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    Interplay between charge distribution and DNA in shaping HP1 paralog phase separation and localization

    Tien M Phan, Young C Kim ... Jeetain Mittal
    Despite highly conserved sequences, subtle variations in HP1 paralog charge distribution influence distinct liquid-liquid phase separation behaviors, ultimately impacting DNA-mediated heterochromatin organization.
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    DePARylation is critical for S phase progression and cell survival

    Litong Nie, Chao Wang ... Junjie Chen
    DePARylation is essential for cell survival and thus poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG) expression correlates with cytotoxicity induced by PARG inhibition, which will benefit the development of PARG inhibitors for cancer treatment.
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    Water-soluble 4-(dimethylaminomethyl)heliomycin exerts greater antitumor effects than parental heliomycin by targeting the tNOX-SIRT1 axis and apoptosis in oral cancer cells

    Atikul Islam, Yu-Chun Chang ... Pin Ju Chueh
    Multifaceted properties of the water-soluble derivative of antibiotic heliomycin enable it to offer greater antitumor value than its parent compound by inhibiting the tNOX-NAD+-SIRT1 axis to induce apoptosis.
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    Conformation selection by ATP-competitive inhibitors and allosteric communication in ERK2

    Jake W Anderson, David Vaisar ... Natalie G Ahn
    New ATP-competitive inhibitors show properties of conformation selection when complexed with the MAP kinase, ERK2, altering movements around the activation loop.
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    The cryo-EM structure of ASK1 reveals an asymmetric architecture allosterically modulated by TRX1

    Karolina Honzejkova, Dalibor Kosek ... Tomas Obsil
    Thioredoxin functions as a negative allosteric effector of ASK1 by altering the interaction between the thioredoxin-binding and tetratricopeptide repeats domains, thereby reducing access to the kinase domain's activation segment.
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    Phosphorylation, disorder, and phase separation govern the behavior of Frequency in the fungal circadian clock

    Daniyal Tariq, Nicole Maurici ... Brian R Crane
    The intrinsic disorder of the circadian clock protein Frequency organizes binding partners, facilitates liquid–liquid phase separation, modulates Frequency phosphorylation, and derives from sequence properties conserved with homologous clock components.
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    Meta-Research: Blinding reduces institutional prestige bias during initial review of applications for a young investigator award

    Anne E Hultgren, Nicole MF Patras, Jenna Hicks
    Blinding the initial review of applications for Beckman Young Investigator awards reduces prestige bias, but has no impact on the success rates for different genders.
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    Structural mechanisms for VMAT2 inhibition by tetrabenazine

    Michael P Dalton, Mary Hongying Cheng ... Jonathan A Coleman
    The structure of the vesicular monoamine transporter 2 bound to Huntington’s chorea drug tetrabenazine elucidates mechanisms of inhibition and neurotransmitter transport.
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    Purine nucleosides replace cAMP in allosteric regulation of PKA in trypanosomatid pathogens

    Veronica Teresa Ober, George Boniface Githure ... Michael Boshart
    A minimal subset of two to three residues in cyclic nucleotide binding (CNB) domains controls nucleoside vs. cyclic nucleotide specificity, repurposing PKA of certain pathogens for novel nucleoside signaling pathways or sensing.
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    Assembly of neuron- and radial glial-cell-derived extracellular matrix molecules promotes radial migration of developing cortical neurons

    Ayumu Mubuchi, Mina Takechi ... Shinji Miyata
    The extracellular matrix formed during embryonic brain development facilitates the migration of cortical neurons.