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Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa, Konstantinos Makryniotis, Theofani‐Iosifina Sousani, Evangelos Topakas, Vangelis Daskalakis, Maria Dimarogona   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

LDAcoop: Integrating non‐linear population dynamics into the analysis of clonogenic growth in vitro

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Limiting dilution assays (LDAs) quantify clonogenic growth by seeding serial dilutions of cells and scoring wells for colony formation. The fraction of negative wells is plotted against cells seeded and analyzed using the non‐linear modeling of LDAcoop.
Nikko Brix, Daniel Samaga, Katharina Gehr, Benedek Dankó, Mohamed Schumann, Guido Drexler, Ahmed Alnatsha, Georg Beyer, Ujjwal Mahajan, Martin Selmansberger, Julia Mayerle, Claus Belka, Horst Zitzelsberger, Kirsten Lauber   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dammarenediol II enhances etoposide‐induced apoptosis by targeting O‐GlcNAc transferase and Akt/GSK3β/mTOR signaling in liver cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Etoposide induces DNA damage, activating p53‐dependent apoptosis via caspase‐3/7, which cleaves PARP1. Dammarenediol II enhances this apoptotic pathway by suppressing O‐GlcNAc transferase activity, further decreasing O‐GlcNAcylation. The reduction in O‐GlcNAc levels boosts p53‐driven apoptosis and influences the Akt/GSK3β/mTOR signaling pathway ...
Jaehoon Lee, Byung‐Cheol Han, Gi‐Bang Koo, Jihye Park, Mijin Kwon, Young Bin Park, Jae‐Mun Choi, Seung‐Ho Lee, Sangho Roh   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural and functional studies of Spr1654: an essential aminotransferase in teichoic acid biosynthesis in Streptococcus pneumoniae [PDF]

Open Biology, 2018
Spr1654 from Streptococcus pneumoniae plays a key role in the production of unusual sugars, presumably functioning as a pyridoxal-5′-phosphate (PLP)-dependent aminotransferase. Spr1654 was predicted to catalyse the transferring of amino group to form the
Xiao Han, Renhua Sun, Tatyana Sandalova, Adnane Achour   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of serum protein biomarkers for pre‐cancerous lesions associated with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This work identified serum proteins associated with pancreatic epithelial neoplasms (PanINs) and early‐stage PDAC. Proteomics screens assessed genetically engineered mice with abundant PanINs, KPC mice (Lox‐STOP‐Lox‐KrasG12D/+ Lox‐STOP‐Lox‐Trp53R172H/+ Pdx1‐Cre) before PDAC development and also early‐stage PDAC patients (n = 31), compared to benign ...
Hannah Mearns, Jaclyn S. Long, Sergio Lilla, Kelly Hodge, Marcus J. G. W. Ladds, Colin Nixon, Paula Fernández‐Palanca, Sara Zanivan, Pilar Acedo, Stephen P. Pereira, Kevin M. Ryan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increasing Contribution of Microbial Residue Carbon to Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation in Degraded Grasslands

Agronomy
Grassland degradation driven by overgrazing, invasive species, and climate change profoundly affects the dynamics and stability of soil organic carbon (SOC), yet the molecular mechanisms underlying these changes remain unclear.
Wenbo Zhang, Guangyu Wang, Haoyu Liu, Yaoming Li, Xuexi Ma, Lianlian Fan, Jiefei Mao   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

GlmS and NagB Regulate Amino Sugar Metabolism in Opposing Directions and Affect Streptococcus mutans Virulence

PLoS ONE, 2012
Streptococcus mutans is a cariogenic pathogen that produces an extracellular polysaccharide (glucan) from dietary sugars, which allows it to establish a reproductive niche and secrete acids that degrade tooth enamel. While two enzymes (GlmS and NagB) are
M. Kawada-Matsuo, Y. Mazda, Y. Oogai, M. Kajiya, T. Kawai, S. Yamada, S. Miyawaki, T. Oho, H. Komatsuzawa   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil‐based polyesters and bioplastics

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Plastic pollution remains a critical environmental challenge, and current mechanical and chemical recycling methods are insufficient to achieve a fully circular economy. This review highlights recent breakthroughs in the enzymatic depolymerization of both oil‐derived polyesters and bioplastics, including high‐throughput protein engineering, de novo ...
Elena Rosini, Nicolò Antonelli, Gianluca Molla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of sugar beet seed priming on molasses components, sugar content and technological white sugar yield

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2019
The impact of non-treated and primed seeds on molasses components, sugar content and technological white sugar yield of the same cultivar of sugar beet root was investigated.
Beata Michalska-Klimczak, Zdzisław Wyszyński, Vladimír Pačuta, Marek Rašovský, Joanna Leśniewska   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source