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    Local frustration determines loop opening during the catalytic cycle of an oxidoreductase

    Lukas S Stelzl, Despoina AI Mavridou ... Christina Redfield
    The cysteine pair oxidation state in nDsbD acts as a ‘switch’ controlling the presence or absence of frustration in the active-site and determining the dynamic behavior of the cap loop.
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    2. Medicine

    SARS-CoV-2 strategically mimics proteolytic activation of human ENaC

    Praveen Anand, Arjun Puranik ... Venky Soundararajan
    SARS-CoV-2 has evolved to cleverly mimic the FURIN-cleavage site in human ENaC-α, unlike any prior coronavirus strain, shedding new light on the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in COVID-19 patients.
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    Unsupervised machine learning reveals risk stratifying glioblastoma tumor cells

    Nalin Leelatian, Justine Sinnaeve ... Jonathan M Irish
    A new automated and unsupervised algorithm, Risk Assessment Population IDentification, identifies risk-stratifying cells in single cell datasets with robust statistical and biological validation.
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    2. Developmental Biology

    The dynamic transmission of positional information in stau- mutants during Drosophila embryogenesis

    Zhe Yang, Hongcun Zhu ... Feng Liu
    In stau-mutants, the Hunchback boundary shifts posteriorly by 10% EL but shows comparable variability to that of the wild type in short time windows in nuclear cycle 14.
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    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Slightly beneficial genes are retained by bacteria evolving DNA uptake despite selfish elements

    Bram van Dijk, Paulien Hogeweg ... Nobuto Takeuchi
    Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) helps slightly beneficial genes persist in microbial populations, incentivising cells to invest in costly DNA uptake, even in the presence of harmful selfish genetic elements.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Self-restoration of cardiac excitation rhythm by anti-arrhythmic ion channel gating

    Rupamanjari Majumder, Tim De Coster ... Daniël A Pijnappels
    Customization of ion channel gating enhances homeostatic regulation through automatic detection and correction of abnormal physiological changes, as illustrated by self-restoration of excitation rhythm in cardiac arrhythmias.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Nuclei determine the spatial origin of mitotic waves

    Felix E Nolet, Alexandra Vandervelde ... Lendert Gelens
    Nuclei and spatial system dimensions control local concentrations of cell cycle regulators, determining the spatial origin of waves that coordinate​ DNA replication and, subsequently, cell division.
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    2. Neuroscience

    Mouse brain transcriptome responses to inhaled nanoparticulate matter differed by sex and APOE in Nrf2-Nfkb interactions

    Amin Haghani, Mafalda Cacciottolo ... Caleb E Finch
    Transcriptome analysis of mouse brain revealed that the APOE4 allele and sex can alter air pollution neurotoxicity in adults.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    Mechanisms of chromosome biorientation and bipolar spindle assembly analyzed by computational modeling

    Christopher Edelmaier, Adam R Lamson ... Meredith D Betterton
    A computational model of fission yeast mitosis can interrogate mechanisms required for successful mitosis, the origin of spindle length fluctuations, and spindle force balance during assembly.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
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    Comprehensive exploration of the translocation, stability and substrate recognition requirements in VIM-2 lactamase

    John Z Chen, Douglas M Fowler, Nobuhiko Tokuriki
    Comprehensive mutational characterisation of VIM-2 metallo-beta-lactamase deciphered the residues responsible for key functional behavior, including translocation, stability, substrate recognition and catalysis.