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Structural and functional characterization of chitinase from carnivorous plant Drosera adelae

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
A class I chitinase from the carnivorous plant Drosera adelae was expressed and purified using a yeast system, revealing high enzymatic activity. Structural analyses of the catalytic and chitin‐binding domains identified key tyrosine residues involved in substrate binding, offering insights into the enzyme's adaptation for insect digestion.
Kazunari Yoneda, Yuki Naruse, Yusaku Suizu, Tomohiro Araki, Yoshikazu Hoshi, Haruhiko Sakuraba, Junji Hayashi, Toshihisa Ohshima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The prey species and kleptoparasites of Trichodes crabroniformis (Coleoptera, Cleridae) – an active predator on flower-visiting insects in Bulgaria [PDF]

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”
Feeding of Trichodes crabroniformis (Fabricius, 1787) on insects from 10 families, belonging to orders Coleoptera, Hymenoptera and Hemiptera is documented under field conditions in Bulgaria. Cases of attacks on longhorn beetles of the species Echinocerus
Denis Gradinarov, Yana Petrova
doaj   +3 more sources

The influence of the atmospheric boundary layer on nocturnal layers of noctuids and other moths migrating over southern Britain [PDF]

, 2006
Insects migrating at high altitude over southern Britain have been continuously monitored by automatically-operating, vertical-looking radars over a period of several years.
AD Smith, AD Smith, AG Gatehouse, AJ Thorpe, Alan D Smith, AN Mel’nichenko, AP Lock, B Campistron, CG Johnson, CR Vaughn, Curtis R Wood, D Gregory, DE Pedgley, DE Pedgley, DE Pedgley, DE Pedgley, DO Greenbank, Donald R Reynolds, DP Clark, DR Reynolds, DR Reynolds, DR Wilson, EB Larsen, GW Schaefer, HQ Feng, HQ Feng, Ian P Woiwod, IP Woiwod, Janet F Barlow, Jason W Chapman, JR Garratt, JR Riley, JR Riley, JR Riley, JR Riley, JR Riley, JW Chapman, JW Chapman, JW Chapman, JW Chapman, KR Beerwinkle, L Mahrt, LR Taylor, LR Taylor, LR Taylor, ME Irwin, MJP Cullen, PD Lingren, RA Farrow, RBB Dickison, RC Rainey, RL Chen, SE Hobbs, T Lewis, VA Drake, VA Drake, VA Drake, VA Drake, VA Drake, VA Drake, WW Wolf   +60 more
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Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil‐based polyesters and bioplastics

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Plastic pollution remains a critical environmental challenge, and current mechanical and chemical recycling methods are insufficient to achieve a fully circular economy. This review highlights recent breakthroughs in the enzymatic depolymerization of both oil‐derived polyesters and bioplastics, including high‐throughput protein engineering, de novo ...
Elena Rosini, Nicolò Antonelli, Gianluca Molla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

New bioerosion traces in rhynchosaur bones from the Upper Triassic of Brazil and the oldest occurrence of the ichnogenera Osteocallis and Amphifaoichnus [PDF]

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
New bioerosion traces produced by insects in bones are reported from the Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone of the Santa Maria Supersequence (Carnian, Brazil).
LUCCA S. CUNHA, PAULA DENTZIEN-DIAS, HEITOR FRANCISCHINI   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wolbachia and DNA barcoding insects: patterns, potential and problems [PDF]

, 2012
Wolbachia is a genus of bacterial endosymbionts that impacts the breeding systems of their hosts. Wolbachia can confuse the patterns of mitochondrial variation, including DNA barcodes, because it influences the pathways through which mitochondria are ...
BC Schmidt, BL Fisher, Brian L. Fisher, CC Nice, Claudia Bertrand, Cory Sheffield, D Steinke, DA Grasso, Da-Wei Huang, Daniel H. Janzen, DD Shoemaker, DH Janzen, Dirk Steinke, Donald Quicke, Eldon S. Eveleigh, ER Swartz, FM Jiggins, GDD Hurst, HR Braig, I Meusnier, J Engelstadter, J Fernandez Triana, J Fernandez Triana, J Ferrari, J Rozas, JA Russell, James Whitfield, Jan Hrcek, Jason Gibbs, Jonathan H. Badger, Jose Fernandez-Triana, Josephine Rodriguez, Julie K. Stahlhut, JWO Ballard, K Hilgenboecker, Kate Crosby, Katharine Hind, L Baldo, L Baldo, L Excoffier, LA Weinert, Laurence Packer, LL Chen, M Virgilio, M. Alex Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, MA Smith, Mark R. Shaw, MC Linares, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Milan Janda, Monty Wood, NV Ivanova, PDN Hebert, PDN Hebert, R Raychoudhury, R Raychoudhury, RA Johnstone, Rodolphe Rougerie, RS Rasmussen, S Ratnasingham, Scott E. Miller, SL Dobson, Sujeevan Ratnasingham, T Wenseleers, TL Whitworth, Winnie Hallwachs, X-J Sun, Xin Zhou, Yanwei Li, YW Li, Z Gompert   +75 more
core   +4 more sources

Insects and their antibiotic-producing bacteria [PDF]

, 2023
Matthew I. Hutchings, Barrie Wilkinson
openalex   +1 more source

Progress of research on delaying bone destruction of rheumatoid arthritis by combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine

Advanced Chinese Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune disease with bone destruction as the core pathology, which belongs to the category of “impediment disease” in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and its etiology and pathogenesis are still not completely clear.
Dier Jin, Yuanyuan Xu, Wenwen Qi, Tianyi Lan, Ting Liu, Rihong Liu, Zihan Wang, Yuan Xu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physiological adaptations to sugar‐mimic alkaloids: Insights from Bombyx mori for long‐term adaption and short‐term response

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Insects evolved adaptive plasticity to minimize the effects of the chemical defenses of their host plants. Nevertheless, the expressional response and adaptation of phytophagous specialists for long‐term adaption and short‐term response to host ...
Shunze Jia, Yinghui Li, Xiangping Dai, Xiaotong Li, Yanyan Zhou, Yusong Xu, Huabing Wang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Different trophic positions among social vespid species revealed by stable isotopes

Royal Society Open Science, 2021
The social vespid wasps are common insect predators and several species behave in unison in the same biotopes. It is commonly accepted that social wasps are mainly opportunistic generalist predators without differences in prey selection and hence they ...
Jyrki Torniainen, Atte Komonen
doaj   +1 more source