Nature Chemical Biology

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(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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Plasma membranes are asymmetric in lipid unsaturation, packing and protein shape419
Metabolic determinants of cancer cell sensitivity to canonical ferroptosis inducers361
TRUPATH, an open-source biosensor platform for interrogating the GPCR transducerome296
LYTACs that engage the asialoglycoprotein receptor for targeted protein degradation225
SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors and activity-based probes for patient-sample imaging213
Rational discovery of molecular glue degraders via scalable chemical profiling205
Targeted glycan degradation potentiates the anticancer immune response in vivo204
m6A-binding YTHDF proteins promote stress granule formation191
Phospholipase iPLA2β averts ferroptosis by eliminating a redox lipid death signal181
Mechanistic dissection of increased enzymatic rate in a phase-separated compartment158
In vitro prototyping and rapid optimization of biosynthetic enzymes for cell design141
Sialic acid-containing glycolipids mediate binding and viral entry of SARS-CoV-2135
Structure- and mechanism-guided design of single fluorescent protein-based biosensors135
Deubiquitinase-targeting chimeras for targeted protein stabilization132
Structural and mechanistic insights into 5-lipoxygenase inhibition by natural products130
Structural and functional consequences of reversible lipid asymmetry in living membranes129
Programmed genome editing by a miniature CRISPR-Cas12f nuclease128
Accelerated RNA detection using tandem CRISPR nucleases127
Electric field stimulates production of highly conductive microbial OmcZ nanowires121
Trivalent PROTACs enhance protein degradation via combined avidity and cooperativity114
Controlling and enhancing CRISPR systems110
Hydrogel-based biocontainment of bacteria for continuous sensing and computation108
Formation and functionalization of membraneless compartments in Escherichia coli101
A small molecule G6PD inhibitor reveals immune dependence on pentose phosphate pathway100
Acoustic biosensors for ultrasound imaging of enzyme activity93
Pyruvate-responsive genetic circuits for dynamic control of central metabolism93
ROS regulated reversible protein phase separation synchronizes plant flowering92
Pharmacologic IRE1/XBP1s activation confers targeted ER proteostasis reprogramming91
Bifunctional small molecules that mediate the degradation of extracellular proteins91
Cholesterol access in cellular membranes controls Hedgehog signaling91
The HaloTag as a general scaffold for far-red tunable chemigenetic indicators88
Structure and activity of human TMPRSS2 protease implicated in SARS-CoV-2 activation88
Living materials fabricated via gradient mineralization of light-inducible biofilms87
Single-molecule analysis reveals agonist-specific dimer formation of µ-opioid receptors87
Manumycin polyketides act as molecular glues between UBR7 and P5384
Metabolic engineering strategies to enable microbial utilization of C1 feedstocks83
Functional characterization of a PROTAC directed against BRAF mutant V600E83
Sulfopin is a covalent inhibitor of Pin1 that blocks Myc-driven tumors in vivo82
Hydropersulfides inhibit lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis by scavenging radicals82
A community resource for paired genomic and metabolomic data mining80
The developing toolkit of continuous directed evolution80
Bariatric surgery reveals a gut-restricted TGR5 agonist with anti-diabetic effects80
A compendium of kinetic modulatory profiles identifies ferroptosis regulators79
Optogenetic control of the lac operon for bacterial chemical and protein production78
Rerouting plant terpene biosynthesis enables momilactone pathway elucidation77
Peroxisome compartmentalization of a toxic enzyme improves alkaloid production77
Bi-paratopic and multivalent VH domains block ACE2 binding and neutralize SARS-CoV-276
Discovery of a first-in-class CDK2 selective degrader for AML differentiation therapy76
Structural basis for diamide modulation of ryanodine receptor75
PROTAC-mediated degradation reveals a non-catalytic function of AURORA-A kinase74
NADP modulates RNA m6A methylation and adipogenesis via enhancing FTO activity72
Engineering cofactor supply and recycling to drive phenolic acid biosynthesis in yeast72
Discovery and resistance mechanism of a selective CDK12 degrader72
Chemically informed analyses of metabolomics mass spectrometry data with Qemistree71
Cell type-selective secretome profiling in vivo71
Structure of Erm-modified 70S ribosome reveals the mechanism of macrolide resistance70
Identification of essential sites of lipid peroxidation in ferroptosis70
YY1 interacts with guanine quadruplexes to regulate DNA looping and gene expression70
Defining new chemical space for drug penetration into Gram-negative bacteria68
Designer protein assemblies with tunable phase diagrams in living cells68
Water-processable, biodegradable and coatable aquaplastic from engineered biofilms66
Hierarchical chemical determination of amyloid polymorphs in neurodegenerative disease65
Plant terpenoid metabolism co-opts a component of the cell wall biosynthesis machinery65
Deep learning-guided discovery of an antibiotic targeting Acinetobacter baumannii64
Engineered ACE2 decoy mitigates lung injury and death induced by SARS-CoV-2 variants63
Designer membraneless organelles sequester native factors for control of cell behavior63
NMR and EPR reveal a compaction of the RNA-binding protein FUS upon droplet formation63
Phase separation of RNA-binding protein promotes polymerase binding and transcription62
Strategies for monitoring cell–cell interactions62
Bottom-up de novo design of functional proteins with complex structural features62
Snapshots and ensembles of BTK and cIAP1 protein degrader ternary complexes62
Target protein deglycosylation in living cells by a nanobody-fused split O-GlcNAcase62
Organelle membrane-specific chemical labeling and dynamic imaging in living cells61
Engineering a precise adenine base editor with minimal bystander editing61
Structural insights into probe-dependent positive allosterism of the GLP-1 receptor61
Increasing the efficiency and precision of prime editing with guide RNA pairs61
Learning the chemical grammar of biomolecular condensates60
Adaptive mechanisms of plant specialized metabolism connecting chemistry to function60
Programming cell-free biosensors with DNA strand displacement circuits59
VCP/p97 regulates Beclin-1-dependent autophagy initiation59
An ultrasensitive biosensor for high-resolution kinase activity imaging in awake mice58
RNA structure probing uncovers RNA structure-dependent biological functions58
Sterols in an intramolecular channel of Smoothened mediate Hedgehog signaling57
Dissecting the Pol II transcription cycle and derailing cancer with CDK inhibitors57
Ligand recognition and G-protein coupling selectivity of cholecystokinin A receptor57
Small molecule probes for targeting autophagy56
Chemical acylation of an acquired serine suppresses oncogenic signaling of K-Ras(G12S)56
Acute pharmacological degradation of Helios destabilizes regulatory T cells56
Rapid generation of potent antibodies by autonomous hypermutation in yeast56
Biomolecular condensates amplify mRNA decapping by biasing enzyme conformation55
Design of orthogonal regulatory systems for modulating gene expression in plants55
Lipid metabolism in T cell signaling and function55
Comparative tRNA sequencing and RNA mass spectrometry for surveying tRNA modifications55
An allosteric modulator binds to a conformational hub in the β2 adrenergic receptor54
Circularly permuted LOV2 as a modular photoswitch for optogenetic engineering54
KRAS is vulnerable to reversible switch-II pocket engagement in cells53
Discovery of a NAPE-PLD inhibitor that modulates emotional behavior in mice53
PGE1 and PGA1 bind to Nurr1 and activate its transcriptional function52
ABHD17 regulation of plasma membrane palmitoylation and N-Ras-dependent cancer growth52
Covalent inhibition of NSD1 histone methyltransferase52
Structural dissimilarity from self drives neoepitope escape from immune tolerance52
Ribosome stalling during selenoprotein translation exposes a ferroptosis vulnerability52
Chromatin as a key consumer in the metabolite economy52
Robust direct digital-to-biological data storage in living cells52
ARID2 is a pomalidomide-dependent CRL4CRBN substrate in multiple myeloma cells52
Cuticle thickness affects dynamics of volatile emission from petunia flowers50
Oncohistone mutations enhance chromatin remodeling and alter cell fates50
Computation-guided optimization of split protein systems50
Targeting androgen receptor phase separation to overcome antiandrogen resistance49
The evolution of synthetic receptor systems48
PRMT inhibition induces a viral mimicry response in triple-negative breast cancer47
Orthogonal fluorescent chemogenetic reporters for multicolor imaging47
Structural basis for RING-Cys-Relay E3 ligase activity and its role in axon integrity46
A brief guideline for studies of phase-separated biomolecular condensates45
Characterization of a patient-derived variant of GPX4 for precision therapy45
Chemical strategies to overcome resistance against targeted anticancer therapeutics44
Conformational rearrangement during activation of a metabotropic glutamate receptor44
Selective N-glycan editing on living cell surfaces to probe glycoconjugate function44
Chains of evidence from correlations to causal molecules in microbiome-linked diseases44
K29-linked ubiquitin signaling regulates proteotoxic stress response and cell cycle43
Lineage tracing and analog recording in mammalian cells by single-site DNA writing43
G12/13 is activated by acute tethered agonist exposure in the adhesion GPCR ADGRL343
Systematic discovery of biomolecular condensate-specific protein phosphorylation43
Ancient plant-like terpene biosynthesis in corals43
Structural basis of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 activation and biased agonism43
Dynamics of an LPS translocon induced by substrate and an antimicrobial peptide43
Artificial intelligence foundation for therapeutic science43
Structural basis for selectivity in a highly reducing type II polyketide synthase42
Ion channels as lipid sensors: from structures to mechanisms42
Molecular mechanism of allosteric modulation for the cannabinoid receptor CB142
Selective G protein signaling driven by substance P–neurokinin receptor dynamics42
Identification of a potent and selective covalent Pin1 inhibitor42
Tetracenomycin X inhibits translation by binding within the ribosomal exit tunnel42
Structural basis for non-radical catalysis by TsrM, a radical SAM methylase42
Insights into distinct signaling profiles of the µOR activated by diverse agonists42
H2B Lys34 Ubiquitination Induces Nucleosome Distortion to Stimulate Dot1L Activity42
Engineering AraC to make it responsive to light instead of arabinose41
A chemical probe targeting the PWWP domain alters NSD2 nucleolar localization41
Detection of cell–cell interactions via photocatalytic cell tagging41
Repurposing an adenine riboswitch into a fluorogenic imaging and sensing tag41
Prospecting for molecular glues41
Programmable living assembly of materials by bacterial adhesion41
Engineering CAR-T cells to activate small-molecule drugs in situ40
Visualizing a protonated RNA state that modulates microRNA-21 maturation40
Reversible lysine-targeted probes reveal residence time-based kinase selectivity40
Using fungible biosensors to evolve improved alkaloid biosyntheses39
Reversal of nucleobase methylation by dioxygenases39
Why succinate? Physiological regulation by a mitochondrial coenzyme Q sentinel39
Modeling the expansion of virtual screening libraries39
CueR activates transcription through a DNA distortion mechanism38
Widespread occurrence of covalent lysine–cysteine redox switches in proteins38
Laboratory evolution of a sortase enzyme that modifies amyloid-β protein38
Characterizing the portability of phage-encoded homologous recombination proteins38
Discovery and biosynthesis of cyclic plant peptides via autocatalytic cyclases38
Membrane phase separation drives responsive assembly of receptor signaling domains37
Identification and mechanism of G protein-biased ligands for chemokine receptor CCR137
Allosteric interactions in the parathyroid hormone GPCR–arrestin complex formation37
Selective inhibitors of JAK1 targeting an isoform-restricted allosteric cysteine37
Target deconvolution of HDAC pharmacopoeia reveals MBLAC2 as common off-target37
Activity-based RNA-modifying enzyme probing reveals DUS3L-mediated dihydrouridylation36
A bioluminescent probe for longitudinal monitoring of mitochondrial membrane potential36
Spectroscopic coherent Raman imaging of Caenorhabditis elegans reveals lipid particle diversity36
Targeted degradation via direct 26S proteasome recruitment36
Functional E3 ligase hotspots and resistance mechanisms to small-molecule degraders36
Convergent evolution of bacterial ceramide synthesis36
Functional spectrum and specificity of mitochondrial ferredoxins FDX1 and FDX236
Ancient defensive terpene biosynthetic gene clusters in the soft corals35
A bio-inspired cell-free system for cannabinoid production from inexpensive inputs35
A nucleotide-switch mechanism mediates opposing catalytic activities of Rel enzymes35
Production of Tyrian purple indigoid dye from tryptophan in Escherichia coli35
Molecular basis for arginine C-terminal degron recognition by Cul2FEM1 E3 ligase35
Palmitoylated acyl protein thioesterase APT2 deforms membranes to extract substrate acyl chains35
A new dawn beyond lysine ubiquitination35
Synthetic protein condensates for cellular and metabolic engineering35
Biosynthesis of triacsin featuring an N-hydroxytriazene pharmacophore34
Structural insight into the formation of lipoprotein-β-barrel complexes34
Programmable synthetic biomolecular condensates for cellular control34
YAP-dependent proliferation by a small molecule targeting annexin A234
Small-molecule inhibitors targeting Polycomb repressive complex 1 RING domain34
The conformational cycle of a prototypical voltage-gated sodium channel33
Genetically encoded multivalent liquid glycan array displayed on M13 bacteriophage33
Molecular and environmental determinants of biomolecular condensate formation33
Engineered LwaCas13a with enhanced collateral activity for nucleic acid detection33
Condensation of SEUSS promotes hyperosmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis33
Controllable genome editing with split-engineered base editors33
Discovery of small-molecule enzyme activators by activity-based protein profiling32
Use of paramagnetic 19F NMR to monitor domain movement in a glutamate transporter homolog32
Structure-based investigation of fluorogenic Pepper aptamer32
Glucosylation prevents plant defense activation in phloem-feeding insects32
Permissive epigenomes endow reprogramming competence to transcriptional regulators32
Cryo-EM structure of the RNA-guided ribonuclease Cas12g32
Combining CRISPRi and metabolomics for functional annotation of compound libraries32
A proteome-wide map of 20(S)-hydroxycholesterol interactors in cell membranes32
CUL5-ARIH2 E3-E3 ubiquitin ligase structure reveals cullin-specific NEDD8 activation32
Bright and stable luminescent probes for target engagement profiling in live cells32
Selective inhibitors of mTORC1 activate 4EBP1 and suppress tumor growth31
Dynamic crotonylation of EB1 by TIP60 ensures accurate spindle positioning in mitosis31
A mass spectrometry-based proteome map of drug action in lung cancer cell lines31
O-GlcNAcylation promotes pancreatic tumor growth by regulating malate dehydrogenase 131
Identifying cell receptors for the nanoparticle protein corona using genome screens31
Microtubule lattice spacing governs cohesive envelope formation of tau family proteins31
Imaging and targeting LOX-mediated tissue remodeling with a reactive collagen peptide31
Prospecting for natural products by genome mining and microcrystal electron diffraction31
Engineering orthogonal human O-linked glycoprotein biosynthesis in bacteria30
p63 uses a switch-like mechanism to set the threshold for induction of apoptosis30
Precise genome editing across kingdoms of life using retron-derived DNA30
Reaction pathway engineering converts a radical hydroxylase into a halogenase29
Site-specific ubiquitination affects protein energetics and proteasomal degradation29
Active turnover of genomic methylcytosine in pluripotent cells29
Spatial decoding of endosomal cAMP signals by a metastable cytoplasmic PKA network29
Enzymatic C–H activation of aromatic compounds through CO2 fixation29
Mechanical strength of RNA knot in Zika virus protects against cellular defenses29
Tools, tactics and objectives to interrogate cellular roles of O-GlcNAc in disease29
Quantitative profiling of pseudouridylation landscape in the human transcriptome28
Structures of the human cholecystokinin receptors bound to agonists and antagonists28
Mucin O-glycans are natural inhibitors of Candida albicans pathogenicity28
Mutanofactin promotes adhesion and biofilm formation of cariogenic Streptococcus mutans27
Modulation of microbial community dynamics by spatial partitioning27
HUWE1 employs a giant substrate-binding ring to feed and regulate its HECT E3 domain27
A quantitative method for proteome reallocation using minimal regulatory interventions27
Single-cell multi-omics in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus27
Molecular basis for ubiquitin ligase CRL2FEM1C-mediated recognition of C-degron26
Cas13d knockdown of lung protease Ctsl prevents and treats SARS-CoV-2 infection26
CRISPR–dCas12a-mediated genetic circuit cascades for multiplexed pathway optimization26
Genome mining for unknown–unknown natural products26
A roadmap to creating ferroptosis-based medicines26
Structural basis for persulfide-sensing specificity in a transcriptional regulator26
Hovlinc is a recently evolved class of ribozyme found in human lncRNA26
Peroxisomal-derived ether phospholipids link nucleotides to respirasome assembly26
Structural and functional diversity among agonist-bound states of the GLP-1 receptor25
The importance of the membrane for biophysical measurements25
An optimized bioluminescent substrate for non-invasive imaging in the brain25
Linkage-specific ubiquitin chain formation depends on a lysine hydrocarbon ruler25
Engineering site-selective incorporation of fluorine into polyketides25
Harnessing nanotechnology to expand the toolbox of chemical biology25
Host and microbiota metabolic signals in aging and longevity25
Structures and function of the amino acid polymerase cyanophycin synthetase25
Peroxiredoxins couple metabolism and cell division in an ultradian cycle24
Organoid screening reveals epigenetic vulnerabilities in human colorectal cancer24
Temperature-responsive optogenetic probes of cell signaling24
Multiplexed GTPase and GEF biosensor imaging enables network connectivity analysis24
Pyridoxal-5′-phosphate-dependent alkyl transfer in nucleoside antibiotic biosynthesis24
Selective regulation of human TRAAK channels by biologically active phospholipids23
Structural basis for inhibition of the drug efflux pump NorA from Staphylococcus aureus23
Sulfated glycans engage the Ang–Tie pathway to regulate vascular development22
A general strategy to red-shift green fluorescent protein-based biosensors22
Interhelical interactions within the STIM1 CC1 domain modulate CRAC channel activation22
Biosynthesis of saponin defensive compounds in sea cucumbers21
A structural basis for prion strain diversity21
Stepwise membrane binding of extended synaptotagmins revealed by optical tweezers21
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