Nature Chemical Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Chemical Biology is 19. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Making a 6mA demethylase219
Chemical targeting of amyloids199
To TnpB or not TnpB? Cas12 is the answer192
Channeling kynurenine182
Detecting features of antibody structure through their mediator-accessible redox activities179
A sulfate amuse-bouche174
Cyclic signature169
Surviving salt stress168
Development of cyclic peptides that can be administered orally to inhibit disease targets149
A vicious cycle146
Flipping the polarity switch142
Sterol homeostasis in yeast141
Altering the cap135
Sensing the air130
Seeing the retention114
Assembly-activated aggregation111
Publisher Correction: Accelerated RNA detection using tandem CRISPR nucleases106
E2–Ub-R74G strategy reveals E2-specific ubiquitin conjugation profiles in live cells106
Bacteria lose a pep in their step104
Calcium-gated potassium channel blockade via membrane-facing fenestrations101
Determining the role of peroxidation of subcellular lipid membranes in ferroptosis101
Macrolones target bacterial ribosomes and DNA gyrase and can evade resistance mechanisms100
Chemigenetic indicators based on synthetic chelators and green fluorescent protein98
Chemical genomics with pyrvinium identifies C1orf115 as a regulator of drug efflux96
A class of anti-inflammatory lipids decrease with aging in the central nervous system95
Rationally seeded computational protein design of ɑ-helical barrels93
An engineered trafficking biosensor reveals a role for DNAJC13 in DOR downregulation92
Characterization of a patient-derived variant of GPX4 for precision therapy90
Artificial intelligence foundation for therapeutic science89
Ubiquitin-specific proximity labeling for the identification of E3 ligase substrates89
The landscape of targets and lead molecules for remyelination84
Facile generation of drug-like conformational antibodies specific for amyloid fibrils83
Author Correction: ML-enhanced peroxisome capacity enables compartmentalization of multienzyme pathway83
Ribosome stalling during selenoprotein translation exposes a ferroptosis vulnerability82
Programmable living assembly of materials by bacterial adhesion81
Lysosome-targeting chimeras evolve81
Lysine l-lactylation is the dominant lactylation isomer induced by glycolysis80
The core of the matter79
Inter-kingdom electromechanical communication79
Small-molecule trapping of an RNA-binding protein blocks cancer cell growth79
Seismic shift79
Shape matching78
Brake disposal77
Controlling sulfation77
Running through the blocks75
Site-specific encoding of photoactivity and photoreactivity into antibody fragments74
A high-throughput screening platform for enzymes active on mucin-type O-glycoproteins73
An optimized bioluminescent substrate for non-invasive imaging in the brain72
Peptides hit the catalysis walk72
Small molecule targeting of chromatin writers in cancer72
Badminton at nanoscale72
Tuned out70
M24B aminopeptidase inhibitors selectively activate the CARD8 inflammasome69
Programmed RNA editing with an evolved bacterial adenosine deaminase69
Engineering CAR-T cells to activate small-molecule drugs in situ68
A wrench in the motor67
Making transient complexes stick67
Discovery and molecular basis of subtype-selective cyclophilin inhibitors66
Visualizing drug effects over time in live animals using optical pharmacodynamics66
Functional profiling of serine, threonine and tyrosine sites66
Endogenous currents in HEK 293 cells are inhibited by memantine66
Etoposide promotes DNA loop trapping and barrier formation by topoisomerase II65
Structure-based investigation of fluorogenic Pepper aptamer65
Small molecule inhibits KCNQ channels with a non-blocking mechanism65
Open-ended molecular recording of sequential cellular events into DNA64
Escherichia coli small molecule metabolism at the host–microorganism interface63
Autoinducer-fluorophore conjugates enable FRET in LuxR proteins in vitro and in cells62
Survival of the sweetest tooth61
Sulfopin is a covalent inhibitor of Pin1 that blocks Myc-driven tumors in vivo61
Medicine from modified mRNA60
Degrade the RNA60
Engineering a xylose fermenting yeast for lignocellulosic ethanol production59
Superbugs leave fingerprints58
Molecular basis of β-arrestin coupling to the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGlu358
Hydroxytryptophan biosynthesis by a family of heme-dependent enzymes in bacteria57
Structure and mechanism of a neuropeptide-activated channel in the ENaC/DEG superfamily55
Mucin O-glycans are natural inhibitors of Candida albicans pathogenicity54
Stepwise membrane binding of extended synaptotagmins revealed by optical tweezers54
A home for orphans54
Affinity for both sides54
Condensation of SEUSS promotes hyperosmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis54
Direct methylation sequencing53
Waking sleeping viruses53
NO signal52
Synthesizing cellular LOGIC52
Single-cell sensor analyses reveal signaling programs enabling Ras-G12C drug resistance52
RNA-based programmable DNA cleavage52
All that glows is gold51
Rolling the RBP snowballs51
Lighting up kinase contacts in situ51
The right angle51
Pharmacological targeting of BMAL1 modulates circadian and immune pathways51
Structural basis of efficacy-driven ligand selectivity at GPCRs51
ML-enhanced peroxisome capacity enables compartmentalization of multienzyme pathway50
Selective bioorthogonal probe for N-glycan hybrid structures50
Deep learning-guided discovery of an antibiotic targeting Acinetobacter baumannii49
Engineering APOBEC3A deaminase for highly accurate and efficient base editing49
Cas13d knockdown of lung protease Ctsl prevents and treats SARS-CoV-2 infection48
Programmable RNA base editing via targeted modifications48
Direct mapping of tyrosine sulfation states in native peptides by nanopore47
Providing inclusivity47
Switching off the stress response47
A peptide dehydratase with core strength46
Catch in nucleus46
Illuminating GPCR trafficking46
Sweet synthetic chaperones46
Prospering phase separation46
Author Correction: Phage-assisted evolution of compact Cas9 variants targeting a simple NNG PAM46
The β-subunit of tryptophan synthase is a latent tyrosine synthase45
CUL5-ARIH2 E3-E3 ubiquitin ligase structure reveals cullin-specific NEDD8 activation45
Boric acid intercepts 80S ribosome migration from AUG-stop by stabilizing eRF145
Modulation of microbial community dynamics by spatial partitioning44
Chemically inducible split protein regulators for mammalian cells44
Inhibition of translation termination by the antimicrobial peptide Drosocin43
Signal peptide mimicry primes Sec61 for client-selective inhibition43
A single-component, light-assisted uncaging switch for endoproteolytic release42
In-cell kinetic stability is an essential trait in metallo-β-lactamase evolution42
Dynamic basis for dA•dGTP and dA•d8OGTP misincorporation via Hoogsteen base pairs42
Genome mining for unknown–unknown natural products41
Dissociation for living41
Structural snapshots along K48-linked ubiquitin chain formation by the HECT E3 UBR541
Anti-infective bile acids bind and inactivate a Salmonella virulence regulator41
Chemically engineered antibodies for autophagy-based receptor degradation41
A dimeric proteomimetic prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection by dimerizing the spike protein41
Chemical-based epigenetic reprogramming to advance pluripotency and totipotency41
A rapid chemical reprogramming system to generate human pluripotent stem cells40
A CRISPR activation screen identifies FBXO22 supporting targeted protein degradation40
ENO1 promotes liver carcinogenesis through YAP1-dependent arachidonic acid metabolism39
Nanopore glycan profiling38
Disarming the pathogen37
Capturing receptor states with glue37
Alzheimer’s disease–implicated protein tau puts the squeeze on microtubules37
Size matters37
Enzyme assemblies on demand37
Deep dive into a drug pump37
Lighting up DNA36
Author Correction: An engineered hypercompact CRISPR-Cas12f system with boosted gene-editing activity36
Thoughts for the future36
Handling heme with care36
Forced rewiring of RTK signaling36
Under pressure36
Expanding beyond the capability of nature36
Structural basis of AcrIF24 as an anti-CRISPR protein and transcriptional suppressor35
A topological switch in CFTR modulates channel activity and sensitivity to unfolding35
Architecture of the membrane-bound cytochrome c heme lyase CcmF35
The realization of CRISPR gene therapy34
Structural basis of TRPV3 inhibition by an antagonist34
Dissolution of oncofusion transcription factor condensates for cancer therapy34
CRISPR–Cas12a-mediated DNA clamping triggers target-strand cleavage34
Structural mechanisms of TRPV2 modulation by endogenous and exogenous ligands34
A PASS for protein secretion34
Structural basis for inhibition of the drug efflux pump NorA from Staphylococcus aureus33
A modification-centric assessment tool for the performance of chemoproteomic probes33
Molecular basis for ubiquitin/Fubi cross-reactivity in USP16 and USP3633
Imbuing peptide libraries with drug-likeness33
Convergent evolution of bacterial ceramide synthesis33
Mechanism of nucleosomal H2A K13/15 monoubiquitination and adjacent dual monoubiquitination by RNF16832
An allosteric redox switch involved in oxygen protection in a CO2 reductase32
Rapid discovery of cyclic peptide protein aggregation inhibitors by continuous selection32
Sialic acid-containing glycolipids mediate binding and viral entry of SARS-CoV-231
Cross-kingdom warfare31
Redefining the off switch31
Hippo pathway regulation by phosphatidylinositol transfer protein and phosphoinositides31
Shackled ribosomes unleashed31
Enzymatic synthesis of peptide therapeutics31
Genetically engineered synthetic cells activate cargo release upon temperature shift31
Spontaneously established syntrophic yeast communities improve bioproduction31
Click, release, destroy31
Small-molecule inhibition of the archetypal UbiB protein COQ831
Chemical editing of proteoglycan architecture30
Moonlighting in the membrane30
Author Correction: Combining CRISPRi and metabolomics for functional annotation of compound libraries30
Evading resistance at the double30
A single sensor controls large variations in zinc quotas in a marine cyanobacterium30
Engineered bacterial swarm patterns as spatial records of environmental inputs30
Bringing chemistry to medicine to redefine the undruggable30
Engineering from evolution29
Basket of sweets29
Dynamic eIF3a O-GlcNAcylation controls translation reinitiation during nutrient stress29
Drug addiction unveils a repressive methylation ceiling in EZH2-mutant lymphoma29
Programming biological communication between distinct membraneless compartments29
Unbalanced response to growth variations reshapes the cell fate decision landscape29
Selective targeting of oncogenic hotspot mutations of the HER2 extracellular domain29
A new class of macrocyclic peptides29
An alternative mechanism for recruiting Cas2/3 in a phage-encoded CRISPR–Cas system29
Shifting redox reaction equilibria on demand using an orthogonal redox cofactor29
Structural basis of a small monomeric Clivia fluorogenic RNA with a large Stokes shift29
Studying ATP synthesis in situ29
TMEM164 is an acyltransferase that forms ferroptotic C20:4 ether phospholipids28
Catalysis under stress28
In search of chemical rationales28
Ligand recognition and G-protein coupling selectivity of cholecystokinin A receptor28
De novo development of small cyclic peptides that are orally bioavailable28
Context-based sensing of orthosomycin antibiotics by the translating ribosome28
Programmable solid-state condensates for spatiotemporal control of mammalian gene expression28
Author Correction: A cell-free biosensor signal amplification circuit with polymerase strand recycling28
Cutting the tail28
Recording calcium concentrations28
Traffic control27
Learning from CoQ10 history27
Identifying p53-independent apoptosis27
State of play27
The protein universe in 3D27
Velcrin-induced selective cleavage of tRNALeu(TAA) by SLFN12 causes cancer cell death27
Building light-activated synthetic cells that induce gene expression in bacteria via quorum sensing27
Aiming for the pocket27
Proximity-inducing pharmacology27
Cryptic enzymatic assembly of peptides armed with β-lactone warheads26
Expanding the molecular grammar of polar residues and arginine in FUS phase separation26
Antibodies expand the scope of angiotensin receptor pharmacology26
Design principles imprinted by evolution26
Artificial intelligence uncovers carcinogenic human metabolites26
Depletion of creatine phosphagen energetics with a covalent creatine kinase inhibitor26
Combining CRISPRi and metabolomics for functional annotation of compound libraries26
Capturing copper to inhibit inflammation26
Partitioning of a 2-bit hash function across 66 communicating cells25
Discovery and biosynthesis of cyclic plant peptides via autocatalytic cyclases25
PRMT inhibition induces a viral mimicry response in triple-negative breast cancer25
Long-term super-resolution inner mitochondrial membrane imaging with a lipid probe25
Put another ring on it24
It’s in the blood24
Brassinosteroids en route24
A new RNA performs old chemistry24
RAS signaling gets granular24
Amyloid conformation-dependent disaggregation in a reconstituted yeast prion system24
A new twist to increase ion flow24
Strategies for monitoring cell–cell interactions24
In silico prohormone processing24
Drivers of intrinsic resistance24
A complex struggle for direction24
Molecular conversations23
Auto-inhibition and activation of a short Argonaute-associated TIR-APAZ defense system23
One-carbon footprint in B cells23
A gut feeling23
Molecular glue modulates mitochondria23
Galectin-13 reduces membrane localization of SLC7A11 for ferroptosis propagation23
Stress it up23
How nature ties peptide knots23
Chemical screening by time-resolved X-ray scattering to discover allosteric probes23
Pharmacological inhibition of Kir4.1 evokes rapid-onset antidepressant responses22
The chemical language of protein glycation22
H2B Lys34 Ubiquitination Induces Nucleosome Distortion to Stimulate Dot1L Activity22
Old path, new frontier22
Small molecule agonist of mitochondrial fusion repairs mitochondrial dysfunction22
Hydropersulfides inhibit lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis by scavenging radicals22
Transcriptional regulation of living materials via extracellular electron transfer22
cIAP1-based degraders induce degradation via branched ubiquitin architectures22
Horizontal gene transfer enables programmable gene stability in synthetic microbiota22
A chemical solution for FRET(ful) pairs21
Nanobody-based sensors reveal a high proportion of mGlu heterodimers in the brain21
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