Nature Chemical Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Chemical Biology is 20. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Flipping the polarity switch296
Altering the cap255
Sensing the air230
Cyclic signature201
Surviving salt stress178
Making a 6mA demethylase176
Development of cyclic peptides that can be administered orally to inhibit disease targets170
Chemical targeting of amyloids146
Channeling kynurenine144
To TnpB or not TnpB? Cas12 is the answer144
A vicious cycle138
Bacteria lose a pep in their step136
Assembly-activated aggregation125
Seeing the retention122
A pseudoenzyme enables indole biosynthesis in eudicot plants121
Inter-kingdom electromechanical communication120
E2–Ub-R74G strategy reveals E2-specific ubiquitin conjugation profiles in live cells119
Engineering eukaryotic transposon-encoded Fanzor2 system for genome editing in mammals118
Programmable living assembly of materials by bacterial adhesion118
Author Correction: ML-enhanced peroxisome capacity enables compartmentalization of multienzyme pathway117
The landscape of targets and lead molecules for remyelination110
Detecting features of antibody structure through their mediator-accessible redox activities108
Facile generation of drug-like conformational antibodies specific for amyloid fibrils103
Rationally seeded computational protein design of ɑ-helical barrels102
Artificial intelligence foundation for therapeutic science99
Calcium-gated potassium channel blockade via membrane-facing fenestrations98
Chemical genomics with pyrvinium identifies C1orf115 as a regulator of drug efflux98
ALFA nanobody-guided endogenous labeling98
An engineered trafficking biosensor reveals a role for DNAJC13 in DOR downregulation93
Determining the role of peroxidation of subcellular lipid membranes in ferroptosis93
Sterol homeostasis in yeast90
Ubiquitin-specific proximity labeling for the identification of E3 ligase substrates89
Macrolones target bacterial ribosomes and DNA gyrase and can evade resistance mechanisms89
Chemigenetic indicators based on synthetic chelators and green fluorescent protein88
Characterization of a patient-derived variant of GPX4 for precision therapy86
A class of anti-inflammatory lipids decrease with aging in the central nervous system85
Small-molecule dissolution of stress granules by redox modulation benefits ALS models85
Lysine l-lactylation is the dominant lactylation isomer induced by glycolysis85
Ribosome stalling during selenoprotein translation exposes a ferroptosis vulnerability85
Small-molecule trapping of an RNA-binding protein blocks cancer cell growth83
Making transient complexes stick82
Controlling sulfation82
Seismic shift82
Oncometabolite 5-IP7 inhibits inositol 5-phosphatase to license E-cadherin endocytosis81
Visualizing drug effects over time in live animals using optical pharmacodynamics81
Tuned out80
Peptides hit the catalysis walk80
Badminton at nanoscale79
Running through the blocks79
Brake disposal79
M24B aminopeptidase inhibitors selectively activate the CARD8 inflammasome78
Development of an allosteric adhesion GPCR nanobody with therapeutic potential78
Endogenous currents in HEK 293 cells are inhibited by memantine77
A wrench in the motor76
A high-throughput screening platform for enzymes active on mucin-type O-glycoproteins75
Small molecule inhibits KCNQ channels with a non-blocking mechanism75
A super protein evolution engine74
Site-specific encoding of photoactivity and photoreactivity into antibody fragments74
Autoinducer-fluorophore conjugates enable FRET in LuxR proteins in vitro and in cells74
Open-ended molecular recording of sequential cellular events into DNA74
Programmed RNA editing with an evolved bacterial adenosine deaminase73
Discovery and molecular basis of subtype-selective cyclophilin inhibitors71
Functional profiling of serine, threonine and tyrosine sites71
Small molecule targeting of chromatin writers in cancer69
Engineering CAR-T cells to activate small-molecule drugs in situ68
Etoposide promotes DNA loop trapping and barrier formation by topoisomerase II68
Degrade the RNA67
SNAP-tag2 for faster and brighter protein labeling67
Survival of the sweetest tooth67
An optimized bioluminescent substrate for non-invasive imaging in the brain67
Protein evolution as a complex system66
Waking sleeping viruses66
Medicine from modified mRNA66
The right angle65
Lighting up kinase contacts in situ65
Rolling the RBP snowballs64
Synthesizing cellular LOGIC63
RNA-based programmable DNA cleavage62
A home for orphans61
NO signal61
Superbugs leave fingerprints61
Direct methylation sequencing57
Affinity for both sides57
All that glows is gold57
Structure and mechanism of a neuropeptide-activated channel in the ENaC/DEG superfamily56
Lighting up hydrogen peroxide56
Engineering a xylose fermenting yeast for lignocellulosic ethanol production55
Hydroxytryptophan biosynthesis by a family of heme-dependent enzymes in bacteria55
Cas13d knockdown of lung protease Ctsl prevents and treats SARS-CoV-2 infection55
Programmable RNA base editing via targeted modifications55
Functional targeting of membrane transporters and enzymes to peroxisomes54
Molecular basis of β-arrestin coupling to the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGlu353
Mucin O-glycans are natural inhibitors of Candida albicans pathogenicity53
Deep learning-guided discovery of an antibiotic targeting Acinetobacter baumannii53
ML-enhanced peroxisome capacity enables compartmentalization of multienzyme pathway53
Single-cell sensor analyses reveal signaling programs enabling Ras-G12C drug resistance52
Selective bioorthogonal probe for N-glycan hybrid structures52
Condensation of SEUSS promotes hyperosmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis51
Stepwise membrane binding of extended synaptotagmins revealed by optical tweezers51
Structural basis of efficacy-driven ligand selectivity at GPCRs51
An unbiased proteomic platform for ATE1-based arginylation profiling50
Catch in nucleus49
Pharmacological targeting of BMAL1 modulates circadian and immune pathways49
Engineering APOBEC3A deaminase for highly accurate and efficient base editing49
Improving phenotypic screening49
Direct mapping of tyrosine sulfation states in native peptides by nanopore49
Providing inclusivity48
Switching off the stress response48
Sweet synthetic chaperones47
A peptide dehydratase with core strength47
Illuminating GPCR trafficking47
Author Correction: Phage-assisted evolution of compact Cas9 variants targeting a simple NNG PAM47
Prospering phase separation47
Dissociation for living47
A dimeric proteomimetic prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection by dimerizing the spike protein46
Anti-infective bile acids bind and inactivate a Salmonella virulence regulator46
A fat-fueled fatality46
ALDH2-mediated GABA biosynthesis regulates hippocampal LTP and learning adaptability45
Signal peptide mimicry primes Sec61 for client-selective inhibition45
Boric acid intercepts 80S ribosome migration from AUG-stop by stabilizing eRF145
Unfreezing structural biology for drug discovery45
Chemically engineered antibodies for autophagy-based receptor degradation44
Structural snapshots along K48-linked ubiquitin chain formation by the HECT E3 UBR544
Genome mining for unknown–unknown natural products44
Site-selective protein editing by backbone extension acyl rearrangements43
The β-subunit of tryptophan synthase is a latent tyrosine synthase43
Modulation of microbial community dynamics by spatial partitioning43
Publisher Correction: Mutant p53 protein accumulation is selectively targetable by proximity-inducing drugs43
Phase in phase43
In-cell kinetic stability is an essential trait in metallo-β-lactamase evolution42
Inhibition of translation termination by the antimicrobial peptide Drosocin42
Chemical-based epigenetic reprogramming to advance pluripotency and totipotency42
Interactions with tau’s microtubule-binding repeats modulate amyloid-β aggregation and toxicity42
A CRISPR activation screen identifies FBXO22 supporting targeted protein degradation41
Dynamic basis for dA•dGTP and dA•d8OGTP misincorporation via Hoogsteen base pairs41
A single-component, light-assisted uncaging switch for endoproteolytic release41
Alzheimer’s disease–implicated protein tau puts the squeeze on microtubules40
A rapid chemical reprogramming system to generate human pluripotent stem cells40
Nanopore glycan profiling40
ENO1 promotes liver carcinogenesis through YAP1-dependent arachidonic acid metabolism40
Chemically inducible split protein regulators for mammalian cells40
Author Correction: An engineered hypercompact CRISPR-Cas12f system with boosted gene-editing activity39
Enzyme assemblies on demand39
Size matters39
Capturing receptor states with glue39
Lighting up DNA38
Deep dive into a drug pump38
Expanding beyond the capability of nature38
Under pressure38
Rapid discovery of cyclic peptide protein aggregation inhibitors by continuous selection37
Chemical Decoding of Spatial Biology37
A tungstopterin-containing enzyme has a key role in microbial ethanol biosynthesis37
Disarming the pathogen37
Melting KRAS resistance36
Publisher Correction: Polyvalent folate receptor-targeting chimeras for degradation of membrane proteins36
Structural basis of AcrIF24 as an anti-CRISPR protein and transcriptional suppressor36
A PASS for protein secretion36
Forced rewiring of RTK signaling36
Thoughts for the future36
Hippo pathway regulation by phosphatidylinositol transfer protein and phosphoinositides35
Lipoyl deglutarylation by ABHD11 regulates mitochondrial and T cell metabolism35
Imbuing peptide libraries with drug-likeness35
Bending insulin signals35
Molecular basis for ubiquitin/Fubi cross-reactivity in USP16 and USP3635
When membrane proteins prefer lipids35
Spontaneously established syntrophic yeast communities improve bioproduction35
Mechanism of nucleosomal H2A K13/15 monoubiquitination and adjacent dual monoubiquitination by RNF16835
The realization of CRISPR gene therapy35
Dissolution of oncofusion transcription factor condensates for cancer therapy35
A modification-centric assessment tool for the performance of chemoproteomic probes34
Structural basis of TRPV3 inhibition by an antagonist34
Structural basis for inhibition of the drug efflux pump NorA from Staphylococcus aureus34
CRISPR–Cas12a-mediated DNA clamping triggers target-strand cleavage34
Shackled ribosomes unleashed34
Convergent evolution of bacterial ceramide synthesis34
Structural mechanisms of TRPV2 modulation by endogenous and exogenous ligands34
Cross-kingdom warfare34
An allosteric redox switch involved in oxygen protection in a CO2 reductase34
Genetically engineered synthetic cells activate cargo release upon temperature shift33
Redefining the off switch33
Click, release, destroy33
Author Correction: Combining CRISPRi and metabolomics for functional annotation of compound libraries32
Engineering from evolution32
Moonlighting in the membrane32
An alternative mechanism for recruiting Cas2/3 in a phage-encoded CRISPR–Cas system31
Basket of sweets31
Studying ATP synthesis in situ31
Evading resistance at the double31
A Ψ–Ψ codon–anticodon pairing in nonsense suppression and translational recoding30
Click biology highlights the opportunities from reliable biological reactions30
Dynamic eIF3a O-GlcNAcylation controls translation reinitiation during nutrient stress30
A single sensor controls large variations in zinc quotas in a marine cyanobacterium30
Auxin branches out30
Enzymatic synthesis of peptide therapeutics30
Author Correction: A cell-free biosensor signal amplification circuit with polymerase strand recycling30
Exchange coupling30
Receptors from an ADAR trick29
A new class of macrocyclic peptides29
Chemical editing of proteoglycan architecture29
Selective targeting of oncogenic hotspot mutations of the HER2 extracellular domain29
Drug addiction unveils a repressive methylation ceiling in EZH2-mutant lymphoma29
Small-molecule inhibition of the archetypal UbiB protein COQ829
TMEM164 is an acyltransferase that forms ferroptotic C20:4 ether phospholipids29
Bringing chemistry to medicine to redefine the undruggable29
Engineered bacterial swarm patterns as spatial records of environmental inputs29
Programming biological communication between distinct membraneless compartments29
De novo development of small cyclic peptides that are orally bioavailable28
In search of chemical rationales28
Shifting redox reaction equilibria on demand using an orthogonal redox cofactor28
Unbalanced response to growth variations reshapes the cell fate decision landscape28
Cutting the tail28
Enhancing RNA base editing on mammalian transcripts with small nuclear RNAs28
Structural basis of a small monomeric Clivia fluorogenic RNA with a large Stokes shift28
State of play28
Recording calcium concentrations27
In silico prohormone processing27
Non-heme iron enzymes step into the spotlight27
Programmable solid-state condensates for spatiotemporal control of mammalian gene expression27
Combining CRISPRi and metabolomics for functional annotation of compound libraries27
Mechanism of capsaicin entry into buried vanilloid sites in TRPV127
Site-resolved energetic information from HX–MS experiments27
Aiming for the pocket27
Design principles imprinted by evolution27
Traffic control27
Artificial intelligence uncovers carcinogenic human metabolites27
Cryptic enzymatic assembly of peptides armed with β-lactone warheads27
Context-based sensing of orthosomycin antibiotics by the translating ribosome27
Building light-activated synthetic cells that induce gene expression in bacteria via quorum sensing27
Learning from CoQ10 history27
Proximity-inducing pharmacology27
Capturing copper to inhibit inflammation27
The protein universe in 3D27
Velcrin-induced selective cleavage of tRNALeu(TAA) by SLFN12 causes cancer cell death27
Partitioning of a 2-bit hash function across 66 communicating cells26
Depletion of creatine phosphagen energetics with a covalent creatine kinase inhibitor26
Insights into G-protein coupling preference from cryo-EM structures of Gq-bound PTH1R26
Antibodies expand the scope of angiotensin receptor pharmacology26
Identifying p53-independent apoptosis26
Long-term super-resolution inner mitochondrial membrane imaging with a lipid probe26
PRMT inhibition induces a viral mimicry response in triple-negative breast cancer26
GA-independent DELLA regulation by inositol pyrophosphate in a nonvascular land plant26
Expanding the molecular grammar of polar residues and arginine in FUS phase separation26
Drivers of intrinsic resistance25
It’s in the blood25
A new RNA performs old chemistry25
A gut feeling25
Stress it up25
A complex struggle for direction25
A new twist to increase ion flow25
One-carbon footprint in B cells25
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