Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

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

    PDZ-directed substrate recruitment is the primary determinant of specific 4E-BP1 dephosphorylation by PP1-Neurabin

    Roman O Fedoryshchak, Karim El-Bouri ... Richard Treisman
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Blue-shifted ancyromonad channelrhodopsins for multiplex optogenetics

    Elena G Govorunova, Oleg A Sineshchekov ... John L Spudich
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Identification and classification of ion-channels across the tree of life: Insights into understudied CALHM channels

    Rahil Taujale, Sung Jin Park ... Natarajan Kannan
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    • Inadequate
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Epitope Sequence and Modification Fingerprints of Anti-Aβ Antibodies

    Ivan Talucci, Timon Leske ... Hans-Michael Maric
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Targeted Protein Degradation by KLHDC2 Ligands Identified by High Throughput Screening

    Han Zhou, Tongliang Zhou ... Michael J Bollong
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Coupled equilibria of dimerization and lipid binding modulate SARS Cov 2 Orf9b interactions and interferon response

    CJ San Felipe, Jyoti Batra ... James S Fraser
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    SIRT2-mediated ACSS2 K271 deacetylation suppresses lipogenesis under nutrient stress

    Rezwana Karim, Wendi Teng ... Hening Lin
    A cross-talk is revealed between two branches of metabolisms, amino acid limitation suppressing fatty acid biosynthesis, via posttranslational modifications of an enzyme involved in fatty acid biosynthesis.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Affinity-guided labeling reveals P2X7 nanoscale membrane redistribution during microglial activation

    Benoit Arnould, Adeline Martz ... Thomas Grutter
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid