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An upstream open reading frame regulates expression of the mitochondrial protein Slm35 and mitophagy flux

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals how the mitochondrial protein Slm35 is regulated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The authors identify stress‐responsive DNA elements and two upstream open reading frames (uORFs) in the 5′ untranslated region of SLM35. One uORF restricts translation, and its mutation increases Slm35 protein levels and mitophagy.
Hernán Romo‐Casanueva, Ariann E. Mendoza‐Martínez, P. Abril Medina‐Flores, Carlos Campero‐Basaldua, Alexander DeLuna, Soledad Funes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of the Amylolytic Activity of Thermophilic Bacteria Isolated from an Algerian Hot Spring (Azzaba, Skikda)

Biology and Life Sciences Forum
Thermostable amylases are among the most widely used and desirable enzymes in the food industry. Indeed, they guarantee faster reactions at high temperatures, enhanced substrate solubility and reduced microbial contamination and cooling costs.
Sarra Bouaita, Zahra Sayad, Douaa Ziani, Rayane Bouguerba, Mohamed Amine Gomri   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural instability impairs function of the UDP‐xylose synthase 1 Ile181Asn variant associated with short‐stature genetic syndrome in humans

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The Ile181Asn variant of human UDP‐xylose synthase (hUXS1), associated with a short‐stature genetic syndrome, has previously been reported as inactive. Our findings demonstrate that Ile181Asn‐hUXS1 retains catalytic activity similar to the wild‐type but exhibits reduced stability, a looser oligomeric state, and an increased tendency to precipitate ...
Tuo Li, Pedro A. Sánchez‐Murcia, Bernd Nidetzky   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cell wall target fragment discovery using a low‐cost, minimal fragment library

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
LoCoFrag100 is a fragment library made up of 100 different compounds. Similarity between the fragments is minimized and 10 different fragments are mixed into a single cocktail, which is soaked to protein crystals. These crystals are analysed by X‐ray crystallography, revealing the binding modes of the bound fragment ligands.
Kaizhou Yan, Mathew Stanley, Olawale Raimi, Andrew T. Ferenbach, Helge C Dorfmueller, Daan M. F. van Aalten   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cell density–dependent nuclear‐cytoplasmic shuttling of SETDB1 integrates with Hippo signaling to regulate YAP1‐mediated transcription

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
At low cell density, SETDB1 and YAP1 accumulate in the nucleus. As cell density increases, the Hippo pathway is gradually activated, and SETDB1 is associated with increased YAP1 phosphorylation. At high cell density, phosphorylated YAP1 is sequestered in the cytoplasm, while SETDB1 becomes polyubiquitinated and degraded by the ubiquitin–proteasome ...
Jaemin Eom, Jaewoong Jang, Jung Sun Park, Yong‐Kook Kang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inhibiting stearoyl‐CoA desaturase suppresses bone metastatic prostate cancer by modulating cellular stress, mTOR signaling, and DNA damage response

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bone metastasis in prostate cancer (PCa) patients is a clinical hurdle due to the poor understanding of the supportive bone microenvironment. Here, we identify stearoyl‐CoA desaturase (SCD) as a tumor‐promoting enzyme and potential therapeutic target in bone metastatic PCa.
Alexis Wilson, Mackenzie K Herroon, Shane Mecca, Laimar C Garmo, Jacob Lindquist, Shrila Rajendran, Steve M. Patrick, Izabela Podgorski   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

β‐TrCP overexpression enhances cisplatin sensitivity by depleting BRCA1

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Low levels of β‐TrCP (Panel A) allow the accumulation of BRCA1 and CtIP, which facilitate the repair of cisplatin‐induced DNA damage via homologous recombination (HR) and promote tumor cell survival. In contrast, high β‐TrCP expression (Panel B) leads to BRCA1 and CtIP degradation, impairing HR repair, resulting in persistent DNA damage and apoptosis ...
Rocío Jiménez‐Guerrero, Alejandro Belmonte‐Fernández, Mónica González‐Moreno, Laura Rodríguez‐Cordero, Begoña Pérez‐Valderrama, Joaquín Herrero‐Ruíz, Francisco Romero, Carmen Sáez, Miguel Á. Japón   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptation of a Commercial NAD⁺ Quantification Kit to Assay the Base-Exchange Activity and Substrate Preferences of SARM1

Molecules
Here, we report an adapted protocol using the Promega NAD/NADH-Glo™ Assay kit. The assay normally allows quantification of trace amounts of both oxidized and reduced forms of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) by enzymatic cycling, but we now show ...
Ilenia Cirilli, Adolfo Amici, Jonathan Gilley, Michael P. Coleman, Giuseppe Orsomando   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nicotinamide N‐methyltransferase promotes drug resistance in lung cancer, as revealed by nascent proteomic profiling

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
AZD9291 has shown promise in targeted cancer therapy but is limited by resistance. In this study, we employed metabolic labeling and LC–MS/MS to profile time‐resolved nascent protein perturbations, allowing dynamic tracking of drug‐responsive proteins. We demonstrated that increased NNMT expression is associated with drug resistance, highlighting NNMT ...
Zhanwu Hou, Zhen Wang, Fei Yang, Xiao Han, Lei Li, Huadong Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

PARP inhibitors elicit distinct transcriptional programs in homologous recombination competent castration‐resistant prostate cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
PARP inhibitors are used to treat a small subset of prostate cancer patients. These studies reveal that PARP1 activity and expression are different between European American and African American prostate cancer tissue samples. Additionally, different PARP inhibitors cause unique and overlapping transcriptional changes, notably, p53 pathway upregulation.
Moriah L. Cunningham, Jasibel Vasquez‐Gonzalez, Samantha M. Barnada, Salome Tchotorlishvili, Latese Jones, Ryan Maguire, Genevieve Lewis, Kinza Rizwan, Jenny Deng, Salma Koachar, Drithi Patel, Hailey Shankle, Tessa Mulders, Namra Ajmal, Charalambos Solomides, Emad S. Alnemri, Teresa F. Alnemri, Ayesha A. Shafi, Leonard G. Gomella, Wm Kevin Kelly, Steven B. McMahon, Matthew J. Schiewer   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source