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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

ATG4B is required for mTORC1‐mediated anabolic activity and is associated with clinical outcomes in non‐small cell lung cancer

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The relationship between anabolic and catabolic processes governing lung cancer cell growth is nuanced. We show that ATG4B, an autophagy regulator, is elevated in lung cancer and that high ATG4B is associated with worse patient outcomes. Targeting ATG4B in cells reduces growth, protein synthesis, and mTORC1 activity, demonstrating a new relationship ...
Patrick J. Ryan, Bethany C. Guerra, Selina Uranga, Jessica M. Cardin, Steven E. Riechman, Mariana Janini Gomes, James D. Fluckey   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic Social Balance and Convergent Appraisals via Homophily and Influence Mechanisms

, 2019
Social balance theory describes allowable and forbidden configurations of the topologies of signed directed social appraisal networks. In this paper, we propose two discrete-time dynamical systems that explain how an appraisal network \textcolor{blue ...
Bullo, Francesco, Chen, Ge, Cisneros-Velarde, Pedro, Friedkin, Noah E., Mei, Wenjun   +4 more
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SmallTalk: a novel small‐sized fusion tag for peptide expression and purification

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The SmallTalk fusion tag allows for the efficient expression and purification of soluble recombinant proteins or peptides in Escherichia coli. Testing with SmallTalk‐GFP confirmed that the proteins were soluble and folded correctly, while SmallTalk‐Bin1b maintained its antimicrobial activity against various bacterial isolates. This streamlined workflow
Atika Tariq, Nestor G. Casillas‐Vega, Alma Gomez‐Loredo, Xristo Zarate   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Naked cuticle is essential for Drosophila wing development beyond Wingless signaling

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Naked cuticle (Nkd), a Wnt signaling inhibitor, assumes extensive roles in Drosophila wing development. Overexpressing Nkd causes smaller, crumpled wings, while also perturbing multiple signaling pathways and developmental genes. A specific region (R1S) is critical for Nkd's function as a signaling integrator, offering new insights for studying its ...
Rui Wang, Ping Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Autophagosome marker, LC3, is released extracellularly via several distinct pathways

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This study establishes a novel HiBiT‐tagging system for ultrasensitive detection of LC3, revealing multiple pathways for its extracellular secretion. It demonstrates that LC3 is released via both autophagy‐dependent and ‐independent mechanisms, including a novel route for nonlipidated LC3‐I.
Koki Saito, Masashi Arakawa, Koki Maeda, Eiji Morita   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Failure to balance social contact matrices can bias models of infectious disease transmission

, 2022
Hamilton MA, Knight J, Mishra S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Navigating new norms: a systematic review of factors for the development of effective digital tools in higher education

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
What factors make for an effective digital learning tool in Higher Education? This systematic review identifies elements of a digital tool that published examples reveal to be features of an engaging and impactful digital tool. A systematic literature search yielded 25 research papers for analysis.
Akmal Arzeman, Jessica Haines, Connie Pritchard, Stephen Rutherford, Nigel Francis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

ATP13A2 is involved in intracellular polyamine transport in lung epithelial cells

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Spermidine transport in lung epithelial cells involves the polyamine transporter ATP13A2. Cell proliferation is associated with the upregulation of ATP13A2. Polyamines are present in all living cells and are implicated in various crucial cellular processes such as proliferation, apoptosis and autophagy.
Yuta Hatori, Kohei Kawabata, Takanori Kubo, Takeo Kitazawa, Sae Kanai, Madoka Iwashita, Ami Hayashi, Hiroyuki Nishi, Mikihisa Takano   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Automated FRAP microscopy for high‐throughput analysis of protein dynamics in chromatin organization and transcription

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RoboMic is an automated confocal microscopy pipeline for high‐throughput functional imaging in living cells. Demonstrated with fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), it integrates AI‐driven nuclear segmentation, ROI selection, bleaching, and analysis.
Selçuk Yavuz, Bart Geverts, Johan A. Slotman, Andrea Sacchetti, Stefan Prekovic, Martin E. van Royen, Adriaan B. Houtsmuller   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source