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Microbiome‐mediated chemical communication in insects: Implications for pest management

Pest Management Science, Volume 82, Issue 9, Page 8132-8151, September 2026.
Microbiome–semiochemical interactions involve the following processes: direct microbial synthesis, host gene regulation, precursor biotransformation, microbiome modulation and indirect ecological signaling. Abstract Insects rely on semiochemicals to regulate aggregation, mating, foraging, and host selection. This review synthesizes evidence that insect‐
Ioannis Eleftherianos, Wei Zhang, Amr Mohamed, Rasha K. Al‐Akeel, Abeer M. Alkhaibari, Nemat Keyhani, Guy Smagghe   +6 more
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Research Progress on Fungal Sesterterpenoids Biosynthesis

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Sesterterpenes are 25-carbon terpenoids formed by the cyclization of dimethyl allyl diphosphate (DMAPP) and isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) as structural units by sesterterpenes synthases.
Ping Zhang, Jianzhao Qi, Yingce Duan, Jin-ming Gao, Chengwei Liu   +4 more
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Stress‐Induced Switch in Small Extracellular Vesicle Secretion: From Constitutive ‘Torn Bag Mechanism’ to Exocytosis

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2026.
Stress‐induced switch. Under stress conditions, small extracellular vesicle release shifts from the constitutive ‘torn bag mechanism’ to exocytosis of multivesicular endosomes. https://BioRender.com/xn1pa1e. ABSTRACT The biogenesis of small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) is only partially understood.
Dorina Lenzinger, Lilla Lankovics, István Dudás, Tünde Bárkai, Zsófia Szász, Mirjam Balbisi, Anthony Yan‐Tang Wu, Krisztina V. Vukman, Kelsey Fletcher, Attila Csomos, Zoltán Mucsi, Edina Bugyik, Csaba Cserép, Ádám Dénes, Szilvia Bősze, Lilla Turiák, Charles Pin‐Kuang Lai, Edit I. Buzás, Tamás Visnovitz   +18 more
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Analogues of geranyl pyrophosphate as inhibitors of prenyltransferase [PDF]

Biochemical Journal, 1969
Six analogues of geranyl pyrophosphate (the monophosphates of geraniol and tetrahydrogeraniol, and the pyrophosphates of nerol, octan-1-ol, tetrahydrogeraniol and citronellol) were synthesized, and were found to be inhibitors of pig liver prenyl- (geranyl-)transferase.
G, Popják, P W, Holloway, R P, Bond, M, Roberts   +3 more
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Elucidating the Furanocoumarin Biosynthetic Pathway in Apium graveolens L.: Uncovering the Coordination of Core Enzymes in Both Functional Activity and Gene Localization

Plants
Furanocoumarins and their derivatives are found in various plant species and have attracted considerable attention due to their diverse biological activities. By analyzing the genomes of Apium Graveolens L.
Jiali Zhou, Bing Li, Bin Wang, Ronghua Zhang, Lian Duan   +4 more
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Genome mining of cyclodipeptide synthases unravels unusual tRNA-dependent diketopiperazine-terpene biosynthetic machinery

Nature Communications, 2018
Diketopiperazine derivatives are bioactive molecules with scaffold formed by the condensation of two amino acids. Here, Yao et al. mine the genomes of Streptomyces strains and identify new biosynthetic machinery for drimentines biosynthesis, which ...
Tingting Yao, Jing Liu, Zengzhi Liu, Tong Li, Huayue Li, Qian Che, Tianjiao Zhu, Dehai Li, Qianqun Gu, Wenli Li   +9 more
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A methionine‐lined active site governs carbocation stabilization and product specificity in a bacterial terpene synthase

FEBS Letters, Volume 600, Issue 11, Page 1621-1637, June 2026.
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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Evolutionary Relationships of Microbial Aromatic Prenyltransferases

PLoS ONE, 2011
The linkage of isoprenoid and aromatic moieties, catalyzed by aromatic prenyltransferases (PTases), leads to an impressive diversity of primary and secondary metabolites, including important pharmaceuticals and toxins. A few years ago, a hydroxynaphthalene PTase, NphB, featuring a novel ten-stranded β-barrel fold was identified in Streptomyces sp ...
Bonitz, T., Alva, V., Saleh, O., Lupas, A., Heide, L.   +4 more
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Exosomal miR‐4644 Targets SPRY3 to Promote Proliferation and Invasion of Pancreatic Cancer

Cancer Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Tumor‐derived exosomes (TDEs) can carry diverse genetic material that modulates pancreatic cancer (PC) proliferation and invasion. Despite this, the involvement of microRNAs (miRNAs) in TDE‐mediated tumor progression in PC remains inadequately explored. Methods Ultracentrifugation was used to isolate exosomes derived from AsPC‐1 and
Xiangyu Chu, Dongqi Li, Fusheng Zhang, Yongsu Ma, Yongqi Deng, Chen Wang, Xiaodong Tian, Yanlian Yang, Yinmo Yang   +8 more
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A conserved C-terminal RXG motif in the NgBR subunit of cis-prenyltransferase is critical for prenyltransferase activity [PDF]

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2017
cis-Prenyltransferases (cis-PTs) constitute a large family of enzymes conserved during evolution and present in all domains of life. In eukaryotes and archaea, cis-PT is the first enzyme committed to the synthesis of dolichyl phosphate, an obligate lipid carrier in protein glycosylation reactions.
Kariona A. Grabińska, Ban H. Edani, Eon Joo Park, Jan R. Kraehling, William C. Sessa   +4 more
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