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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elucidation of the noncovalent interactions driving enzyme activity guides branching enzyme engineering for α-glucan modification

Nature Communications
Branching enzymes (BEs) confer to α-glucans, the primary energy-storage reservoir in nature, a variety of features, like slow digestion. The full catalytic cycle of BEs can be divided in six steps, namely two covalent catalytic steps involving ...
Zhiyou Zong, Xuewen Zhang, Peng Chen, Zhuoyue Fu, Yan Zeng, Qian Wang, Christophe Chipot, Leila Lo Leggio, Yuanxia Sun   +8 more
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Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes, Guilherme M. Azevedo, Amanda P. Barcellos, Diana Bahia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural insights into lacto‐N‐biose I recognition by a family 32 carbohydrate‐binding module from Bifidobacterium bifidum

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bifidobacterium bifidum establishes symbiosis with infants by metabolizing lacto‐N‐biose I (LNB) from human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). The extracellular multidomain enzyme LnbB drives this process, releasing LNB via its catalytic glycoside hydrolase family 20 (GH20) lacto‐N‐biosidase domain.
Xinzhe Zhang, Naoki Sunagawa, Toma Kashima, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Akimasa Miyanaga, Shinya Fushinobu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Caenorhabditis elegans DPF‐3 and human DPP4 have tripeptidyl peptidase activity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) family comprises serine proteases classically defined by their ability to remove dipeptides from the N‐termini of substrates, a feature that gave the family its name. Here, we report the discovery of a previously unrecognized tripeptidyl peptidase activity in DPPIV family members from two different species.
Aditya Trivedi, Rajani Kanth Gudipati
wiley   +1 more source

Synthesis of α,β-unsaturated esters via a chemo-enzymatic chain elongation approach by combining carboxylic acid reduction and Wittig reaction

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015
α,β-Unsaturated esters are versatile building blocks for organic synthesis and of significant importance for industrial applications. A great variety of synthetic methods have been developed, and quite a number of them use aldehydes as precursors. Herein
Yitao Duan, Peiyuan Yao, Yuncheng Du, Jinhui Feng, Qiaqing Wu, Dunming Zhu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A family of thermostable fungal cellulases created by structure-guided recombination [PDF]

, 2009
SCHEMA structure-guided recombination of 3 fungal class II cellobiohydrolases (CBH II cellulases) has yielded a collection of highly thermostable CBH II chimeras.
A. Villalobos, C. D. Snow, C. Nguyen, F. H. Arnold, Go, Godbole, Hui, I. Wu, Innis, J. Minshull, Jeoh, Koivula, Li, Liu, Lussier, Nelson, Otey, P. Heinzelman, S. Govindarajan, Sch  lein   +19 more
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Molecular bases of circadian magnesium rhythms across eukaryotes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Circadian rhythms in intracellular [Mg2+] exist across eukaryotic kingdoms. Central roles for Mg2+ in metabolism suggest that Mg2+ rhythms could regulate daily cellular energy and metabolism. In this Perspective paper, we propose that ancestral prokaryotic transport proteins could be responsible for mediating Mg2+ rhythms and posit a feedback model ...
Helen K. Feord, Gerben van Ooijen
wiley   +1 more source

On the Species Specificity of Acceptor RNA and Attachment Enzymes [PDF]

, 1961
One of the steps in protein biosynthesis appears to be the attachment of each amino acid to a specific acceptor (SRNA) molecule. According to the adaptor hypothesis, each SRNA molecule would then fit to a specific complementary base sequence on a linear ...
Benzer, Seymour, Weisblum, Bernard
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Crosstalk between the ribosome quality control‐associated E3 ubiquitin ligases LTN1 and RNF10

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Loss of the E3 ligase LTN1, the ubiquitin‐like modifier UFM1, or the deubiquitinating enzyme UFSP2 disrupts endoplasmic reticulum–ribosome quality control (ER‐RQC), a pathway that removes stalled ribosomes and faulty proteins. This disruption may trigger a compensatory response to ER‐RQC defects, including increased expression of the E3 ligase RNF10 ...
Yuxi Huang, Satoshi Hashimoto, Sota Ito, Chisato Kikuguchi, Miho Hoshi, Kiyoshi Yamaguchi, Yoichi Furukawa, Toru Suzuki, Toshifumi Inada   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source