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Translophagy—A potential link between autophagy impairment and translational errors

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterised by the accumulation of abnormal proteins and protein aggregates, but their origin often remains unknown. We propose that selective autophagy removes damaged protein‐making machinery, preventing errors during protein synthesis.
Mykola V. Korolchuk, Gailing Ma, Robin Antrobus, Diego Manni, Marco Trevisan‐Herraz, Mustafa Khwaja, Max Brown, Gavin D. Richardson, Masaaki Komatsu, Daniel Erskine, Viktor I. Korolchuk, Tetsushi Kataura   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological Sciences Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2017

, 2017
Welcome to the Biological Sciences newsletter for fall/winter 2017! We’ve have a great start to the academic year, with our largest entering class ever (468 freshmen and 52 transfer students) joining the undergraduate degree programs in Biological ...

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IFN-γ licenses normal and pathogenic ALPK1/TIFA pathway in human monocytes

iScience
Summary: Alpha-kinase 1 (ALPK1) is an immune receptor sensing the bacterial nucleotide sugar ADP-heptose. ALPK1 phosphorylates TIFA leading to its oligomerization and downstream NF-κB activation.
Amandine Martin, Solène Caron, Mélissa Marcotte, Pauline Bronnec, Etienne Garneret, Nora Martel, Georgina Maalouf, Pascal Sève, David Saadoun, Yvan Jamilloux, Thomas Henry   +10 more
doaj   +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

Pseudopoly(amino acids) : a study of the synthesis and characterization of polyesters made from α-L-amino acids

, 1988
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept.
Yu, Heewon
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Structural and biochemical analysis of a B12 superbinder

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
BtuG proteins are vitamin B12 scavengers in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a dominant human gut bacterium. We present crystal structures of three BtuG homologs bound to cobalamin and its precursor cobinamide, revealing picomolar binding affinities, among the highest known for any natural protein.
Jose M. Martinez Felices, Jacob J. Whittaker, Dirk J. Slotboom, Albert Guskov   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mutational spectra of MNNG and ICR-191 in human cells

, 1988
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept.
Cariello, Neal Foster
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Cannabinoid overrides triggers of GABAergic plasticity in vestibular circuits and distorts the development of navigation

iScience
Summary: Early life exposure to cannabis can result in long-lasting deficits in spatial navigation. We ask if the development of this behavior is subject to early life activity of type I cannabinoid receptor (CB1R) in the vestibular nucleus.
Wei Shi, Kenneth Lap-Kei Wu, Mengliu Yang, Francisco Paulo De Nogueira Botelho, Oscar Wing-Ho Chua, Hui-Jing Hu, Ka-Pak Ng, Ulysses Tsz-Fung Lam, Kin-Wai Tam, Chun-Wai Ma, Daisy Kwok-Yan Shum, Ying-Shing Chan   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structures of mycobacterial 3‐methylcrotonyl‐CoA carboxylase reveal carrier‐domain translocation between catalytic sites

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Mycobacterial 3‐methylcrotonyl‐CoA carboxylase uses a mobile biotin‐carrying domain to shuttle a carboxyl group between two catalytic sites, enabling carboxylation of 3‐methylcrotonyl‐CoA during leucine breakdown. Cryo‐electron microscopy captures the carrier at both sites and reveals an inward loop movement that may prevent futile rebinding to the ...
Ajit Yadav, Bogdan I. Florea, Sebastian Geibel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A recombinant DNA approach to the design and synthesis of novel polysaccharides

, 1988
Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Applied Biological Sciences, 1988.Vita.Bibliography: leaves 119-125.by Donald Davidson Easson Jr.Sc ...
Easson, Donald Davidson, 1961-
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