled spliceosomes40
Transcription modulates chromatin dynamics and locus configuration sampling40
Start codon-associated ribosomal frameshifting mediates nutrient stress adaptation40
Structural plasticity of bacterial ESCRT-III protein PspA in higher-order assemblies39
Molecular interactions contributing to FUS SYGQ LC-RGG phase separation and co-partitioning with RNA polymerase II heptads39
Architects of the membrane: structures of eukaryotic choline phosphotransferase 1 and choline/ethanolamine phosphotransferase 139
The complexin C-terminal amphipathic helix stabilizes the fusion pore open state by sculpting membranes39
Pioneer factor Pax7 initiates two-step cell-cycle-dependent chromatin opening38
RNA polymerase II depletion from the inactive X chromosome territory is not mediated by physical compartmentalization38
Excited-state observation of active K-Ras reveals differential structural dynamics of wild-type versus oncogenic G12D and G12C mutants37
Structural basis of circularly permuted group II intron self-splicing37
Structure and interactions of the endogenous human Commander complex37
The coupling mechanism of mammalian mitochondrial complex I37
Transport mechanism of presynaptic high-affinity choline uptake by CHT137
MacroH2A1.1 has evolved to let PARP1 do more by loosening its grip on PAR36
Mitoribosome assembly comes into view35
Looking back at 202135
Cryptic elements of the heat-shock response35
Hallucination of closed repeat proteins containing central pockets35
DNA replication at high res35
High-resolution structures of the SARS-CoV-2 N7-methyltransferase inform therapeutic development34
Molecular basis of human ATM kinase inhibition34
Structural insights into the decoding capability of isoleucine tRNAs with lysidine and agmatidine34
Orchestrating nucleic acid–protein interactions at chromosome ends: telomerase mechanisms come into focus34
A PAR6–aPKC–LGL structure reveals how LGL antagonizes aPKC34
cGAMP-activated cGAS–STING signaling: its bacterial origins and evolutionary adaptation by metazoans34
Regulatory activity is the default DNA state in eukaryotes34
Fusion proteins form onco-condensates33
Cryo-EM structures of human RNA polymerase I33
Mesoscale regulation of microtubule-organizing centers by the E3 ligase TRIM3733
Structural clues about bridge-mediated lipid transfer33
Cooperation of chromatin remodeling SWI/SNF complex and pioneer factor AP-1 shapes 3D enhancer landscapes33
The structural basis of fatty acid elongation by the ELOVL elongases33
Heritable maintenance of chromatin modifications confers transcriptional memory of interferon-γ signaling32
Structure of a volume-regulated heteromeric LRRC8A/C channel32
Structural mechanism for the selective phosphorylation of DNA-loaded MCM double hexamers by the Dbf4-dependent kinase32
Structural basis of MALAT1 RNA maturation and mascRNA biogenesis31
Molting mitochondria31
De novo design of tyrosine and serine kinase-driven protein switches31
Structural insights into the iron nitrogenase complex31
Remodeling of maternal mRNA through poly(A) tail orchestrates human oocyte-to-embryo transition31
Structure of RAS signaling regulator complex reveals mechanism30
PARP1 and HPF1 team up to flag down DNA-repair machinery30
Structure and function of a broad-range thermal receptor in myriapods30
A chromatin mesh model for compaction of chromatin by PRC1 in condensates30
Looking back at 30 years of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology30
Parkinson’s disease risk protein TMEM175 keeps lysosomes running on a proton leak30
A tweak and a peek: How Cas9 pries open double-stranded DNA to check its sequence30
Cryo-EM structure of the human CST–Polα/primase complex in a recruitment state29
The structure of the NuA4–Tip60 complex reveals the mechanism and importance of long-range chromatin modification29
De novo design of obligate ABC-type heterotrimeric proteins29
Mechanical disengagement of the cohesin ring29
Structural insights into TRPV2 modulation by probenecid28
Structural basis of pH-dependent activation in a CLC transporter28
Time-course remodeling and pathology intervention of α-synuclein amyloid fibril by heparin and heparin-like oligosaccharides28
Catalytic and noncatalytic functions of DNA polymerase κ in translesion DNA synthesis28
Author Correction: Phase separation drives the self-assembly of mitochondrial nucleoids for transcriptional modulation28
Conformational coupling of redox-driven Na+-translocation in Vibrio cholerae NADH:quinone oxidoreductase28
The yeast genome is globally accessible in living cells28
Author Correction: The active site of O-GlcNAc transferase imposes constraints on substrate sequence28
Molecular basis of the TRAP complex function in ER protein biogenesis28
Distinct tau filament folds in human MAPT mutants P301L and P301T28
Cryo-EM structure of the human MT1–Gi signaling complex28
A rare genetic variant biases maternal meiotic recombination toward risk of pregnancy loss27
Actin up: shifting chromosomes toward repair, but also translocations27
Menopause age and cancer risk is influenced by rare genetic variants27
Author Correction: Structural basis for antibody-mediated NMDA receptor clustering and endocytosis in autoimmune encephalitis27
Fatty acid transporter MFSD2A is a multifunctional gatekeeper in brain and placenta27
Author Correction: Smc5/6 silences episomal transcription by a three-step function27
Replication licensing during S phase: breaking the law to prevent breaking DNA27
A PRE loop at the dac locus acts as a topological chromatin structure that restricts and specifies enhancer–promoter communication26
Structural insights into the regulation of Cas7-11 by TPR-CHAT26
Mechanism of mammalian transcriptional repression by noncoding RNA26
Combinatorial quantification of 5mC and 5hmC at individual CpG dyads and the transcriptome in single cells reveals modulators of DNA methylation maintenance fidelity26
CRISPR–ChIP reveals selective regulation of H3K79me2 by Menin in MLL leukemia25
Concerted SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligase activities of TOPORS and RNF4 are essential for stress management and cell proliferation25
True-atomic-resolution insights into the structure and functional role of linear chains and low-barrier hydrogen bonds in proteins25
Structural inventory of cotranslational protein folding by the eukaryotic RAC complex25
Genome dilution by cell growth drives starvation-like proteome remodeling in mammalian and yeast cells25
Cryo-EM structures of the Spo11 core complex bound to DNA25
The subcortical maternal complex safeguards mouse oocyte-to-embryo transition by preventing nuclear entry of SPIN125
Towards a structurally resolved human protein interaction network24
Molecular basis for the regulation of human glycogen synthase by phosphorylation and glucose-6-phosphate24
Tau filaments with the Alzheimer fold in human MAPT mutants V337M and R406W24
Mapping the conformational landscape of the stimulatory heterotrimeric G protein24
Cryo-EM reveals how Hsp90 and FKBP immunophilins co-regulate the glucocorticoid receptor24
H4K16ac activates the transcription of transposable elements and contributes to their cis-regulatory function24
Tubulin acetyltransferases access and modify the microtubule luminal K40 residue through anchors in taxane-binding pockets24
Wide-ranging cellular functions of ion channels and lipid scramblases in the structurally related TMC, TMEM16 and TMEM63 families24
Mechanism and modeling of human disease-associated near-exon intronic variants that perturb RNA splicing24
The structure of the human 80S ribosome at 1.9 Å resolution reveals the molecular role of chemical modifications and ions in RNA24
Building a molecular rotor23
Resistance of estrogen receptor function to BET bromodomain inhibition is mediated by transcriptional coactivator cooperativity23
Molecular basis for Gβγ-mediated activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase γ23
Fatty acid elongation by ELOVL condensing enzymes depends on a histidine nucleophile23
Effect of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 mutations on spike protein structure and function23
A unifying model for membrane protein biogenesis23
An egg-ceptional mechanism of acentrosomal spindle assembly23
Space exploration: finding new protein conformations using AlphaFold223
Structure reveals why genome folding is necessary for site-specific integration of foreign DNA into CRISPR arrays23
Structural insights into SV2A and the mechanism of racetam anticonvulsants23
MAVS deSUMOylation by SENP1 inhibits its aggregation and antagonizes IRF3 activation23
Exposing chromothripsis23
How one molecule senses light and temperature23
Structures of complete extracellular receptor assemblies mediated by IL-12 and IL-2323
Short poly(A) tails are protected from deadenylation by the LARP1–PABP complex23
Structural basis for CaVα2δ:gabapentin binding23
Structure of the γ-tubulin ring complex-capped microtubule23
PIEZOs in vacuoles22
Ebola virus L–VP35 structure22
From atoms to cells22
Human primase hangs on the primer–template and Polα to facilitate primer termination22
A conformational switch controlling the toxicity of the prion protein22
Plasticity in ligand recognition at somatostatin receptors22
Natural selection finds a way, even under heavy constraints22
mSWI/SNF promotes Polycomb repression both directly and through genome-wide redistribution22
Visualizing the repair of broken DNA in living cells reveals a new mechanism for DNA homology search22
Insights into stoichiometry and gating of heteromeric LRRC8A–LRRC8C volume-regulated anion channels21
A fine balancing act: how epitranscriptome regulates dosage compensation in mammals21
Efficient selenium use by PRDX6 suppresses iron toxicity and ferroptosis21
Initiation of ERAD by the bifunctional complex of Mnl1/Htm1 mannosidase and protein disulfide isomerase21
Cracking the case of m7G modification in human tRNAs21
Building up complexity in structural biology studies21
Future opportunities in solute carrier structural biology20
The LexA–RecA* structure reveals a cryptic lock-and-key mechanism for SOS activation20
Structural basis of the alkaline pH-dependent activation of insulin receptor-related receptor20
Decoupling of degradation from deadenylation reshapes poly(A) tail length in yeast meiosis20
Reciprocal stabilization of CtBP and TRIM28 represses autophagy to promote metastasis20
Essential protein P116 extracts cholesterol and other indispensable lipids for Mycoplasmas20
Author Correction: mRNA structural dynamics shape Argonaute-target interactions20
Architecture of the ESCPE-1 membrane coat20
Structural and functional mechanisms of anti-NMDAR autoimmune encephalitis20
DNA methyltransferases 3A and 3B target specific sequences during mouse gastrulation20
Structural and mechanistic insights into Streptococcus pneumoniae NADPH oxidase20
Molecular glues that inhibit deubiquitylase activity and inflammatory signaling20
Structural basis of meiotic chromosome synaptic elongation through hierarchical fibrous assembly of SYCE2-TEX1220
Structural basis of LRPPRC–SLIRP-dependent translation by the mitoribosome20
Structure of the preholoproteasome reveals late steps in proteasome core particle biogenesis20
Could AlphaFold revolutionize chemical therapeutics?20
The HMCES DNA-protein cross-link functions as an intermediate in DNA interstrand cross-link repair20
ELL3 regulates spindle assembly to prevent maternally inherited aneuploidy and infertility19
Cytoskeleton organizes nucleus19
The RNA world19
Looking back at 202319
African ancestry neurodegeneration risk variant disrupts an intronic branchpoint in GBA119
The essential functions of protein SUMOylation in cell proliferation19
Structural basis of the histone ubiquitination read–write mechanism of RYBP–PRC119
Three-dimensional genome organization via triplex-forming RNAs19
An in vivo platform to screen for regulators of Huntington’s disease19
The impact of DNA methylation on CTCF-mediated 3D genome organization19
AlphaFold3 takes a step toward decoding molecular behavior and biological computation19
Membrane-embedded machines19
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