Application of nitroarene dioxygenases in the design of novel strains that degrade chloronitrobenzenes. [PDF]
Widespread application of chloronitrobenzenes as feedstocks for the production of industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals has resulted in extensive environmental contamination with these toxic compounds, where they pose significant risks to the health ...
Ju, Kou-San, Parales, Rebecca E
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Specificity of Rhodococcus opacus 1CP cells’ responses to benzoate and 3-chlorobenzoate
Background: Halogenated aromatic compounds are more resistant to microbial degradation than non-halogenated aromatic compounds. Microbial degradation of sodium benzoate in the presence of sodium 3-chlorobenzoate is of interest.
Elena V. Emelyanova, Inna P. Solyanikova
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Biosynthesis of retinal in bovine corpus luteum
Bovine corpus luteum tissue was sliced and incubated with β-[15,15′-3H]carotene. The conversion of radioactive β-carotene into radioactive retinal was substantiated utilizing column chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, high-speed liquid ...
Anthony M. Gawienowski+2 more
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Diaphorobacter sp. strain JS3051 utilizes 2,3-dichloronitrobenzene (23DCNB), a toxic anthropogenic compound, as the sole carbon, nitrogen, and energy source for growth, but the metabolic pathway and its origins are unknown. Here, we establish that a gene
Tao Li+6 more
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Inhibiting tryptophan metabolism enhances interferon therapy in kidney cancer. [PDF]
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is increasing in incidence, and a complete cure remains elusive. While immune-checkpoint antibodies are promising, interferon-based immunotherapy has been disappointing.
Abu Aboud, Omran+13 more
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Assessment of the number of catabolic genes of oil-contaminated soils
In this work, laboratory modeling of three levels of oil contamination (60, 120 and 250 g kg–1) was carried out for three types of soil: eutric podzoluvisols, haplic greyzem, and haplic chernozems.
L.R. Biktasheva+4 more
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A Sub-Type of Familial Pancreatic Cancer: Evidence and Implications of Loss-of-Function Polymorphisms in Indoleamine-2,3-Dioxygenase-2. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Variation in an individual\u27s genetic status can impact the development of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; however, the majority of familial pancreatic cancers (FPC) cannot yet be attributed to a specific inherited mutation.
Brody, Jonathan+9 more
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De novo transcriptome sequencing in Bixa orellana to identify genes involved in methylerythritol phosphate, carotenoid and bixin biosynthesis. [PDF]
BackgroundBixin or annatto is a commercially important natural orange-red pigment derived from lycopene that is produced and stored in seeds of Bixa orellana L.
Aguilar-Espinosa, Margarita+5 more
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An expanding range of targets for kynurenine metabolites of tryptophan [PDF]
The kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism accounts for most of the tryptophan that is not committed to protein synthesis and includes compounds active in the nervous and immune systems.
Darlington, L. Gail+2 more
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Cloning and characterisation of a maize carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (ZmCCD1) and its involvement in the biosynthesis of apocarotenoids with various roles in mutualistic and parasitic interactions [PDF]
Colonisation of maize roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi leads to the accumulation of apocarotenoids (cyclohexenone and mycorradicin derivatives).
Beekwilder, M.J.+10 more
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