Engineering protein stability with atomic precision in a monomeric miniprotein.

abstract：:Chemistry drives many biological interactions between the microbiota and host animals, yet it is often challenging to identify the chemicals involved. This poses a problem, as such small molecules are excellent sources of potential pharmaceuticals, pretested by nature for animal compatibility. We discovered anti-HIV c...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Smith TE,Pond CD,Pierce E,Harmer ZP,Kwan J,Zachariah MM,Harper MK,Wyche TP,Matainaho TK,Bugni TS,Barrows LR,Ireland CM,Schmidt EW

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteome integrity depends on the ubiquitin-proteasome system to degrade unwanted or abnormal proteins. In addition to the N-degrons, C-terminal residues of proteins can also serve as degradation signals (C-degrons) that are recognized by specific cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRLs) for proteasomal degradation. FEM1C...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Yan X,Wang X,Li Y,Zhou M,Li Y,Song L,Mi W,Min J,Dong C

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Small-molecule inhibitors of kinesin-5 (refs. 1-3), a protein essential for eukaryotic cell division, represent alternatives to antimitotic agents that target tubulin. While tubulin is needed for multiple intracellular processes, the known functions of kinesin-5 are limited to dividing cells, making it likely that kin...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Kwok BH,Kapitein LC,Kim JH,Peterman EJ,Schmidt CF,Kapoor TM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phytohormone auxin indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) regulates nearly all aspects of plant growth and development. Despite substantial progress in our understanding of auxin biology, delineating specific auxin response remains a major challenge. Auxin regulates transcriptional response via its receptors, TIR1 and AFB F-b...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Uchida N,Takahashi K,Iwasaki R,Yamada R,Yoshimura M,Endo TA,Kimura S,Zhang H,Nomoto M,Tada Y,Kinoshita T,Itami K,Hagihara S,Torii KU

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific chemicals can prime the plant immune system for augmented defense. β-aminobutyric acid (BABA) is a priming agent that provides broad-spectrum disease protection. However, BABA also suppresses plant growth when applied in high doses, which has hampered its application as a crop defense activator. Here we descr...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Luna E,van Hulten M,Zhang Y,Berkowitz O,López A,Pétriacq P,Sellwood MA,Chen B,Burrell M,van de Meene A,Pieterse CM,Flors V,Ton J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hundreds of human proteins are modified by reversible palmitoylation of cysteine residues (S-palmitoylation), but the regulation of depalmitoylation is poorly understood. Here, we develop 'depalmitoylation probes' (DPPs), small-molecule fluorophores, to monitor the endogenous activity levels of 'erasers' of S-palmitoy...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Kathayat RS,Elvira PD,Dickinson BC

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transcriptional RNA modifications can be dynamic and might have functions beyond fine-tuning the structure and function of RNA. Understanding these RNA modification pathways and their functions may allow researchers to identify new layers of gene regulation at the RNA level. ...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： He C

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) has a critical role in malignant transformation. Whereas its ability to maintain the functional conformations of mutant and aberrant oncoproteins is established, a transformation-specific regulation of the antiapoptotic phenotype by Hsp90 is poorly understood. By using selective compo...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Rodina A,Vilenchik M,Moulick K,Aguirre J,Kim J,Chiang A,Litz J,Clement CC,Kang Y,She Y,Wu N,Felts S,Wipf P,Massague J,Jiang X,Brodsky JL,Krystal GW,Chiosis G

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebrate vision is initiated by photoisomerization of the visual pigment chromophore 11-cis-retinal and is maintained by continuous regeneration of this retinoid through a series of reactions termed the retinoid cycle. However, toxic side reaction products, especially those involving reactive aldehyde groups of the ...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Maeda A,Golczak M,Chen Y,Okano K,Kohno H,Shiose S,Ishikawa K,Harte W,Palczewska G,Maeda T,Palczewski K

更新日期：2011-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The Watson-Crick base pairs between the 3'-terminal end of tRNAs and ribosomal RNA in the peptidyl transferase center are universally conserved. Here, we report that the introduction of compensatory mutations to Escherichia coli RNAs in this site leads to an orthogonal system independent of the wild-type counterpart, ...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Terasaka N,Hayashi G,Katoh T,Suga H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxin (Trx) is one of the two major thiol antioxidants, playing essential roles in redox homeostasis and signaling. Despite its importance, there is a lack of methods for monitoring Trx redox dynamics in live cells, hindering a better understanding of physiological and pathological roles of the Trx redox system....

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Fan Y,Makar M,Wang MX,Ai HW

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonribosomal peptide antibiotics, including polymyxin, vancomycin, and teixobactin, most of which contain D-amino acids, are highly effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria. However, overusing antibiotics while ignoring the risk of resistance arising has inexorably led to widespread emergence of resistant bacter...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Li YX,Zhong Z,Hou P,Zhang WP,Qian PY

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we identify the amino acid transporter AnsP1 as the unique aspartate importer in the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Metabolomic analysis of a mutant with an inactive AnsP1 revealed that the transporter is essential for M. tuberculosis to assimilate nitrogen from aspartate. Virulence of the AnsP1 mutan...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Gouzy A,Larrouy-Maumus G,Wu TD,Peixoto A,Levillain F,Lugo-Villarino G,Guerquin-Kern JL,de Carvalho LP,Poquet Y,Neyrolles O

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The streptothricin (ST) antibiotics, produced by Streptomyces bacteria, contain L-β-lysine ((3S)-3,6-diaminohexanoic acid) oligopeptides as pendant chains. Here we describe three unusual nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) involved in ST biosynthesis: ORF 5 (a stand-alone adenylation (A) domain), ORF 18 (containi...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Maruyama C,Toyoda J,Kato Y,Izumikawa M,Takagi M,Shin-ya K,Katano H,Utagawa T,Hamano Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-permeable small molecules that inhibit their targets on fast timescales are powerful probes of cell-division mechanisms. Such inhibitors have been identified using phenotype-based screens with chemical libraries. However, the characteristics of compound libraries needed to effectively span cell-division phenotype...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Peters U,Cherian J,Kim JH,Kwok BH,Kapoor TM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA polymerases catalyze efficient and high-fidelity DNA synthesis. While this reaction favors nucleotide incorporation, polymerases also catalyze a reverse reaction, pyrophosphorolysis, that removes the DNA primer terminus and generates deoxynucleoside triphosphates. Because pyrophosphorolysis can influence polymeras...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Shock DD,Freudenthal BD,Beard WA,Wilson SH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiazole/oxazole-modified microcins (TOMMs) encompass a recently defined class of ribosomally synthesized natural products with a diverse set of biological activities. Although TOMM biosynthesis has been investigated for over a decade, the mechanism of heterocycle formation by the synthetase enzymes remains poorly und...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Dunbar KL,Melby JO,Mitchell DA

更新日期：2012-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally produced polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) pervade the marine environment and structurally resemble toxic man-made brominated flame retardants. PBDEs bioaccumulate in marine animals and are likely transferred to the human food chain. However, the biogenic basis for PBDE production in one of their most p...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Agarwal V,Blanton JM,Podell S,Taton A,Schorn MA,Busch J,Lin Z,Schmidt EW,Jensen PR,Paul VJ,Biggs JS,Golden JW,Allen EE,Moore BS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher plants resist the forces of gravity and powerful lateral forces through the cumulative strength of the walls that surround individual cells. These walls consist mainly of cellulose, noncellulosic polysaccharides and lignin, in proportions that depend upon the specific functions of the cell and its stage of deve...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Burton RA,Gidley MJ,Fincher GB

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiversity, or the relative abundance of species, measures the persistence of an ecosystem. To better understand its modulation, we analyzed the spatial and temporal dynamics of a synthetic, chemical-mediated ecosystem that consisted of two engineered Escherichia coli populations. Depending on the specific experimen...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Song H,Payne S,Gray M,You L

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic activity of many protein kinases is controlled by conformational changes of a conserved Asp-Phe-Gly (DFG) motif. We used an infrared probe to track the DFG motif of the mitotic kinase Aurora A (AurA) and found that allosteric activation by the spindle-associated protein Tpx2 involves an equilibrium shift...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Cyphers S,Ruff EF,Behr JM,Chodera JD,Levinson NM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrian purple, mainly composed of 6,6'-dibromoindigo (6BrIG), is an ancient dye extracted from sea snails and was recently demonstrated as a biocompatible semiconductor material. However, its synthesis remains limited due to uncharacterized biosynthetic pathways and the difficulty of regiospecific bromination. Here, w...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Lee J,Kim J,Song JE,Song WS,Kim EJ,Kim YG,Jeong HJ,Kim HR,Choi KY,Kim BG

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying the interaction partners of noncoding RNAs is essential for elucidating their functions. We have developed an approach, termed microRNA crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (miR-CLIP), using pre-miRNAs modified with psoralen and biotin to capture their targets in cells. Photo-crosslinking and Argonaute 2 i...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Imig J,Brunschweiger A,Brümmer A,Guennewig B,Mittal N,Kishore S,Tsikrika P,Gerber AP,Zavolan M,Hall J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foldamers are sequence-specific oligomers akin to peptides, proteins and oligonucleotides that fold into well-defined three-dimensional structures. They offer the chemical biologist a broad pallet of building blocks for the construction of molecules that test and extend our understanding of protein folding and functio...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Goodman CM,Choi S,Shandler S,DeGrado WF

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bifunctional Rel stringent factors, the most abundant class of RelA/SpoT homologs, are ribosome-associated enzymes that transfer a pyrophosphate from ATP onto the 3' of guanosine tri-/diphosphate (GTP/GDP) to synthesize the bacterial alarmone (p)ppGpp, and also catalyze the 3' pyrophosphate hydrolysis to degrade it. T...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Tamman H,Van Nerom K,Takada H,Vandenberk N,Scholl D,Polikanov Y,Hofkens J,Talavera A,Hauryliuk V,Hendrix J,Garcia-Pino A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N(1)-Methyladenosine (m(1)A) is a prevalent post-transcriptional RNA modification, yet little is known about its abundance, topology and dynamics in mRNA. Here, we show that m(1)A is prevalent in Homo sapiens mRNA, which shows an m(1)A/A ratio of ∼0.02%. We develop the m(1)A-ID-seq technique, based on m(1)A immunoprec...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Li X,Xiong X,Wang K,Wang L,Shu X,Ma S,Yi C

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) selectively deliver chemotherapeutic agents to target cells and are important cancer therapeutics. However, the mechanisms by which ADCs are internalized and activated remain unclear. Using CRISPR-Cas9 screens, we uncover many known and novel endolysosomal regulators as modulators of AD...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Tsui CK,Barfield RM,Fischer CR,Morgens DW,Li A,Smith BAH,Gray MA,Bertozzi CR,Rabuka D,Bassik MC

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysine riboswitches are bacterial RNA structures that sense the concentration of lysine and regulate the expression of lysine biosynthesis and transport genes. Members of this riboswitch class are found in the 5' untranslated region of messenger RNAs, where they form highly selective receptors for lysine. Lysine bindi...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Blount KF,Wang JX,Lim J,Sudarsan N,Breaker RR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excluding the ribosome and riboswitches, developing small molecules that selectively target RNA is a longstanding problem in chemical biology. A typical cellular RNA is difficult to target because it has little tertiary, but abundant secondary structure. We designed allele-selective compounds that target such an RNA, ...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Rzuczek SG,Colgan LA,Nakai Y,Cameron MD,Furling D,Yasuda R,Disney MD

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This Commentary clarifies the meaning of the funnel diagram, which has been widely cited in papers on protein folding. To aid in the analysis of the funnel diagram, this Commentary reviews historical approaches to understanding the mechanism of protein folding. The primary role of free energy in protein folding is dis...

journal_title：Nature chemical biology

authors： Karplus M

更新日期：2011-06-17 00:00:00