ImmunologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Structural basis for surface activation of the classical complement cascade by the short pentraxin C-reactive protein
Dylan P. Noone, Marjolein M. E. Isendoorn, Sebastiaan M. W. R. Hamers…·Thomas Harry Sharp
This paper presents a cryo-ET structure of CRP bound to C1 complex and PC ligands, revealing how CRP activates complement and identifies residues for therapeutic targeting.