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Reconstructing enzyme evolution by protein engineering

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Natural enzyme evolution can be retraced by protein engineering methods such as directed evolution, rational design, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. These approaches reveal how enzymes emerged from ligand‐binding scaffolds, developed varying substrate preferences, formed oligomeric complexes, adapted to environmental changes, and evolved novel ...
Lukas Drexler, Markus R. Busch, Reinhard Sterner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutrient/TOR signaling controls adipose mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) to regulate organismal growth in Drosophila

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Animals must match their growth rate to available nutrients. We show that in Drosophila larvae, the nutrient‐sensing TOR kinase controls growth by regulating levels of TFAM, a key regulator of mitochondrial function, in the adipose tissue. When nutrients are abundant, high TOR activity suppresses TFAM, lowering mitochondrial bioenergetic activity and ...
Shrivani Sriskanthadevan‐Pirahas, Shahoon Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Byoungchun Lee, Savraj S. Grewal   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genome-wide identification and in silico analysis of NPF, NRT2, CLC and SLAC1/SLAH nitrate transporters in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Scientific Reports, 2022
Nitrogen transport is one of the most important processes in plants mediated by specialized transmembrane proteins. Plants have two main systems for nitrogen uptake from soil and its transport within the system—a low-affinity transport system and a high ...
Aman Kumar, Nitika Sandhu, Pankaj Kumar, Gomsie Pruthi, Jasneet Singh, Satinder Kaur, Parveen Chhuneja   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emerging experimental and computational methods for studying redox‐regulated structural transitions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Redox reactions can reshape proteins and alter how they behave in cells, with important consequences for health and disease. This review explores emerging experimental and computational approaches for discovering these redox‐sensitive protein switches, revealing their structural effects, and predicting their behavior, opening new opportunities to ...
Tasneem Rass, Dana Reichmann, Gábor Erdős   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional comparison of EncB and EncC cargo proteins in iron storage within the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Encapsulins are protein nanocompartments that play an important role in iron storage. In the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin system, two cargo proteins called EncB and EncC contribute to iron mineralization. Here, we show that EncB and EncC generate iron‐containing minerals with distinct chemical compositions, suggesting that the composition of stored ...
Harry B. McDowell, Thomas Walther, Egbert Hoiczyk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chiral separation of chloroalkanes with the chromatographic column onboard Martian rovers

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Computer image of the Rosalind Franklin Rover of ESA's ExoMars mission. ExoMars is scheduled to land on planet Mars in Oxia Planum in 2029. This area represents an interesting spot to look for biosignatures. Investigations of ExoMars include measurement on molecular chirality. We show that chiral chloroalkanes, that have been identified on Mars, can be
Asma Merzougui, Agnes Banreti, Armelle L. Ernst, Guillaume Leseigneur, Uwe J. Meierhenrich   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energy- and temperature-dependent transport of integral proteins to the inner nuclear membrane via the nuclear pore [PDF]

, 2004
Resident integral proteins of the inner nuclear membrane (INM) are synthesized as membrane-integrated proteins on the peripheral endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and are transported to the INM throughout interphase using an unknown trafficking mechanism.
Gerace, Larry, Nishimoto, Takeharu, Schirmer, Eric C, Eric C. Schirmer, Ohba, Tomoyuki, Tomoyuki Ohba, Takeharu Nishimoto, Larry Gerace   +7 more
core   +1 more source

A photo-responsive transmembrane anion transport relay [PDF]

, 2022
Ion transport across lipid membranes in biology is controlled by stimuli-responsive membrane channels and molecular machine ion pumps such as ATPases.
Amir, Sadeghi-Kelishadi, Toby, Johnson, Matthew, Langton   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Physiology and pathophysiology of ClC-K/barttin channels

Frontiers in Physiology, 2010
ClC-K channels form a subgroup of anion channels within the ClC family of anion transport proteins. They are expressed predominantly in the kidney and in the inner ear, and are necessary for NaCl resorption in the loop of Henle and for K+ secretion by ...
Christoph eFahlke, Martin eFischer
doaj   +1 more source

N-Glycosylation dictates proper processing of organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B1. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Organic anion transporting polypeptides (OATPs) have been extensively recognized as key determinants of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) of various drugs, xenobiotics and toxins.
Juan Yao, Weifang Hong, Jiujiu Huang, Kai Zhan, Hong Huang, Mei Hong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source