Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

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    DTX3L ubiquitin ligase ubiquitinates single-stranded nucleic acids

    Emily L Dearlove, Chatrin Chatrin ... Danny T Huang
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    Stabilization of GTSE1 by cyclin D1-CDK4/6 promotes cell proliferation: relevance in cancer prognosis

    Nelson García-Vázquez, Tania J González-Robles ... Sharon Kaisari
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    Early Steps of Protein Disaggregation by Hsp70 Chaperone and Class B J-Domain Proteins are Shaped by Hsp110

    Wiktoria Sztangierska, Hubert Wyszkowski ... Agnieszka Kłosowska
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    Immunotherapy: The power lies in the glycans

    Luca Unione, Jesús Jiménez-Barbero
    Glycans play an important role in modulating the interactions between natural killer cells and antibodies to fight pathogens and harmful cells.
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    Two-way Dispatched function in Sonic hedgehog shedding and transfer to high-density lipoproteins

    Kristina Ehring, Sophia Friederike Ehlers ... Kay Grobe
    A composite hedgehog release model that incorporates and supports a previously disparate set of observations has been presented.
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    Point of View: Teaching troubleshooting skills to graduate students

    Gina Partipilo, Yang Gao ... Benjamin K Keitz
    Pipettes and Problem Solving is an initiative that teaches some of the skills needed to figure out why an experiment is producing unexpected results.
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    Structure and evolution of alanine/serine decarboxylases and the engineering of theanine production

    Hao Wang, Biying Zhu ... Zhaoliang Zhang
    Comparative structural analysis and biochemical characterization unraveled the mechanisms behind enzymatic substrate selectivity, leading to an amplified theanine yield through active mutant protein screening, thus refining strategies for theanine production.

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