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Posttranslational modification of microtubules by the MATCAP detyrosinase. Landskron L, Bak J et al. Science. 2022 May 20;376(6595):eabn6020.
Opening of glutamate receptor channel to subconductance levels. Yelshanskaya MV, Patel DS et al. Nature. 2022 May 5;605(7908):172-178.
Novel fold of rotavirus glycan-binding domain predicted by AlphaFold2 and determined by X-ray crystallography. Hu L, Salmen W et al. Commun Biol. 2022 May 5;5(1):419.
Cryo-EM structure of the EBV ribonucleotide reductase BORF2 and mechanism of APOBEC3B inhibition. Shaban NM, Yan R et al. Sci Adv. 2022 Apr 29;8(17):eabm2827.
Structural basis of tethered agonism of the adhesion GPCRs ADGRD1 and ADGRF1. Qu X, Qiu N et al. Nature. 2022 Apr 28;604(7907):779–785.
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December 17, 2021
Chimera production release 1.16 is now available. This will be the last release to support Windows 7. See the release notes for what's new.
December 18, 2020
Chimera production release 1.15 is now available. See the release notes for what's new.
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We encourage Chimera users to try ChimeraX for much better performance with large structures, as well as other major advantages and completely new features. ChimeraX includes a significant subset of Chimera features (with more to come, see the missing features list) and is under active development. Users may choose to use both programs, and it is fine to have both installed.
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Special representations of DNA and RNA can be displayed with the Nucleotides tool or the command nucleotides. Different levels of abstraction are available. The figure shows a ribbon backbone combined with the following sidechain (sugar/base) options:
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The image shows the structure of the human OX2 orexin receptor bound to the insomnia drug suvorexant, Protein Data Bank entry 4s0v. The drug is shown as spheres colored by element, and the receptor as ribbons with secondary structure elements rainbow-colored from blue at the N-terminus to red at the C-terminus. (More samples...)
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