Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

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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
    Recovery of proteins from aggregates by Hsp70 is boosted by the Hsp110 co-chaperone, which promotes abundant Hsp70 recruitment to aggregates and supports initial aggregate remodelling into small assemblies.
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    Genome-wide mapping of native co-localized G4s and R-loops in living cells

    Ting Liu, Xing Shen ... Zhihong Xue
    The newly developed antibody-free techniques, HepG4-seq for G-quadruplexes and HBD-seq for R-loops, robustly reveal the comprehensive maps of native G-quadruplexes and R-loops, as well as their roles in transcriptional regulation.
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    A synthetic method to assay polycystin channel biophysics

    Megan Larmore, Orhi Esarte Palomero ... Paul G DeCaen
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    DTX3L ubiquitin ligase ubiquitinates single-stranded nucleic acids

    Emily L Dearlove, Chatrin Chatrin ... Danny T Huang
    Biochemical and structural analyses reveal direct ubiquitin modification of single-stranded nucleic acids, catalysed by the DTX3L ubiquitin ligase.
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    Large-scale characterization of drug mechanism of action using proteome-wide thermal shift assays

    Jonathan G Van Vranken, Jiaming Li ... Devin K Schweppe