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RSC Chemical Biology is delighted to welcome papers for its latest online themed collection on ‘The Epitranscriptome’, guest edited by Ralph Kleiner (Princeton, USA), Claudia Höbartner (University of Würzburg, Germany) and Guifang Jia (Peking University, China).

Scope

Contributions are welcome which investigate structural and functional consequences of native RNA modifications in vitro and in living systems. New chemical and chemoenzymatic methods for detection, validation, and characterization of epitranscriptomic modifications and their functions are welcome for this themed collection on emerging topics in epitranscriptomic research.

The deadline for submissions is 30 November 2022.

Submit to the collection now!

Promotion of the collection is scheduled for spring 2023, with articles published online as soon as they’re accepted.

Authors are welcome to submit original research in the form of a Communication or Full Paper.  Articles can be submitted via our website: rsc.li/rsc-chembio. We would be grateful if upon submission you would be able to mention that your manuscript is intended for this themed collection in the “notes to the editor” box.

If you have any questions about the journal or the collection, I would be happy to answer them in reply to this email.

With kind regards,

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We’re excited to share with you our new cross-journal themed collection on “Multimolecular Crowding in Biosystems” for RSC Chemical Biology and ChemComm.

Living cells comprise a variety of molecules from small cations/anions, metabolites, lipids, peptides, to biopolymers such as peptides/proteins, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids. These biomolecules are highly condensed inside the live cells and their distribution and concentration are heterogeneously varied (in a controlled manner). Such multimolecular crowding conditions are sharply distinct from those of conventional biochemical study, should be crucial for elucidating structures and functions of biomolecules in live cells, as well as for developing functional artificial molecules useful in chemical biology study, drug discovery, and medical diagnosis.

In this cross-journal themed issue, explore research papers, reviews, and communications in ChemComm and RSC Chemical Biology concerning chemical, physical, theoretical, or biological characterization of various biomolecules under the multimolecular crowding conditions. Also discover the development of chemical tools and devices enabling the detection and imaging of key biomolecules and the relevant events in live cells, methods for the structural modification and functional switching/control of biomolecules, and analytical or physical chemistry approaches applicable to study of multimolecular crowding biosystems.

Explore some of the papers in the collection below, and see the full collection here: Cross-journal themed collection on ‘Multimolecular Crowding in Biosystems’

Highlight

Fluorescent probes for targeting endoplasmic reticulum: design strategies and their applications
Deepmala Singh, Deeksha Rajput and Sriram Kanvah
Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 2413-2429
DOI: 10.1039/D1CC06944F

Feature Article

Cancer diagnosis and analysis devices based on multimolecular crowding
Daisuke Onoshima and Yoshinobu Baba
Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 13655-13661
DOI: 10.1039/D1CC05556A

 Review

Chemogenetics of cell surface receptors: beyond genetic and pharmacological approaches
Yuta Miura, Akinobu Senoo, Tomohiro Doura and Shigeki Kiyonaka
RSC Chem. Biol., 2022, 3, 269-287
DOI: 10.1039/D1CB00195G

Paper

Versatile naphthalimide tetrazines for fluorogenic bioorthogonal labelling
Marcus E. Graziotto, Liam D. Adair, Amandeep Kaur, Pauline Vérité, Sarah R. Ball, Margaret Sunde, Denis Jacquemin and Elizabeth J. New
RSC Chem. Biol., 2021, 2, 1491-1498
DOI: 10.1039/D1CB00128K

We hope you enjoy reading these articles!

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