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The Journal of Biological Chemistry’s editors are pleased to announce that the following Papers of the Week have won Best of the Year designations. The Best of the Year articles were selected from the 55 papers published last year. One Best of the Year article was chosen from each of the journal’s TOC groups for its excellence and potential impact on the field. These papers are free to all.

The Role of Mitochondrially Derived ATP in Synaptic Vesicle Recycling
Divya Pathak, Lauren Y. Shields, Bryce A. Mendelsohn, Dominik Haddad, Wei Lin, Akos A. Gerencser, Hwajin Kim, Martin D. Brand, Robert H. Edwards, and Ken Nakamura
September 11, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 22325-22336.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.656405

Spatial Control of Epsin-induced Clathrin Assembly by Membrane Curvature
Sachin S. Holkar, Sukrut C. Kamerkar, and Thomas J. Pucadyil
June 5, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 14267-14276.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.653394
Anirban Chakraborty, Maki Wakamiya, Tatiana Venkova-Canova, Raj K. Pandita, Leopoldo Aguilera-Aguirre Altaf H. Sarker, Dharmendra Kumar Singh Koa Hosoki Thomas G. Wood Gulshan Sharma, Victor Cardenas, Partha S. Sarkar, Sanjiv Sur, Tej K. Pandita, Istvan Boldogh, and Tapas K. Hazra
October 3rd, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 24636-24648.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.658146
Ernesto Cuevasanta , Mike Lange , Jenner Bonanata E. Laura Coitiño Gerardo Ferrer-Sueta Milos R. Filipovic and Beatriz Alvarez
November 6, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 26866-26880.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.672816
Roubina Tatavosian, Chao Yu Zhen, Huy Nguyen Duc, Maggie M. Balas, Aaron M. Johnson, and Xiaojun Ren
November 20, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 28038-28054.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.671115
Junfeng Ma, Ting Liu, An-Chi Wei, Partha Banerjee, Brian O'Rourke, and Gerald W. Hart
December 4, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 29141-29153.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.691741
Sahil Mahajan, Ankita Saini, Vemika Chandra, Ravikanth Nanduri, Rashi Kalra, Ella Bhagyaraj, Neeraj Khatri, and Pawan Gupta
July 24, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 18304-18314.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.638064

Chlamydia trachomatis Relies on Autonomous Phospholipid Synthesis for Membrane Biogenesis
Jiangwei Yao, Philip T. Cherian, Matthew W. Frank, and Charles O. Rock
July 31, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 18874-18888.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.657148
Hong Zhao, Christopher R. Chiaro, Limin Zhang, Philip B. Smith, Chung Yu Chan, Anthony M. Pedley, Raymond J. Pugh, Jarrod B. French, Andrew D. Patterson and Stephen J. Benkovic
March 13, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 6705-6713.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.628701

Impaired dNTPase Activity of SAMHD1 by Phosphomimetic Mutation of Thr-592
Chenxiang Tang, Xiaoyun Ji, Li Wu, and Yong Xiong
October 30, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 26352-26359.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.677435
P. Andrew Chong, Patrick J. Farber, Robert M. Vernon, Rhea P. Hudson, Anthony K. Mittermaier, and Julie D. Forman-Kay
September 18, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 22862-22878.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.641134
Natalie C. Kegulian, Shalene Sankhagowit, Melania Apostolidou, Sajith A. Jayasinghe, Noah Malmstadt, Peter C. Butler, and Ralf Langen
October 23, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 25782-25793.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.659797
Tao Li, Yao Tian, Qian Li, Huiying Chen, Huihui Lv, Wei Xie, and Junhai Han
July 17, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 17656-17667.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.644583
Immacolata Venditto, Shabir Najmudin, Ana S. Luís, Luís M. A. Ferreira, Kazuo Sakka, J. Paul Knox, Harry J. Gilbert, and Carlos M. G. A. Fontes
April 24, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 10572-10586.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.637827

Site-specific Interaction Mapping of Phosphorylated Ubiquitin to Uncover Parkin Activation
Koji Yamano, Bruno B. Queliconi, Fumika Koyano, Yasushi Saeki, Takatsugu Hirokawa, Keiji Tanaka, and Noriyuki Matsuda
October 16, 2015 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290, 25199-25211.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.671446