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Plasmodium falciparum gametogenesis essential protein 1 (GEP1) is a transmission‐blocking target

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study shows Plasmodium falciparum GEP1 is vital for activating sexual stages of malarial parasites even independently of a mosquito factor. Knockout parasites completely fail gamete formation even when a phosphodiesterase inhibitor is added. Two single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (V241L and S263P) are found in 12%–20% of field samples.
Frederik Huppertz, Milagros Siebeck Caturelli, Lina S. Lehmann, Florian Kurth, Alexander G. Maier, Kai Matuschewski   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differentiated metabolomic profiling reveals plasma amino acid signatures for primary glomerular disease

Amino Acids
Primary glomerular disease (PGD) is an idiopathic cause of renal glomerular lesions that is characterized by proteinuria or hematuria and is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The identification of circulating biomarkers for the diagnosis
Jiao Wang, Chunyu Zhou, Liqian Lu, Shoujun Wang, Qing Zhang, Zhangsuo Liu   +5 more
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Linked dimers of the AAA+ ATPase Msp1 reveal energetic demands and mechanistic plasticity for substrate extraction from lipid bilayers

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Cells must clear mislocalized or faulty proteins from membranes to survive. The AAA+ ATPase Msp1 performs this task, but dissecting how its six subunits work together is challenging. We engineered linked dimers with varied numbers of functional subunits to reveal how Msp1 subunits cooperate and use energy to extract proteins from the lipid bilayer ...
Deepika Gaur, Brian Acquaviva, Baylee A. Smith, Nathan Walker, Isabella Walter, Matthew L. Wohlever   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Branched-chain amino acids: physico-chemical properties, industrial synthesis and role in signaling, metabolism and energy production

Amino Acids
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs)—leucine (Leu), isoleucine (Ile), and valine (Val)—are essential nutrients with significant roles in protein synthesis, metabolic regulation, and energy production.
Philipp Reifenberg, Aline Zimmer
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CCT4 promotes tunneling nanotube formation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) are membranous tunnel‐like structures that transport molecules and organelles between cells. They vary in thickness, and thick nanotubes often contain microtubules in addition to actin fibers. We found that cells expressing monomeric CCT4 generate many thick TNTs with tubulin.
Miyu Enomoto, Akiko Asada, Taro Saito, Kanae Ando   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural insights into the potential binding sites of Cathepsin D using molecular modelling techniques

Amino Acids
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent type of dementia caused by the accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides. The extracellular deposition of Aβ peptides in human AD brain causes neuronal death.
Subodh A. Kamble, Sagar S. Barale, Ali Abdulmawjood Mohammed, Sneha B. Paymal, Nitin M. Naik, Kailas D. Sonawane   +5 more
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Tonic signaling of the B‐cell antigen‐specific receptor is a common functional hallmark in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell phosphoproteomes at early disease stages

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
B‐cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B‐CLL) and monoclonal B‐cell lymphocytosis (MBL) show altered proteomes and phosphoproteomes, analyzed using mass spectrometry, protein microarrays, and western blotting. Identifying 2970 proteins and 316 phosphoproteins, including 55 novel phosphopeptides, we reveal BCR and NF‐kβ/STAT3 signaling in disease ...
Paula Díez, Pablo Juanes‐Velasco, Marina L. García‐Vaquero, Conrad Droste, Alicia Landeira‐Viñuela, Miguel Alcoceba, Helena Fidalgo‐Gómez, Sara Misiego‐Herrero, Almudena Navarro‐Bailón, Mónica Baile, José M. Bastida, Jose Manuel Sanchez‐Santos, Rafael Góngora, Julia Almeida, Marcos Gonzalez‐Diaz, Alberto Orfao, Javier De Las Rivas, Manuel Fuentes   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

HECTD2 as a target for veratric acid in the regulation of ferroptosis in renal cell carcinoma

Amino Acids
Function of HECTD2 in renal cell carcinoma malignant progression is undefined. Molecular mechanism behind anti-cancer effects of veratric acid (VA) from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is underexplored.
Dong Lv, Ying Xiang, Tao Song, Jinze Li, Yongbo Chen, Youlong Huili, Taimin Shen   +6 more
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Molecular imaging predicts trastuzumab‐deruxtecan (T‐DXd) response in head and neck cancer xenograft models

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Trastuzumab‐deruxtecan, a HER2‐targeting antibody‐drug conjugate, shows promising antitumor activity in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma with low HER2 expression. In vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated dose‐dependent cell death and tumor growth reduction in low HER2‐expressing cell lines, which correlated with drug accumulation measured using a
Abdullah Bin Naveed, Lucas Mani, Muhammad Bilal Mirza, Ashtyn McAdoo, Takahito Kondo, Hidenori Tanaka, Nicole Meeks, Eben Rosenthal, Marisa Hom   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of weight loss interventions on metabolomic signatures in obese children with insulin resistance

Amino Acids
The obesity epidemic among children has become a major public health issue, and the presence of childhood insulin resistance (IR) has been demonstrated prior to the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Xiaoguang Liu, Lin Zhu, Jingxin Liu, Zichen Nie, Wenjun Qiu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source