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Structural insights and therapeutic targets in Acinetobacter baumannii capsule biosynthesis

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Hypervirulent KL49 A. baumannii's capsular polysaccharide contains the nonulosonic acid 8‐epi‐Leg5,7Ac2, synthesized by epimerization via ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC. Crystal structures of ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC reveal their role in CMP‐Leg5,7Ac2 synthesis and regioselective C8 epimerization.
Woo Cheol Lee, Junho Jeong, Chae Yeong Lee, Hyunjoon Cho, Man Hwan Oh, Je Chul Lee, Jee‐Young Lee, Yangmee Kim   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water-mediated recognition of t1-adenosine anchors Argonaute2 to microRNA targets

eLife, 2015
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) direct post-transcriptional regulation of human genes by guiding Argonaute proteins to complementary sites in messenger RNAs (mRNAs) targeted for repression.
Nicole T Schirle, Jessica Sheu-Gruttadauria, Stanley D Chandradoss, Chirlmin Joo, Ian J MacRae   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

YIPFα1A expression is regulated by multilayered molecular mechanisms

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
YIPFα1A, a five‐pass Golgi protein, is regulated at multiple layers. (1) Rare‐codon enrichment drives translation‐coupled mRNA decay. (2) A proximal 3′‐UTR element stabilizes mRNA. (3) A distal 3′‐UTR element included by alternate poly(A) site usage represses translation, which can be overridden by the proximal 3′‐UTR element.
Tokio Takaji, Yurika Nakanishi, Nobuhiro Nakamura   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of High-Fat Diet on Cardiac Metabolites and Implications for Vulnerability to Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury

Cells
Previous work has shown that mouse models fed a non-obesogenic high-fat diet have preserved cardiac function and no obesity-associated comorbidities such as diabetes.
Jihad S. Hawi, Katie L. Skeffington, Megan Young, Massimo Caputo, Raimondo Ascione, M-Saadeh Suleiman   +5 more
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Identifying transcription factors controlling the basal expression of human MRP4 highlights a substantial role for Sp1

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The MRP4 transporter exports several drugs and signaling molecules. Here, we identified key promoter elements regulating basal MRP4 expression. Using reporter assays, we defined a conserved region with essential Sp1 and contributory Ets sites, which controlled basal MRP4 expression.
Debora Singer, Angelique Kragl, Katrin Ziems, Juliane Glaubitz, Sophie Grammbauer, Susanne Hildebrandt, Mladen V. Tzvetkov, Gabriele Jedlitschky   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blood Biomarkers and Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Gout: A Comprehensive Review

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic illustrating gout disease progression from asymptomatic hyperuricemia to chronic tophaceous disease, highlighting the limitations of conventional imaging and biochemical diagnostics and the potential of engineered SERS platforms for ultrasensitive blood‐based detection of urate‐related biomarkers across disease stages, with the color gradient
Isuri Perera, Chiranjeevi Kanike, Appurva Tiwari, Hongyan Wu, Larry D. Unsworth, Ben Bin Xu, Xuehua Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mitochondrial ATP transporter depletion protects mice against liver steatosis and insulin resistance

Nature Communications, 2017
Adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) 2 promotes ADP/ATP exchange across the mitochondrial inner membrane. Choet al. show that liver specific Ant2 deletion increases uncoupled respiration and protects mice against fatty liver and obesity-induced insulin ...
Joonseok Cho, Yujian Zhang, Shi-Young Park, Anna-Maria Joseph, Chul Han, Hyo-Jin Park, Srilaxmi Kalavalapalli, Sung-Kook Chun, Drake Morgan, Jae-Sung Kim, Shinichi Someya, Clayton E. Mathews, Young Jae Lee, Stephanie E. Wohlgemuth, Nishanth E. Sunny, Hui-Young Lee, Cheol Soo Choi, Takayuki Shiratsuchi, S. Paul Oh, Naohiro Terada   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Highly Efficient CRISPR-Mediated Base Editing in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Rhizobia are widespread gram-negative soil bacteria and indispensable symbiotic partners of leguminous plants that facilitate the most highly efficient biological nitrogen fixation in nature.
Longxiang Wang, Yuan Xiao, Xiaowei Wei, Jimin Pan, Jimin Pan, Deqiang Duanmu, Deqiang Duanmu   +6 more
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Intimate Interaction Between Nucleic Acid and Conjugated Polymers in Organic Electrochemical Transistors Enables Ultrasensitive Biomarker Detection

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The intimate interaction between negatively charged RNA molecules and conjugated polymers in organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) in aqueous electrolytes is investigated. It demonstrates that RNA binding reduces the volumetric capacitance of the polymer channel, enabling the development of an ultrasensitive biosensing platform capable of ...
Hong Liu, Naixiang Wang, Anneng Yang, Jiajun Song, Li Li, Iain McCulloch, Helen Ka‐wai Law, Feng Yan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulation of Ecto-5´-Nucleotidase by Docosahexaenoic Acid in Human Endothelial Cells

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2013
Background/Aims: Modulation of extracellular adenine nucleotide and adenosine concentrations is one potential mechanism by which docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may exert beneficial effects in critically ill patients.
Vu Thi Thom, Martina Wendel, Andreas Deussen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source