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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Flipping the polarity switch352
Altering the cap273
Sensing the air211
Cyclic signature187
To TnpB or not TnpB? Cas12 is the answer175
Development of cyclic peptides that can be administered orally to inhibit disease targets175
Channeling kynurenine171
Bacteria lose a pep in their step159
Seeing the retention152
Facile generation of drug-like conformational antibodies specific for amyloid fibrils147
Inter-kingdom electromechanical communication146
Ribosome stalling during selenoprotein translation exposes a ferroptosis vulnerability144
Calcium-gated potassium channel blockade via membrane-facing fenestrations143
Rapid evolution of a highly efficient RNA polymerase by homologous recombination142
Chemical targeting of amyloids141
Development of the fluorescent probe CenSpark for labeling centrioles and cilia137
Making a 6mA demethylase126
Complexoform-specific ligands that modulate the pleiotropic methyltransferase adaptor TRMT112126
Author Correction: ML-enhanced peroxisome capacity enables compartmentalization of multienzyme pathway119
Ubiquitin-specific proximity labeling for the identification of E3 ligase substrates118
Chemical genomics with pyrvinium identifies C1orf115 as a regulator of drug efflux117
A pseudoenzyme enables indole biosynthesis in eudicot plants117
Rationally seeded computational protein design of ɑ-helical barrels116
Lysine l-lactylation is the dominant lactylation isomer induced by glycolysis114
E2–Ub-R74G strategy reveals E2-specific ubiquitin conjugation profiles in live cells111
Small-molecule dissolution of stress granules by redox modulation benefits ALS models107
Determining the role of peroxidation of subcellular lipid membranes in ferroptosis106
Detecting features of antibody structure through their mediator-accessible redox activities106
Artificial intelligence foundation for therapeutic science106
The landscape of targets and lead molecules for remyelination105
Sterol homeostasis in yeast105
An engineered trafficking biosensor reveals a role for DNAJC13 in DOR downregulation102
Engineering eukaryotic transposon-encoded Fanzor2 system for genome editing in mammals99
ALFA nanobody-guided endogenous labeling99
A class of anti-inflammatory lipids decrease with aging in the central nervous system98
Macrolones target bacterial ribosomes and DNA gyrase and can evade resistance mechanisms98
Surviving salt stress97
Chemigenetic indicators based on synthetic chelators and green fluorescent protein96
Seismic shift93
Small-molecule trapping of an RNA-binding protein blocks cancer cell growth93
Assembly-activated aggregation93
Controlling sulfation92
Making transient complexes stick91
Small molecule inhibits KCNQ channels with a non-blocking mechanism91
Peptides hit the catalysis walk90
Tuned out86
Brake disposal85
Badminton at nanoscale85
Running through the blocks84
Open-ended molecular recording of sequential cellular events into DNA83
Advances in BRET probes for intracellular target engagement studies82
Endogenous currents in HEK 293 cells are inhibited by memantine81
A super protein evolution engine80
Visualizing drug effects over time in live animals using optical pharmacodynamics79
Autoinducer-fluorophore conjugates enable FRET in LuxR proteins in vitro and in cells78
Development of an allosteric adhesion GPCR nanobody with therapeutic potential78
Etoposide promotes DNA loop trapping and barrier formation by topoisomerase II77
Discovery and molecular basis of subtype-selective cyclophilin inhibitors75
Functional profiling of serine, threonine and tyrosine sites75
An evolution-conserved allosteric network in human tubulin governs paclitaxel efficacy74
Programmed RNA editing with an evolved bacterial adenosine deaminase74
Condensation-independent intramodular translocation mechanism of the trans-AT polyketide synthase assembly line74
An optimized bioluminescent substrate for non-invasive imaging in the brain73
Oncometabolite 5-IP7 inhibits inositol 5-phosphatase to license E-cadherin endocytosis73
Site-specific encoding of photoactivity and photoreactivity into antibody fragments72
SNAP-tag2 for faster and brighter protein labeling71
A high-throughput screening platform for enzymes active on mucin-type O-glycoproteins69
Survival of the sweetest tooth69
Lighting up kinase contacts in situ68
The right angle67
Synthesizing cellular LOGIC66
RNA-based programmable DNA cleavage63
NO signal63
Superbugs leave fingerprints62
A home for orphans62
Direct mapping of tyrosine sulfation states in native peptides by nanopore61
Degrade the RNA61
Affinity for both sides61
Selective bioorthogonal probe for N-glycan hybrid structures60
Lighting up hydrogen peroxide60
All that glows is gold60
Direct methylation sequencing60
Improving phenotypic screening58
Protein evolution as a complex system57
Cas13d knockdown of lung protease Ctsl prevents and treats SARS-CoV-2 infection57
Engineering APOBEC3A deaminase for highly accurate and efficient base editing57
Medicine from modified mRNA56
Programmable RNA base editing via targeted modifications56
An unbiased proteomic platform for ATE1-based arginylation profiling56
Structure and mechanism of a neuropeptide-activated channel in the ENaC/DEG superfamily56
ML-enhanced peroxisome capacity enables compartmentalization of multienzyme pathway55
Structural basis of efficacy-driven ligand selectivity at GPCRs55
Molecular basis of β-arrestin coupling to the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGlu354
Mucin O-glycans are natural inhibitors of Candida albicans pathogenicity54
Condensation of SEUSS promotes hyperosmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis54
Deep learning-guided discovery of an antibiotic targeting Acinetobacter baumannii53
Pharmacological targeting of BMAL1 modulates circadian and immune pathways53
Engineering a xylose fermenting yeast for lignocellulosic ethanol production53
Functional targeting of membrane transporters and enzymes to peroxisomes52
Hydroxytryptophan biosynthesis by a family of heme-dependent enzymes in bacteria52
Single-cell sensor analyses reveal signaling programs enabling Ras-G12C drug resistance52
Prospering phase separation51
Catch in nucleus51
Dissociation for living51
Providing inclusivity51
Illuminating GPCR trafficking51
Switching off the stress response51
Chemically inducible split protein regulators for mammalian cells50
Phase in phase50
A peptide dehydratase with core strength50
ALDH2-mediated GABA biosynthesis regulates hippocampal LTP and learning adaptability49
Publisher Correction: Mutant p53 protein accumulation is selectively targetable by proximity-inducing drugs49
Author Correction: Phage-assisted evolution of compact Cas9 variants targeting a simple NNG PAM49
A fat-fueled fatality48
Helping sperm keep the beat48
A dimeric proteomimetic prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection by dimerizing the spike protein47
Writing the CRBN degron47
Boric acid intercepts 80S ribosome migration from AUG-stop by stabilizing eRF147
Anti-infective bile acids bind and inactivate a Salmonella virulence regulator46
Chemical-based epigenetic reprogramming to advance pluripotency and totipotency46
Dynamic basis for dA•dGTP and dA•d8OGTP misincorporation via Hoogsteen base pairs46
Abasic CRISPR RNAs inherently harness fidelity of SpCas9 for genome editing46
Structural snapshots along K48-linked ubiquitin chain formation by the HECT E3 UBR546
Interactions with tau’s microtubule-binding repeats modulate amyloid-β aggregation and toxicity46
A rapid chemical reprogramming system to generate human pluripotent stem cells45
Site-selective protein editing by backbone extension acyl rearrangements45
Unfreezing structural biology for drug discovery45
Chemically engineered antibodies for autophagy-based receptor degradation45
The β-subunit of tryptophan synthase is a latent tyrosine synthase44
Inhibition of translation termination by the antimicrobial peptide Drosocin44
Signal peptide mimicry primes Sec61 for client-selective inhibition43
A CRISPR activation screen identifies FBXO22 supporting targeted protein degradation43
In-cell kinetic stability is an essential trait in metallo-β-lactamase evolution43
A single-component, light-assisted uncaging switch for endoproteolytic release43
Size matters42
Under pressure42
Genome mining for unknown–unknown natural products42
Deep dive into a drug pump42
Expanding beyond the capability of nature42
Capturing receptor states with glue42
ENO1 promotes liver carcinogenesis through YAP1-dependent arachidonic acid metabolism42
Lighting up DNA42
Chemical Decoding of Spatial Biology41
Lipoyl deglutarylation by ABHD11 regulates mitochondrial and T cell metabolism41
Author Correction: An engineered hypercompact CRISPR-Cas12f system with boosted gene-editing activity41
Disarming the pathogen41
Melting KRAS resistance41
A PASS for protein secretion40
Imbuing peptide libraries with drug-likeness40
The realization of CRISPR gene therapy40
A tungstopterin-containing enzyme has a key role in microbial ethanol biosynthesis40
Forced rewiring of RTK signaling39
Publisher Correction: Polyvalent folate receptor-targeting chimeras for degradation of membrane proteins39
Bending insulin signals39
Dissolution of oncofusion transcription factor condensates for cancer therapy39
Thoughts for the future39
Structural basis of TRPV3 inhibition by an antagonist39
Alzheimer’s disease–implicated protein tau puts the squeeze on microtubules38
An allosteric redox switch involved in oxygen protection in a CO2 reductase38
Spontaneously established syntrophic yeast communities improve bioproduction37
When membrane proteins prefer lipids37
Nanopore glycan profiling36
Structural basis of AcrIF24 as an anti-CRISPR protein and transcriptional suppressor36
CRISPR–Cas12a-mediated DNA clamping triggers target-strand cleavage36
Molecular basis for ubiquitin/Fubi cross-reactivity in USP16 and USP3636
Rapid discovery of cyclic peptide protein aggregation inhibitors by continuous selection36
Hippo pathway regulation by phosphatidylinositol transfer protein and phosphoinositides36
Mechanism of nucleosomal H2A K13/15 monoubiquitination and adjacent dual monoubiquitination by RNF16836
Structural mechanisms of TRPV2 modulation by endogenous and exogenous ligands36
Shackled ribosomes unleashed35
A modification-centric assessment tool for the performance of chemoproteomic probes35
Genetically engineered synthetic cells activate cargo release upon temperature shift34
Engineering from evolution34
Redefining the off switch34
Moonlighting in the membrane34
Click, release, destroy34
Studying ATP synthesis in situ33
An alternative mechanism for recruiting Cas2/3 in a phage-encoded CRISPR–Cas system33
A single sensor controls large variations in zinc quotas in a marine cyanobacterium33
Basket of sweets33
Drug addiction unveils a repressive methylation ceiling in EZH2-mutant lymphoma32
Receptors from an ADAR trick32
Programmable translation32
A new class of macrocyclic peptides32
Auxin branches out32
Enhancing RNA base editing on mammalian transcripts with small nuclear RNAs32
Engineered bacterial swarm patterns as spatial records of environmental inputs32
Exchange coupling32
Enzymatic synthesis of peptide therapeutics32
Bringing chemistry to medicine to redefine the undruggable32
Evading resistance at the double31
Click biology highlights the opportunities from reliable biological reactions31
Unbalanced response to growth variations reshapes the cell fate decision landscape31
Chemical editing of proteoglycan architecture31
De novo development of small cyclic peptides that are orally bioavailable31
Programming biological communication between distinct membraneless compartments31
A Ψ–Ψ codon–anticodon pairing in nonsense suppression and translational recoding31
Structures of ALG3/9/12 reveal the assembly logic of the N-glycan oligomannose core31
Empowering drug innovation through fundamental RNA research in China31
Author Correction: A cell-free biosensor signal amplification circuit with polymerase strand recycling31
Shifting redox reaction equilibria on demand using an orthogonal redox cofactor31
Small-molecule inhibition of the archetypal UbiB protein COQ831
Structural basis of a small monomeric Clivia fluorogenic RNA with a large Stokes shift31
Selective targeting of oncogenic hotspot mutations of the HER2 extracellular domain31
In search of chemical rationales30
TMEM164 is an acyltransferase that forms ferroptotic C20:4 ether phospholipids30
Building light-activated synthetic cells that induce gene expression in bacteria via quorum sensing30
State of play30
Recording calcium concentrations30
Traffic control30
Aiming for the pocket30
Identifying p53-independent apoptosis29
GA-independent DELLA regulation by inositol pyrophosphate in a nonvascular land plant29
The protein universe in 3D29
Non-heme iron enzymes step into the spotlight29
Context-based sensing of orthosomycin antibiotics by the translating ribosome29
Artificial intelligence uncovers carcinogenic human metabolites29
Learning from CoQ10 history29
Friends, foes and signals29
Proximity-inducing pharmacology29
In silico prohormone processing29
Partitioning of a 2-bit hash function across 66 communicating cells29
Complex-specific inhibitors for interrogating ATAC histone acetyltransferase complex29
Design principles imprinted by evolution29
Depletion of creatine phosphagen energetics with a covalent creatine kinase inhibitor29
Capturing copper to inhibit inflammation29
Cryptic enzymatic assembly of peptides armed with β-lactone warheads29
Antibodies expand the scope of angiotensin receptor pharmacology29
Programmable solid-state condensates for spatiotemporal control of mammalian gene expression29
Microtubule depolymerization at kinetochores restricts anaphase spindle elongation28
Site-resolved energetic information from HX–MS experiments28
A familiar newcomer to the thermogenetic toolset28
Expanding the molecular grammar of polar residues and arginine in FUS phase separation28
MESH1 functions as a metazoan PAPS phosphatase to regulate sulfation28
A cold semi-swap28
Long-term super-resolution inner mitochondrial membrane imaging with a lipid probe27
A new twist to increase ion flow27
Insights into G-protein coupling preference from cryo-EM structures of Gq-bound PTH1R27
Velcrin-induced selective cleavage of tRNALeu(TAA) by SLFN12 causes cancer cell death27
A gut feeling27
Mechanism of capsaicin entry into buried vanilloid sites in TRPV127
PRMT inhibition induces a viral mimicry response in triple-negative breast cancer27
Small molecule agonist of mitochondrial fusion repairs mitochondrial dysfunction26
Transcriptional regulation of living materials via extracellular electron transfer26
Old path, new frontier26
Chemical screening by time-resolved X-ray scattering to discover allosteric probes26
The chemical language of protein glycation26
cIAP1-based degraders induce degradation via branched ubiquitin architectures26
Pharmacological inhibition of Kir4.1 evokes rapid-onset antidepressant responses26
RAS signaling gets granular26
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