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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    ATP-driven conformational dynamics reveal hidden intermediates in a heterodimeric ABC transporter

    Matija Pečak, Christoph Nocker, Robert Tampé
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    A simplified and highly efficient cell-free protein synthesis system for prokaryotes

    Xianshengjie Lang, Changbin Zhang ... Wenfei Li
    Revised
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

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

    Hao Chen, Haocheng Wang ... Jiou Wang
    Minimally disruptive genetic code expansion enables faithful, site-specific labeling of G3BP1 and TDP-43, revealing native stress granule dynamics and ALS-linked protein behavior in live cells.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Structural insights into the recruitment of viral type 2 IRES to ribosomal preinitiation complex for protein synthesis

    Deepakash Das, Tanweer Hussain
    The viral type 2 internal ribosome entry site uses a unique mechanism to hijack the host ribosomal machinery by interacting with initiator tRNA and 40S head.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Systematic characterisation of site-specific proline hydroxylation using hydrophilic interaction chromatography and mass spectrometry

    Hao Jiang, Jimena Druker ... Angus I Lamond
    A robust workflow for the identification of proline hydroxylation sites in proteins was established, using hydrophilic interaction chromatography enrichment and LC-MS/MS together with refining and filtering parameters during data analysis.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Acyl Carrier Protein is Essential for Apicoplast Biogenesis in Malaria Parasites Independent of Fatty Acid Synthesis

    Sage WR Geher, Seyi Falekun ... Paul A Sigala
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    De novo design of protein binders that target DELE1 to inhibit the mitochondrial stress response

    Rui Yang, Kaiyuan Zheng ... Jie Yang
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Exploration of precision coregulator TR-FRET identifies diverse signatures for LXR ligands relevant to discovery of nonlipogenic ABCA1 inducers

    Megan S Laham, Martha S Ackerman-Berrier ... Gregory RJ Thatcher
    Coregulator TR-FRET profiling reveals ligand-specific LXR signaling signatures that can guide the therapeutic design of ABCA1-inducing LXR agonists with attenuated risk of hepatic lipogenesis.
    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.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Profiling of terminating ribosomes reveals translational control at stop codons

    Longfei Jia, Yuanhui Mao ... Shu-Bing Qian
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Useful
    • Compelling
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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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