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A horizontally transferred bacterial gene for pantothenic acid biosynthesis regulates diapause and reproduction in the spider mite Amphitetranychus viennensis

Insect Science, EarlyView.
A bacterial‐derived AvPBL gene encoding a pantothenate‐β‐alanine ligase was identified in Amphitetranychus viennensis. RNAi silencing of AvPBL reduced pantothenic acid production, impairing reproduction and diapause induction, while pantothenic acid supplementation rescued these phenotypes.
Meibin Liu, Yifei Wang, Yikang Ren, Fan Yang, Meifeng Ren, Qin Yu, Xuguo Zhou, Zezhong Yang, Jing Yang   +8 more
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Genomic Content in Avian Haemosporidian Parasites Suggests Co‐Regulation of Apicoplast and Mitochondrial Nucleoids

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Apicoplast genomic content and mitochondrial genomic content were found to be strongly correlated (rho = 0.93) for infections going from low to high. Apicoplast and mitochondrial genomic content were deemed as more predictive factors of parasitemia for different infection intensities.
Gaia Porporato, Peter Pibaque, Alanis Cruz Flores, Simone Cescutti, Nayden Chakarov   +4 more
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Biological Activities of Essential Oils: From Plant Chemoecology to Traditional Healing Systems

Molecules, 2017
Essential oils are complex mixtures of hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives arising from two different isoprenoid pathways. Essential oils are produced by glandular trichomes and other secretory structures, specialized secretory tissues mainly ...
Javad Sharifi-Rad, Antoni Sureda, Gian Carlo Tenore, Maria Daglia, Mehdi Sharifi-Rad, Marco Valussi, Rosa Tundis, Marzieh Sharifi-Rad, Monica R. Loizzo, Adedayo Oluwaseun Ademiluyi, Razieh Sharifi-Rad, Seyed Abdulmajid Ayatollahi, Marcello Iriti   +12 more
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Investigating the Dietary, Economic, and Social Practices of a Neolithic Funnel Beaker Community in Wanna, Germany, Through Raw Material and Organic Residue Analyses of Pottery

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study details the analysis of an assemblage of Funnel Beaker pottery from Wanna in Northern Germany investigated using petrographic, geochemical, and organic residue analyses. The analyses revealed specialized production of pottery vessels for funerary contexts, but that domestic and funerary pottery were used intensively to process ...
I. L. Wiltshire, K. Struckmeyer, A. Behrens, M. Mennenga, M. Roffet‐Salque   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demonstration of an oligosaccharide-diphosphodolichol diphosphatase activity whose subcellular localization is different than those of dolichyl-phosphate-dependent enzymes of the dolichol cycle

Journal of Lipid Research, 2016
Oligosaccharyl phosphates (OSPs) are hydrolyzed from oligosaccharide-diphosphodolichol (DLO) during protein N-glycosylation by an uncharacterized process.
Ahmad Massarweh, Michaël Bosco, Soria Iatmanen-Harbi, Clarice Tessier, Nicolas Auberger, Patricia Busca, Isabelle Chantret, Christine Gravier-Pelletier, Stuart E.H. Moore   +8 more
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Transgenic selection and underlying mechanisms in apicomplexan parasites

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Transgenic selection markers have driven genetic engineering in apicomplexans, enabling precise, iterative experiments. This review discusses mechanistic details of drug selection markers, strategies for marker recycling, and practical considerations for several clinically relevant parasites.
Swaroop Peddiraju, Rakhee Lohia, Nishith Gupta   +2 more
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Biosynthesis of archaeal membrane ether lipids

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014
A vital function of the cell membrane in all living organism is to maintain the membrane permeability barrier and fluidity. The composition of the phospholipid bilayer is distinct in archaea when compared to bacteria and eukarya.
Samta eJain, Samta eJain, Antonella eCaforio, Arnold J. M. Driessen   +3 more
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Structural and mutational analysis of Methanosarcina mazei prenylated FMN synthase reveals the basis of its unique prenyl donor substrate specificity

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Some prenylated flavin mononucleotide (prFMN) synthases exceptionally prefer dimethylallyl phosphate (DMAP) over dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP), which is a common prenyl donor substrate for many prenyltransferases. Structural and mutagenic analyses of Methanosarcina mazei prFMN synthase, which prefers DMAP but can also accept DMAPP, elucidated its ...
Sou Fukuhara, Hideaki Unno, Soma Ishimine, Ryuhei Nagata, Tomokazu Ito, Hisashi Hemmi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comprehensive study on ferredoxin isoforms in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Ferredoxins are small FeS cluster‐containing proteins that play a central role in distributing electrons within the cell. The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 contains several ferredoxin isoforms and their biophysical properties (UV/Vis and EPR spectra, Em potential), expression patterns, and interactions with the electron donors photosystem I
Marko Boehm, Drazenka Svedruzic, Carolyn E. Lubner, Jens Appel, David W. Mulder, Effie C. Kisgeropoulos, Vanessa Hueren, Katharina Spengler, Vivek S. Bharadwaj, Zhanjun Guo, Anastasia E. Ledinina, Darja Deobald, Lorenz Adrian, Paul W. King, Kirstin Gutekunst   +14 more
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UbiB proteins mediate an ATP‐dependent decarboxylation step in bacterial ubiquinone biosynthesis

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
UbiB proteins are atypical protein kinase‐like enzymes essential for ubiquinone biosynthesis. Here, we demonstrate that bacterial UbiB proteins catalyze the O2‐dependent decarboxylation of ubiquinone precursors, a process linked to their ATPase activity.
Katayoun Kazemzadeh, Bruno Faivre, Sophie‐Carole Chobert, Martial Rey, Sophie S. Abby, Julie Michaud, Tuan‐Anh Dinh, Alexandre Chilin, Olivier Lerouxel, Marc Fontecave, Fabien Pierrel, Murielle Lombard, Ludovic Pelosi   +12 more
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