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Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa, Konstantinos Makryniotis, Theofani‐Iosifina Sousani, Evangelos Topakas, Vangelis Daskalakis, Maria Dimarogona   +5 more
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A methionine‐lined active site governs carbocation stabilization and product specificity in a bacterial terpene synthase

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals a unique active site enriched in methionine residues and demonstrates that these residues play a critical role by stabilizing carbocation intermediates through novel sulfur–cation interactions. Structure‐guided mutagenesis further revealed variants with significantly altered product profiles, enhancing pseudopterosin formation. These
Marion Ringel, Carl P. O. Helmer, Shani Zev, Ronja Driller, Emily Buhr, Markus Reinbold, Renana Schwartz, Gabriel Foley, Mikael Boden, Daniel Garbe, Gerhard Schenk, Dan Thomas Major, Bernhard Loll, Thomas Brück   +13 more
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ATF4‐mediated stress response as a therapeutic vulnerability in chordoma

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We screened 5 chordoma cell lines against 100+ inhibitors of epigenetic and metabolic pathways and kinases and identified halofuginone, a tRNA synthetase inhibitor. Mechanistically halofuginone induces an integrated stress response, with eIF2alpha phosphorylation, activation of ATF4 and its target genes CHOP, ASNS, INHBE leading to cell death ...
Lucia Cottone, James Dunford, Eleanor Calcutt, Vicki Gamble, Filiz Senbabaoglu Aksu, Lorena Ligammari, Georgina Wherry, Giorgia Gaeta, John C. Christianson, Adrienne M. Flanagan, Udo Oppermann, Adam P. Cribbs   +11 more
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PARP inhibition and pharmacological ascorbate demonstrate synergy in castration‐resistant prostate cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Pharmacologic ascorbate (vitamin C) increases ROS, disrupts cellular metabolism, and induces DNA damage in CRPC cells. These effects sensitize tumors to PARP inhibition, producing synergistic growth suppression with olaparib in vitro and significantly delayed tumor progression in vivo. Pyruvate rescue confirms ROS‐dependent activity.
Nicolas Gordon, Peter T. Gallagher, Orly I. Richter, Neermala Poudel Neupane, Amy C. Mandigo, Jennifer J. McCann, Emanuela Dylgjeri, Irina Vasilevskaya, Christopher McNair, Channing J. Paller, Wm. Kevin Kelly, Karen E. Knudsen, Matthew J. Schiewer, Ayesha A. Shafi   +13 more
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Optimization and Dynamic Adjustment of Tandem Columns for Separating an Ethylbenzene–Styrene Mixture Using a Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Algorithm

Separations
This study focuses on optimizing two tandem columns to separate ethylbenzene and styrene. A steady-state model is developed to minimize total energy consumption (TEC) and total annualized cost (TAC) by optimizing the reflux flow rates.
Guangsheng Jiang, Yibo She, Zhongwen Song, Liwen Zhao, Guilian Liu   +4 more
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Infrared laser sampling of low volumes combined with shotgun lipidomics reveals lipid markers in palatine tonsil carcinoma

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Nanosecond infrared laser (NIRL) low‐volume sampling combined with shotgun lipidomics uncovers distinct lipidome alterations in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) of the palatine tonsil. Several lipid species consistently differentiate tumor from healthy tissue, highlighting their potential as diagnostic markers.
Leonard Kerkhoff, Manuela Moritz, Dennis Eggert, Anna Worthmann, Joerg Heeren, Henrike Zech, Till S. Clauditz, Waldemar Wilczak, Hartmut Schlüter, Christian S. Betz, Arne Böttcher, Jan Hahn   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Did We Learn From Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR)-Grass Associations Studies Through Proteomic and Metabolomic Approaches?

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
Plant growth stimulation by microorganisms that interact in a mutually beneficial manner remains poorly understood. Understanding the nature of plant-bacteria interactions may open new routes for plant productivity enhancement, especially cereal crops ...
Dayane Alberton, Glaucio Valdameri, Vivian Rotuno Moure, Rose Adele Monteiro, Fabio de Oliveira Pedrosa, Marcelo Müller-Santos, Emanuel Maltempi de Souza   +6 more
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Peroxidasin enables melanoma immune escape by inhibiting natural killer cell cytotoxicity

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Peroxidasin (PXDN) is secreted by melanoma cells and binds the NK cell receptor NKG2D, thereby suppressing NK cell activation and cytotoxicity. PXDN depletion restores NKG2D signaling and enables effective NK cell–mediated melanoma killing. These findings identify PXDN as a previously unrecognized immune evasion factor and a potential target to improve
Hsu‐Min Sung, David Bickel, Lena C. M. Krause, Daria Ezeriņa, Christian Ickes, Julian Wojtachnia, Christine S. Gibhardt, Magdalena Shumanska, Khadija Wahni, Andrea Paluschkiwitz, Julia Malo Pueyo, Ekaterina Baranova, Wim Vranken, Hedwig Stanisz, Ioana Stejerean‐Todoran, Michael P. Schön, Joris Messens, Ivan Bogeski   +17 more
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Efficient cyclohexane dehydrogenation over Pt/B–ZrO2 for H2 production

Green Energy & Environment
The efficient storage and release of H2 are pivotal for the advancement of hydrogen energy technologies. Cyclohexane, as a promising liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC), provides a safe and practical solution for H2 storage.
Lipeng Guo, Jihui Yao, Xiaojun Bao, Haibo Zhu   +3 more
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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of single circulating tumor cells in the follow‐up of high‐grade serous ovarian cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Single circulating tumor cells (sCTCs) from high‐grade serous ovarian cancer patients were enriched, imaged, and genomically profiled using WGA and NGS at different time points during treatment. sCTCs revealed enrichment of alterations in Chromosomes 2, 7, and 12 as well as persistent or emerging oncogenic CNAs, supporting sCTC identity.
Carolin Salmon, Rui P. L. Neves, Nikolas H. Stoecklein, Sven‐Thorsten Liffers, Jens Siveke, Jan D. Kuhlmann, Pauline Wimberger, Paul Buderath, Rainer Kimmig, Sabine Kasimir‐Bauer   +9 more
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