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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2021

Caffeine-Operated Synthetic Modules for Chemogenetic Control of Protein Activities by Life Style.

Tianlu Wang, Lian He, Ji Jing, Tien-Hung Lan, Tingting Hong, Fen Wang, Yun Huang, Guolin Ma, Yubin Zhou

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Rational design of small-molecule responsive protein switches.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tianlu WangCenter for Translational Cancer Research Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Lian HeCenter for Translational Cancer Research Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Ji JingCenter for Translational Cancer Research Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Tien-Hung LanCenter for Translational Cancer Research Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Tingting HongCenter for Epigenetics and Disease Prevention Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Fen WangCenter for Translational Cancer Research Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Yun HuangCenter for Epigenetics and Disease Prevention Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Guolin MaCenter for Translational Cancer Research Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.
Yubin ZhouCenter for Translational Cancer Research Institute of Biosciences and Technology Texas A&M University Houston TX 77030 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7962-0517
Texas A&M University · USPrevention Institute · US

Funding

MOLECULAR CONTROL OF CALCIUM INFLUX AT THE ER-PLASMA MEMBRANE JUNCTIONSR01GM112003 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI ZHOU, YUBIN · 2014 to 2022
$2.7M
NanoOptogenetic immunotherapy for B cell lymphomaR01CA232017 · NCI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI HAN, GANG, ZHOU, YUBIN · 2019 to 2023
$2.2M
TET-mediated epigenetic regulation in cardiac development.R01HL134780 · NHLBI · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI HUANG, YUN · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Role of TET dioxygenase associated immune mechanisms in cardiac injury and repairR01HL146852 · NHLBI · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI HUANG, YUN · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
Optogenetic toolkit for remote control of voltage-gated calcium channelsR21GM126532 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI HAN, GANG, ZHOU, YUBIN · 2018 to 2019
$443k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA232017NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL134780NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146852NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM112003NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM126532
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A genetically encoded caffeine-operated synthetic module (COSMO) is introduced herein as a robust chemically induced dimerization (CID) system. COSMO enables chemogenetic manipulation of biological processes by caffeine and its metabolites, as well as caffeinated beverages, including coffee, tea, soda, and energy drinks. This CID tool, evolved from an anti-caffeine nanobody via cell-based high-throughput screening, permits caffeine-inducible gating of calcium channels, tumor killing via necroptosis, growth factors-independent activation of tyrosine receptor kinase signaling, and enhancement of nanobody-mediated antigen recognition for the severe acute respiratory distress coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein. Further rationalized engineering of COSMO leads to 34-217-fold enhancement in caffeine sensitivity (EC

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allosteric switchcaffeinechemical biologychemically induced dimerizationnanobodySARS‐Cov‐2

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PMID33552855
PMCPMC7856909
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