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De Novo Design and Directed Evolution Refinement of Mirror‐Image Protein Binders Targeting Interleukin‐4

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents the de novo design and directed evolution of a mirror‐image D‐protein inhibitor targeting human interleukin‐4 (IL‐4). The engineered molecule exhibits nanomolar binding affinity for IL‐4 and effectively inhibits IL‐4–mediated signaling.
Liqing Xu, Yuxiang Ren, Tongyue Wang, Hongyong Li, Yue Yao, Lei Liu, Ke Sun, Peilong Lu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reeling it in: how DNA topology drives loop extrusion by condensin. [PDF]

Nat Struct Mol Biol, 2022
Narducci DN, Hansen AS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Functional Analysis of Ligand‐Gated Chloride Channels in a Cnidarian Sheds Light on the Evolution of Inhibitory Signaling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We uncover a large variety of putative inhibitory ligand‐gated ion channels (LGICs) in the phylum Cnidaria, the sister group to all bilaterian animals. Phylogenetic analysis suggests a complex evolutionary history of inhibitory LGICs with diverse neurotransmitter ligands.
Abhilasha Ojha, Linda Kloss, Juan D. Montenegro, Simone Albani, Audrey Ortega‐Ramírez, Mihaela Raycheva, Sylvia Joussen, Sabrina Kaul, Michèle Bachmann, Lisa Huf, Günther Schmalzing, Alison G. Cole, Ulrich Technau, Stefan Gründer   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chili pepper extracts, capsaicin, and dihydrocapsaicin as potential anticancer agents targeting topoisomerases

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
DNA topoisomerases regulate conformational changes in DNA topology during normal cell growth, such as replication, transcription, recombination, and repair, and may be targeted for anticancer drugs.
Terézia Hudáková, Martina Šemeláková, Peter Očenáš, Mária Kožurková, Kristína Krochtová, Simona Sovová, Zuzana Tóthová, Zuzana Guľášová, Peter Popelka, Peter Solár   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of DNA Topology on Transcription from rRNA Promoters in Bacillus subtilis. [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2021
Sudzinová P, Kambová M, Ramaniuk O, Benda M, Šanderová H, Krásný L.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

De Novo Multi‐Mechanism Antimicrobial Peptide Design via Multimodal Deep Learning

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Current AI‐driven peptide discovery often overlooks complex structural data. This study presents M3‐CAD, a generative pipeline that leverages 3D voxel coloring and a massive database of over 12 000 peptides to capture nuanced physicochemical contexts.
Xiaojuan Li, Haifan Gong, Yue Wang, Yinuo Zhao, Lixiang Li, Peijing Bao, Qingzhou Kong, Jialu Fu, Boyao Wan, Yumeng Zhang, Jinghui Zhang, Jiekun Ni, Zhongxue Han, Xueping Nan, Kunping Ju, Longfei Sun, Yuerui Ma, Huijun Chang, Mengqi Zheng, Yanbo Yu, Xiaoyun Yang, Xiuli Zuo, Haina Wang, Yanqing Li   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Probing E. coli SSB protein-DNA topology by reversing DNA backbone polarity. [PDF]

Biophys J, 2021
Kozlov AG, Lohman TM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Organ‐Specific and Conserved Regulatory Logic Orchestrates Gene Expression in the Embryonic Mesothelium

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Integrated multi‐omic profiling maps the gene‐regulatory landscape of the coelomic mesothelium across heart, lung, and pancreas. A cardiac‐restricted regulatory program is uncovered in which TBX20 activates heart mesothelial (epicardial) cis‐regulatory elements, while MAF emerges as a conserved regulator of mesothelial identity.
Quang Minh Dang, Nicola Smart, Andia Nicole Redpath, Joaquim Miguel Vieira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

H2A.Z-nucleosomes are stabilized by the superhelicity-dependent DNA binding of the C-terminal tail of the histone variant

Nucleus
Using an in situ nucleosome stability assay based on salt extraction, we identified distinct stability features of H2A.Z-containing nucleosomes linked to alternative interactions of the histone variant’s C-terminal tail (Imre et al., Nat. Commun., 2024).
Ibtissem Benhamza, Laszlo Imre, Zutao Yu, Peter Nanasi, Pialy Sen, Kata Nora Enyedi, Katalin Goda, György Vamosi, Gabor Szabo   +8 more
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Delivery of Pleckstrin‐Homology Domains Suppresses PI3K/Akt Signaling and Breast Cancer Metastasis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Current therapies curb tumor growth but not metastasis. Obscurin, a giant metastasis suppressor lost in breast cancer, restrains PI3K/Akt signaling but is impractical to restore. We deploy a mini‐obscurin, comprising the obscurin‐PH‐domain, which sequesters PI3K‐p85, potently suppressing invasion and metastasis.
Matthew Eason, Anindya Sen, Suhan Cho, Se Jong Lee, Keyata Thompson, Md Musavvir Mahmud, Poornima Dubey, Talia Guardia, Anthony Kim, Stuart Martin, Nathan Wright, Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, Aikaterini Kontrogianni‐Konstantopoulos   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source