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Directed evolution of enzymes at the crossroads of tradition and innovation

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
An iterative cycle of data‐driven enzyme optimization comprising four stages: genetic diversification of a template enzyme, expression of protein variants, high‐throughput evaluation, and machine‐learning‐guided redesign of the next variant library.
Maria Tomkova, Andrej Mirossay, Erik Sedlak   +2 more
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Risk and reward: extending stochastic glycaemic control intervals to reduce workload

BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2020
Background STAR is a model-based, personalised, risk-based dosing approach for glycaemic control (GC) in critically ill patients. STAR provides safe, effective control to nearly all patients, using 1–3 hourly measurement and intervention intervals ...
Vincent Uyttendaele, Jennifer L. Knopp, Geoffrey M. Shaw, Thomas Desaive, J. Geoffrey Chase   +4 more
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Molecular characterization of covRS mutations in M1UK Streptococcus pyogenes

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) acquires covRS mutations driving a hypervirulent bacterial state, frequently associated with invasive disease‐like necrotizing fasciitis. We demonstrate that the newly emerged M1UK GAS lineage can also acquire these mutations.
Jarrad Pritchard, Emma‐Jayne Proctor, Jiawa Wang, Nikolas P. Johnston, Andrew Hayes, Georgia McCorkell, Haibo Yu, Jai Tree, Mark R. Davies, Mark J. Walker, Ronald Sluyter, Stephan Brouwer, Martina L. Sanderson‐Smith   +12 more
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Malformin A1–mediated cytotoxicity in ovarian cancer cells occurs through pyroptosis and autophagy

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This study investigated the effects of the natural compound Malformin A1 (MA1) on the cytoskeleton that regulates cell proliferation and migration. Disruption of the cytoskeleton can impair these processes and promote cancer cell death. MA1 disrupted cytoskeletal organization, induced DNA damage, inflammation, activated autophagy, and pyroptosis ...
Nada Abdullah Hassan, Ikram A. Burney, Shika Hanif Malgundkar, Siva Ramamoorthy, Ressin Varghese, Mohamed A. Al‐Kindi, Hamad Al Riyami, Shadia Al Bahlani, Sergey Dobretsov, Syed Imran Hassan, Benjamin K. Tsang, Yahya Tamimi   +11 more
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Lack of association between ADRB2 (Gln27Glu) variant with susceptibility, severity and salbutamol response in South Indian asthmatics

Scientific Reports
ADRB2 gene polymorphisms have been widely studied for their role in influencing asthma pathophysiology. Of particular note, the Gln27Glu (+ 79 C > G, rs1042714) polymorphism, which alters the extracellular domain at the N-terminus of β2AR, leads to the ...
Srinivas Bandaru, Sudha Bodduluri, Radhika Swami, Rinku Chaudhary, Khushboo Sharma, Arshiya Khan, Someswar Rao Sagurthi, Koteswara Reddy Gujjula, Praveen Kumar Vemuri, Anuraj Nayarisseri   +9 more
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Exploring the in silico adaptation of the Nephroblastoma Oncosimulator to MRI scans, treatment data, and histological profiles of patients from different risk groups

Frontiers in Physiology
IntroductionNephroblastoma or Wilms’ tumor is the most prevalent type of renal tumor in pediatric oncology. Although the overall survival rate for this condition is excellent today (∼90%), there have been no significant improvements over the past two ...
Marcel Meyerheim, Foteini Panagiotidou, Eleni Georgiadi, Eleni Georgiadi, Dimitrios Soudris, Georgios Stamatakos, Norbert Graf   +6 more
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Evolution‐guided yeast complementation reveals functional differences in human PSPH variants

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Ancient genomes can help guide which human genetic variants are tested experimentally. This study applies that idea to PSPH, a gene involved in serine biosynthesis, and uses high‐throughput yeast complementation to compare variant function. The findings reveal measurable differences among selected alleles and illustrate the value of evolution‐guided ...
Mauricio Campa‐Álvarez, Diana Ascencio, Miguel Vallebueno‐Estrada, Eduardo González‐Orozco, Christian Eduardo Martínez‐Guerrero, Rafael Montiel, Alexander DeLuna   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Credibility assessment of a mechanistic model of atherosclerosis to predict cardiovascular outcomes under lipid-lowering therapy

npj Digital Medicine
Demonstrating cardiovascular (CV) benefits with lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) requires long-term randomized clinical trials (RCTs) with thousands of patients. Innovative approaches such as in silico trials applying a disease computational model to virtual
Yishu Wang, Eulalie Courcelles, Emmanuel Peyronnet, Solène Porte, Alizée Diatchenko, Evgueni Jacob, Denis Angoulvant, Pierre Amarenco, Franck Boccara, Bertrand Cariou, Guillaume Mahé, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Alexandre Bastien, Lolita Portal, Jean-Pierre Boissel, Solène Granjeon-Noriot, Emmanuelle Bechet   +16 more
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Identifying and characterising a plant GH1 β‐glucosidase that exhibits hydrolytic activity on N‐linked glucopyranoside

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We report the first β‐glucosidase with demonstrated hydrolytic activity on an N‐linked glycopyranoside. The enzyme, native to maize, was biochemically characterised for this novel reaction, and structural modelling of the enzyme–substrate complex revealed several clues to the underlying reduced catalytic rate relative to its native O‐glycopyranoside ...
Hani Gharabli, Carlotta Chiesa, Maher Abou Hachem, Ditte Hededam Welner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural studies and functional engineering of NanX: an anhydro‐sialic acid transporter from Escherichia coli

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
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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