Discovery of tumor-specific irreversible inhibitors of stearoyl CoA desaturase
February 1st, 2016 by Panayotis C Theodoropoulos
Nature Chemical Biology 12, 218 (2016). doi:10.1038/nchembio.2016
Authors: Panayotis C Theodoropoulos, Stephen S Gonzales, Sarah E Winterton, Carlos Rodriguez-Navas, John S McKnight, Lorraine K Morlock, Jordan M Hanson, Bethany Cross, Amy E Owen, Yingli Duan, Jose R Moreno, Andrew Lemoff, Hamid Mirzaei, Bruce A Posner, Noelle S Williams, Joseph M Ready & Deepak Nijhawan
Assembly and clustering of natural antibiotics guides target identification
February 1st, 2016 by Chad W Johnston
Nature Chemical Biology 12, 233 (2016). doi:10.1038/nchembio.2018
Authors: Chad W Johnston, Michael A Skinnider, Chris A Dejong, Philip N Rees, Gregory M Chen, Chelsea G Walker, Shawn French, Eric D Brown, János Bérdy, Dennis Y Liu & Nathan A Magarvey
A pyridoxal phosphate–dependent enzyme that oxidizes an unactivated carbon-carbon bond
January 25th, 2016 by Yi-Ling Du
Nature Chemical Biology 12, 194 (2016). doi:10.1038/nchembio.2009
Authors: Yi-Ling Du, Rahul Singh, Lona M Alkhalaf, Eugene Kuatsjah, Hai-Yan He, Lindsay D Eltis & Katherine S Ryan
A cellular chemical probe targeting the chromodomains of Polycomb repressive complex 1
January 25th, 2016 by Jacob I Stuckey
Nature Chemical Biology 12, 180 (2016). doi:10.1038/nchembio.2007
Authors: Jacob I Stuckey, Bradley M Dickson, Nancy Cheng, Yanli Liu, Jacqueline L Norris, Stephanie H Cholensky, Wolfram Tempel, Su Qin, Katherine G Huber, Cari Sagum, Karynne Black, Fengling Li, Xi-Ping Huang, Bryan L Roth, Brandi M Baughman, Guillermo Senisterra, Samantha G Pattenden, Masoud Vedadi, Peter J Brown, Mark T Bedford, Jinrong Min, Cheryl H Arrowsmith, Lindsey I James & Stephen V Frye
A two-state activation mechanism controls the histone methyltransferase Suv39h1
January 25th, 2016 by Manuel M Müller
Nature Chemical Biology 12, 188 (2016). doi:10.1038/nchembio.2008
Authors: Manuel M Müller, Beat Fierz, Lenka Bittova, Glen Liszczak & Tom W Muir
Antivirals: Alphaviruses feel the STING
January 19th, 2016 by Mirella Bucci
Nature Chemical Biology 12, 53 (2016). doi:10.1038/nchembio.2012
Author: Mirella Bucci
Oxidative damage: A pathway to stress
January 19th, 2016 by Stéphane Larochelle
Nature Chemical Biology 12, 53 (2016). doi:10.1038/nchembio.2013
Author: Stéphane Larochelle
Fatty acylation of Wnt proteins
January 19th, 2016 by Aaron H Nile
Nature Chemical Biology 12, 60 (2016). doi:10.1038/nchembio.2005
Authors: Aaron H Nile & Rami N Hannoush
Synthetic biology: Building genetic containment
January 19th, 2016 by Karmella A Haynes
Nature Chemical Biology 12, 55 (2016). doi:10.1038/nchembio.2004
Author: Karmella A Haynes
Since the 1980s, scientists have worked on designing genetic codes to reinforce containment and control of genetically engineered microbes. New mechanistic studies of “deadman” and “passcode” gene circuits provide a flexible platform to build new safety switches.
Chemical probes: The many genes of drug mechanism
January 19th, 2016 by Adam C Palmer
Nature Chemical Biology 12, 57 (2016). doi:10.1038/nchembio.2010
Author: Adam C Palmer
A small molecule's biological activity in a cell depends on the actions of many gene products. Correlations between basal gene expression and compound sensitivity across hundreds of human cell lines reveal a broad view of cellular mechanisms of action.