Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Vol. 122, Issue 16 Issue 16 2025
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Rolling two-dimensional covalent organic framework (COF) sheets into one-dimensional electronic and proton-conductive nanotubes

Zhuowei Li, Rajendra Prasad Paitandi, Yusuke Tsutsui et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2424314122

Mimicking the interconvertible carbon allotropes of 2-dimensional (2D) graphene and 1-dimensional (1D) carbon nanotubes (CNTs), herein we report the in situ transformation of 2D π-conjugated covalent...

Is killing animals an effective way to regulate populations?

Amy McDermott Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2506919122

Regulatory mimicry of cyclin-dependent kinases by a conserved herpesvirus protein kinase

Naoto Koyanagi, Kowit Hengphasatporn, Akihisa Kato et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2500264122

Herpesviruses encode conserved protein kinases (CHPKs) that target cellular cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) phosphorylation sites; thus, they are termed viral CDK-like kinases. Tyrosine 15 in the GxGxxG...

In the flow, how fluid dynamics shapes amyloid formation

Leon F. Willis, David J. Brockwell, Sheena E. Radford Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2504573122

Steeper social discounting after human basolateral amygdala damage

Tobias Kalenscher, Luca M. Lüpken, Ron Stoop et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2500692122

Translational research suggests that the basolateral part of the amygdala (BLA) computes some of the core processes underlying social preferences, but its precise role in prosocial choice remains uncl...

Correction to Supporting Information for Nishiguchi et al., Vortex reversal is a precursor of confined bacterial turbulence

Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2506387122

Sex chromosome evolution in haploid plants: Microchromosomes, disappearing chromosomes, and giant chromosomes

Deborah Charlesworth Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2425050122

As in many diploid organisms with genetic sex determination, haploid-dominant organisms have also evolved sex chromosomes or extensive genomic regions that lack genetic recombination. An understanding...

Generating the polymorph landscapes of amyloid fibrils using AI: RibbonFold

Liangyue Guo, Qilin Yu, Di Wang et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2501321122

The concept that proteins are selected to fold into a well-defined native state has been effectively addressed within the framework of energy landscapes, underpinning the recent successes of structure...

CD70 recruitment to the immunological synapse is dependent on CD20 in B cells

Abbey B. Arp, Andrea Abel Gutierrez, Martin ter Beest et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2414002122

CD20 is a four-transmembrane protein expressed at the surface of B cells from late pro-B cells to memory B cells, with the exception of plasma cells. Its expression pattern makes it an attractive ther...

Protein Phosphatase 1 Regulatory Subunit 3C integrates cholesterol metabolism and isocitrate dehydrogenase in chondrocytes and neoplasia

Makoto Nakagawa, Eijiro Shimada, Nicholas Guardino et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2501519122

Enchondromas are common bone tumors composed of chondrocytes originating from growth plate cells which can progress to malignant chondrosarcoma. Mutations in the genes encoding isocitrate dehydrogenas...

The evolution of robustness and fragility during long-term bacterial adaptation

Doha Chihoub, Coralie Pintard, Richard E. Lenski et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2501901122

Theory predicts that well-adapted populations may evolve mechanisms to counteract the inevitable influx of deleterious mutations. While mutational robustness can be directly selected in the laboratory...

Genomic signatures associated with the evolutionary loss of egg yolk in parasitoid wasps

Xianxin Zhao, Yuanyuan Liu, Bo Yuan et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2422292122

Trait regression and loss have occurred repeatedly in numerous lineages in response to environmental changes. In parasitoid wasps, a megadiverse group of hymenopteran insects, yolk protein reduction o...

The Q226L mutation can convert a highly pathogenic H5 2.3.4.4e virus to bind human-type receptors

María Ríos Carrasco, Ting-Hui Lin, Xueyong Zhu et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2419800122

H5Nx viruses continue to wreak havoc in avian and mammalian species worldwide. The virus distinguishes itself by the ability to replicate to high titers and transmit efficiently in a wide variety of h...

Mechanism of allosteric activation in human mitochondrial ClpP protease

Monica M. Goncalves, Adwaith B. Uday, Taylor J. B. Forrester et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2419881122

Human ClpP protease contributes to mitochondrial protein quality control by degrading misfolded proteins. ClpP is overexpressed in cancers such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML), where its inhibition le...

Iconicity as an organizing principle of the lexicon

Erin E. Campbell, Zed Sevcikova Sehyr, Elana Pontecorvo et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2401041122

The view that words are arbitrary is a foundational assumption about language, used to set human languages apart from nonhuman communication. We present here a study of the alignment between the seman...

European Neolithic farmers interbred their domestic pigs with wild boar

Peter Rowley-Conwy Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2504472122

The multifaceted roles of the transcriptional coactivator TAZ in extravillous trophoblast development of the human placenta

Gudrun Meinhardt, Hanna Waldhäusl, Andreas I. Lackner et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2426385122

Insights into the molecular processes that drive early development of the human placenta is crucial for our understanding of pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction,...

A rare variant in <i>GPR156</i> associated with depression in a Mennonite pedigree causes habenula hyperactivity and stress sensitivity in mice

Bradley R. Miller, Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui, Karlla W. Brigatti et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2404754122

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Risk for MDD is heritable, and the genetic structure of founder populations enables investigation of rare susceptibility all...

Temperature thresholds induce abrupt shifts in biodiversity and ecosystem services in montane ecosystems worldwide

Xiao-Min Zeng, Miguel Berdugo, Tadeo Saez-Sandino et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2413981122

Montane ecosystems are crucial for maintaining global biodiversity and function that sustain life on our planet. Yet, these ecosystems are highly vulnerable to changing temperatures and may undergo cr...

SNX10 deficiency impairs sensitivity to anti-HER2 antibody–drug conjugates via altering HER2 trafficking in HER2-positive breast cancer

Yu-Fei Chen, Qing-Hua Zhang, Zhong-Wei Zhang et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2417586122

Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) are a rapidly developing therapeutic approach in cancer treatment that has shown remarkable efficacy in breast cancer. Despite the promising efficacy of anti-HER2 ADCs,...

Design principles for self-organization of mitotic spindle bipolarity

Timothy J. Mitchison Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2504470122

Tearing down the house of mosquito-transmitted viruses

Shanti Pandey, Michaela U. Gack Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2504932122

Introducing the Special Feature on housing differences and inequality over the very long term

Timothy A. Kohler, Amy Bogaard, Scott G. Ortman Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2401989122

Molecular design of a therapeutic LSD analogue with reduced hallucinogenic potential

Jeremy R. Tuck, Lee E. Dunlap, Yara A. Khatib et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2416106122

Decreased dendritic spine density in the cortex is a key pathological feature of neuropsychiatric diseases including depression, addiction, and schizophrenia (SCZ). Psychedelics possess a remarkable a...

A plant CLE peptide and its fungal mimic promote arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis via CRN-mediated ROS suppression

Sagar Bashyal, Hasani Everett, Suzanne Matsuura et al. Apr 22, 2025 10.1073/pnas.2422215122

CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION-related (CLE) peptides have emerged as key regulators of plant–microbe interactions, including arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis. Here, we identify...

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Publisher National Academy of Sciences
ISSN 0027-8424
E-ISSN 1091-6490
Subject Life Sciences
Language English
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