From the journals
From the JBC archives: Madness, indoles and mercury-based cathartics
A 1907 paper sought to resolve an ongoing question of whether indole, a bacterial molecule in the gut, could cause insanity if overproduced.
From the journals: JBC
Linking modified cysteines to cell migration. Recognizing protein tags for degradation. Disrupting C. difficile toxin production. Read about recent JBC papers on these topics.
From the journals: JLR
Can diacylglycerol combat athlete hyperuricemia? Inhibiting a cardiac enzyme improves metabolism. Targeting angiopoietins to combat liver injury. Read about papers on these topics recently published in the Journal of Lipid Research.
From the journals: JBC
Histone demethylase inhibited by own sequence. MicroRNA reduces cell cycle鈥搑elated apoptosis. Multipurpose antibiotic takes on staph infections. Read about recent JBC papers on these topics.
From the journals: JBC
Huntington protein interactions affect aggregation. Intrinsically disordered protein forms a scaffold. From unknown protein to curbing cancer growth. Read about recent JBC papers on these topics.
From the journals: JLR
Fixation method to quantify brain metabolites. Belly fat and liver disease crosstalk. Stopping heart diseases in schizophrenic patients. Read about the recent JLR papers on these topics.
From the Journals: MCP
Rapid and precise SARS-CoV-2 detection using mass spec. Mapping brain changes from drug addiction. Decoding plant osmotic stress response. Read about recent MCP papers on these topics.
From the journals: JBC
Prefoldins participate in parasite pathology. Protein modifications coordinate in DNA repair. Nucleotide analog blocks viral RNA polymerases. Read about recent papers in the JBC on these topics.
Quantifying how proteins in microbe and host interact
鈥淭o develop better vaccines, we need new methods and a better understanding of the antibody responses that develop in immune individuals,鈥� author Johan Malmström said.