Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Papers
(The median citation count of Trends in Biochemical Sciences 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Advisory Board and Contents492
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System reset: topoisomerase 1 clears mitotic DNA for transcriptional memory213
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Conserved signaling gears that sustain circadian clock robustness133
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Harnessing the power of peptides: advances and collaborations in biochemistry131
Fragment-based drug discovery supports drugging ‘undruggable’ protein–protein interactions127
Understanding peptide hormones: from precursor proteins to bioactive molecules115
Exploiting enzyme evolution for computational protein design110
Adding post-translational modifications and protein–protein interactions to protein schematics106
CRISPR/Cas9 boosts wheat yield by reducing brassinosteroid signaling102
Cellular oxidants and the proteostasis network: balance between activation and destruction102
Did circular DNA shape the evolution of mammalian genomes?93
Novel machine learning approaches revolutionize protein knowledge85
Engineered protein inhibitors for precise targeting of matrix metalloproteinases80
Parallels and crosstalk of ADP-ribosylation and ubiquitination77
Decoding ceramide function: how localization shapes cellular fate and how to study it75
Intrinsic and extrinsic regulators of Aux/IAA protein degradation dynamics71
Multiplayer virtual reality for understanding biomolecular structures69
From lead to market: chemical approaches to transform peptides into therapeutics69
Subconductance states add complexity to Piezo1 gating model67
Microtubule nucleation for spindle assembly: one molecule at a time66
Creative approaches using proximity labeling to gain new biological insights65
Mobile peptide and receptor complex mediates systemic stomatal immunity64
Mitochondrial dynamics and pore formation in regulated cell death pathways62
Cotranslational sorting and processing of newly synthesized proteins in eukaryotes61
Exploring membrane asymmetry and its effects on membrane proteins59
Transcription-coupled nucleosome assembly59
Autophagy regulation by phase separation, avidity, and wetting58
Proteasome-derived peptides: separating the trash from the recycling56
Bacterial transformation55
The transition phase: preparing to launch a laboratory54
Using graphs and charts in scientific figures54
Determining and interpreting protein lifetimes in mammalian tissues53
Transcription factor IID parks and drives preinitiation complexes at sharp or broad promoters53
Structural diversity of the CE-clan proteases in bacteria to disarm host ubiquitin defenses52
Small RNA and Toll-like receptor interactions: origins and disease mechanisms50
Activation, decommissioning, and dememorization: enhancers in a life cycle50
Transcription-coupled global genomic repair in E. coli49
Challenges of biomolecular science education in Africa and the way forward49
Diverse heterochromatin states restricting cell identity and reprogramming48
Glucokinase: from allosteric glucose sensing to disease variants48
The HIF axes in cancer: angiogenesis, metabolism, and immune-modulation44
Mitochondrial tRNA processing: a neutral evolutionary ratchet innovation43
Two hearts beat as one: the debate over RAS dimers continues43
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A plant immune protein fights against cancer42
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An outreach activity to enhance biochemistry pedagogy42
Making nucleic acid structures and schematics42
Seeing the forest through the trees: characterizing the glycoproteome41
Thiol dioxygenases: from structures to functions40
The RNA tether model for human chromosomal translocation fragile zones40
Structural insights into membrane adenylyl cyclases, initiators of cAMP signaling39
Making ends meet: a universal driver of large ribosomal subunit biogenesis37
Just bypass it: mechanisms of DNA damage tolerance37
Engineering RiPP pathways: strategies for generating complex bioactive peptides36
The metabolic code of ferroptosis: nutritional regulators of cell death36
Pyruvylation: a link bridging metabolic disorders and impaired antiviral immunity35
Innovations in the electron transport chain fuel archaeal methane metabolism35
Tandem repeats matter for the functional versatility of giant proteins34
Adenosine signals an imbalance between activity and supply in privileged cells34
Control of chloroplast degradation and cell death in response to stress34
Zn2+ transients and signaling in mammalian systems33
Functional modulation of chemical mediators in microbial communities33
Convergent evolution in two bacterial replicative helicase loaders33
The expanding landscape of canonical and non-canonical protein phosphorylation33
Balancing act: lipid-to-protein ratios steer the aggregation fate of α-synuclein33
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Molecular regulation of the salicylic acid hormone pathway in plants under changing environmental conditions32
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Rethinking transcription factor dynamics and transcription regulation in eukaryotes32
Non-histone binding functions of PHD fingers32
Metamorphic protein folding as evolutionary adaptation32
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Decoding disease-relevant variants with base and prime editors at scale31
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Programmable protein editing30
Liquid–liquid phase separation in presynaptic nerve terminals30
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Double-duty isomerases: a case study of isomerization-coupled enzymatic catalysis30
Does chromatin function as a metabolite reservoir?30
Time-resolved serial crystallography to reveal protein structural changes29
TiBS at 5028
Journey to the past: molecular de-extinction enables the discovery of ancient β-defensins and highlights their evolutionary history28
CryoEM shows the active dynein complex on microtubules28
The rapamycin sTORy: 50-year journey from Easter Island to the frontiers of biology and medicine28
Forging a path toward a more sustainable laboratory28
The crosstalk of m6A-modified RNA with DNA damage repair27
Orange carotenoid proteins: structural understanding of evolution and function27
Proteostasis in cellular dormancy: lessons from yeast to oocytes27
Recent advances in enzymes active on lignin-derived aromatic compounds26
Cooperative assembly of the mitochondrial respiratory chain26
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Functional insights into the nitrogenase-like enzyme superfamily25
Multifaceted control of T cell differentiation by STIM125
Monitoring subcellular NADP redox state with NAPstar biosensors24
Lysines and cysteines: partners in stress?24
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Computationally guided AAV engineering for enhanced gene delivery24
E3 ubiquitin ligases in signaling, disease, and therapeutics23
Advancing nanopore technology toward protein identification and sequencing23
Powerful polymerases synthesize labeled RNA better, faster, stronger23
Structural mechanisms of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 regulation in thermogenesis23
TRAPs: the ‘elevator-with-an-operator’ mechanism23
Advances, challenges, and opportunities in structural biology23
SLiM-binding pockets: an attractive target for broad-spectrum antivirals22
Decoding anaphylatoxins: unveiling the molecular mechanisms of complement receptor activation and signaling22
Advances in understanding aryl hydrocarbon receptor structure, function, and modulation22
FN3K: the (un)sweetest kinase22
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Synaptoneurolipidomics: lipidomics in the study of synaptic function21
Protein SUMOylation and phase separation: partners in stress?21
Wrapping up a special series on scientific figure development21
Discovering riboswitches: the past and the future21
How to compile different types of structural visualizations in one panel21
Oxytocin and vasopressin signaling in health and disease21
Endogenous plant nitroxyl, a new component of nitric oxide biology21
Discordant skeletal muscle gene and protein responses to exercise20
To Ub or not to Ub: a regulatory question in TGF-β signaling20
Ligand-independent receptor clustering modulates transmembrane signaling: a new paradigm20
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SRC homology 3 domains: multifaceted binding modules20
PTMs as molecular encoders: reprogramming chaperones into epichaperomes for network control in disease20
Regulation of plant NLRs by post-translational modifications19
Maximizing grant funding: strategies for negotiating laboratory pricing19
Creating accessibility in academic negotiations19
Spray-type modifications: an emerging paradigm in post-translational modifications19
Emerging structural insights into PRC2 function in development and disease19
The CENP-A nucleosome: where and when it happens during the inner kinetochore’s assembly19
Enlightening epigenetics: optochemical tools illuminate the path19
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The past, present, and future of RNA biochemistry and mitochondrial research18
Biomolecules capturing live bacteria from clinical samples18
Oxidative protein folding fidelity and redoxtasis in the endoplasmic reticulum18
Cytoplasmic gene expression: lessons from poxviruses18
Exploring nondegrading molecular glues for protein–protein interactions18
Understanding the dynamic design of the spliceosome18
Protein Termini 2022: central roles of protein ends18
Structural transitions modulate the chaperone activities of Grp9418
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Film-like organelles equip cells with multiple genetic codes16
Integrated approaches for discovery and functional annotation of proteins of unknown function16
Substrate and phosphorylation site selection by phosphoprotein phosphatases16
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Adenosylhomocysteinase–adenosine complex links m6A and cancer lipid metabolism16
Thermal proteome profiling of protein-centric interactions and modifications16
A vigilant gliding bird protects plants16
Mitoxyperilysis: fasting-induced cell death in immunometabolism and disease16
Inspiring discovery through reviews and visualization in biochemistry15
Mitochondria in disease: changes in shapes and dynamics15
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News about amino acid metabolism in plant–microbe interactions15
The intersection of viral mimicry and nuclear entry15
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Cytosolic AcCoA: a metabolic signal bridging nutrient sensing and mitophagy15
Using light to drive energy transduction in metazoan aging15
Unlocking the protein code: how our organs age across a lifetime15
Consequences of telomere replication failure: the other end-replication problem14
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Ancestral ribonucleases back in motion for evolutionary-dynamics guided protein design14
Histone-mediated chromatin organization in prokaryotes and viruses14
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From transcription to export: mRNA’s winding path to the cytoplasm14
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Microtubule specialization by +TIP networks: from mechanisms to functional implications14
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Systems-level modeling: Capturing the true complexity of disease13
Modifying the modifiers: ubiquitination of ADP-ribosylation in human cells13
The metabolic cross-talk between cancer and T cells13
Mining the gut microbiota for defluorination activity13
Unlocking translational machinery for antitubercular drug development13
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Mitochondrial heat production: the elephant in the lab…13
The quest to identify ADP-ribosylation readers: methodological advances13
How do plants feel the heat and survive?13
Confluence and convergence of Dscam and Pcdh cell-recognition codes12
The physiological relevance of autophagosome morphogenesis12
LncRNAs: the missing link to senescence nuclear architecture12
The Integrator–PP2A complex integrates promoter-proximal premature termination with chromatin context and genome maintenance12
Structural transport and inhibition mechanism of the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier12
Mechanisms and rationales of SAM homeostasis12
Giant variations in giant virus genome packaging12
Looking lively: emerging principles of pseudokinase signaling12
Guanylate-binding proteins: mechanisms of pattern recognition and antimicrobial functions12
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Ensembles of synthetic polymers mimic biological fluids11
Important questions and future directions in plant biochemistry11
Biosensor for monitoring PTEN activity in biological systems11
Keeping neuronal activity in check: a novel role for α-synuclein serine-129 phosphorylation in the healthy brain11
Assembling the jigsaw puzzle of life11
Biogenesis and engineering of interleukin 12 family cytokines11
The interplay of the cGAS–STING pathway with the lysosome11
Insights into 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase-inhibitor interactions from comparative structural biology11
Insights into mitoribosomal biogenesis from recent structural studies11
Anti-type VI tactics: bacterial defenses against type VI secretion system attacks11
Textbook oxidative phosphorylation needs to be rewritten11
ERK-dependent protein phosphorylation in KRAS-mutant cancer: a mix of the expected and surprising10
The COP9 signalosome: A versatile regulatory hub of Cullin-RING ligases10
cAMP signaling: a remarkably regional affair10
Molecular determinants of protein evolvability10
Back on the chain gang: polyphosphate modification of proteins10
Coenzyme Q biochemistry and biosynthesis10
Two for one: regulatory RNAs that encode small proteins9
Creating overview and summary figures9
Membranes as targets and modifiers of mutant huntingtin aggregation9
Building a laboratory and networks during the COVID-19 pandemic9
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RNA catalysis moving towards metabolic reactions: progress with ribozyme catalyzed alkyl transfer9
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Z-DNA at the crossroads: untangling its role in genome dynamics8
Molecular design drives nanoarchitecture in self-assembling antimicrobial peptides8
Musings of a lab janitor: AI shenanigans8
Chemical genetic methodologies for identifying protein substrates of PARPs8
Diverse lineages and adaptations of oxygen-adapted hydrogenases8
Mps1 kinase functions in mitotic spindle assembly and error correction8
Exploring protein conformations with limited proteolysis coupled to mass spectrometry8
Fine-tuning the connection between photorespiration and one-carbon metabolism8
The multifunctional, stress-sensitive ribonuclease angiogenin cross-regulates different gene expression processes8
Mitochondrial-to-nuclear communication in aging: an epigenetic perspective8
The multilayered regulation of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis in plants8
Chemical probes for imaging cellular compartmentalization8
Trials and tribulations of statistical significance in biochemistry and omics8
The emerging roles of S-acylation in autophagy7
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Histone variants: expanding the epigenetic potential of neurons one amino acid at a time7
Understanding mitochondrial protein import: a revised model of the presequence translocase7
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Joan J. Guinovart (1947–2025)7
PML isoforms: a molecular basis for PML pleiotropic functions7
Assembly and function of branched ubiquitin chains7
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Epigenetic regulation of circadian clocks by chromatin dynamics from fungi to mammals7
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Methods for the directed evolution of biomolecular interactions6
mRNA accessibility within mRNPs as a determinant of gene expression6
Machine learning and protein allostery6
Mapping rRNA, tRNA, and mRNA modifications in ribosomes at high resolution6
IUBMB Trainee Initiative: supporting emerging biochemists and molecular biologists around the world6
Advancing sustainable biotechnology through protein engineering6
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