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Herbivory enhances cadmium foraging in the invasive hyperaccumulating plant Phytolacca americana

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Biological invasions and heavy metal pollution are two pervasive environmental challenges threatening global ecosystems. While the elemental defence hypothesis posits that certain plants accumulate heavy metals to deter herbivores, it remains unclear whether invasive ...
Jingge Kuang, Zhili Pan, Linrui He, Ziyan Zhang, Evan Siemann, Yi Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional and transcriptomic analyses in Neurospora crassa reveal a crucial role for the N‐glycoprotein deglycosylation process in fungal homeostasis

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
In Neurospora crassa, a cytosolic GH18 endo‐β‐n‐acetylglucosaminidase (ENGase) functions as an active deglycosylating enzyme. Deletion of this severely alters tolerance to multiple stress conditions and causes extensive transcriptomic reprogramming, including upregulation of a GH20 exo‐β‐n‐acetylhexosaminidase under ER stress, indicating that N. crassa
Anastasios Samaras, Tanim Jabid Hossain, Magnus Karlsson, Georgios Tzelepis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cloning and characterization of vitis vinifera UDP-glucose: Flavonoid 3-O-glucosyltransferase, a homologue of the enzyme encoded by the maize bronze-1 locus that may primarily serve to glucosylate anthocyanidins in vivo [PDF]

, 1998
We report here the cloning and optimized expression at 16 °C and the characterization of a Vitis vinifera UDP-glucose:flavonoid 3-O-glucosyltransferase, an enzyme responsible for a late step in grapevine anthocyanin biosynthesis.
Christopher M. Ford, Hoj, P., Ford, Christoher M., Boss, Paul K., Paul K. Boss, Boss, P., Peter Bordier Høj, Høj, Peter Bordier, Ford, C.   +8 more
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Genome assembly of Elcysma westwoodi provides insights into host‐plant cyanogenic glucoside detoxification and chemical defence gene evolution

Insect Molecular Biology, EarlyView.
A chromosome‐level genome of Elcysma westwoodi was assembled. The genome encodes 272 detoxification‐related genes. A single‐copy bCAS was retained for cyanide detoxification. CYP405A and CYP332A were recruited into cyanogenic defence evolution. UGT33A retained a conserved GT‐B fold and catalytic domains.
Minyoung Choi, Murtaza Khan, Juil Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Renal glycogen handling in diabetes: A narrative review of diabetic kidney disease pathogenesis

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Kidney disease is a major microvascular complication of diabetes, affecting approximately 40% of individuals with diabetes, and is a leading cause of end‐stage renal disease. Besides the functional consequences of hyperglycemia; hemodynamic alterations are well understood.
Deenadhayalan Ashok, Poornima Ajay Manjrekar, Bhushan Chandrahasa Shetty, Sujina Simon Sailet   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modulating the Synthesis of Dextran with the Acceptor Reaction Using Native and Encapsulated Dextransucrases

Food Technology and Biotechnology, 2004
Dextransucrases are glucansucrases with broad applications in the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Using sucrose as the glucosyl donor, they synthesize both high molecular weight (HMW) dextrans and potential prebiotic oligosaccharides.
Arantza Gómez de Segura, Miguel Alcalde, Nieves López-Cortés, Francisco J. Plou, Antonio Ballesteros   +4 more
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Almost 200 years of anthocyanin research: What we know, what we assume and what remains unknown

Plant Biology, EarlyView.
Nearly 200 years of anthocyanin research reveal a well‐understood anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway. However, there are still open questions regarding its evolution, functions and ecological significance. Abstract Flavonoids are frequently presented as health‐beneficial plant metabolites, and their subclass anthocyanins is best known for striking flower
N. Choudhary, N. Khatun, B. Pucker
wiley   +1 more source

Heterologous expression of Arabidopsis UDP-glucosyltransferases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for production of zearalenone-4-O-glucoside

, 2006
Zearalenone, a secondary metabolite produced by several plant-pathogenic fungi of the genus Fusarium, has high estrogenic activity in vertebrates. We developed a Saccharomyces cerevisiae bioassay strain that we used to identify plant genes encoding UDP ...
Mitterbauer, Rudolf, Peterbauer, Clemens, Berthiller, Franz, Bachmann, Herwig; id_orcid, Schuhmacher, Rainer, Adam, Gerhard, Poppenberger, Brigitte, Lucyshyn, Doris, Glössl, Josef, Krska, Rudolf   +9 more
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Site-Directed Mutational Analysis of Flavonol 3-0-Glucosyltransferases from Citrus paradisi

, 2013
Glucosyltransferases (GTs) are the important group of enzymes which facilitates the incorporation of UDPactivated glucose to a corresponding acceptor molecule through glucosylation. Glucosylation is a common alteration reaction in plant metabolism and is
Devaiah, Shivakumar P., McIntosh, Cecelia A.   +1 more
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Inactivation of UDP-Glucose Sterol Glucosyltransferases Enhances Arabidopsis Resistance to Botrytis cinerea

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Free and glycosylated sterols are both structural components of the plasma membrane that regulate their biophysical properties and consequently different plasma membrane-associated processes such as plant adaptation to stress or signaling.
Nidia Castillo, Victoria Pastor, Ángel Chávez, Montserrat Arró, Montserrat Arró, Albert Boronat, Albert Boronat, Victor Flors, Albert Ferrer, Albert Ferrer, Teresa Altabella, Teresa Altabella   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source