Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Single-step in vitro reconstitution of the Escherichia coli ribosome mediated by two GTPase factors, EngA and ObgE

    Aya Sato, Weng Yu Lai ... Yoshihiro Shimizu
    A multi-step ribosome assembly method involving changes in ion concentration and temperature can now be carried out in a single step using the two GTPase factors, EngA and ObgE.
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    Profiling of terminating ribosomes reveals translational control at stop codons

    Longfei Jia, Yuanhui Mao ... Shu-Bing Qian
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Atomistic simulations reveal sub-µs contact dynamics in MUT-16 condensates

    Kumar Gaurav, Lucia Baltz ... Lukas S Stelzl
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    The chromokinesin Kid (KIF22) forms a homodimer, moves processively along microtubules and transports double-stranded DNA

    Shinsuke Niwa, Natsuki Furusaki ... Kyoko Chiba
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Noncanonical amino acid incorporation enables minimally disruptive labeling of stress granule and TDP-43 proteinopathy

    Hao Chen, Haocheng Wang ... Jiou Wang
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    More than just a passive brick in the wall: the nucleosome facilitates DNA polymerase β activity in linker DNA and its PARP-dependent regulation in the BER pathway choice

    Danil M Shtanov, Tatyana A Kurgina ... Olga I Lavrik
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    Nuclear CK1δ as a critical determinant of PER:CRY complex dynamics and circadian period

    Fidel Emmanuel Serrano, Daniela Marzoll ... Michael Brunner
    Repressive PER2:CRY1:CK1δ complexes assembling in the cytosol enter the nucleus, where PER2 hyperphosphorylation eventually disrupts the complex, causing PER2 to relocalize to the cytoplasm, allowing nuclear accumulation of CRY1.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Cell size modulates ferroptosis susceptibility

    Evgeny Zatulovskiy, Magdalena B Murray ... Jan M Skotheim
    Cellular sensitivity to cell death stimuli depends on cell-size-dependent proteome changes - specifically, cell size can modulate ferroptosis susceptibility through changes in glutathione biosynthetic enzymes, ferritin, and cathepsin B concentrations.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Purified zymogens reveal mechanisms of snake venom metalloproteinase auto-activation

    Sophie Hall, Iara Aime Cardoso ... Christiane Schaffitzel
    A generic strategy for producing functional snake venom metalloproteinases opens the field to reproducible mechanistic studies and inhibitor discovery.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    DNA tensiometer reveals catch-bond detachment kinetics of kinesin-1, -2 and -3

    Crystal R Noell, Tzu-Chen Ma ... William O Hancock
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    Lipid Transport: How membranes shape up for lipid transfer

    Takashi Hirashima, Toshiya Endo
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
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    Metabolism: How one nutrient controls cell size

    Angela Montero, Lydia WS Finley
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    RNA: Searching for druggable targets

    Lana Heganovic, Luiz FM Passalacqua

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