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    Insight into the bioactivity and action mode of betulin, a candidate aphicide from plant metabolite, against aphids

    Junxiu Wang, Matthana Klakong ... Hong Zhou
    The insecticidal activity of betulin, a plant-derived metabolite, against the peach aphid depends on specific targeting and inhibition of MpGABR.
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    Engineering NIR-sighted bacteria

    Stefanie SM Meier, Michael Hörzing ... Andreas Möglich
    Custom-tailored bathy-phytochromes control bacterial gene expression by near-infrared light while exhibiting minimal response to red light, thus unlocking innovative application scenarios.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Characterization of binding kinetics and intracellular signaling of new psychoactive substances targeting cannabinoid receptor using transition-based reweighting method

    Soumajit Dutta, Diwakar Shukla
    New psychoactive substances activate cannabinoid receptors using distinct ligand-receptor interactions.
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    Structure-based Design of Chimeric Influenza Hemagglutinins to Elicit Cross-group Immunity

    Karla M Castro, Reyhaneh Ayardulabi ... Bruno E Correia
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    Deep Learning Reveals Endogenous Sterols as Allosteric Modulators of the GPCR-Gα Interface

    Sanjay Kumar Mohanty, Aayushi Mittal ... Gaurav Ahuja
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    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Pleomorphic effects of three small-molecule inhibitors on transcription elongation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis RNA polymerase

    Omar Herrera-Asmat, Alexander B Tong ... Carlos Bustamante
    Optical tweezers are used to gain mechanistic insight in the mechanism of inhibition of three distinct compounds being developed as antibiotics against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Brown adipose tissue and skeletal muscle coordinately contribute to thermogenesis in mice

    Yuna Izumi-Mishima, Rie Tsutsumi ... Hiroshi Sakaue
    Muscle-derived branched-chain amino acids support thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue, thereby helping maintain body temperature during impaired muscle function or physiological stress.
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    Membrane mimetic thermal proteome profiling (MM-TPP) towards mapping membrane protein-ligand dynamic interactions

    Rupinder Singh Jandu, Ashim Bhattacharya ... Franck Duong van Hoa
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    General Trends in the Calnexin-Dependent Expression and Pharmacological Rescue of Clinical CFTR Variants

    Austin Tedman, John A Olson ... Jonathan P Schlebach
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    A recursive pathway for isoleucine biosynthesis arises from enzyme promiscuity

    Vittorio Rainaldi, Stefano Donati ... Nico J Claassens
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