Gleb P. Bourenkov

The paper identifies a pressure-sensitive aboral valve in cnidarians that regulates hydraulic pressure during morphogenesis through mesogleal basement membrane dynamics.

The paper characterizes CryoRhodopsins from cold environments, revealing their dual functionality and structural adaptations to low temperatures.

The paper investigates how substrate-induced subunit interface expansion regulates catalysis in a glutamine amidotransferase complex, revealing a mechanism for synchronized activity across the enzyme family.

The paper identifies a new subgroup of light-driven sodium pumps with an additional glutamic acid residue that reduces pH sensitivity for sodium transport.

The paper introduces HiTT, a high-throughput X-ray tomography system for rapid 3D imaging of biological samples, demonstrating its application on various tissues and its utility for population studies.

The paper identifies 18 cell types in sponges, including neuroid cells with synaptic gene expression, suggesting early neuro-immune system evolution.

The paper determines the structure of GlyT1 bound to an inhibitor, revealing its mechanism of non-competitive inhibition and informing drug design.

The paper identifies binding specificities of human RNA-binding proteins using HTR-SELEX, revealing that 70% bind linear sequences and 30% bind structured motifs, with novel roles for ZC3H12A/B/C in viral transcript degradation.