Parallel analysis of tri-molecular biosynthesis with cell identity and function in single cells. [PDF]
, 2019 Cellular products derived from the activity of DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis collectively control cell identity and function. Yet there is little information on how these three biosynthesis activities are coordinated during transient and sparse ...
Baskar, Reema +3 more
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Antibiotics, 2023 Dithiolopyrrolone antibiotics are well known for their outstanding biological activities, and their biosynthesis has been studied vigorously. However, the biosynthesis mechanism of the characteristic bicyclic scaffold is still unknown after years of ...
Yan Chen +4 more
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Diversity and biosynthetic potential of culturable microbes associated with toxic marine animals [PDF]
, 2013 Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a neurotoxin that has been reported from taxonomically diverse organisms across 14 different phyla. The biogenic origin of tetrodotoxin is still disputed, however, TTX biosynthesis by host-associated bacteria has been reported.
Chau, Rocky +3 more
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Oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids by leaf tissue
Journal of Lipid Research, 1964 Plant leaf systems have been incubated under various conditions with uniformly labeled oleic acid, and the breakdown products identified by gas–liquid chromatography.
C. Hitchcock, A.T. James
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The effects of estrogen on targeted cancer therapy drugs
Pharmacological Research, 2022 Improving the efficacy of anticancer drugs is especially challenging. Estrogen is a sex hormone that not only promotes the development of female secondary sexual characteristics, but also supports many important physiological functions.
Ying Zhao +4 more
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The ubiK protein is an accessory factor necessary for bacterial Ubiquinone (UQ) biosynthesis and forms a complex with the UQ biogenesis factor UbiJ [PDF]
, 2017 Ubiquinone (UQ), also referred to as coenzyme Q, is a widespread lipophilic molecule in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes in which it primarily acts as an electron carrier.
Aussel, Laurent +7 more
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Efficient biosynthesis of nucleoside cytokinin angustmycin A containing an unusual sugar system
Nature Communications, 2021 Angustmycin A is a nucleoside antibiotic having anti-mycobacterial and cytokinin activities. Here, the authors report the whole pathway leading to angustmycin A biosynthesis in Streptomyces and achieve the heterologous production of angustmycin A in E ...
Le Yu +8 more
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Biosynthesis of lignans. Part I . Biosynthesis of Arctiin (3) and Phillyrin (5) [PDF]
, 1977 Lignans constitute a class of naturally occuring phenolic compounds, widely distributed in higher plants. They are formally composed of two phenylpropanoid units, stercospecifically joined at the /f-carbon atoms of their side chains. Their biosynthesis
Klischies, Martina, Stöckigt, Joachim
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De novo formation of an aggregation pheromone precursor by an isoprenyl diphosphate synthase-related terpene synthase in the harlequin bug. [PDF]
, 2018 Insects use a diverse array of specialized terpene metabolites as pheromones in intraspecific interactions. In contrast to plants and microbes, which employ enzymes called terpene synthases (TPSs) to synthesize terpene metabolites, limited information ...
Ghosh, Saikat Kumar B +17 more
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How tyramine β-hydroxylase controls the production of octopamine, modulating the mobility of beetles [PDF]
, 2018 Biogenic amines perform many kinds of important physiological functions in the central nervous system (CNS) of insects, acting as neuromodulators, neurotransmitters, and neurohormones.
Chen, Xiao-Feng +7 more
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