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<jats:title>Chloroplast-associated protein degradation</jats:title> <jats:p> Protein degradation is vital for cellular functions, and it operates selectively with distinct mechanisms in different organelles. Some organellar proteins are targeted by the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS)—a major proteolytic network in the eukaryotic cytosol. In such cases, the organelle membrane presents a substantial barrier to protein degradation. Working in the model plant <jats:italic>Arabidopsis</jats:italic> , Ling <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> identified mechanisms underlying the UPS-mediated degradation of proteins in the outer membrane of chloroplasts (the organelles responsible for photosynthesis). They identified an Omp85-type β-barrel outer membrane channel and a cytosolic AAA <jats:sup>+</jats:sup> chaperone that fulfill conductance and motor functions in the retrotranslocation of target proteins from chloroplasts. This process thus enabled outer membrane protein processing by the cytosolic proteasome. Such chloroplast-associated protein degradation was initiated by ubiquitination of the targets by the chloroplast-localized E3 ubiquitin ligase SP1. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , this issue p. <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" related-article-type="in-this-issue" xlink:href="10.1126/science.aav4467">eaav4467</jats:related-article> </jats:p>

<jats:title>A topological paradigm shift</jats:title> <jats:p>The discovery of topological phases of matter forced condensed matter physicists to question and reexamine some of the basic notions of their discipline. Wen reviews the progress of the field that took a sharp turn from Landau's broken symmetry paradigm to arrive at the modern notions of topological order and quantum entanglement in many-body systems. This development was made possible by using increasingly sophisticated mathematical formalisms.</jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , this issue p. <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" related-article-type="in-this-issue" xlink:href="10.1126/science.aal3099">eaal3099</jats:related-article> </jats:p>