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Structures of mycobacterial 3‐methylcrotonyl‐CoA carboxylase reveal carrier‐domain translocation between catalytic sites

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, Bogdan I. Florea, Sebastian Geibel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resonant cavities with phase-changing materials

Optics Letters, 2017
Phase changing materials are commonly used for optical switching, limiting, and sensing. In many important cases, the change in the transmission characteristics of the optical material is caused by light-induced heating. We demonstrate that the incorporation of such optical materials in judiciously designed photonic structures can dramatically alter ...
Roney, Thomas, Ilya, Vitebskiy, Tsampikos, Kottos   +2 more
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Phase change convective heat transfer in high porosity cellular metal foams

, 2013
This Chapter discusses phase change convective heat transfer of high porosity cellular metal foams and their practical applications in thermal energy storage (TES).
Zhao, Changying, Tian, Yuan, Wang, Qian
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Mechanical characterization at nanometric scale for heterogeneous graphite-salt phase change materials with a statistical approach [PDF]

, 2012
Instrumented indentation technique; Statistical method; Heterogeneous materials; Hardness; Young's modulus; Phase change materialsA statistical indentation analysis of a series of phase change graphite–salt composite materials ...
Palomo, Elena, Rayón, Emilio, Fernández Renna, Ana Inés, Roa Rovira, Joan Josep, Canseco, V., A.I. Fernández, V. Canseco, E. Palomo, Roa, J. J., E. Rayón, Canseco, Vladimir, Palomo, E., J.J. Roa, Fernandez, A. I.   +13 more
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From junk to function — How weak selection in eukaryotes builds new parts and drives genomic complexity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
How do genomes gain new functional parts? In eukaryotes, which tend to evolve under weak selection, much of the genome is junk. Palazzo and Qiu borrow the logic of Markov chains to show how non‐functional DNA becomes functional through the appearance of intermediate states, which arise due to epistasis, buffering, and biochemical messiness, allowing ...
Alexander F. Palazzo, Yi Qiu
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal Energy Storage in Bio-Inspired PCM-Based Systems

Energies
Continuous growth in energy demand is observed throughout the world, with simultaneous rapid consumption of fossil fuels. New effective technologies and systems are needed that allow for a significant increase in the use of renewable energy sources, such
Kinga Pielichowska, Martyna Szatkowska, Krzysztof Pielichowski   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Shewanella oneidensis Fic enzyme SoFic targets the switch‐I region of EF‐Tu for AMPylation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fic enzymes mediate diverse post‐translational modifications across all domains of life, including AMPylation. Prokaryotic EF‐Tu can be AMPylated and deAMPylated by the conserved Fic enzyme SoFic. Structural and biochemical approaches were used to characterize the effect of AMPylation on EF‐Tu, SoFic's enzymatic activities, and the enzyme‐target ...
Svenja Runge, Vivian Pogenberg, Alexander Baumgart, Bente Siebels, Hartmut Schlüter, Michael Hecht‐Bucher, Aymelt Itzen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of phase change materials in concrete: current challenges

Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 2019
Sustainability awareness in the building industry has increased in recent years, and several initiatives have been developed. One of the areas gaining attention recently is the application of phase change materials (PCMs) in concrete.
Adesina Adeyemi
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial molecular machines and motors—Design and control of nanoscale motion

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Molecules are constantly moving because of thermal fluctuations, but random motion alone cannot be exploited to perform directional tasks. Artificial molecular machines use chemical, electrical, or light energy to bias this motion. Molecular shuttles, rotary motors, and supramolecular pumps illustrate how nanoscale movement can be controlled and ...
Leonardo Andreoni, Alberto Credi
wiley   +1 more source

Leucine‐rich glioma inactivated 1 (LGI1) is a ganglioside‐binding protein

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Neuronal hyperexcitability associated with a decrease/absence of the extracellular protein LGI1 has been suggested to be primarily due to the downregulation of Kv1 channel expression. The molecular mechanisms underlying this decrease have not yet been elucidated.
Kévin Debreux, Christian Lévêque, Fodil Azzaz, Marion Sangiardi, Sarosh R Irani, Michael Seagar, Jacques Fantini, Oussama El Far   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source