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Importin 7 mediates the nuclear import of HIV‐1 integrase via a specific interacting interface

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
HIV‐1 integrase enables viral DNA integration into the host genome. By binding to the core domain of the host protein Importin 7 via its C‐terminal domain, the integrase is transported across the nuclear membrane into the nucleus, where integration of the viral genome into host DNA takes place. This translocation is a critical step for subsequent viral
Juana Bana, Avigail Yariv, Tal Oppenheim, Hadar Amartely, Dana Reichmann, Oded Livnah   +5 more
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DNA Topology and Global Architecture of Point Centromeres

Cell Reports, 2015
DNA is wrapped in a left-handed fashion around histone octasomes containing the centromeric histone H3 variant CENP-A. However, DNA topology studies have suggested that DNA is wrapped in a right-handed manner around the CENP-A nucleosome that occupies ...
Ofelia Díaz-Ingelmo, Belén Martínez-García, Joana Segura, Antonio Valdés, Joaquim Roca   +4 more
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Accurate and noninvasive prostate cancer detection using plasma‐derived extracellular vesicle RNA

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Plasma extracellular vesicles were captured with WGA‐conjugated magnetic beads and profiled for RNA biomarkers. A three‐RNA panel (NM_024955, NR_047469, and NR_002564) distinguished prostate cancer from healthy controls and benign prostatic hyperplasia, supporting a simple, noninvasive approach to improve prostate cancer detection.
Hanping Wei, Haoran Wu, Wei Feng
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Retroviral intasomes search for a target DNA by 1D diffusion which rarely results in integration

Nature Communications, 2016
Retroviral Integration into the host DNA is a rare event with evidence suggesting that it relies on DNA topology and sequence. Here the authors present single molecule evidence that shows the retroviral integration machinery vigorously scans the target ...
Nathan D. Jones, Miguel A. Lopez Jr, Jeungphill Hanne, Mitchell B. Peake, Jong-Bong Lee, Richard Fishel, Kristine E. Yoder   +6 more
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Quinolones: Mechanism, Lethality and Their Contributions to Antibiotic Resistance

Molecules, 2020
Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are arguably among the most successful antibiotics of recent times. They have enjoyed over 30 years of clinical usage and become essential tools in the armoury of clinical treatments. FQs target the bacterial enzymes DNA gyrase and
Natassja G. Bush, Isabel Diez-Santos, Lauren R. Abbott, Anthony Maxwell   +3 more
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Structural studies and functional engineering of NanX: an anhydro‐sialic acid transporter from Escherichia coli

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Biophysical characterisation shows that NanX, a membrane transport protein from the major facilitator superfamily (MFS), forms both monomers and dimers after purification. AlphaFold modelling and substrate docking provide information on residues likely involved in substrate recognition for NanX and another MFS member, NanT.
Michael C. Newton‐Vesty, Kelsi R. Hall, Zachary D. Tillett, Liam S. Turk, James S. Davies, Michael J. Currie, Hamish G. Brown, Sepideh Valimehr, Peter D. Mace, Andrew E. Whitten, Santosh Panjikar, Eric Hanssen, Rachel A. North, Renwick C.J. Dobson   +13 more
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FEDS: a Novel Fluorescence-Based High-Throughput Method for Measuring DNA Supercoiling In Vivo

mBio, 2020
DNA supercoiling (DS) is essential for life because it controls critical processes, including transcription, replication, and recombination. Current methods to measure DNA supercoiling in vivo are laborious and unable to examine single cells.
Alexandre Duprey, Eduardo A. Groisman
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Structural and biochemical insights into the thermostable esterase Ta0887 from Thermoplasma acidophilum

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In this study, a novel esterase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum was biochemically and structurally characterized. Our results demonstrate that Ta0887 is a highly thermostable esterase that preferentially hydrolyzes p‐nitrophenyl hexanoate and possesses an α‐helical cap domain that likely contributes to its substrate ...
Alejandro Delgado‐Rey, Miriam Livier Llamas‐García, Gabriela M. Montero‐Morán, Leticia Santos, Samuel Lara‐González   +4 more
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A localized transition in the size variation of circular DNA in nanofluidic slitlike confinement

AIP Advances, 2013
We report strong evidence for a localized transition in the size variation of circular DNA between strong and moderate regimes of slitlike confinement. A novel and rigorous statistical analysis was applied to our recent experimental measurements of DNA ...
Elizabeth A. Strychalski, Samuel M. Stavis, Jon Geist   +2 more
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A minimal cellulosome‐like system in Cellulosilyticum lentocellum

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Cellulose‐degrading bacteria typically use cellulosomes, large multi‐enzyme complexes on a scaffold protein. In Cellulosilyticum lentocellum, we characterise a far smaller arrangement, a single scaffold bound to one cellulase through a single cohesin‐dockerin interaction.
John Allan, Amias Alstrom‐Moore, Gary W Black   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source