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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Ecology

    A parasitic fungus employs mutated eIF4A to survive on rocaglate-synthesizing Aglaia plants

    Mingming Chen, Naoyoshi Kumakura ... Shintaro Iwasaki
    Secondary metabolites rocaglates produced by plants lead to a plant‒fungus tug-of-war, utilizing unique amino acid substitutions in eIF4A, a target of the compounds.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Recognition and cleavage of human tRNA methyltransferase TRMT1 by the SARS-CoV-2 main protease

    Angel D'Oliviera, Xuhang Dai ... Jeffrey S Mugridge
    The SARS-CoV-2 main protease specifically cleaves a conserved sequence in the human tRNA modifying enzyme TRMT1, resulting in reduced tRNA binding and the complete loss of TRMT1-mediated tRNA methyltransferase activity.
    1. Cell Biology

    Proteomic landscape of tunneling nanotubes reveals CD9 and CD81 tetraspanins as key regulators

    Roberto Notario Manzano, Thibault Chaze ... Christel Brou
    Proteomic analysis of tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) identifies CD9 and CD81 as major positive regulators of TNT formation.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    Tuning apicobasal polarity and junctional recycling in the hemogenic endothelium orchestrates the morphodynamic complexity of emerging pre-hematopoietic stem cells

    Léa Torcq, Sara Majello ... Anne A Schmidt
    Pre-hematopoietic stem cells emerge from the aortic floor according to two radically different morphodynamics whose biomechanics rely on controlling apicobasal polarity in hemogenic precursors, which may impact on their fate.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Synthetic enzyme-substrate tethering obviates the Tolloid-ECM interaction during Drosophila BMP gradient formation

    Jennifer Winstanley, Annick Sawala ... Hilary L Ashe
    The in vivo activity of Tolloid during Drosophila dorsal-ventral patterning is regulated by the differential specificity of its non-catalytic domains in mediating substrate and Collagen IV interaction.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    SDR enzymes oxidize specific lipidic alkynylcarbinols into cytotoxic protein-reactive species

    Pascal Demange, Etienne Joly ... Sébastien Britton
    Deciphering the mechanism of action of a large family of natural and synthetic cytotoxic lipids bioactivated by enantiospecific oxidation into protein-reactive species inspires the development of enzyme-specific prodrugs.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Target-agnostic identification of human antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum sexual forms reveals cross-stage recognition of glutamate-rich repeats

    Axelle Amen, Randy Yoo ... Matthijs M Jore
    A naturally acquired human monoclonal antibody recognizes proteins expressed at different stages of the Plasmodium falciparum life cycle through affinity-matured homotypic interactions with glutamate-rich repeats.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    HspB8 prevents aberrant phase transitions of FUS by chaperoning its folded RNA-binding domain

    Edgar E Boczek, Julius Fürsch ... Florian Stengel
    Quantitative time-resolved crosslinking mass spectrometry is developed to monitor protein interactions and dynamics inside molecular condensates and used to identify misfolding of the RNA-binding domain of FUS as a key driver of condensate-aging.
    1. Cancer Biology

    AR-V7 exhibits non-canonical mechanisms of nuclear import and chromatin engagement in castrate-resistant prostate cancer

    Seaho Kim, CheukMan C Au ... Paraskevi Giannakakou
    Advanced microscopy techniques reveal unique biological features that distinguish androgen receptor variant 7 (AR-V7) from the canonical AR, including high intranuclear mobility and rapid nuclear import that occurs independently of importin-α/β.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Neuroscience

    Neuronal hyperexcitability is a DLK-dependent trigger of herpes simplex virus reactivation that can be induced by IL-1

    Sean R Cuddy, Austin R Schinlever ... Anna R Cliffe
    Herpes simplex virus reactivates from a latent infection when neurons become hyperexcitable in response to an inflammatory cytokine known to be released during fever and stress.