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Halogen…π Interactions as Important Contributors to Binding Affinity in Medicinal Chemistry

  • Marc Nazaré
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Use of substituted heterocyclic compounds for treating disease associated with genotoxic stress-induced I kappa B kinase/nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells activation which is cancer

  • Marc Nazaré
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Use of substituted heterocyclic compounds for treating a subject afflicted by hyperthyroidism or thyroid disease including Grave's disease, Grave's ophthalmopathy, Grave's dermopathy or thyroid cancer

  • Marc Nazaré
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF FACTOR XA IN COMPLEX WITH COMPOUND 45

  • Marc Nazaré
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Composition to identify compound of interest comprises fluorescent-labeled fatty acid whose fatty acid part binds to fatty acid binding compound, and fluorescent part and compound interact to elicit Forster resonance energy transfer effects

  • Marc Nazaré
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New xanthine derivatives are tryptophan hydroxylases inhibitors used to treat e.g. bone diseases, systemic sclerosis, gastrointestinal diseases, cancer, vascular diseases, inflammatory, metabolic diseases and psychiatric diseases

  • Marc Nazaré
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New N-(4-(azaindazol-6-yl)-phenyl)-sulfonamide compound used in treating e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, fibrosis, inflammation, epilepsy, pain, tumors, cerebral infarctions, osteoarthritis, obesity, dyslipidemia, gout and tinnitus

  • Marc Nazaré
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New substituted triazole derivatives are tankyrase-1 inhibitors useful for treating or preventing e.g. non-regenerative wound healing, viral infection, dermal, renal, liver or myocardial fibrosis, or aberrant systemic glucose metabolism

  • Marc Nazaré
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New xanthine derivatives are tryptophan hydroxylase inhibitor, used to treat serotonin-related diseases or disorders e.g. osteoporosis, osteoporosis pseudoglioma syndrome, osteopenia, diarrhea, emesis, and peripheral artery disease

  • Marc Nazaré
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Cl− Channels and Cl−/H+ Exchangers

  • Thomas J. Jentsch

Encyclopedia of Molecular Pharmacology 512

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HaloTag Ligand and HaloTag Protein engineering for a binary fluorescent turn-on probe

  • Blaise Gatin-Fraudet; Ulrich Pabst; Christina H. Olesen; Bianca C. Baciu; Ramona Birke; Sigrid Milles; Johannes Broichhagen
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Lotus japonicus VIH2 is an inositol pyrophosphate synthase that regulates arbuscular mycorrhiza

  • Dorothea Fiedler; Maren Schädel; Martina Katharina Ried-Lasi; Verena Gaugler; Gabriel Schaaf; Henning Jacob Jessen; Philipp Gaugler; Michael Harings; Kiran Raj; Guizhen Liu; Mengsi Lu; Charlotte Magdalena Mathilda Grothaus; Ulrike Anna Jochimsen; Athanasios Makris; Simon Maria Bartsch; Anna Maria Frentzen

Science Advances 2026

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Cryptic splicing in synaptic and membrane excitability genes links TDP-43 loss to neuronal dysfunction

  • Sarat Vatsavayai; Peter Penzes; Kuchuan Chen; Euan Parnell; William W. Seeley; Rasheen Powell; Dragana Ilic; Yi Zeng; Noa Lipstein; Aaron D Gitler; Leonard Petrucelli; Caiwei Guo; Tetsuya Akiyama; Chang Liu; Odilia Sianto; Edith Yang; Shannon S Zhen; Mortiz Boll; Georgiana Miller; Juliane Bombosch; Eric Green; Ryan David Morrie; Shila Mekhoubad

Science Translational Medicine 2026

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Atomic structure and dynamics of the mechanosensitive channel MscL from E. coli by cryo-EM and solid-state NMR

  • Taoran Xiao; Alexandra Kovinko; Chaowei Shi; Henry Sawczyc; Denis Qoraj; Carl Öster; Thiemo Sprink; Sascha Lange; Spyridon Kosteletos; Han Sun; Daniel Roderer; Shanshuang Chen; Adam Lange
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Proteome-wide quantification of inositol pyrophosphate-protein interactions

  • Annika Richter; Jaime A. Isern; Max Ruwolt; Sarah Lampe; Abhirup Majumdar; Fan Liu; David Furkert; Dorothea Fiedler

Nature Communications 2026

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Dynamics of (Hetero)aryl Motifs: An Integrative Approach To Study the Conformational Landscape in Macrocycles

  • Anton F. Ketzel; Matthew Diamandas; Xiao-Lu Li; Yang Daniel Ou; Xinxiang Lei; Andrei K. Yudin; Han Sun

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026

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Pho84/GLUT2 are cellular myo-inositol exporters regulated by inositol pyrophosphates

  • Xue Bessie Su; Xinjie Zhang; Valeria Fedeli; An-Li Andrea Ko; Jiarui Nicole Fu; Dorothea Fiedler; Adolfo Saiardi

The EMBO Journal 2026

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Discerning protein pools by selective staining with self‐labeling tags

  • Kati Fischermanns; Johannes Broichhagen

FEBS Letters 2026

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Protein Modifications for Cellular Protein Delivery

  • Jan Vincent V. Arafiles; Jonathan Franke; Palina Dubatouka; Luise Franz; Christian P.R. Hackenberger

Chemical Reviews 2026

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The role of adhesins of Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal cancer – a structural perspective

  • Felix Schöpf; Gian Luca Marongiu; Daniel Roderer

Gut Microbes 2026

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Atomic structure and plasticity of the CTX-MthK complex investigated by cryo-EM, NMR, and MD simulations

  • Denis Qoraj; Swantje Mohr; Yessenbek K. Aldakul; Thiemo Sprink; Carl Öster; Taoran Xiao; Peter Schmieder; Sascha Lange; Tillmann Utesch; Daniel Roderer; Shanshuang Chen; Han Sun; Adam Lange

Nature Communications 2026

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Characterization of the Direct and Indirect Inhibition of Apoptosis by Full‐Length Recombinant Bcl‐xL Monomers

  • Christina Elsner; Ludovica M. Epasto; Adeline Cieren; Dominik Gendreizig; Svetlana Kucher; Daniel Roderer; Enrica Bordignon

ChemBioChem 2026

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Atomic structure and plasticity of the CTX-MthK complex investigated by cryo-EM, NMR, and MD simulations

  • Denis Qoraj; Swantje Mohr; Yessenbek K. Aldakul; Thiemo Sprink; Carl Öster; Taoran Xiao; Peter Schmieder; Sascha Lange; Tillmann Utesch; Daniel Roderer; Shanshuang Chen; Han Sun; Adam Lange

Nature Communications 2026

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Species Context Reverses PPIP5K Control of Fungal Morphogenesis and Actin Organization

  • Elisa Koc; Lisa Juhran; Visnja Emmerich; Abel Alcázar-Román; Simon M. Bartsch; Adolfo Saiardi; Lasse van Wijlick; Johannes Postma; Thomas Lenz; Dorothea Fiedler; Michael Feldbrügge; Kai Stühler; Ingrid Span; Ursula Fleig
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Emergence of new function through evolutionary divergence of an intrinsically disordered region

  • Carlos A. Elena-Real; Antonia M. Körber; Blaise Gatin-Fraudet; Alexandra Kovinko; Kathrin Motzny; Arbesa Saiti; Adam Lange; Johannes Broichhagen; Sigrid Milles
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De-Nterm-ining GLP1R signaling bias

  • Johannes Broichhagen; David J. Hodson

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 2026

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Structural basis for covalent inhibition of sulfatases by sulfamate warheads

  • Charles W.E. Tomlinson; Stefano Elli; Morgan Batiste-Simms; Zongjia Chen; Chris Taylor; Adam Dowle; Edwin A. Yates; Marc Nazaré; Martin A. Fascione; Lianne I. Willems; Spencer J. Williams; Conor J. Crawford; Alan Cartmell
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Isotopic Tracing of [13C6]scyllo-Inositol Uncovers Its Incorporation into Phosphatidylinositols in Immortalized Mammalian Cells

  • Meike M. Amma; Laxmikanth Kollipara; Tobias Dürr-Mayer; Josefin Streeck; Peter Schmieder; Adolfo Saiardi; Henning J. Jessen; Sven Heiles; Dorothea Fiedler

ACS Chemical Biology 2026

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Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation

  • Sarah Lampe; Tanmay Kumar Mohanty; Rashna Bhandari; Dorothea Fiedler

FEBS Letters 2026

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Nanobodies Equipped with HaloTag Enable Scalable Fluorescence-Lifetime Multiplexing

  • László Albert; Samrat Basak; Henrike Körner; Nazar Oleksiievets; Nikolaos Mougios; Elena R. Cotroneo; Michelle S. Frei; Jörg Enderlein; Johannes Broichhagen; Nadja A. Simeth; Roman Tsukanov; Felipe Opazo

ACS Nano 2026

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Configurational diversity of metabotropic glutamate receptor complexes with beta-arrestins

  • Dagan C. Marx; Alberto J. Gonzalez-Hernandez; Joon Lee; Dirk Siepe; Willem F. Weber; Kevin Huynh; Pamela N. Gallo; Sheida Sharghi Moshtaghin; Anisul Arefin; Johannes Broichhagen; Marian Kalocsay; David Eliezer; Joshua Levitz

Nature Communications 2026

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Structural basis of active state coupling of metabotropic glutamate receptor 8 to beta-arrestins

  • Dagan C. Marx; Kevin Huynh; Alberto J. Gonzalez-Hernandez; Alexa Strauss; Carlos Rico; Pamela N. Gallo; Sheida Sharghi Moshtaghin; Anisul Arefin; Johannes Broichhagen; David Eliezer; George Khelashvili; Joshua Levitz

Nature Communications 2026

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Site-resolved spatial and structural interactome of a human cell

  • Zehong Zhang; Nanako Yokoyama; Ying Zhu; Julia Ruta; Jiale Cheng; Vini Natalia; Tolga Soykan; Volker Haucke; Fan Liu
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Phosphoinositides and inositol phosphates—functions and cellular dynamics

  • Feng Rao; Volker Haucke

FEBS Letters 2026

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Cross-talk of filter gate and lower helices drives polymodal regulation and disease in TREK channels

  • Berke Türkaydin; Valerio Rizzi; Chaimae Benkerdagh; Simon Ghysbrecht; Simone Aureli; Thomas Baukrowitz; Marcus Schewe; Francesco Luigi Gervasio; Han Sun

Nature Communications 2026

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Abnormal ClC-3/TMEM9-mediated endosomal ion transport in CLCN3-associated neurodevelopmental disease.

  • Polovitskaya MM; Tkemaladze T; Jensen L; Kar S; Planells-Cases R; Agolini E; Agrawal PB; Alfieri P; Barakat TS; Bertrand M; Bowman P; Brooks AS; Bruel AL; Cabet S; Chwialkowska K; Colafati GS; Delanne J; Faivre L; Felton C; Grasshoff U; Guerrot AM; Haack TB; Haase C; Helseth AR; Janssens K; Khan A; Koch-Hogrebe M; Mandelberg J; Mangold E; Melikidze E; Meuwissen M; Mičule I; Noble B; Platzer K; Rots D; Sarret C; Schmetz A; Shillington A; Tran-Mau-Them F; Wieczorek D; Lesca G; Bayat A; Jentsch TJ

EMBO molecular medicine 2026

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Microwave-assisted combinatorial synthesis of phalloidin derivatives for optimization of structure–activity-relationship (SAR)

  • Tino Damaszek; Mark A. R. de Geus; Zhanyu He; Guiyang Yao; Christian P. R. Hackenberger; Roderich D. Süssmuth

Chemical Communications 2026

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Drug Delivery Vehicle—Teriflunomide Interactions Affect Treatment and Fluorine Magnetic Resonance in an Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis

  • Xiang Hu; Nandita Saha; Yinhao Chen; Jason M. Millward; Andreas Oder; Keven Mallow; Stefanie Münchberg; Christian Prinz; Helmar Waiczies; Michael Rothe; Martin Neuenschwander; Marc Nazaré; Friedemann Paul; Thoralf Niendorf; Sonia Waiczies

Pharmaceutics 2026

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Active Site-Directed Probes for targeting Bacterial Phosphoarginine Phosphatases

  • Christian E. Stieger; Yassmine El Harraoui; Luke Brennan; Michael Lisurek; Jan Vincent V. Arafiles; Charlotte Völkel; Kristin Kemnitz-Hassanin; Han Sun; Stephan Sieber; Christian P.R. Hackenberger
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Active Site-Directed Probes for targeting Bacterial Phosphoarginine Phosphatases

  • Christian E. Stieger; Yassmine El Harraoui; Luke Brennan; Michael Lisurek; Jan Vincent V. Arafiles; Charlotte Völkel; Kristin Kemnitz-Hassanin; Han Sun; Stephan Sieber; Christian P.R. Hackenberger
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Atomic structure and dynamics of the mechanosensitive channel MscL from E. coli by cryo-EM and solid-state NMR

  • Thiemo Sprink; Adam Lange; Carl Öster; Sascha Lange; Shanshuang Chen; Daniel Roderer; Chaowei Shi; Han Sun; Taoran Xiao; Alexandra Kovinko; Henry Sawczyc; Denis Qoraj; Spyridon Kosteletos; Anton Florian Ketzel

Science Advances 2026

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Atomic structure and dynamics of the mechanosensitive channel MscL from E. coli by cryo-EM and solid-state NMR

  • Thiemo Sprink; Adam Lange; Carl Öster; Sascha Lange; Shanshuang Chen; Daniel Roderer; Chaowei Shi; Han Sun; Taoran Xiao; Alexandra Kovinko; Henry Sawczyc; Denis Qoraj; Spyridon Kosteletos; Anton Florian Ketzel

Science Advances 2026

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A protective cGAMP-mediated anti-tumor immune response can proceed without LRRC8/VRAC channels

  • Fabian M.B. Thöne; Maya M. Polovitskaya; Uta E. Höpken; Armin Rehm; Thomas J. Jentsch

Journal of Biological Chemistry 2026

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Conservation and Specificity in Bacillus Biofilm Dynamics: On Structure and Function of B. cereus Camelysins

  • Anne Diehl; Florian Lindemann; Nils Cremer; Yvette Roske; Matthias Hiller; Barth van Rossum; Martina Leidert; Kürşad Turgay; Hartmut Oschkinat

Journal of Molecular Biology 2026

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Targeting the Membrane‐Embedded Rhomboid Protease GlpG: A Multimodal Strategy for Inhibitor Discovery and Mechanistic Insight

  • Claudia Bohg; Yurii Dubanych; Spyridon Kosteletos; Taoran Xiao; Martin Neuenschwander; Tillmann Utesch; Michael Lisurek; Carl Öster; Andreas Oder; Carola Seyffarth; Kathrin Bach; Denise‐Liù Gracias Leone; František Filandr; Marc Wegert; Sascha Lange; Henry Sawczyc; Jens Peter von Kries; Christian P. R. Hackenberger; Edgar Specker; Han Sun; Kvido Stříšovský; Adam Lange

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2026

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Supplementary Figure S1 from TUB-010, a Novel Anti-CD30 Antibody–Drug Conjugate Based on Tub-Tag Technology, Widens the Therapeutic Window by Reducing Toxicity While Maintaining High Efficacy

  • Marcus Gerlach; Saskia Schmitt; Philipp Cyprys; Marc-André Kasper; Isabelle Mai; Magdalena Klanova; Andreas Maiser; Heinrich Leonhardt; Christian P.R. Hackenberger; Günter R. Fingerle-Rowson; Annette M. Vogl; Dominik Schumacher; Jonas Helma
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Supplementary Figure S4 from TUB-010, a Novel Anti-CD30 Antibody–Drug Conjugate Based on Tub-Tag Technology, Widens the Therapeutic Window by Reducing Toxicity While Maintaining High Efficacy

  • Marcus Gerlach; Saskia Schmitt; Philipp Cyprys; Marc-André Kasper; Isabelle Mai; Magdalena Klanova; Andreas Maiser; Heinrich Leonhardt; Christian P.R. Hackenberger; Günter R. Fingerle-Rowson; Annette M. Vogl; Dominik Schumacher; Jonas Helma
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Supplementary Table 2 from TUB-010, a Novel Anti-CD30 Antibody–Drug Conjugate Based on Tub-Tag Technology, Widens the Therapeutic Window by Reducing Toxicity While Maintaining High Efficacy

  • Marcus Gerlach; Saskia Schmitt; Philipp Cyprys; Marc-André Kasper; Isabelle Mai; Magdalena Klanova; Andreas Maiser; Heinrich Leonhardt; Christian P.R. Hackenberger; Günter R. Fingerle-Rowson; Annette M. Vogl; Dominik Schumacher; Jonas Helma
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Supplementary Table 3 from TUB-010, a Novel Anti-CD30 Antibody–Drug Conjugate Based on Tub-Tag Technology, Widens the Therapeutic Window by Reducing Toxicity While Maintaining High Efficacy

  • Marcus Gerlach; Saskia Schmitt; Philipp Cyprys; Marc-André Kasper; Isabelle Mai; Magdalena Klanova; Andreas Maiser; Heinrich Leonhardt; Christian P.R. Hackenberger; Günter R. Fingerle-Rowson; Annette M. Vogl; Dominik Schumacher; Jonas Helma
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Supplementary Figure S5 from TUB-010, a Novel Anti-CD30 Antibody–Drug Conjugate Based on Tub-Tag Technology, Widens the Therapeutic Window by Reducing Toxicity While Maintaining High Efficacy

  • Marcus Gerlach; Saskia Schmitt; Philipp Cyprys; Marc-André Kasper; Isabelle Mai; Magdalena Klanova; Andreas Maiser; Heinrich Leonhardt; Christian P.R. Hackenberger; Günter R. Fingerle-Rowson; Annette M. Vogl; Dominik Schumacher; Jonas Helma
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