Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil‐based polyesters and bioplastics
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Plastic pollution remains a critical environmental challenge, and current mechanical and chemical recycling methods are insufficient to achieve a fully circular economy. This review highlights recent breakthroughs in the enzymatic depolymerization of both oil‐derived polyesters and bioplastics, including high‐throughput protein engineering, de novo ...
Elena Rosini +2 more
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Deadenylation of mRNA by the CCR4-NOT complex in Drosophila: molecular and developmental aspects
Frontiers in Genetics, 2014 Controlled shortening of the poly(A) tail of mRNAs is the first step in eukaryotic mRNA decay and can also be used for translational inactivation of mRNAs.
Claudia eTemme +2 more
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Genome-wide analysis of poly(A) site selection in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
RNA: A publication of the RNA Society, 2013 Genome-wide analysis of polyadenylation signals in Schizosaccharomyces pombe reveals conservation of the ubiquitous AATAAA motif. Heterogeneity of cleavage sites is common, as is alternative polyadenylation.
Margarita Schlackow +5 more
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Thermoresponsive Property Controlled by End-Functionalization of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) with Phenyl, Biphenyl, and Triphenyl Groups [PDF]
, 2006 Qian Duan +6 more
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TGA/FTIR: An Extremely Useful Technique for Studying Polymer Degradation [PDF]
, 1999 Thermogravimetric analysis coupled to Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, TGA/FTIR, has been used to probe the degradation of several polymeric systems.
Wilkie, Charles A.
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Clinical analysis reveals significant dysregulation of FGFRL1 in esophageal cancer (EC) patients. RNAi‐coupled next‐generation sequencing (NGS) and in vitro study reveal FGFRL1‐mediated EC progression via EMT, PI3K/Akt, and Notch pathways. Functional assays confirm its role in tumor growth, migration, and invasion.
Aprajita Srivastava +3 more
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Barrier Properties and Characterizations of Poly(lactic Acid)/ZnO Nanocomposites [PDF]
, 2020 Zhenya Tang +4 more
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Enzymatic degradation of biopolymers in amorphous and molten states: mechanisms and applications
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.This review explains how polymer morphology and thermal state shape enzymatic degradation pathways, comparing amorphous and molten biopolymer structures. By integrating structure–reactivity principles with insights from thermodynamics and enzyme engineering, it highlights mechanisms that enable efficient polymer breakdown.
Anđela Pustak, Aleksandra Maršavelski
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Poly(ADP-Ribosyl)ation affects stabilization of CHE-1 protein in response to DNA damage [PDF]
, 2011 Post-translation modifications play a crucial role in coordinating the cellular response to DNA damage. Double strand DNA breaks (DSBs) trigger the activation of ATM and Chk2 kinases, which represent the primary transducers in the signalling cascade ...
BACALINI, MARIA GIULIA
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Templated synthesis of cyclic poly(ionic liquid)s
, 2019 Charged cyclic polymers, e.g. cyclic DNAs and polypeptides, play enabling roles in organisms, but their synthesis was challenging due to the well known polyelectrolyte effect.
Tang, Qingquan +3 more
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