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129. Pfeifer, Katarina; Van Cura, Devon; Wu, Kelvin J. Y.; Balskus, Emily P. Chemical capture of diazo metabolites reveals biosynthetic hydrazone oxidation. Nature 2026. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-10079-x BioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.24.655970.

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129. Kountz, Duncan J.; Yu, Ruocheng; Lee, Jessie H.; Maloney, Katherine N.; Balskus, Emily P. Flavoaffinins, Elusive Cellulose-Binding Natural Products from an Anaerobic Bacterium. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148 (3), 2838-2842. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c15360. BioRxiv: http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2025/02/08/2025.02.08.637243.abstract.

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127. Ramos, Miguel A. Aguilar; Gutkin, Sara; David, Maya; Shabat, Doron; Balskus, Emily P. Chemiluminescent probes allow for the rapid identification of colibactin-producing bacteria. bioRxiv 2026, 2026.2001.2002.697419. DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.02.697419.

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126. Carlson, Erik S.; Haslecker, Raphael; Lecchi, Chiara; Aguilar Ramos, Miguel A.; Vennelakanti, Vyshnavi; Honaker, Linda; Stornetta, Alessia; Millán, Estela S.; Johnson, Bruce A.; Kulik, Heather J.; Balbo, Silvia; Villalta, Peter W.; D’Souza, Victoria M.; Balskus, Emily P. The specificity and structure of DNA cross-linking by the gut bacterial genotoxin colibactin. Science 2025, 390 (6777), eady3571. DOI: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady3571

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126. Altshuller, Maria; He, Xu; MacKrell, Elliot J.; Wernke, Kevin M.; Airan, Yougant; Wong, Joel W. H.; Sellés-Baiget, Selene; Wang, Ting-Yu; Chou, Tsui-Fen; Duxin, Julien P.; Balskus, Emily P.; Herzon, Seth B.; Semlow, Daniel R. The Fanconi anemia pathway repairs colibactin-induced DNA interstrand cross-links. Nature Communications 2025, 16 (1), 10563. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65606-1.

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125. Verma, Manasvi; Desai, Kushaal; Ding, Yufang; Wang, Xingren; Bae, Minwoo; Rakoff-Nahoum, Seth; Balskus, Emily P.; Fischbach, Michael A.; Jost, Marco. Systematic identification and characterization of regulators of aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling. bioRxiv 2025, 2025.2009.2015.676391. DOI:10.1101/2025.09.15.676391.

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124. Barrack, Kaitlyn E.; Surve, Sarvesh V.; de Sousa Bezerra, Ana V.; Murphy, Caitlin E.; Soucy, Shannon M.; Aguilar Ramos, Miguel A.; Valls, Rebecca A.; Ruff, Rebekah D.; Balskus, Emily P.; Sanville, Julie L.; Madan, Juliette C.; O’Toole, George A. A genotoxin associated with colorectal cancer linked to gut dysbiosis in children with cystic fibrosis. bioRxiv 2025, 2025.2009.2004.674286. DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.04.674286.

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122. Wong, Derek A.; Shaver, Zachary M.; Cabezas, Maria D.; Daniel-Ivad, Martin; Warfel, Katherine F.; Prasanna, Deepali V.; Sobol, Sarah E.; Fernandez, Regina; Tobias, Fernando; Filip, Szymon K.; Hulbert, Sophia W.; Faull, Peter; Nicol, Robert; DeLisa, Matthew P.; Balskus, Emily P.; Karim, Ashty S.; Jewett, Michael C. Characterizing and engineering post-translational modifications with high-throughput cell-free expression. Nature Communications 2025, 16 (1), 7215. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60526-6. bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.25.586624.

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122. Chen, Julie; Pfeifer, Katarina; Steensen, Kerrin; Crooke, Anne Marie; Wolfram, Michael; Bobonis, Jacob; Lopatina, Anna; Bartlau, Nina; Hussain, Fatima A.; Balskus, Emily P.; Polz, Martin F.; Blainey, Paul C. Bacterial peptide deformylase inhibitors induce prophages in competitors. bioRxiv 2025, 2025.2006.2006.656871. DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.06.656871.

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120. Kenney, Grace E.; Wang, Kwo-Kwang A.; Ng, Tai L.; van der Donk, Wilfred A.; Balskus, Emily P. A new heme enzyme family forms hydrazine groups in diverse biosynthetic pathways. bioRxiv 2025, 2025.2005.2027.656397. DOI: 10.1101/2025.05.27.656397.

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119. Wang, Michelle L.; Glasser, Nathaniel R.; Nair, Mrutyunjay A.; Krebs, Carsten; Martin Bollinger, J., Jr.; Balskus, Emily P. Biochemical Studies of a Cyanobacterial Halogenase Support the Involvement of a Dimetal Cofactor. Biochemistry 2025, 64 (10), 2173-2180. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.4c00720.

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118. Dong, Xueyang; Bae, Minwoo; Le, Chi; Aguilar Ramos, Miguel A.; Balskus, Emily P. Enantiocomplementary Gut Bacterial Enzymes Metabolize Dietary Polyphenols. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147 (9), 7231-7244. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c09892.

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117. Bae, Minwoo; Dong, Xueyang; Avila-Pacheco, Julian; Inyama, Fechi; Hill-Maini, Vayu; Clish, Clary; Balskus, Emily P. Distinct Classes of Gut Bacterial Molybdenum-Dependent Enzymes Produce Urolithins. bioRxiv 2025, 2025.2001.2017.632430. DOI: 10.1101/2025.01.17.632430.

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116. Richards-Corke, Khyle C.; Jiang, Yindi; Yeliseyev, Vladimir; Zhang, Yancong; Franzosa, Eric A.; Wang, Zhipeng A.; Yapa Abeywardana, Maheeshi; Cole, Phillip A.; Huttenhower, Curtis; Bry, Lynn; Balskus, Emily P. A Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Gut Bacterial Urease Protects the Host from Liver Injury. ACS Chemical Biology 2025, 20 (1), 48-55. DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.3c00556.

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