In this issue, a wide array of structural and biochemical techniques are applied to reveal the molecular details of activity regulation in one of life's most essential enzymes, the ribonucleotide reductase.
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Logan, D. Closing the circle on ribonucleotide reductases. Nat Struct Mol Biol 18, 251–253 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb0311-251
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