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Loss of CHT3 in Candida albicans wild-type strains increases surface-exposed chitin and affects host-pathogen interaction

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
The chitinase Cht3 plays a major role in the chitinolytic activity of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans and has also been proposed as a major antigen with potential for vaccine development against systemic candidiasis.
María Teresa Blázquez-Muñoz, Augusto Costa-Barbosa, Augusto Costa-Barbosa, María Alvarado, Alexandre Mendonça, Alexandre Mendonça, Sami Benkhellat, Sami Benkhellat, Manuel Vilanova, Manuel Vilanova, Manuel Vilanova, Sebastián Fernández-Sánchez, Alexandra Correia, Alexandra Correia, Alexandra Correia, Piet W. J. de Groot, Paula Sampaio, Paula Sampaio   +17 more
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Invisible but not inaccessible—Revealing transient oligomers formed by intrinsically disordered proteins with solution NMR and complementary methods

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Transient oligomers formed by intrinsically disordered proteins may be ‘invisible’ to direct detection yet remain accessible to solution NMR through equilibrium‐exchange measurements and pressure‐jump experiments. Complementary methods report on mass, stoichiometry, selected distance distributions, morphology, and internal packing.
Martin D. Gelenter, Ad Bax
wiley   +1 more source

Cell Partitioning Design for Microfluidic ATPS Devices: A Dynamic Energy Strategy and Calculation Using Chondrocytes and Model Microparticles

Micromachines
Sorting and isolating specific cells from heterogeneous populations are crucial for many biomedical applications, including drug discovery and medical diagnostics.
Gabriel Garibaldi, Jimena Alegria, Anita Shayan, Robert Stannert, Nehal I. Abu-Lail, Gongchen Sun   +5 more
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Inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase 7 impairs lysophagy in LLOMe‐treated HepG2 cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
DPP7 inhibition delays ubiquitin‐dependent lysophagy by attenuating ubiquitin accumulation and the recruitment of SQSTM1 and LC3 to damaged lysosomes, resulting in delayed clearance of damaged lysosomes and impaired restoration of lysosomal homeostasis. Created using FigureLabs (Certificate ID: FL‐PUB‐20260922‐Z99XNX).
Na Yeon Park, Inho Kwon, Yong Hwan Kim, Ji‐Eun Bae, Joon Bum Kim, Seong Hyun Kim, Sungho Maeng, Doo Sin Jo, Dong‐Hyung Cho   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

DNA ligase LigE increases bacterial transformation with damaged extracellular DNA

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The DNA ligase LigE from the naturally competent Gram‐negative bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoaea increases transformation with cut extracellular DNA. This process is ATP‐dependent and relies on the catalytic activity of LigE; it also requires that LigE contains an intact periplasmic localisation sequence, indicating that ligE functions in the periplasm ...
Jolyn Pan, Avi Singh, Shrawani Weralupe Gamladdalage, Joanna Hicks, Adele Williamson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Going viral − Virus‐targeting nanobodies for research, diagnostics and therapy

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The increasing prevalence of viral diseases represents a major threat for global human health. Nanobodies, small binding fragments derived from camelid heavy‐chain antibodies, offer versatile tools for viral research, diagnostics, and antiviral therapy.
Domenic Ebert, Ulrich Rothbauer
wiley   +1 more source

Soft motions encoded by the fold and mediated by conserved hinge sites drive V‐ATPase allosteric machinery and autoinhibition

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Vacuolar H+‐ATPase (V‐ATPase) is a multisubunit rotary proton pump that acidifies intracellular compartments. Using elastic network models, we identified conserved hinge residues that govern its large‐scale functional motions. We show that intrinsically encoded ‘soft modes’ drive critical functional transitions, including rotary catalysis and ...
Diksha Parwana, Xiaowei Bogetti, Stuti Sharma, Ivet Bahar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing the paths of Hedgehog release in artificial and natural settings

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Hh morphogens require solubilization factors to overcome their tight association with the plasma membrane and signal to distant cells, but the precise functions of these factors are controversial. Here, we use published in vivo observations as the most relevant evidence to test their suggested functions and discuss contradictions and gaps between in ...
Janna Puschmann, Kay Grobe
wiley   +1 more source

FtsEX-independent control of RipA-mediated cell separation in Corynebacteriales. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Gaday Q, Megrian D, Carloni G, Martinez M, Sokolova B, Ben Assaya M, Legrand P, Brûlé S, Haouz A, Wehenkel AM, Alzari PM.   +10 more
europepmc   +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