chemistry@nature contents: 20 January 2012

Bringing you the latest and best in chemistry news and research from Nature Publishing Group For more information, see each journal's latest table of contents: Nature Nature Biotechnology Nature Chemical Biology Nature Chemistry Nature Materials Nature Methods Nature Nanotechnology Nature Protocols Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 20 January 2012 Primary Research Blog Entries from The Sceptical Chymist Advertisement Subscribe to Nature Chemical Biology, reflecting the diversity and excitement of chemical biology research, here.   Primary Research top  Chemistry@nature JOBS of the week Ph.D Assistantships in Chemistry and Biochemistry South Dakota State University Physical Chemistry Charles University in Prague Director of the European Institute of Chemistry and Biology Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB) PhD-student with background in Chemistry / Polymer chemistry / Biomedical Engineering University of Twente Full Professor (W3) for Physiological Chemistry Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster More Science jobs from Chemistry@nature EVENT Nanolaboratories: Physics and Chemistry of Small-Molecule Endofullerenes 15.-16.03.12 UK More science events from Antiparallel EmrE exports drugs by exchanging between asymmetric structures Emma A. Morrison et al. Nature doi:10.1038/nature10703 Abstract Structure of a methyl-coenzyme M reductase from Black Sea mats that oxidize methane anaerobically Seigo Shima et al. Nature doi:10.1038/nature10663 Abstract Chemical chaperones assist intracellular folding to buffer mutational variations Anannya Bandyopadhyay et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.768 Abstract Evidence for dynamics in proteins as a mechanism for ligand dissociation Mary J Carroll et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.769 Abstract Disease-specific non-reducing end carbohydrate biomarkers for mucopolysaccharidoses Roger Lawrence et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.766 Abstract Oxysterols are allosteric activators of the oncoprotein Smoothened Sigrid Nachtergaele et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.765 Abstract Timing facilitated site transfer of an enzyme on DNA Joseph D Schonhoft & James T Stivers Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.764 Abstract Controlling on-surface polymerization by hierarchical and substrate-directed growth L. Lafferentz et al. Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1242 Abstract Binary fluorous tagging enables the synthesis and separation of a 16-stereoisomer library of macrosphelides Dennis P. Curran, Mantosh K. Sinha, Kai Zhang, Jesse J. Sabatini & Dae-Hyun Cho Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1233 Abstract Optochemical control of genetically engineered neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors Ivan Tochitsky et al. Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1234 Abstract Darwinian evolution of an alternative genetic system provides support for TNA as an RNA progenitor Hanyang Yu, Su Zhang & John C. Chaput Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1241 Abstract Programmable multivalent display of receptor ligands using peptide nucleic acid nanoscaffolds Ethan A. Englund et al. Nature Communications doi:10.1038/ncomms1629 Abstract A cobalt complex redox shuttle for dye-sensitized solar cells with high open-circuit potentials Jun-Ho Yum et al. Nature Communications doi:10.1038/ncomms1655 Abstract A new class of doped nanobulk high-figure-of-merit thermoelectrics by scalable bottom-up assembly Rutvik J. Mehta et al. Nature Materials doi:10.1038/nmat3213 Abstract Metastable structures and isotope exchange reactions in polyoxometalate ions provide a molecular view of oxide dissolution James R. Rustad & William H. Casey Nature Materials doi:10.1038/nmat3203 Abstract Charged nanoparticles as supramolecular surfactants for controlling the growth and stability of microcrystals Bartlomiej Kowalczyk et al. Nature Materials doi:10.1038/nmat3202 Abstract Blotting protein complexes from native gels to electron microscopy grids Roland Wilhelm Knispel et al. Nature Methods doi:10.1038/nmeth.1840 Abstract Probing and repairing damaged surfaces with nanoparticle-containing microcapsules Kratz, K. et al. Nature Nanotechnology doi:10.1038/nnano.2011.235 Abstract   Blog Entries from The Sceptical Chymist top  Reactions - Paul Dauenhauer Paul J. Dauenhauer is in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and he works on high temperature chemistries of biopolymer/biomass conversion to fuel and chemical feedstocks. Read Now Reactions - Shutao Wang Shutao Wang is in the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his research is focused on bio-inspired interfacial chemistry - in particular materials and developing artificial biointerface with controllable adhesion. Read Now Advertisement Have you listened to the recent Nature Podcast? 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