The emerging role of mass spectrometry-based proteomics in drug discovery

F Meissner, J Geddes-McAlister, M Mann… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Proteins are the main targets of most drugs; however, system-wide methods to monitor
protein activity and function are still underused in drug discovery. Novel biochemical …

[HTML][HTML] CLIP and complementary methods

M Hafner, M Katsantoni, T Köster, J Marks… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
RNA molecules start assembling into ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes during
transcription. Dynamic RNP assembly, largely directed by cis-acting elements on the RNA …

A proximity-dependent biotinylation map of a human cell

CD Go, JDR Knight, A Rajasekharan, B Rathod… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Compartmentalization is a defining characteristic of eukaryotic cells, and partitions distinct
biochemical processes into discrete subcellular locations. Microscopy and biochemical …

Specificities of exosome versus small ectosome secretion revealed by live intracellular tracking of CD63 and CD9

M Mathieu, N Névo, M Jouve, JI Valenzuela… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite their roles in intercellular communications, the different populations of extracellular
vesicles (EVs) and their secretion mechanisms are not fully characterized: how and to what …

Metabolic determinants of cancer cell sensitivity to canonical ferroptosis inducers

M Soula, RA Weber, O Zilka, H Alwaseem, K La… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer cells rewire their metabolism and rely on endogenous antioxidants to mitigate lethal
oxidative damage to lipids. However, the metabolic processes that modulate the response to …

MatrisomeDB 2.0: 2023 updates to the ECM-protein knowledge database

X Shao, CD Gomez, N Kapoor… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex assembly of proteins that constitutes the scaffold
organizing cells, tissues, and organs. Over the past decade, mass-spectrometry-based …

AXL is a candidate receptor for SARS-CoV-2 that promotes infection of pulmonary and bronchial epithelial cells

S Wang, Z Qiu, Y Hou, X Deng, W Xu, T Zheng, P Wu… - Cell research, 2021 - nature.com
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presents a global public health
challenge. The viral pathogen responsible, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

APOBEC3B regulates R-loops and promotes transcription-associated mutagenesis in cancer

JL McCann, A Cristini, EK Law, SY Lee, M Tellier… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
The single-stranded DNA cytosine-to-uracil deaminase APOBEC3B is an antiviral protein
implicated in cancer. However, its substrates in cells are not fully delineated. Here …

The shieldin complex mediates 53BP1-dependent DNA repair

SM Noordermeer, S Adam, D Setiaputra, M Barazas… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract 53BP1 is a chromatin-binding protein that regulates the repair of DNA double-
strand breaks by suppressing the nucleolytic resection of DNA termini,. This function of …

Pi-Pi contacts are an overlooked protein feature relevant to phase separation

RMC Vernon, PA Chong, B Tsang, TH Kim, A Bah… - elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Protein phase separation is implicated in formation of membraneless organelles, signaling
puncta and the nuclear pore. Multivalent interactions of modular binding domains and their …