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| Viral peptide conjugates for metal-warhead delivery to chromatin
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| Development of potent dual BET/HDAC inhibitors via pharmacophore merging and structure-guided optimization
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| Peptide-based covalent inhibitors bearing mild electrophiles to target a conserved his residue of the bacterial sliding clamp
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| The catalytic mechanism of the RNA methyltransferase METTL3
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| Crystal structure of archaeal IF5A-DHS complex reveals insights into the hypusination mechanism
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| Elucidation of unusual biosynthesis and DnaN-targeting mode of action of potent anti-tuberculosis antibiotics Mycoplanecins
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| Synthesis and evaluation of chemical linchpins for highly selective CK2α targeting
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| Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors through deep reinforcement learning for de novo drug design and computational chemistry approaches
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| Structure–function relationships underpin disulfide loop cleavage-dependent activation of <em>Legionella pneumophila</em> lysophospholipase A PlaA
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| Substrate selectivity and catalytic activation of the type III CRISPR ancillary nuclease Can2
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| Molecular engineering of insulin for recombinant expression in yeast
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| Structural comparison of (hyper-)thermophilic nitrogenase reductases from three marine <em>Methanococcales</em>
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| Real time and highly sensitive sub-wavelength 2D hybrid perovskite photodetectors
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| Dimerization of a 5-kDa domain defines the architecture of the 5-MDa gammaproteobacterial pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
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| Protein engineering enables a soakable crystal form of human CDK7 primed for high-throughput crystallography and structure-based drug design
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| Differences in regulation mechanisms of glutamine synthetases from methanogenic archaea unveiled by structural investigations
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| A ligand discovery toolbox for the WWE domain family of human E3 ligases
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| Enzyme-catalyzed oxidative degradation of ergothioneine
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| Purine nucleosides replace cAMP in allosteric regulation of PKA in trypanosomatid pathogens
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