Jiawei Wang

TL;DR: In this paper, the crystal structures of an 11.5-repeat TAL effector in both DNA-free and DNA-bound states were reported, where each TAL repeat comprises two helices connected by a short RVD-containing loop.

TL;DR: The data support the notion that chitin-induced AtCERK1 dimerization is critical for its activation and suggest that the biological response requires dimerisation of the receptor when it binds a chit in oligomer at least seven or eight subunits long.

TL;DR: The crystal structure of NavRh, a NaChBac orthologue from the marine alphaproteobacterium HIMB114, is reported, and it is proposed that NavRh is in an ‘inactivated’ conformation, which may underlie the electromechanical coupling mechanism of voltage-gated channels.

TL;DR: Three crystal structures are reported that reveal the mechanisms by which ABA regulates PYL-mediated inhibition of PP2Cs, and apo-PYL2 contains a pocket surrounded by four highly conserved surface loops that closes onto the pocket, creating a surface that recognizes ABI1.

TL;DR: The crystal structure of UVR8 is reported, revealing a symmetric homodimer of seven-bladed β-propeller that is devoid of any external cofactor as the chromophore and which ultraviolet-B radiation results in destabilization of the intramolecular cation–π interactions, causing disruption of the critical intermolecular hydrogen bonds.