Nature Chemical Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Chemical Biology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Flipping the polarity switch307
Altering the cap262
Sensing the air238
Cyclic signature207
Making a 6mA demethylase184
Development of cyclic peptides that can be administered orally to inhibit disease targets182
Chemical targeting of amyloids173
To TnpB or not TnpB? Cas12 is the answer152
Channeling kynurenine151
Bacteria lose a pep in their step144
A vicious cycle144
Assembly-activated aggregation142
Seeing the retention129
Detecting features of antibody structure through their mediator-accessible redox activities128
Facile generation of drug-like conformational antibodies specific for amyloid fibrils126
Inter-kingdom electromechanical communication125
E2–Ub-R74G strategy reveals E2-specific ubiquitin conjugation profiles in live cells124
An engineered trafficking biosensor reveals a role for DNAJC13 in DOR downregulation123
The landscape of targets and lead molecules for remyelination122
Author Correction: ML-enhanced peroxisome capacity enables compartmentalization of multienzyme pathway115
Calcium-gated potassium channel blockade via membrane-facing fenestrations115
Chemigenetic indicators based on synthetic chelators and green fluorescent protein110
Determining the role of peroxidation of subcellular lipid membranes in ferroptosis107
Sterol homeostasis in yeast106
Ubiquitin-specific proximity labeling for the identification of E3 ligase substrates103
Small-molecule dissolution of stress granules by redox modulation benefits ALS models100
Rationally seeded computational protein design of ɑ-helical barrels99
Macrolones target bacterial ribosomes and DNA gyrase and can evade resistance mechanisms95
Surviving salt stress94
Engineering eukaryotic transposon-encoded Fanzor2 system for genome editing in mammals93
A pseudoenzyme enables indole biosynthesis in eudicot plants91
Lysine l-lactylation is the dominant lactylation isomer induced by glycolysis90
Ribosome stalling during selenoprotein translation exposes a ferroptosis vulnerability90
A class of anti-inflammatory lipids decrease with aging in the central nervous system88
Chemical genomics with pyrvinium identifies C1orf115 as a regulator of drug efflux88
Artificial intelligence foundation for therapeutic science87
Small-molecule trapping of an RNA-binding protein blocks cancer cell growth87
ALFA nanobody-guided endogenous labeling87
Controlling sulfation86
Seismic shift86
Making transient complexes stick85
Peptides hit the catalysis walk84
Visualizing drug effects over time in live animals using optical pharmacodynamics84
Tuned out84
Brake disposal82
Badminton at nanoscale82
Running through the blocks81
Endogenous currents in HEK 293 cells are inhibited by memantine79
Site-specific encoding of photoactivity and photoreactivity into antibody fragments78
Autoinducer-fluorophore conjugates enable FRET in LuxR proteins in vitro and in cells78
Open-ended molecular recording of sequential cellular events into DNA78
A super protein evolution engine78
Discovery and molecular basis of subtype-selective cyclophilin inhibitors77
Functional profiling of serine, threonine and tyrosine sites76
Programmed RNA editing with an evolved bacterial adenosine deaminase75
A high-throughput screening platform for enzymes active on mucin-type O-glycoproteins74
Etoposide promotes DNA loop trapping and barrier formation by topoisomerase II72
Development of an allosteric adhesion GPCR nanobody with therapeutic potential71
Small molecule inhibits KCNQ channels with a non-blocking mechanism71
An optimized bioluminescent substrate for non-invasive imaging in the brain71
M24B aminopeptidase inhibitors selectively activate the CARD8 inflammasome70
Oncometabolite 5-IP7 inhibits inositol 5-phosphatase to license E-cadherin endocytosis70
SNAP-tag2 for faster and brighter protein labeling70
Degrade the RNA67
Survival of the sweetest tooth67
Medicine from modified mRNA66
Protein evolution as a complex system65
Lighting up kinase contacts in situ65
Waking sleeping viruses65
The right angle64
RNA-based programmable DNA cleavage62
Synthesizing cellular LOGIC62
NO signal60
A home for orphans59
Superbugs leave fingerprints58
Affinity for both sides58
Structural basis of efficacy-driven ligand selectivity at GPCRs57
Hydroxytryptophan biosynthesis by a family of heme-dependent enzymes in bacteria56
All that glows is gold56
Molecular basis of β-arrestin coupling to the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGlu356
Lighting up hydrogen peroxide56
Selective bioorthogonal probe for N-glycan hybrid structures55
Engineering a xylose fermenting yeast for lignocellulosic ethanol production55
Cas13d knockdown of lung protease Ctsl prevents and treats SARS-CoV-2 infection55
ML-enhanced peroxisome capacity enables compartmentalization of multienzyme pathway54
Functional targeting of membrane transporters and enzymes to peroxisomes54
Programmable RNA base editing via targeted modifications53
Condensation of SEUSS promotes hyperosmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis53
Engineering APOBEC3A deaminase for highly accurate and efficient base editing53
Improving phenotypic screening52
Single-cell sensor analyses reveal signaling programs enabling Ras-G12C drug resistance52
Direct methylation sequencing52
An unbiased proteomic platform for ATE1-based arginylation profiling51
Structure and mechanism of a neuropeptide-activated channel in the ENaC/DEG superfamily51
Pharmacological targeting of BMAL1 modulates circadian and immune pathways51
Mucin O-glycans are natural inhibitors of Candida albicans pathogenicity51
Catch in nucleus50
Direct mapping of tyrosine sulfation states in native peptides by nanopore50
Deep learning-guided discovery of an antibiotic targeting Acinetobacter baumannii50
Switching off the stress response49
Sweet synthetic chaperones49
Providing inclusivity49
Prospering phase separation48
Dissociation for living48
Illuminating GPCR trafficking48
Author Correction: Phage-assisted evolution of compact Cas9 variants targeting a simple NNG PAM47
A peptide dehydratase with core strength47
A fat-fueled fatality46
A dimeric proteomimetic prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection by dimerizing the spike protein46
Unfreezing structural biology for drug discovery46
Phase in phase45
A single-component, light-assisted uncaging switch for endoproteolytic release45
Signal peptide mimicry primes Sec61 for client-selective inhibition44
Chemical-based epigenetic reprogramming to advance pluripotency and totipotency44
Site-selective protein editing by backbone extension acyl rearrangements44
Dynamic basis for dA•dGTP and dA•d8OGTP misincorporation via Hoogsteen base pairs44
ALDH2-mediated GABA biosynthesis regulates hippocampal LTP and learning adaptability44
Publisher Correction: Mutant p53 protein accumulation is selectively targetable by proximity-inducing drugs44
Inhibition of translation termination by the antimicrobial peptide Drosocin44
Boric acid intercepts 80S ribosome migration from AUG-stop by stabilizing eRF143
Anti-infective bile acids bind and inactivate a Salmonella virulence regulator43
Chemically engineered antibodies for autophagy-based receptor degradation43
In-cell kinetic stability is an essential trait in metallo-β-lactamase evolution43
Structural snapshots along K48-linked ubiquitin chain formation by the HECT E3 UBR542
Helping sperm keep the beat41
Chemically inducible split protein regulators for mammalian cells41
Interactions with tau’s microtubule-binding repeats modulate amyloid-β aggregation and toxicity41
The β-subunit of tryptophan synthase is a latent tyrosine synthase41
Writing the CRBN degron41
A CRISPR activation screen identifies FBXO22 supporting targeted protein degradation40
ENO1 promotes liver carcinogenesis through YAP1-dependent arachidonic acid metabolism40
Modulation of microbial community dynamics by spatial partitioning39
Nanopore glycan profiling39
Genome mining for unknown–unknown natural products39
A rapid chemical reprogramming system to generate human pluripotent stem cells39
Alzheimer’s disease–implicated protein tau puts the squeeze on microtubules39
Enzyme assemblies on demand38
Capturing receptor states with glue38
Author Correction: An engineered hypercompact CRISPR-Cas12f system with boosted gene-editing activity38
Deep dive into a drug pump37
Under pressure37
Lighting up DNA37
Size matters37
Expanding beyond the capability of nature37
Chemical Decoding of Spatial Biology36
Forced rewiring of RTK signaling36
When membrane proteins prefer lipids36
Publisher Correction: Polyvalent folate receptor-targeting chimeras for degradation of membrane proteins36
Rapid discovery of cyclic peptide protein aggregation inhibitors by continuous selection36
Melting KRAS resistance36
Imbuing peptide libraries with drug-likeness36
Lipoyl deglutarylation by ABHD11 regulates mitochondrial and T cell metabolism36
Disarming the pathogen36
Thoughts for the future36
Bending insulin signals36
A PASS for protein secretion36
Molecular basis for ubiquitin/Fubi cross-reactivity in USP16 and USP3635
Mechanism of nucleosomal H2A K13/15 monoubiquitination and adjacent dual monoubiquitination by RNF16835
The realization of CRISPR gene therapy34
Structural mechanisms of TRPV2 modulation by endogenous and exogenous ligands34
A modification-centric assessment tool for the performance of chemoproteomic probes34
Structural basis for inhibition of the drug efflux pump NorA from Staphylococcus aureus34
Structural basis of AcrIF24 as an anti-CRISPR protein and transcriptional suppressor34
Structural basis of TRPV3 inhibition by an antagonist34
A tungstopterin-containing enzyme has a key role in microbial ethanol biosynthesis34
CRISPR–Cas12a-mediated DNA clamping triggers target-strand cleavage33
Hippo pathway regulation by phosphatidylinositol transfer protein and phosphoinositides33
Dissolution of oncofusion transcription factor condensates for cancer therapy33
An allosteric redox switch involved in oxygen protection in a CO2 reductase33
Engineering from evolution32
Click, release, destroy32
Genetically engineered synthetic cells activate cargo release upon temperature shift32
Shackled ribosomes unleashed32
Author Correction: Combining CRISPRi and metabolomics for functional annotation of compound libraries32
Redefining the off switch32
Spontaneously established syntrophic yeast communities improve bioproduction32
Evading resistance at the double31
Basket of sweets31
Studying ATP synthesis in situ31
Moonlighting in the membrane31
An alternative mechanism for recruiting Cas2/3 in a phage-encoded CRISPR–Cas system31
Auxin branches out30
A Ψ–Ψ codon–anticodon pairing in nonsense suppression and translational recoding30
Exchange coupling30
Author Correction: A cell-free biosensor signal amplification circuit with polymerase strand recycling30
Click biology highlights the opportunities from reliable biological reactions30
A single sensor controls large variations in zinc quotas in a marine cyanobacterium30
A new class of macrocyclic peptides29
Enhancing RNA base editing on mammalian transcripts with small nuclear RNAs29
Shifting redox reaction equilibria on demand using an orthogonal redox cofactor29
Bringing chemistry to medicine to redefine the undruggable29
Drug addiction unveils a repressive methylation ceiling in EZH2-mutant lymphoma29
Selective targeting of oncogenic hotspot mutations of the HER2 extracellular domain29
TMEM164 is an acyltransferase that forms ferroptotic C20:4 ether phospholipids29
Receptors from an ADAR trick29
Small-molecule inhibition of the archetypal UbiB protein COQ829
Structural basis of a small monomeric Clivia fluorogenic RNA with a large Stokes shift29
Unbalanced response to growth variations reshapes the cell fate decision landscape29
Enzymatic synthesis of peptide therapeutics28
Programming biological communication between distinct membraneless compartments28
State of play28
Programmable translation28
Chemical editing of proteoglycan architecture28
Engineered bacterial swarm patterns as spatial records of environmental inputs28
De novo development of small cyclic peptides that are orally bioavailable28
In search of chemical rationales28
Building light-activated synthetic cells that induce gene expression in bacteria via quorum sensing27
Learning from CoQ10 history27
Insights into G-protein coupling preference from cryo-EM structures of Gq-bound PTH1R27
Design principles imprinted by evolution27
Traffic control27
Recording calcium concentrations27
Velcrin-induced selective cleavage of tRNALeu(TAA) by SLFN12 causes cancer cell death27
PRMT inhibition induces a viral mimicry response in triple-negative breast cancer27
Long-term super-resolution inner mitochondrial membrane imaging with a lipid probe27
Antibodies expand the scope of angiotensin receptor pharmacology27
Identifying p53-independent apoptosis27
Depletion of creatine phosphagen energetics with a covalent creatine kinase inhibitor27
Partitioning of a 2-bit hash function across 66 communicating cells27
Aiming for the pocket27
In silico prohormone processing26
Context-based sensing of orthosomycin antibiotics by the translating ribosome26
Mechanism of capsaicin entry into buried vanilloid sites in TRPV126
Programmable solid-state condensates for spatiotemporal control of mammalian gene expression26
Non-heme iron enzymes step into the spotlight26
Proximity-inducing pharmacology26
Cryptic enzymatic assembly of peptides armed with β-lactone warheads26
GA-independent DELLA regulation by inositol pyrophosphate in a nonvascular land plant26
Cutting the tail25
Artificial intelligence uncovers carcinogenic human metabolites25
Site-resolved energetic information from HX–MS experiments25
Capturing copper to inhibit inflammation25
The protein universe in 3D25
A new RNA performs old chemistry24
A gut feeling24
Molecular glue modulates mitochondria24
Expanding the molecular grammar of polar residues and arginine in FUS phase separation24
Drivers of intrinsic resistance24
Stress it up24
Combining CRISPRi and metabolomics for functional annotation of compound libraries24
A new twist to increase ion flow24
One-carbon footprint in B cells24
Protein-based bandpass filters for controlling cellular signaling with chemical inputs23
Pseudouridines in translation23
Pharmacological inhibition of PSPH reduces serine levels and epileptic seizures23
Auto-inhibition and activation of a short Argonaute-associated TIR-APAZ defense system23
Serine ADPr on histones and PARP1 is a cellular target of ester-linked ubiquitylation23
Old path, new frontier23
Galectin-13 reduces membrane localization of SLC7A11 for ferroptosis propagation23
Brassinosteroids en route23
0.12868404388428