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Basic principles of the genetic code extension [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Compounds including non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) or other artificially designed molecules can find a lot of applications in medicine, industry and biotechnology.
Paweł Błażej +3 more
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Nature Communications, 2021 Visualisation of TARP localisation is hindered by existing imaging tools. Here the authors report a labelling and imaging platform using genetic code expansion and non-canonical amino acids; they use this to fluorescently label live neurons and localise ...
Diogo Bessa-Neto +9 more
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Reconstructing enzyme evolution by protein engineering
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Natural enzyme evolution can be retraced by protein engineering methods such as directed evolution, rational design, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. These approaches reveal how enzymes emerged from ligand‐binding scaffolds, developed varying substrate preferences, formed oligomeric complexes, adapted to environmental changes, and evolved novel ...
Lukas Drexler +2 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Animals must match their growth rate to available nutrients. We show that in Drosophila larvae, the nutrient‐sensing TOR kinase controls growth by regulating levels of TFAM, a key regulator of mitochondrial function, in the adipose tissue. When nutrients are abundant, high TOR activity suppresses TFAM, lowering mitochondrial bioenergetic activity and ...
Shrivani Sriskanthadevan‐Pirahas +4 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.This review focuses on the role of autophagy and mitophagy in maintaining pancreatic β‐cell function and homeostasis. We discuss how genetic defects affecting these pathways contribute to the development of type 1, type 2, monogenic, and gestational diabetes. We further explore their potential as therapeutic targets. Created in BioRender.
Yunkyeong Lee +2 more
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, 2021 Bacterial biofilms often cause medical complications and there has been a great deal of interest in the discovery of small-molecule agents that can inhibit the formation of biofilms.
Ikeda, Kentaro +5 more
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Golgi enzymes are retrieved from the plasma membrane to the trans‐Golgi network
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Golgi enzymes are traditionally considered resident proteins retained within the Golgi apparatus. Here, we demonstrate that a subset transiently reaches the cell surface and is subsequently retrieved to the trans‐Golgi network via retrograde transport. Using a nanobody‐based toolkit, we uncover a dynamic trafficking cycle of several Golgi enzymes.
Dominik P. Buser, Tina Junne
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Nature Communications, 2021 Vibrational energy transfer (VET) is essential for protein function as it is responsible for efficient energy dissipation in reaction sites and is linked to pathways of allosteric communication.
Erhan Deniz +10 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Mycobacterial 3‐methylcrotonyl‐CoA carboxylase uses a mobile biotin‐carrying domain to shuttle a carboxyl group between two catalytic sites, enabling carboxylation of 3‐methylcrotonyl‐CoA during leucine breakdown. Cryo‐electron microscopy captures the carrier at both sites and reveals an inward loop movement that may prevent futile rebinding to the ...
Ajit Yadav +2 more
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Nature Communications, 2020 Chemical modification of proteins can be used to decipher function or use that function for therapeutic purposes. Here, the authors insert synthetic peptides via tandem protein trans-splicing to add post-translational modifications or non-canonical amino
K. K. Khoo +9 more
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