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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Flipping the polarity switch290
Altering the cap245
Sensing the air219
A sulfate amuse-bouche204
Cyclic signature189
Surviving salt stress174
Making a 6mA demethylase173
Development of cyclic peptides that can be administered orally to inhibit disease targets167
Chemical targeting of amyloids141
Channeling kynurenine140
To TnpB or not TnpB? Cas12 is the answer140
A vicious cycle134
Bacteria lose a pep in their step129
Assembly-activated aggregation120
Seeing the retention118
Macrolones target bacterial ribosomes and DNA gyrase and can evade resistance mechanisms116
Small-molecule dissolution of stress granules by redox modulation benefits ALS models116
The landscape of targets and lead molecules for remyelination115
Lysine l-lactylation is the dominant lactylation isomer induced by glycolysis114
Artificial intelligence foundation for therapeutic science112
A pseudoenzyme enables indole biosynthesis in eudicot plants107
ALFA nanobody-guided endogenous labeling107
Inter-kingdom electromechanical communication101
E2–Ub-R74G strategy reveals E2-specific ubiquitin conjugation profiles in live cells100
An engineered trafficking biosensor reveals a role for DNAJC13 in DOR downregulation99
Calcium-gated potassium channel blockade via membrane-facing fenestrations95
Determining the role of peroxidation of subcellular lipid membranes in ferroptosis95
Engineering eukaryotic transposon-encoded Fanzor2 system for genome editing in mammals94
Detecting features of antibody structure through their mediator-accessible redox activities92
Chemical genomics with pyrvinium identifies C1orf115 as a regulator of drug efflux91
Chemigenetic indicators based on synthetic chelators and green fluorescent protein90
Facile generation of drug-like conformational antibodies specific for amyloid fibrils88
Sterol homeostasis in yeast87
Rationally seeded computational protein design of ɑ-helical barrels86
Characterization of a patient-derived variant of GPX4 for precision therapy84
Programmable living assembly of materials by bacterial adhesion84
A class of anti-inflammatory lipids decrease with aging in the central nervous system84
Ubiquitin-specific proximity labeling for the identification of E3 ligase substrates84
Ribosome stalling during selenoprotein translation exposes a ferroptosis vulnerability84
Small-molecule trapping of an RNA-binding protein blocks cancer cell growth82
Author Correction: ML-enhanced peroxisome capacity enables compartmentalization of multienzyme pathway82
Seismic shift81
Controlling sulfation80
Making transient complexes stick79
Visualizing drug effects over time in live animals using optical pharmacodynamics79
Oncometabolite 5-IP7 inhibits inositol 5-phosphatase to license E-cadherin endocytosis78
Peptides hit the catalysis walk77
Tuned out77
Brake disposal76
Badminton at nanoscale76
Running through the blocks76
Autoinducer-fluorophore conjugates enable FRET in LuxR proteins in vitro and in cells75
Structure-based investigation of fluorogenic Pepper aptamer74
Development of an allosteric adhesion GPCR nanobody with therapeutic potential73
An optimized bioluminescent substrate for non-invasive imaging in the brain73
Endogenous currents in HEK 293 cells are inhibited by memantine73
Programmed RNA editing with an evolved bacterial adenosine deaminase72
Site-specific encoding of photoactivity and photoreactivity into antibody fragments72
A wrench in the motor71
Etoposide promotes DNA loop trapping and barrier formation by topoisomerase II71
Small molecule targeting of chromatin writers in cancer70
Small molecule inhibits KCNQ channels with a non-blocking mechanism70
Functional profiling of serine, threonine and tyrosine sites70
Open-ended molecular recording of sequential cellular events into DNA68
SNAP-tag2 for faster and brighter protein labeling68
Discovery and molecular basis of subtype-selective cyclophilin inhibitors68
A high-throughput screening platform for enzymes active on mucin-type O-glycoproteins68
M24B aminopeptidase inhibitors selectively activate the CARD8 inflammasome67
Survival of the sweetest tooth66
Degrade the RNA66
Engineering CAR-T cells to activate small-molecule drugs in situ66
Medicine from modified mRNA65
Lighting up kinase contacts in situ63
Waking sleeping viruses63
Protein evolution as a complex system63
Synthesizing cellular LOGIC62
RNA-based programmable DNA cleavage62
The right angle62
Rolling the RBP snowballs62
NO signal62
A home for orphans61
Selective bioorthogonal probe for N-glycan hybrid structures60
Affinity for both sides60
Superbugs leave fingerprints60
Direct methylation sequencing59
All that glows is gold59
Engineering APOBEC3A deaminase for highly accurate and efficient base editing57
Stepwise membrane binding of extended synaptotagmins revealed by optical tweezers56
Structure and mechanism of a neuropeptide-activated channel in the ENaC/DEG superfamily55
An unbiased proteomic platform for ATE1-based arginylation profiling55
Lighting up hydrogen peroxide55
Molecular basis of β-arrestin coupling to the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGlu353
Structural basis of efficacy-driven ligand selectivity at GPCRs53
Direct mapping of tyrosine sulfation states in native peptides by nanopore53
Single-cell sensor analyses reveal signaling programs enabling Ras-G12C drug resistance52
Pharmacological targeting of BMAL1 modulates circadian and immune pathways52
Cas13d knockdown of lung protease Ctsl prevents and treats SARS-CoV-2 infection51
Condensation of SEUSS promotes hyperosmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis51
Hydroxytryptophan biosynthesis by a family of heme-dependent enzymes in bacteria51
Mucin O-glycans are natural inhibitors of Candida albicans pathogenicity51
Deep learning-guided discovery of an antibiotic targeting Acinetobacter baumannii50
Programmable RNA base editing via targeted modifications50
Engineering a xylose fermenting yeast for lignocellulosic ethanol production49
ML-enhanced peroxisome capacity enables compartmentalization of multienzyme pathway49
Functional targeting of membrane transporters and enzymes to peroxisomes49
Providing inclusivity48
Switching off the stress response48
Sweet synthetic chaperones48
Catch in nucleus48
Prospering phase separation47
A fat-fueled fatality47
Illuminating GPCR trafficking47
Dissociation for living46
A peptide dehydratase with core strength46
Author Correction: Phage-assisted evolution of compact Cas9 variants targeting a simple NNG PAM46
Dynamic basis for dA•dGTP and dA•d8OGTP misincorporation via Hoogsteen base pairs45
A dimeric proteomimetic prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection by dimerizing the spike protein45
Phase in phase45
Signal peptide mimicry primes Sec61 for client-selective inhibition45
Boric acid intercepts 80S ribosome migration from AUG-stop by stabilizing eRF145
Chemically engineered antibodies for autophagy-based receptor degradation44
A CRISPR activation screen identifies FBXO22 supporting targeted protein degradation44
Chemical-based epigenetic reprogramming to advance pluripotency and totipotency44
Inhibition of translation termination by the antimicrobial peptide Drosocin44
Site-selective protein editing by backbone extension acyl rearrangements44
A single-component, light-assisted uncaging switch for endoproteolytic release43
Anti-infective bile acids bind and inactivate a Salmonella virulence regulator43
Interactions with tau’s microtubule-binding repeats modulate amyloid-β aggregation and toxicity42
Genome mining for unknown–unknown natural products42
ENO1 promotes liver carcinogenesis through YAP1-dependent arachidonic acid metabolism42
A rapid chemical reprogramming system to generate human pluripotent stem cells42
Structural snapshots along K48-linked ubiquitin chain formation by the HECT E3 UBR541
In-cell kinetic stability is an essential trait in metallo-β-lactamase evolution40
Enzyme assemblies on demand40
ALDH2-mediated GABA biosynthesis regulates hippocampal LTP and learning adaptability40
Chemically inducible split protein regulators for mammalian cells40
Alzheimer’s disease–implicated protein tau puts the squeeze on microtubules40
The β-subunit of tryptophan synthase is a latent tyrosine synthase40
Modulation of microbial community dynamics by spatial partitioning40
Author Correction: An engineered hypercompact CRISPR-Cas12f system with boosted gene-editing activity40
Nanopore glycan profiling40
Lighting up DNA39
Disarming the pathogen39
Size matters39
Capturing receptor states with glue39
Under pressure39
Deep dive into a drug pump39
Expanding beyond the capability of nature39
Chemical Decoding of Spatial Biology38
Structural basis of AcrIF24 as an anti-CRISPR protein and transcriptional suppressor38
Rapid discovery of cyclic peptide protein aggregation inhibitors by continuous selection38
Structural basis of TRPV3 inhibition by an antagonist38
Hippo pathway regulation by phosphatidylinositol transfer protein and phosphoinositides37
Sialic acid-containing glycolipids mediate binding and viral entry of SARS-CoV-237
Mechanism of nucleosomal H2A K13/15 monoubiquitination and adjacent dual monoubiquitination by RNF16837
A modification-centric assessment tool for the performance of chemoproteomic probes37
Thoughts for the future37
Structural basis for inhibition of the drug efflux pump NorA from Staphylococcus aureus36
Spontaneously established syntrophic yeast communities improve bioproduction36
Convergent evolution of bacterial ceramide synthesis35
Melting KRAS resistance35
Imbuing peptide libraries with drug-likeness35
Lipoyl deglutarylation by ABHD11 regulates mitochondrial and T cell metabolism35
An allosteric redox switch involved in oxygen protection in a CO2 reductase35
A PASS for protein secretion35
Molecular basis for ubiquitin/Fubi cross-reactivity in USP16 and USP3635
The realization of CRISPR gene therapy35
Dissolution of oncofusion transcription factor condensates for cancer therapy35
Forced rewiring of RTK signaling35
Click, release, destroy34
CRISPR–Cas12a-mediated DNA clamping triggers target-strand cleavage34
Genetically engineered synthetic cells activate cargo release upon temperature shift34
Cross-kingdom warfare34
Structural mechanisms of TRPV2 modulation by endogenous and exogenous ligands34
Redefining the off switch34
Shackled ribosomes unleashed34
Publisher Correction: Polyvalent folate receptor-targeting chimeras for degradation of membrane proteins34
Engineering from evolution33
Author Correction: Combining CRISPRi and metabolomics for functional annotation of compound libraries33
Bringing chemistry to medicine to redefine the undruggable33
Moonlighting in the membrane33
Basket of sweets32
Evading resistance at the double32
An alternative mechanism for recruiting Cas2/3 in a phage-encoded CRISPR–Cas system32
Engineered bacterial swarm patterns as spatial records of environmental inputs31
A new class of macrocyclic peptides31
Studying ATP synthesis in situ31
Enhancing RNA base editing on mammalian transcripts with small nuclear RNAs31
Auxin branches out30
De novo development of small cyclic peptides that are orally bioavailable30
Enzymatic synthesis of peptide therapeutics30
A single sensor controls large variations in zinc quotas in a marine cyanobacterium30
Author Correction: A cell-free biosensor signal amplification circuit with polymerase strand recycling30
Chemical editing of proteoglycan architecture30
Click biology highlights the opportunities from reliable biological reactions29
Receptors from an ADAR trick29
Selective targeting of oncogenic hotspot mutations of the HER2 extracellular domain29
Shifting redox reaction equilibria on demand using an orthogonal redox cofactor29
Small-molecule inhibition of the archetypal UbiB protein COQ829
Drug addiction unveils a repressive methylation ceiling in EZH2-mutant lymphoma29
Dynamic eIF3a O-GlcNAcylation controls translation reinitiation during nutrient stress29
A Ψ–Ψ codon–anticodon pairing in nonsense suppression and translational recoding29
Structural basis of a small monomeric Clivia fluorogenic RNA with a large Stokes shift29
TMEM164 is an acyltransferase that forms ferroptotic C20:4 ether phospholipids28
Cutting the tail28
Programming biological communication between distinct membraneless compartments28
In search of chemical rationales28
Unbalanced response to growth variations reshapes the cell fate decision landscape28
State of play28
Identifying p53-independent apoptosis27
Design principles imprinted by evolution27
Learning from CoQ10 history27
Context-based sensing of orthosomycin antibiotics by the translating ribosome27
In silico prohormone processing27
Proximity-inducing pharmacology27
Depletion of creatine phosphagen energetics with a covalent creatine kinase inhibitor27
Traffic control27
Recording calcium concentrations27
Aiming for the pocket27
Site-resolved energetic information from HX–MS experiments27
Programmable solid-state condensates for spatiotemporal control of mammalian gene expression27
Building light-activated synthetic cells that induce gene expression in bacteria via quorum sensing27
Catalysis under stress27
Mechanism of capsaicin entry into buried vanilloid sites in TRPV127
Long-term super-resolution inner mitochondrial membrane imaging with a lipid probe26
Insights into G-protein coupling preference from cryo-EM structures of Gq-bound PTH1R26
Combining CRISPRi and metabolomics for functional annotation of compound libraries26
PRMT inhibition induces a viral mimicry response in triple-negative breast cancer26
Artificial intelligence uncovers carcinogenic human metabolites26
Velcrin-induced selective cleavage of tRNALeu(TAA) by SLFN12 causes cancer cell death26
Capturing copper to inhibit inflammation26
GA-independent DELLA regulation by inositol pyrophosphate in a nonvascular land plant26
Antibodies expand the scope of angiotensin receptor pharmacology26
Expanding the molecular grammar of polar residues and arginine in FUS phase separation26
Partitioning of a 2-bit hash function across 66 communicating cells26
Discovery and biosynthesis of cyclic plant peptides via autocatalytic cyclases26
Cryptic enzymatic assembly of peptides armed with β-lactone warheads26
The protein universe in 3D26
Non-heme iron enzymes step into the spotlight26
A gut feeling25
Stress it up25
A complex struggle for direction25
Drivers of intrinsic resistance25
One-carbon footprint in B cells25
A new twist to increase ion flow25
Auto-inhibition and activation of a short Argonaute-associated TIR-APAZ defense system25
It’s in the blood25
A new RNA performs old chemistry25
Serine ADPr on histones and PARP1 is a cellular target of ester-linked ubiquitylation24
Horizontal gene transfer enables programmable gene stability in synthetic microbiota24
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