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Enzymatic approaches for profiling cytosine methylation and hydroxymethylation
Background: In mammals, modifications to cytosine bases, particularly in cytosine-guanine (CpG) dinucleotide contexts, play a major role in shaping the epigenome.
Tong Wang +2 more
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Factors Influencing the Nitrogen-Source Dependent Flucytosine Resistance in Cryptococcus Species
Flucytosine (5-FC) is an antifungal agent commonly used for treatment of cryptococcosis and several other systemic mycoses. In fungi, cytosine permease and cytosine deaminase are known major players in flucytosine resistance by regulating uptake and ...
Dong-Hoon Yang +3 more
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A mutant of uracil DNA glycosylase that distinguishes between cytosine and 5-methylcytosine. [PDF]
We demonstrate that a mutant of uracil DNA glycosylase (N123D:L191A) distinguishes between cytosine and methylcytosine. Uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) efficiently removes uracil from DNA in a reaction in which the base is flipped into the enzyme's active ...
Scott T Kimber, Tom Brown, Keith R Fox
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Effectiveness of the enzyme cytosine deaminase in the free living ciliary organism Tetrahymena pyriformis (Ehrenberg, 1830) [PDF]
Cytosine deaminase (EC.3.5.4.1) activity and properties was determined in the extract of the free living ciliata Tetrahymena pyriformis grown in proteose peptone medium. The optimum conditions for the enzyme activity was also determined and it was found
Zahraa Bashi, Muna Jankeer
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Structural insights and therapeutic targets in Acinetobacter baumannii capsule biosynthesis
Hypervirulent KL49 A. baumannii's capsular polysaccharide contains the nonulosonic acid 8‐epi‐Leg5,7Ac2, synthesized by epimerization via ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC. Crystal structures of ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC reveal their role in CMP‐Leg5,7Ac2 synthesis and regioselective C8 epimerization.
Woo Cheol Lee +7 more
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Aim: Lung cancer is considered to be the most common cancer in the world. In humans, about 50% or more cancers have a mutated tumor suppressor p53 gene thereby resulting in accumulation of p53 protein and losing its function to activate the target genes ...
Rashid Mir +9 more
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Shotgun metagenomic sequencing is a powerful approach to study microbiomes in an unbiased manner and of increasing relevance for identifying novel enzymatic functions.
Weiwei Yang +9 more
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Epigenetic reprogramming of lineage switching in cancer
Cancer cells rarely commit to a single identity. Epigenetic mechanisms and tumor microenvironment cues push epithelial cells toward flexible, hybrid states that can shift into mesenchymal, neuroendocrine, or stem‐like fates, driving metastasis, drug resistance, and tumor heterogeneity. Targeting the epigenetic regulators behind these transitions, using
Ezgi Boyvatlı +4 more
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DNA cytosine methylation is a widespread epigenetic mechanism in eukaryotes, and plant genomes commonly are densely methylated. Genomic methylation can be associated with functional consequences such as mutational events, genomic instability or altered ...
Conchita eAlonso +3 more
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Quartz crystal resonators coated with gas-sorptive films were characterized by analyzing their structures and their organic gas-sorption behaviors, which were then studied using statistics and computational molecular simulations.
Iwao Sugimoto +2 more
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