77 Interferon-induced APOL3 is a detergent-like protein that kills cytosolic pathogens to protect human cells against infection.
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76 Data storage using peptide sequences.
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75 Computationally designed proteins assemble antibodies into precise and potent nanostructures.
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6537/eabd9994
74 The mosquito protein AEG12 displays both cytolytic and antiviral properties via a common lipid transfer mechanism.
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73 The intracellular environment affects protein–protein interactions.
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72 A versatile platform reprograms botulinum neurotoxin proteases to selectively cleave proteins of biomedical interest in vitro and in neurons.
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6531/803
71 Successful de novo design of transmembrane β-barrel proteins provides insight into the principles that guide their folding.
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70 DeepTFactor: A deep learning-based tool for the prediction of transcription factors.
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69 The innate immunity protein IFITM3 modulates γ-secretase in Alzheimer’s disease.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2681-2
68 Structures of the acetohydroxyacid synthase complexes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Arabidopsis thaliana provide insights into the biosynthesis of and feedback inhibition by branched-chain amino acids.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2514-3
67 ROR2 blockade improves the functional and structural outcomes of osteoarthritis in preclinical animal models by inhibiting YAP signaling.
https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/12/561/eaax3063
66 In a mouse model of the leukodystrophy Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease, myelination, motor performance, respiratory function and lifespan are improved by suppressing proteolipid protein expression, suggesting PLP1 as a therapeutic target for human patients with this disease and, more broadly, antisense oligonucleotides as a pharmaceutical modality for treatment of myelin disorders.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2494-3
65 An influenza A hemagglutinin small-molecule fusion inhibitor identified by a new high-throughput fluorescence polarization screen.
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/31/18431
64 Primordial emergence of a nucleic acid-binding protein via phase separation and statistical ornithine-to-arginine conversion.
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/27/15731
63 A conserved protein kinase VRK-1 increases life span by activating a key energy sensor AMPK in the roundworm C. elegans.
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62 The proteome landscape of the kingdoms of life.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2402-x
61 A compound that disassembles the circadian repressive super-complex can reset circadian phase and relieve jet lag in mice.
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60 A human binary protein interactome map that includes around 53,000 protein–protein interactions involving more than 8,000 proteins provides a reference for the study of human cellular function in health and disease.
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59 FOXO1 and FOXO3 transcription factors have unique functions in meniscus development and homeostasis during aging and osteoarthritis.
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/6/3135
58 The enzymatic activity of caspase-8 controls apoptosis, necroptosis and pyroptosis, and prevents tissue damage during embryonic development and adulthood in mice.
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