Ivermectin affects Arabidopsis thaliana microtubules through predicted binding site of β-tubulin.

The ivermectin is a potent nematocide and insecticide, which has low toxicity for humans and domestic animals, but due to low biotransformation, it can be dangerous for non-target organisms. The recent determination of ivermectin absorption and accumulation in tissues of higher plants and multiple shreds of evidence of its negative impact on plant physiology provide a basis for the search for ivermectin's molecular targets and mechanisms of action in plant cells. In this research, for the first time, the ivermectin effect on microtubules of Arabidopsis thaliana cells was studied.

Spectral Response of Disorder-Free Localized Lattice Gauge Theories.

We show that certain lattice gauge theories exhibiting disorder-free localization have a characteristic response in spatially averaged spectral functions: a few sharp peaks combined with vanishing response in the zero frequency limit. This reflects the discrete spectra of small clusters of kinetically active regions formed in such gauge theories when they fragment into spatially finite clusters in the localized phase due to the presence of static charges. We obtain the transverse component of the dynamic structure factor, which is probed by neutron scattering experiments, deep in this phase from a combination of analytical estimates and a numerical cluster expansion.

Manipulation of fractionalized charge in the metastable topologically entangled state of a doped Wigner crystal.

Metastability of many-body quantum states is rare and still poorly understood. An exceptional example is the low-temperature metallic state of the layered dichalcogenide 1T-TaS in which electronic order is frozen after external excitation. Here we visualize the microscopic dynamics of injected charges in the metastable state using a multiple-tip scanning tunnelling microscope.

Integrated workflow for the identification of new GABA R positive allosteric modulators based on the in silico screening with further in vitro validation. Case study using Enamine's stock chemical space.

Numerous studies reported an association between GABA R subunit genes and epilepsy, eating disorders, autism spectrum disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and bipolar disorders. This study was aimed to find some potential positive allosteric modulators and was performed by combining the in silico approach with further in vitro evaluation of its real activity. We started from the GABA R-diazepam complexes and assembled a lipid embedded protein ensemble to refine it via molecular dynamics (MD) simulation.

In silico induced effect of N-ε-lysine acetylation on microtubule stability and subsequent interaction of microtubule-associated proteins.

Plant systems have been considered valuable models for addressing fundamental questions of microtubule (MT) organization due to their considerable practical utility. Protein acetylation is a very common protein modification, and therate of acetylation can be modulated in cells in different biological states, and these changes can be detected at a molecular level. Here, we focused on K40, K112, and K394 residues as putative acetylation sites, which were shown to exist in both plants and mammals.