Molecular CellPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.017
François Dossin,Mikael Attia,Fabricio Montero Zúñiga,Daniel González-Acosta,Rachel Brough,Fei Fei Song,Dragomir B. Krastev,Maya Raghunandan,Stephen J. Pettitt,Aurélien Boré,Amaury Vaysse,Raphaël Margueron,Massimo Lopes,Andrew N.J. Tutt,Christopher J. Lord,Ludovic Deriano
{"title":"A genome-scale adaptation map identifies the FANCM-RMI1/2 complex as an opposing modulator of cell fitness upon BRCA1 or BRCA2 loss","authors":"François Dossin,Mikael Attia,Fabricio Montero Zúñiga,Daniel González-Acosta,Rachel Brough,Fei Fei Song,Dragomir B. Krastev,Maya Raghunandan,Stephen J. Pettitt,Aurélien Boré,Amaury Vaysse,Raphaël Margueron,Massimo Lopes,Andrew N.J. Tutt,Christopher J. Lord,Ludovic Deriano","doi":"10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18950,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cell","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular CellPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2026.08.026
Ashok R. Venkitaraman
{"title":"DDIAS shields vulnerable single-stranded DNA to direct neurogenesis and protect cancer cells","authors":"Ashok R. Venkitaraman","doi":"10.1016/j.molcel.2026.08.026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.08.026","url":null,"abstract":"Papers in Molecular Cell and Cell by Xue et al.1 and Tsukuda2 et al., respectively, reveal that DDIAS serves as an essential single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)-binding effector of the CIP2A-TOPBP1 complex that safeguards genome integrity by shielding post-replicative ssDNA lesions during mitosis, with implications for human cancer and neurodevelopment.","PeriodicalId":18950,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cell","volume":"21 1","pages":"3857-3859"},"PeriodicalIF":16.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular CellPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.007
Ningning Liang,Costas A. Lyssiotis,Daniel R. Wahl
{"title":"Hypoxia? NNoT a PROblem!","authors":"Ningning Liang,Costas A. Lyssiotis,Daniel R. Wahl","doi":"10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.007","url":null,"abstract":"Glioma cells experience profound metabolic stress in hypoxic tumor regions, where mitochondrial respiration is constrained and redox balance becomes difficult to maintain. A recent study by Vettore and colleagues1 in Molecular Cell identifies nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase as a key mitochondrial enzyme that connects NADH oxidation to NADPH production, thereby supporting proline synthesis and growth under hypoxia. This work highlights how distinct redox pools are coordinated in cancer cells and suggests that NNT-dependent metabolism may represent a vulnerability in hypoxic tumors.","PeriodicalId":18950,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cell","volume":"36 1","pages":"3862-3863"},"PeriodicalIF":16.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular CellPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.032
Benjamin I. Ferman,Chloe Azadegan,John Santoro,Anushka Udara,Madison A. Lineberger,William Lautert-Dutra,Ethan Sumner,Logan McCullough,Erin O’Donnell,Kashish Chetal,Jade Wilson,Zach Gray,Manna Ahmed,Zhijie Deng,Yan Xiong,H. Umit Kaniskan,Damayanti Chakraborty,Thomas L. Clarke,Sedona E. Murphy,Martin Walsh,Alfonso Bellacosa,Hayan Lee,Jian Jin,Capucine Van Rechem,Michael S. Lawrence,Ruslan I. Sadreyev,Johnathan R. Whetstine
{"title":"An epigenetic program dictates MYC amplification dynamics that promote transient, extrachromosomal, and inherited genomic events","authors":"Benjamin I. Ferman,Chloe Azadegan,John Santoro,Anushka Udara,Madison A. Lineberger,William Lautert-Dutra,Ethan Sumner,Logan McCullough,Erin O’Donnell,Kashish Chetal,Jade Wilson,Zach Gray,Manna Ahmed,Zhijie Deng,Yan Xiong,H. Umit Kaniskan,Damayanti Chakraborty,Thomas L. Clarke,Sedona E. Murphy,Martin Walsh,Alfonso Bellacosa,Hayan Lee,Jian Jin,Capucine Van Rechem,Michael S. Lawrence,Ruslan I. Sadreyev,Johnathan R. Whetstine","doi":"10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18950,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cell","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular CellPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.005
René Bernards
{"title":"An unexpected role for cyclin E-CDK2 in regulating responses to cancer immunotherapy","authors":"René Bernards","doi":"10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.005","url":null,"abstract":"In this issue of Molecular Cell, Chu et al.1 describe that cancers with increased cyclin E-CDK2 activity suppress responses to immunotherapy through phosphorylation of BRD4, resulting in downregulation of interferon-stimulated genes. Their findings suggest approaches to enhance immunotherapy responses.","PeriodicalId":18950,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cell","volume":"39 1","pages":"3860-3861"},"PeriodicalIF":16.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular CellPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2026.08.032
Andres F. Vacas,Md Solayman,Sarah E. Calvo,Khanh Nguyen,Cameron Genxuan Lian,Keith D. Rivera,Michael Z. Chen,MitoCarta Tree of Life Consortium,Namrata D. Udeshi,Vamsi K. Mootha,Ruslan Aphasizhev,Inna Aphasizheva
{"title":"Lineage-specific innovations expand mitochondrial proteomes in kinetoplastids","authors":"Andres F. Vacas,Md Solayman,Sarah E. Calvo,Khanh Nguyen,Cameron Genxuan Lian,Keith D. Rivera,Michael Z. Chen,MitoCarta Tree of Life Consortium,Namrata D. Udeshi,Vamsi K. Mootha,Ruslan Aphasizhev,Inna Aphasizheva","doi":"10.1016/j.molcel.2026.08.032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.08.032","url":null,"abstract":"Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania tarentolae are model kinetoplastids whose mitochondria contain a unique DNA network, kinetoplast DNA (kDNA), and exhibit specialized features, including developmental remodeling and RNA editing. By integrating mass spectrometry-based protein correlation profiling with published datasets, we assembled inventories of 1,666 mitochondrial proteins in T. brucei and 1,594 in L. tarentolae. These include 124 polypeptides not previously recognized as mitochondrial. Despite their phylogenetic distance, trypanosomes and leishmanias maintain highly conserved mitoproteomes, including about 700 components with no detectable homologs in other eukaryotes. Comparison of T. brucei insect and mammalian stages revealed similar mitoproteome compositions but globally reduced mitochondrial protein abundance in the latter, except for components of calcium homeostasis and the alternative oxidase pathway. We also detected ten kDNA-encoded proteins, including products of pan-edited transcripts. These inventories establish a framework for functional analysis of previously uncharacterized mitochondrial factors and illuminate innovations that have shaped kinetoplastid evolution.","PeriodicalId":18950,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cell","volume":"17 1","pages":"4058-4074.e8"},"PeriodicalIF":16.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular CellPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.004
Matthew Drake,Xianzhen Zhou,Alexandra McStea,Benjamin Foster,Kay Yi Chong,Martin Attwood,Leslye Roca Burgos,Laura Bennett,Sneha Anand,Merve Kaplan,Jessica J. Lu,Vaishnavi Ravikumar,Marjorie Fournier,Elena Navarro-Guerrero,Michael Ranes,Weston B. Struwe,Christopher Staples,Daniel Ebner,Ian Gibbs-Seymour
{"title":"Ubiquitin chain editing promotes p97/VCP-dependent removal of RPA from DNA","authors":"Matthew Drake,Xianzhen Zhou,Alexandra McStea,Benjamin Foster,Kay Yi Chong,Martin Attwood,Leslye Roca Burgos,Laura Bennett,Sneha Anand,Merve Kaplan,Jessica J. Lu,Vaishnavi Ravikumar,Marjorie Fournier,Elena Navarro-Guerrero,Michael Ranes,Weston B. Struwe,Christopher Staples,Daniel Ebner,Ian Gibbs-Seymour","doi":"10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"DNA repair requires dynamic control of proteins on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), yet how ubiquitin signaling regulates ssDNA-bound factors remains poorly understood. Here, we identify in human cells a ubiquitin chain-editing mechanism that promotes extraction of replication protein A (RPA) from ssDNA. We show that RPA stimulates the deubiquitinase ZUP1 and enhances its activity toward K63 linkages within ubiquitin chains. In response to DNA damage, RPA is modified with branched K48-K63 ubiquitin chains. ZUP1 selectively removes K63 linkages from these chains, remodeling the ubiquitin signal on RPA. We show that ZUP1-mediated editing of branched ubiquitin chains promotes p97/VCP-dependent removal of ubiquitinated RPA from ssDNA. Loss of ZUP1 causes accumulation of branched ubiquitin chains on RPA and pathological RPA trapping on ssDNA, resulting in elevated ssDNA signaling and genome instability. Together, our findings identify ubiquitin chain editing as a mechanism that controls RPA dynamics on ssDNA and enables p97/VCP-mediated protein extraction during DNA repair.","PeriodicalId":18950,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cell","volume":"9 1","pages":"3897-3914.e18"},"PeriodicalIF":16.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular CellPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2026.08.024
Baiyun Wang,Ning Zheng
{"title":"Molecular glue everywhere: Metabolites join the party","authors":"Baiyun Wang,Ning Zheng","doi":"10.1016/j.molcel.2026.08.024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.08.024","url":null,"abstract":"In a recent Nature paper, Witus et al.1 show that endogenous purine nucleotides and thiopurine drugs act as molecular glues to block purine synthesis by tethering PPAT to its inhibitor NUDT5 via a pocket highlighted by plasticity and cooperative interactions.","PeriodicalId":18950,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cell","volume":"16 1","pages":"3864-3866"},"PeriodicalIF":16.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular CellPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.012
Jennifer Porat,Yizhe Sun,Valentina Poli,Stefan Petkov,Karim Almahayni,Andrew Crompton,Benson M. George,Francisca Nathália de Luna Vitorino,Li Yi,Carolina Bras Costa,Yitong Zhou,Hongxiu Wen,Latanya N. Coke,Morgane Humbel,Sandeep K. Rai,Fardin Aryan,Leon Zheng,Peter K. Gregersen,George C. Tsokos,Benjamin A. Garcia,Yixuan Xie,Suneet Agarwal,Leonhard Möckl,Ivan Zanoni,Benjamin E. Gewurz,Kim R. Simpfendorfer,Ryan A. Flynn
{"title":"DNASE1L3 maintains homeostatic levels of mitochondrial DNA on the mammalian cell surface","authors":"Jennifer Porat,Yizhe Sun,Valentina Poli,Stefan Petkov,Karim Almahayni,Andrew Crompton,Benson M. George,Francisca Nathália de Luna Vitorino,Li Yi,Carolina Bras Costa,Yitong Zhou,Hongxiu Wen,Latanya N. Coke,Morgane Humbel,Sandeep K. Rai,Fardin Aryan,Leon Zheng,Peter K. Gregersen,George C. Tsokos,Benjamin A. Garcia,Yixuan Xie,Suneet Agarwal,Leonhard Möckl,Ivan Zanoni,Benjamin E. Gewurz,Kim R. Simpfendorfer,Ryan A. Flynn","doi":"10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.09.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18950,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cell","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular CellPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2026.08.031
Md Solayman,Yi-Ting Liao,Sarah E. Calvo,Andres F. Vacas,Malvina Papanastasiou,Keith D. Rivera,D.R. Mani,Brian W. Boyle,Felicia G. Deng,MitoCarta Tree of Life Consortium,Namrata D. Udeshi,Vamsi K. Mootha,Inna Aphasizheva,Luke H. Chao,Ruslan Aphasizhev
{"title":"Conserved and divergent mitochondrial assemblies in kinetoplastid parasites","authors":"Md Solayman,Yi-Ting Liao,Sarah E. Calvo,Andres F. Vacas,Malvina Papanastasiou,Keith D. Rivera,D.R. Mani,Brian W. Boyle,Felicia G. Deng,MitoCarta Tree of Life Consortium,Namrata D. Udeshi,Vamsi K. Mootha,Inna Aphasizheva,Luke H. Chao,Ruslan Aphasizhev","doi":"10.1016/j.molcel.2026.08.031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2026.08.031","url":null,"abstract":"The mitochondrial proteomes of Leishmania tarentolae and Trypanosoma brucei contain ∼1,700 proteins, most of which lack homologs in higher eukaryotes. Here, we integrate complexome profiling and cryo-electron microscopy to define conserved and lineage-specific macromolecular assemblies that support mitochondrial functions in these kinetoplastid protozoa. Comparative analyses reveal species- and life-stage-dependent differences in the abundance and composition of respiratory, metabolic, RNA processing, and other complexes, refining and expanding current annotations. Structures of L. tarentolae respiratory complex III2 (CIII2), complex IV2 (CIV2), and complex V (CV) identify nine previously unrecognized nuclear-encoded subunits and resolve five mitochondrially encoded proteins, including products of pan-edited mRNAs. These reconstructions uncover architectural innovations: a subunit 8 of ubiquinol cytochrome-c reductase (QCR8) N-terminal extension that plugs the vestigial mitochondrial processing peptidase (MPP)α/β cavity in CIII2, a CIV2 dimer stabilized by an extensive clade-restricted interface, and a CV dimer containing the mitochondrially encoded ATP6 subunit. Together, our findings reveal how kinetoplastids assemble specialized mitochondrial machinery while incorporating diverged components into core modules shared across eukaryotes.","PeriodicalId":18950,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Cell","volume":"3 1","pages":"4043-4057.e7"},"PeriodicalIF":16.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149090159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}