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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Plasma membranes are asymmetric in lipid unsaturation, packing and protein shape404
Metabolic determinants of cancer cell sensitivity to canonical ferroptosis inducers343
TRUPATH, an open-source biosensor platform for interrogating the GPCR transducerome280
LYTACs that engage the asialoglycoprotein receptor for targeted protein degradation216
SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors and activity-based probes for patient-sample imaging211
Rational discovery of molecular glue degraders via scalable chemical profiling195
Targeted glycan degradation potentiates the anticancer immune response in vivo192
m6A-binding YTHDF proteins promote stress granule formation185
Phospholipase iPLA2β averts ferroptosis by eliminating a redox lipid death signal171
Mechanistic dissection of increased enzymatic rate in a phase-separated compartment149
In vitro prototyping and rapid optimization of biosynthetic enzymes for cell design138
Structure- and mechanism-guided design of single fluorescent protein-based biosensors133
A metabolic labeling method detects m6A transcriptome-wide at single base resolution133
Sialic acid-containing glycolipids mediate binding and viral entry of SARS-CoV-2132
Structural and mechanistic insights into 5-lipoxygenase inhibition by natural products128
Structural and functional consequences of reversible lipid asymmetry in living membranes125
Accelerated RNA detection using tandem CRISPR nucleases125
Antibody-free enzyme-assisted chemical approach for detection of N6-methyladenosine122
Deubiquitinase-targeting chimeras for targeted protein stabilization122
Programmed genome editing by a miniature CRISPR-Cas12f nuclease120
Electric field stimulates production of highly conductive microbial OmcZ nanowires115
Controlling and enhancing CRISPR systems109
Trivalent PROTACs enhance protein degradation via combined avidity and cooperativity108
Hydrogel-based biocontainment of bacteria for continuous sensing and computation107
A small molecule G6PD inhibitor reveals immune dependence on pentose phosphate pathway100
Formation and functionalization of membraneless compartments in Escherichia coli95
Pyruvate-responsive genetic circuits for dynamic control of central metabolism91
Acoustic biosensors for ultrasound imaging of enzyme activity91
Cholesterol access in cellular membranes controls Hedgehog signaling90
Bifunctional small molecules that mediate the degradation of extracellular proteins90
ROS regulated reversible protein phase separation synchronizes plant flowering89
Pharmacologic IRE1/XBP1s activation confers targeted ER proteostasis reprogramming88
Single-molecule analysis reveals agonist-specific dimer formation of µ-opioid receptors86
The HaloTag as a general scaffold for far-red tunable chemigenetic indicators86
Living materials fabricated via gradient mineralization of light-inducible biofilms85
Structure and activity of human TMPRSS2 protease implicated in SARS-CoV-2 activation82
Manumycin polyketides act as molecular glues between UBR7 and P5381
Functional characterization of a PROTAC directed against BRAF mutant V600E81
Discovery of a selective inhibitor of doublecortin like kinase 180
A community resource for paired genomic and metabolomic data mining79
Bariatric surgery reveals a gut-restricted TGR5 agonist with anti-diabetic effects78
The developing toolkit of continuous directed evolution78
Metabolic engineering strategies to enable microbial utilization of C1 feedstocks78
Optogenetic control of the lac operon for bacterial chemical and protein production77
A compendium of kinetic modulatory profiles identifies ferroptosis regulators77
Rerouting plant terpene biosynthesis enables momilactone pathway elucidation76
Discovery of a first-in-class CDK2 selective degrader for AML differentiation therapy75
Peroxisome compartmentalization of a toxic enzyme improves alkaloid production75
Hydropersulfides inhibit lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis by scavenging radicals75
Structural basis for diamide modulation of ryanodine receptor75
Bi-paratopic and multivalent VH domains block ACE2 binding and neutralize SARS-CoV-274
Sulfopin is a covalent inhibitor of Pin1 that blocks Myc-driven tumors in vivo73
PROTAC-mediated degradation reveals a non-catalytic function of AURORA-A kinase73
Chemically informed analyses of metabolomics mass spectrometry data with Qemistree70
Structure of Erm-modified 70S ribosome reveals the mechanism of macrolide resistance70
NADP modulates RNA m6A methylation and adipogenesis via enhancing FTO activity70
Cell type-selective secretome profiling in vivo70
Discovery and resistance mechanism of a selective CDK12 degrader69
YY1 interacts with guanine quadruplexes to regulate DNA looping and gene expression68
Defining new chemical space for drug penetration into Gram-negative bacteria67
Designer protein assemblies with tunable phase diagrams in living cells67
Engineering cofactor supply and recycling to drive phenolic acid biosynthesis in yeast65
Hierarchical chemical determination of amyloid polymorphs in neurodegenerative disease65
Plant terpenoid metabolism co-opts a component of the cell wall biosynthesis machinery65
New codons for efficient production of unnatural proteins in a semisynthetic organism64
Bottom-up de novo design of functional proteins with complex structural features62
Water-processable, biodegradable and coatable aquaplastic from engineered biofilms62
Target protein deglycosylation in living cells by a nanobody-fused split O-GlcNAcase62
Engineered ACE2 decoy mitigates lung injury and death induced by SARS-CoV-2 variants62
Strategies for monitoring cell–cell interactions60
NMR and EPR reveal a compaction of the RNA-binding protein FUS upon droplet formation60
Designer membraneless organelles sequester native factors for control of cell behavior59
Snapshots and ensembles of BTK and cIAP1 protein degrader ternary complexes59
Structural insights into probe-dependent positive allosterism of the GLP-1 receptor58
Organelle membrane-specific chemical labeling and dynamic imaging in living cells58
Identification of essential sites of lipid peroxidation in ferroptosis58
Increasing the efficiency and precision of prime editing with guide RNA pairs58
Phase separation of RNA-binding protein promotes polymerase binding and transcription58
VCP/p97 regulates Beclin-1-dependent autophagy initiation58
RNA structure probing uncovers RNA structure-dependent biological functions57
An ultrasensitive biosensor for high-resolution kinase activity imaging in awake mice57
Learning the chemical grammar of biomolecular condensates56
Adaptive mechanisms of plant specialized metabolism connecting chemistry to function56
Programming cell-free biosensors with DNA strand displacement circuits56
Dissecting the Pol II transcription cycle and derailing cancer with CDK inhibitors55
Sterols in an intramolecular channel of Smoothened mediate Hedgehog signaling55
Ligand recognition and G-protein coupling selectivity of cholecystokinin A receptor55
Engineering a precise adenine base editor with minimal bystander editing55
Deep learning-guided discovery of an antibiotic targeting Acinetobacter baumannii54
Design of orthogonal regulatory systems for modulating gene expression in plants54
Rapid generation of potent antibodies by autonomous hypermutation in yeast53
Comparative tRNA sequencing and RNA mass spectrometry for surveying tRNA modifications53
Small molecule probes for targeting autophagy53
Structural dissimilarity from self drives neoepitope escape from immune tolerance52
Discovery of a NAPE-PLD inhibitor that modulates emotional behavior in mice52
Acute pharmacological degradation of Helios destabilizes regulatory T cells52
An allosteric modulator binds to a conformational hub in the β2 adrenergic receptor52
PGE1 and PGA1 bind to Nurr1 and activate its transcriptional function52
Chemical acylation of an acquired serine suppresses oncogenic signaling of K-Ras(G12S)52
Covalent inhibition of NSD1 histone methyltransferase52
KRAS is vulnerable to reversible switch-II pocket engagement in cells51
Biomolecular condensates amplify mRNA decapping by biasing enzyme conformation51
Robust direct digital-to-biological data storage in living cells50
ABHD17 regulation of plasma membrane palmitoylation and N-Ras-dependent cancer growth50
Chromatin as a key consumer in the metabolite economy50
ARID2 is a pomalidomide-dependent CRL4CRBN substrate in multiple myeloma cells50
Cuticle thickness affects dynamics of volatile emission from petunia flowers49
Computation-guided optimization of split protein systems49
Oncohistone mutations enhance chromatin remodeling and alter cell fates48
Lipid metabolism in T cell signaling and function48
Circularly permuted LOV2 as a modular photoswitch for optogenetic engineering48
Ribosome stalling during selenoprotein translation exposes a ferroptosis vulnerability48
Targeting androgen receptor phase separation to overcome antiandrogen resistance47
Structural basis for RING-Cys-Relay E3 ligase activity and its role in axon integrity46
Orthogonal fluorescent chemogenetic reporters for multicolor imaging45
The evolution of synthetic receptor systems44
PRMT inhibition induces a viral mimicry response in triple-negative breast cancer44
Structural basis of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 activation and biased agonism42
Conformational rearrangement during activation of a metabotropic glutamate receptor42
Characterization of a patient-derived variant of GPX4 for precision therapy42
Selective G protein signaling driven by substance P–neurokinin receptor dynamics41
Repurposing an adenine riboswitch into a fluorogenic imaging and sensing tag41
Lineage tracing and analog recording in mammalian cells by single-site DNA writing41
Structural basis for non-radical catalysis by TsrM, a radical SAM methylase41
K29-linked ubiquitin signaling regulates proteotoxic stress response and cell cycle41
Chains of evidence from correlations to causal molecules in microbiome-linked diseases41
Tetracenomycin X inhibits translation by binding within the ribosomal exit tunnel41
Prospecting for molecular glues41
Engineering AraC to make it responsive to light instead of arabinose41
Chemical strategies to overcome resistance against targeted anticancer therapeutics41
Selective N-glycan editing on living cell surfaces to probe glycoconjugate function41
Structural basis for selectivity in a highly reducing type II polyketide synthase41
Systematic discovery of biomolecular condensate-specific protein phosphorylation40
A chemical probe targeting the PWWP domain alters NSD2 nucleolar localization40
Engineering CAR-T cells to activate small-molecule drugs in situ40
G12/13 is activated by acute tethered agonist exposure in the adhesion GPCR ADGRL340
Dynamics of an LPS translocon induced by substrate and an antimicrobial peptide40
Ancient plant-like terpene biosynthesis in corals40
Visualizing a protonated RNA state that modulates microRNA-21 maturation39
H2B Lys34 Ubiquitination Induces Nucleosome Distortion to Stimulate Dot1L Activity39
Detection of cell–cell interactions via photocatalytic cell tagging39
A brief guideline for studies of phase-separated biomolecular condensates39
Reversible lysine-targeted probes reveal residence time-based kinase selectivity39
Insights into distinct signaling profiles of the µOR activated by diverse agonists38
Ion channels as lipid sensors: from structures to mechanisms38
Molecular mechanism of allosteric modulation for the cannabinoid receptor CB138
Using fungible biosensors to evolve improved alkaloid biosyntheses37
Programmable living assembly of materials by bacterial adhesion37
CueR activates transcription through a DNA distortion mechanism37
Target deconvolution of HDAC pharmacopoeia reveals MBLAC2 as common off-target37
Allosteric interactions in the parathyroid hormone GPCR–arrestin complex formation37
Artificial intelligence foundation for therapeutic science37
Selective inhibitors of JAK1 targeting an isoform-restricted allosteric cysteine36
Functional E3 ligase hotspots and resistance mechanisms to small-molecule degraders36
Laboratory evolution of a sortase enzyme that modifies amyloid-β protein36
Modeling the expansion of virtual screening libraries36
Identification of a potent and selective covalent Pin1 inhibitor36
Discovery and biosynthesis of cyclic plant peptides via autocatalytic cyclases36
A bioluminescent probe for longitudinal monitoring of mitochondrial membrane potential35
Spectroscopic coherent Raman imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans reveals lipid particle diversity35
A nucleotide-switch mechanism mediates opposing catalytic activities of Rel enzymes35
Why succinate? Physiological regulation by a mitochondrial coenzyme Q sentinel35
Characterizing the portability of phage-encoded homologous recombination proteins35
Identification and mechanism of G protein-biased ligands for chemokine receptor CCR135
Widespread occurrence of covalent lysine–cysteine redox switches in proteins35
Convergent evolution of bacterial ceramide synthesis34
Reversal of nucleobase methylation by dioxygenases34
Targeted degradation via direct 26S proteasome recruitment34
Activity-based RNA-modifying enzyme probing reveals DUS3L-mediated dihydrouridylation34
Functional spectrum and specificity of mitochondrial ferredoxins FDX1 and FDX234
Topology-dependent interference of synthetic gene circuit function by growth feedback33
Molecular basis for arginine C-terminal degron recognition by Cul2FEM1 E3 ligase33
Ancient defensive terpene biosynthetic gene clusters in the soft corals33
A new dawn beyond lysine ubiquitination33
Structural insight into the formation of lipoprotein-β-barrel complexes33
Production of Tyrian purple indigoid dye from tryptophan in Escherichia coli33
A bio-inspired cell-free system for cannabinoid production from inexpensive inputs33
YAP-dependent proliferation by a small molecule targeting annexin A232
Cryo-EM structure of the RNA-guided ribonuclease Cas12g32
Biosynthesis of triacsin featuring an N-hydroxytriazene pharmacophore32
Permissive epigenomes endow reprogramming competence to transcriptional regulators32
Engineered LwaCas13a with enhanced collateral activity for nucleic acid detection32
The conformational cycle of a prototypical voltage-gated sodium channel32
Use of paramagnetic 19F NMR to monitor domain movement in a glutamate transporter homolog32
Combining CRISPRi and metabolomics for functional annotation of compound libraries32
Discovery of small-molecule enzyme activators by activity-based protein profiling31
Genetically encoded multivalent liquid glycan array displayed on M13 bacteriophage31
Small-molecule inhibitors targeting Polycomb repressive complex 1 RING domain31
Controllable genome editing with split-engineered base editors31
A proteome-wide map of 20(S)-hydroxycholesterol interactors in cell membranes31
Dynamic crotonylation of EB1 by TIP60 ensures accurate spindle positioning in mitosis31
Structure-based investigation of fluorogenic Pepper aptamer31
Palmitoylated acyl protein thioesterase APT2 deforms membranes to extract substrate acyl chains31
Selective inhibitors of mTORC1 activate 4EBP1 and suppress tumor growth31
Bright and stable luminescent probes for target engagement profiling in live cells31
Membrane phase separation drives responsive assembly of receptor signaling domains31
A mass spectrometry-based proteome map of drug action in lung cancer cell lines31
Programmable synthetic biomolecular condensates for cellular control31
Precise genome editing across kingdoms of life using retron-derived DNA30
Microtubule lattice spacing governs cohesive envelope formation of tau family proteins30
Prospecting for natural products by genome mining and microcrystal electron diffraction30
Glucosylation prevents plant defense activation in phloem-feeding insects30
CUL5-ARIH2 E3-E3 ubiquitin ligase structure reveals cullin-specific NEDD8 activation30
Drug antagonism and single-agent dominance result from differences in death kinetics30
Engineering orthogonal human O-linked glycoprotein biosynthesis in bacteria30
Condensation of SEUSS promotes hyperosmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis30
Imaging and targeting LOX-mediated tissue remodeling with a reactive collagen peptide29
Spatial decoding of endosomal cAMP signals by a metastable cytoplasmic PKA network29
Molecular and environmental determinants of biomolecular condensate formation29
Enzymatic C–H activation of aromatic compounds through CO2 fixation29
O-GlcNAcylation promotes pancreatic tumor growth by regulating malate dehydrogenase 129
Mechanical strength of RNA knot in Zika virus protects against cellular defenses29
p63 uses a switch-like mechanism to set the threshold for induction of apoptosis29
Identifying cell receptors for the nanoparticle protein corona using genome screens28
Active turnover of genomic methylcytosine in pluripotent cells28
Site-specific ubiquitination affects protein energetics and proteasomal degradation28
Tools, tactics and objectives to interrogate cellular roles of O-GlcNAc in disease28
Synthetic protein condensates for cellular and metabolic engineering27
Modulation of auxin formation by the cytosolic phenylalanine biosynthetic pathway27
Molecular basis for ubiquitin ligase CRL2FEM1C-mediated recognition of C-degron26
A quantitative method for proteome reallocation using minimal regulatory interventions26
Structures of the human cholecystokinin receptors bound to agonists and antagonists26
Peroxisomal-derived ether phospholipids link nucleotides to respirasome assembly26
Reaction pathway engineering converts a radical hydroxylase into a halogenase26
Cas13d knockdown of lung protease Ctsl prevents and treats SARS-CoV-2 infection25
Quantitative profiling of pseudouridylation landscape in the human transcriptome25
Linkage-specific ubiquitin chain formation depends on a lysine hydrocarbon ruler25
A roadmap to creating ferroptosis-based medicines25
Host and microbiota metabolic signals in aging and longevity24
Multiplexed GTPase and GEF biosensor imaging enables network connectivity analysis24
Structures and function of the amino acid polymerase cyanophycin synthetase24
Harnessing nanotechnology to expand the toolbox of chemical biology24
CRISPR–dCas12a-mediated genetic circuit cascades for multiplexed pathway optimization24
Structural basis for persulfide-sensing specificity in a transcriptional regulator24
The importance of the membrane for biophysical measurements24
Peroxiredoxins couple metabolism and cell division in an ultradian cycle24
Pyridoxal-5′-phosphate-dependent alkyl transfer in nucleoside antibiotic biosynthesis24
Structural and functional diversity among agonist-bound states of the GLP-1 receptor24
HUWE1 employs a giant substrate-binding ring to feed and regulate its HECT E3 domain24
Mucin O-glycans are natural inhibitors of Candida albicans pathogenicity24
Hovlinc is a recently evolved class of ribozyme found in human lncRNA24
Mutanofactin promotes adhesion and biofilm formation of cariogenic Streptococcus mutans24
Structural basis for inhibition of the drug efflux pump NorA from Staphylococcus aureus23
Engineering site-selective incorporation of fluorine into polyketides23
Modulation of microbial community dynamics by spatial partitioning23
Selective regulation of human TRAAK channels by biologically active phospholipids23
Organoid screening reveals epigenetic vulnerabilities in human colorectal cancer23
Genome mining for unknown–unknown natural products23
Single-cell multi-omics in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus22
An optimized bioluminescent substrate for non-invasive imaging in the brain22
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