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Scientists find that liver protein inhibits of pertussis toxin, offering a potential new treatment for bacterial respiratory disease. Read more about this recent study from the Journal of Lipid Research.

Scientists discover that triacylglycerol synthesis enzyme drives lipoproteins secretion rather than lipid droplet storage. Read more about this recent study from the Journal of Lipid Research.

Scientists identify structural differences between the transcription factors that control insulin regulation, shedding light on their roles in diabetes. Read more about this recent study from the Journal of Lipid Research.

Protein interaction in the bacterial divisome. A new target in stress granule formation. Interrogating the intricacies of the ‘happy tree.’ Read about papers on these topics recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

A novel player involved in kidney injury response. The role of the Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpes virus in kinase pathway activation. Understanding what a linker does in heme extraction. Read about these recent JBC papers.

Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis fed female mice conventional chow or a high-fat, high-sucrose diet and then bred them with lean males.

A new way to view colorectal cancer cell differentiation. Secretomics shed light on cells’ immune response. Targeting the signaling pathway convergence point.

Secrets of spider silk proteins. Potential Alzheimer’s target treatments. Structure of a deadly virulence factor. Read about papers on these topics recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Defining functional redundancy in mycobacteria. Finding aqueous pores in sodium channels. Identifying new substrates for a ubiquitin ligase. Read about papers on these topics.

Life-or-death mitochondrial quality control. A novel pathway for DNA mismatch repair. The role of a key player enzyme in cell survival.

Enzyme flexibility for bioenergy. A sulfur trafficking pathway in plants. Blocking germination of a crop parasite. Read about recent articles on these topics.

The gene–diet link in Type 2 diabetes. Scaffolding and structure in brain development. Antibody mimetics vs SARS-CoV-2. Read about papers on these topics recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Chain length and malarial infection. Diet supplements and fatty liver disease. Effects of a lesser-known synuclein. Read about recent papers in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Flipping the switch for competence. Stabilizing enzymes in the liver. Inhibiting SARS-Cov-2 replication. Read about papers on these topics recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Breaking down seaweed. A piece of the centromere recruitment puzzle. Making pain meds with microbes. Read about recent articles on these and other topics.