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    The interplay between biomolecular assembly and phase separation

    Giacomo Bartolucci, Ivar S Haugerud ... Christoph A Weber
    Biomolecular assembly typically promotes phase separation while the presence of coexisting phases alters assembly kinetics.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Affinity-guided labeling reveals P2X7 nanoscale membrane redistribution during BV2 microglial activation

    Benoit Arnould, Adeline Martz ... Thomas Grutter
    An affinity-guided chemical strategy enabling highly specific biotinylation of P2X7 receptors reveals, by super-resolution microscopy, how the nanoscale organization of endogenous P2X7 in BV2 microglial cells dynamically changes upon activation.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Differential Regulation of Hepatic Macrophage Fate by Chi3l1 in MASLD

    Jia He, Bo Chen ... Zhao Shan
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    • Incomplete
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Shifting the PPARγ conformational ensemble towards a transcriptionally repressive state improves covalent inhibitor efficacy

    Liudmyla Arifova, Brian S MacTavish ... Douglas J Kojetin
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    • Fundamental
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Superoxide Dismutases maintain niche homeostasis in stem cell populations

    Olivia Majhi, Aishwarya Chhatre ... Devanjan Sinha
    Revised
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    • Useful
    • Convincing
    • Inadequate
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Investigating the native functions of [NiFe]-carbon monoxide dehydrogenases through genomic context analysis

    Maximilian Böhm, Henrik Land
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Squidly: Enzyme Catalytic Residue Prediction Harnessing a Biology-Informed Contrastive Learning Framework

    William JF Rieger, Mikael Boden ... Ariane Mora
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    • Important
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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
    Directed evolution was used to engineer a green fluorescent biosensor for quantitative calcium imaging that remains fluorescent, yet shows a large change in lifetime in cells.
    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, Solene Zuttion ... Maya Schuldiner
    Combined with high-throughput yeast genetics, a split green fluorescent protein encoded directly in the mitochondrial DNA helps to identify targeting signals and functions of dually localized proteins.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    A simplified and highly efficient cell-free protein synthesis system for prokaryotes

    Xianshengjie Lang, Changbin Zhang ... Wenfei Li
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Solid
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    William J Allen, Ian Collinson

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