Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

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    Gut Microbe-Derived Trimethylamine Shapes Circadian Rhythms Through the Host Receptor TAAR5

    Kala K Mahen, William J Massey ... J Mark Brown
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    ATP-independent phosphate recycling on AGC kinase activation loops induced by alkali metal ions

    Koji Kubouchi, Hideyuki Mukai
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Citalopram exhibits immune-dependent anti-tumor effects by modulating C5aR1+ TAMs and CD8+ T cells

    Fangyuan Dong, Shan Zhang ... Shu-Heng Jiang
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    Aggregation-Dependent Epitope Sequence and Modification Fingerprints of Anti-Aβ Antibodies

    Ivan Talucci, Timon Leske ... Hans Michael Maric
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    A systematic bi-genomic split-GFP assay illuminates the mitochondrial matrix proteome and protein targeting routes

    Yury S Bykov, Solène Zuttion ... Maya Schuldiner
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    A green lifetime biosensor for calcium that remains bright over its full dynamic range

    Franka H van der Linden, Stephen C Thornquist ... Joachim Goedhart
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Metabolism: How one nutrient controls cell size

    Angela Montero, Lydia WS Finley
    The metabolic fate of a nutrient called pyruvate determines how big cells become.
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    MCAK recognizes the nucleotide-dependent feature at growing microtubule ends

    Wei Chen, Yin-Long Song ... Xin Liang
    A key finding is that MCAK binds to the proximal region of GTP cap where GDP‧Pi-tubulins accumulate, in addition to curved protofilaments at the distalmost tip.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Role of tankyrase scaffolding in the β-catenin destruction complex and WNT signaling

    Qian Wang, Liping Li ... Chuo Chen
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Identification and classification of ion-channels across the tree of life provide functional insights into understudied CALHM channels

    Rahil Taujale, Sung Jin Park ... Natarajan Kannan
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    William J Allen, Ian Collinson

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