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Structures Determined by Facility Users

9P11

Cas1-Cas2/3 integrase, heterohexameric assembly

PDB ID: 9P11

Resolution: 3.50 Å

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2025.09.007 

9P1D

Cas1-Cas2/3 integrase bound to foreign dsDNA fragment

PDB ID: 9P1D

Resolution: 3.31 Å

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2025.09.007 

9CZ8

Structure of thioferritin exhibiting iron mineral nucleation, from Pyrococcus furiosis

PDB ID: 9CZ8

Resolution: 1.91 Å

DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5c05464

9D26

Structure of a widespread heme dechelatase in healthy & pathogenic human microbiomes

PDB ID: 9D26

Resolution: 2.60 Å

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44318-025-00563-5

9P4S

HmuS heme dechelatase: disordered domain 1, heme free

PDB ID: 9P4S

Resolution: 2.55 Å

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44318-025-00563-5

9N6C

Structure of the Retron IA Complex without the HNH Nuclease

PDB ID: 9N6C

Resolution: 2.99 Å

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63285-6

Structure of the retron IA complex with HNH nuclease in the "up" orientation

Structure of the retron IA complex with HNH nuclease in the "up" orientation

PDB ID: 9N6B

Resolution: 3.09 Å

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63285-6

Structure of the retron IA complex with HNH nuclease in the "down" orientation

Structure of the retron IA complex with HNH nuclease in the "down" orientation

PDB ID: 9N69

Resolution: 3.13 Å

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63285-6

Cryo-EM structure of the trimeric SenDRT9 RT-ncRNA complex (GST fusion)

Cryo-EM structure of the trimeric SenDRT9 RT-ncRNA

PDB ID: 9NLX

Resolution:  3.20 Å

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09179-5

Cryo-EM structure of hexameric SenDRT9 RT-ncRNA complex

Cryo-EM structure of hexameric SenDRT9 RT-ncRNA complex

PDB ID: 9NLV

Resolution: 2.60 Å

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09179-5

Asymmetric unit of the PARIS Immune Complex at 3.2 Angstrom Resolution

Asymmetric unit of the PARIS Immune Complex at 3.2 Angstrom Resolution

PDB ID: 8UX9

Resolution: 3.20 Å

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07874-3

Cas1-Cas2/3 integrase and IHF bound to CRISPR leader, repeat and foreign DNA

Cas1-Cas2/3 integrase and IHF bound to CRISPR leader, repeat and foreign DNA

PDB ID: 8FLJ

Resolution: 3.48 Å

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-023-01097-2

2026 Publications

Gauvin, Colin C., Findlay, J. Luke, Hophan-Nichols, Coltran and Lawrence, C. Martin. "A cost-effective 200 kV cryo-EM core facility for high resolution single particle analysis" Methods in Microscopy. https://doi.org/10.1515/mim-2025-0039

Malkoc Z, Stopps E, Asamoah PMK, McCalla SE, Kunze A. Sub-Neuronal Network Profiling of Extracellular Vesicle Release Using a Compartmentalized Neurofluidic Platform. Advanced Biology 10, no. 2 (2026): e00381.https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202500381

Lutey K, White PB, Cammon H, Trester M, Brumfield S, Neumeier JJ, Pincus S, Haushalter RW, Heinemann J. Multi-Component Analysis of Protein- and DNA-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy with Interdigitated Electrode Sensors. Bioengineering. 2025; 12(12):1334. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering12121334

Henriques WS, Bowman J, Hall LN, Gauvin CC, Wei H, Kuang H, Zimanyi CM, Eng ET, Santiago-Frangos A, Wiedenheft B (2025 Oct 9). Structures reveal how the Cas1-2/3 integrase captures, delivers, and integrates foreign DNA into CRISPR loci. Structure. ISSN 0969-2126, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2025.09.007.

Gauvin CC, Tokmina-Lukaszewska M, Waghwani HK, McBee SC, Douglas T, Bothner B, Lawrence CM (2025 Oct 6). The Mechanism of Mineral Nucleation and Growth in a Mini-Ferritin. Journal of the American Chemical Society, (), . doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c05464. ID: 41052476.

George, J.T., Burman, N., Wilkinson, R.A. et al. Structural basis of antiphage defence by an ATPase-associated reverse transcriptase. Nat Commun 16, 8459 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63285-6

Kour, M., Callaway, H.M. & Boyd, E.S. Environmental controls on the kinetics of iron-sulfur cluster nucleation and nanoparticle formation. J Nanopart Res 27, 256 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-025-06445-5

Kumar Nath A, da Silva RR, Gauvin CC, Akpoto E, Dlakić M, Lawrence CM, DuBois JL (2025 Sep 12). Commensal gut bacteria employ de-chelatase HmuS to harvest iron from heme. The EMBO journal, (), . doi: 10.1038/s44318-025-00563-5. ID: 40940422.

Tang S, Žedaveinytė R, Burman N, Pandey S, Ramirez JL, Kulber LM, Wiegand T, Wilkinson RA, Ma Y, Zhang DJ, Lampe GD, Berisa M, Jovanovic M, Wiedenheft B, Sternberg SH (2025 May 28). Protein-primed homopolymer synthesis by an antiviral reverse transcriptase. Nature, (), . doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09179-5. ID: 40436039.

*Brzozowski RS, Schmidt AK, Pershing NL, Dankwardt A, Faith DR, Joyce AC, Maciver A, Henriques WS, Andersen SE, Wiedenheft B, Casjens SR, Duerkop BA, Round JL, Secor PR (2025 May 6). A prophage-encoded sRNA limits lytic phage infection of adherent-invasive E. coli. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, (), . . ID: 40654919.

Sobolewski TN, Trousdale RC, Gauvin CL, Lawrence CM, Walker RA (2025 Jan 14). Nanomolar PFOA Concentrations Affect Lipid Membrane Structure: Consequences for Bioconcentration Mechanisms. Environmental science & technology, 59(1), 709-718. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03652. ID: 39718541.

Burman N, Belukhina S, Depardieu F, Wilkinson RA, Skutel M, Santiago-Frangos A, Graham AB, Livenskyi A, Chechenina A, Morozova N, Zahl T, Henriques WS, Buyukyoruk M, Rouillon C, Saudemont B, Shyrokova L, Kurata T, Hauryliuk V, Severinov K, Groseille J, Thierry A, Koszul R, Tesson F, Bernheim A, Bikard D, Wiedenheft B, Isaev A (2024 Dec). Author Correction: A virally encoded tRNA neutralizes the PARIS antiviral defence system. Nature, 636(8043), E8. . ID: 39633059.

Sobolewski TN, Findlay JL, Hemphill JE, Walker RA (2024 Nov 26). Aggregation, Not Micellization: Perfluorooctanoic Acid, Perfluorobutanesulfonic Acid, and Potassium Perfluorooctanesulfonate Behavior in Aqueous Solution. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 40(47), 24820-24831. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c02566. ID: 39539066.

Burman N, Belukhina S, Depardieu F, Wilkinson RA, Skutel M, Santiago-Frangos A, Graham AB, Livenskyi A, Chechenina A, Morozova N, Zahl T, Henriques WS, Buyukyoruk M, Rouillon C, Saudemont B, Shyrokova L, Kurata T, Hauryliuk V, Severinov K, Groseille J, Thierry A, Koszul R, Tesson F, Bernheim A, Bikard D, Wiedenheft B, Isaev A (2024 Oct). A virally encoded tRNA neutralizes the PARIS antiviral defence system. Nature, 634(8033), 424-431. . ID: 39111359.

Santiago-Frangos A, Henriques WS, Wiegand T, Gauvin CC, Buyukyoruk M, Graham AB, Wilkinson RA, Triem L, Neselu K, Eng ET, Lander GC, Wiedenheft B (2023 Nov). Structure reveals why genome folding is necessary for site-specific integration of foreign DNA into CRISPR arrays. Nature structural & molecular biology, 30(11), 1675-1685. . ID: 37710013.