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Enhanced Infection Resistance and Regenerative Healing of Titanium Implants via Peptide‐Loaded Biodegradable Coatings

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This study presents a new biodegradable coating for titanium implants using a natural antimicrobial peptide, caerin 1.9. Applied via solvent casting, the coating offers sustained antibacterial protection and promotes healing. Tested on 3D‐printed porous titanium scaffolds, it effectively prevented infection—including against resistant bacteria—while ...
Hejie Li, Tianfang Wang, Nicolas Soro, Guoying Ni, Meg Allom, D. İpek Kurtböke, Xiaosong Liu, Damon Kent   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reiterative Synthesis by the Ribosome and Recognition of the N-Terminal Formyl Group by Biosynthetic Machinery Contribute to Evolutionary Conservation of the Length of Antibiotic Microcin C Peptide Precursor

mBio, 2019
Microcin C (McC) is a peptide adenylate antibiotic produced by Escherichiacoli cells bearing a plasmid-borne mcc gene cluster. Most MccA precursors, encoded by validated mcc operons from diverse bacteria, are 7 amino acids long, but the significance of ...
Inna Zukher, Michael Pavlov, Darya Tsibulskaya, Alexey Kulikovsky, Tatyana Zyubko, Dmitry Bikmetov, Marina Serebryakova, Satish K. Nair, Måns Ehrenberg, Svetlana Dubiley, Konstantin Severinov   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics of the tomato chromoplast revealed by proteomic analysis [PDF]

, 2010
Chromoplasts are non-photosynthetic specialized plastids that are important in ripening tomato fruit (Solanum lycopersicum) since, among other functions, they are the site of accumulation of coloured compounds.
Barsan, Cristina, Bouzayen, Mondher, Egea, Isabel, Kuntz, Marcel, Latché, Alain, Pech, Jean-Claude, Rombaldi, César Valmor, Rossignol, Michel, Sánchez-Bel, Paloma, Zouine, Mohamed   +9 more
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Dynamics of the Mammalian Placental Metabolome in Placentogenesis and Embryonic Development

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identifies three metabolic stages (E8.5, E9.5–10.5, E11.5–14.5) and two transition periods (E8.5–9.5, E10.5–11.5) in mouse placental development. NAD(H) emerges as a key dynamic metabolite that enhances embryonic growth through accelerated segmentation and increased proliferation of mouse embryonic stem cell (mESC)‐induced presomitic ...
Gang Chen, Zichen Liu, Mengyi Wei, Qian Li, Liang Wu, Kunyuan Yu, Yanhong Xu, Dainan Yu, Wenwu Ma, Hongmei Wang, Ng Shyh‐Chang, Jinglei Zhai   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Time-Resolved Visualization of Cyanotoxin Synthesis via Labeling by the Click Reaction in the Bloom-Forming Cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa and Planktothrix agardhii

Toxins
In non-ribosomal peptide synthesis of cyanobacteria, promiscuous adenylation domains allow the incorporation of clickable non-natural amino acids into peptide products—namely into microcystins (MCs) or into anabaenopeptins (APs): 4-azidophenylalanine ...
Rainer Kurmayer, Rubén Morón Asensio
doaj   +1 more source

Structural aspects of non-ribosomal peptide biosynthesis [PDF]

Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2004
Small peptides have powerful biological activities ranging from antibiotic to immune suppression. These peptides are synthesized by non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS). Structural understanding of NRPS took a huge leap forward in 2002; this information has led to several detailed biochemical studies and further structural studies. NRPS are complex
Gregory L, Challis, James H, Naismith
openaire   +2 more sources

Impaired Cleavage of Preproinsulin Signal Peptide Linked to Autosomal-Dominant Diabetes [PDF]

, 2012
Recently, missense mutations upstream of preproinsulin’s signal peptide (SP) cleavage site were reported to cause mutant INS gene-induced diabetes of youth (MIDY).
Arvan, Peter, Barbetti, Fabrizio, Guo, Huan, Haataja, Leena, Lara-Lemus, Roberto, Larkin, Dennis, Liu, Ming, Shan, Shu-ou, Wright, Jordan   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Gut Microbiota‐Derived Anandamide Mediates the Therapeutic Effects of Urolithin A on Alcohol‐Induced Cognitive and Social Dysfunction via CB1R‐DRD2‐RAP1 Signaling Axis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study reveals that Urolithin A (UA) counteracts alcohol‐induced cognitive and social dysfunction (AICSD) via a gut microbiome‐dependent mechanism. UA‐enriched Bacteroids sartorii and Parabacteroids distasonis elevate anandamide (AEA), which activates the CB1R‐DRD2‐Rap1 signaling cascade to drive synaptic repair and reduce neuroinflammation ...
Hongbo Zhang, Zibin Li, Yao Xiao, Ji Bian, Caian He, Chao Liu, Lan Gong, Lin Han, Zhigang Liu, Min Wang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A fungal NRPS-PKS enzyme catalyses the formation of the flavonoid naringenin

Nature Communications, 2022
Biosynthesis of the flavonoid naringenin in plants and bacteria is commonly catalysed by a type III polyketide synthase (PKS) using one p-coumaroyl-CoA and three malonyl-CoA molecules as substrates. Here, the authors report a fungal non-ribosomal peptide
Hongjiao Zhang, Zixin Li, Shuang Zhou, Shu-Ming Li, Huomiao Ran, Zili Song, Tao Yu, Wen-Bing Yin   +7 more
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Microglia Mitochondria Support Neuronal Maturation via Metabolic and Transcriptional Reprogramming in Human 3D In Vitro Brain Model

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
xx xx. ABSTRACT Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by disrupted neuronal circuit maturation. Emerging evidence implicates microglial function and mitochondrial regulation as contributors to ASD‐associated biology, yet the mechanisms linking these processes to neuronal development remain poorly defined ...
Sydney P. Sterben, Charitha C. Anamala, Sahan B. S. Kansakar, Vaishnavi Koduri, Volha Liaudanskaya   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source