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    Enrichment of rare codons at 5' ends of genes is a spandrel caused by evolutionary sequence turnover and does not improve translation

    Richard Sejour, Janet Leatherwood ... Bruce Futcher
    The 5' ends of genes are slightly enriched for rare codons largely because the ends turnover in evolution and gather rare codons, and these rare codons do not improve translation.
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    Uncovering the BIN1-SH3 interactome underpinning centronuclear myopathy

    Boglarka Zambo, Evelina Edelweiss ... Gergo Gogl
    The SH3 domain of BIN1 mediates an unexpectedly large array of interactions, which is perturbed by missense variants.
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    2. Chromosomes and Gene Expression

    Human DDX6 regulates translation and decay of inefficiently translated mRNAs

    Ramona Weber, Chung-Te Chang
    DDX6 triggers inefficiently translated mRNA decay by interacting with the ribosome through its FDF motif via the 5'-3' mRNA decay pathway.
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    Plasma membrane going around a banner with two different kinases and one affecting the nucleus/cell cycle. Phosphates are dotted in the background

    Special Issue: Allosteric Regulation of Kinase Activity

    Edited by Volker Dötsch et al.
    Our latest Special Issue brings together research on the allosteric regulation of kinase activity.
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    Special Issue: Allosteric regulation of kinase activity

    Amy H Andreotti, Volker Dötsch
    The articles in this special issue highlight how modern cellular, biochemical, biophysical and computational techniques are allowing deeper and more detailed studies of allosteric kinase regulation.
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    Chemoproteomics validates selective targeting of Plasmodium M1 alanyl aminopeptidase as an antimalarial strategy

    Carlo Giannangelo, Matthew P Challis ... Darren J Creek
    M1 alanyl aminopeptidase is chemically validated as an attractive antimalarial target by confirming the on-target activity of a novel selective inhibitor using chemoproteomics and metabolomics-based drug target deconvolution approaches.
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    Nucleotide binding to the ATP-cone in anaerobic ribonucleotide reductases allosterically regulates activity by modulating substrate binding

    Ornella Bimai, Ipsita Banerjee ... Derek T Logan
    The first structural and biochemical study of the role of the ATP-cone in anaerobic ribonucleotide reductases shows that dATP allosterically prevents transfer of a glycyl radical to the substrate.
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    Bacterial exonuclease III expands its enzymatic activities on single-stranded DNA

    Hao Wang, Chen Ye ... Yan Li
    Bacterial exonuclease III exhibits underestimated enzymatic activities on single-stranded DNA, which may redefine its roles in relevant biological processes and biosensor development.
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    Heparan sulfate-dependent phase separation of CCL5 and its chemotactic activity

    Xiaolin Yu, Guangfei Duan ... Shi-Zhong Luo
    A biochemical approach shows co-phase separation of CCL5 with heparan sulfate establishes a specific chemokine concentration gradient for chemotactic activity.
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    Fitness landscape of substrate-adaptive mutations in evolved amino acid-polyamine-organocation transporters

    Foteini Karapanagioti, Úlfur Águst Atlason ... Sebastian Obermaier
    Secondary active transporters can evolve to accommodate a broader range of substrates without losing their original substrate specificities.