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C2α‐carbanion‐protonating glutamate discloses tradeoffs between substrate accommodation and reaction rate in actinobacterial 2‐hydroxyacyl‐CoA lyase

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Enzymes of the 2‐hydroxyacyl‐CoA lyase group catalyze the condensation of formyl‐CoA with aldehydes or ketones. Thus, by structural adaptation of active sites, practically any pharmaceutically and industrially important 2‐hydroxyacid could be biotechnologically synthesized. Combining crystal structure analysis, active site mutations and kinetic assays,
Michael Zahn, Barbara Seroka, Ryszard Lazny, Zenon Lotowski, Thore Rohwerder   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Manipulating fatty acid biosynthesis in microalgae for biofuel through protein-protein interactions.

PLoS ONE, 2012
Microalgae are a promising feedstock for renewable fuels, and algal metabolic engineering can lead to crop improvement, thus accelerating the development of commercially viable biodiesel production from algae biomass.
Jillian L Blatti, Joris Beld, Craig A Behnke, Michael Mendez, Stephen P Mayfield, Michael D Burkart   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Erythropoietin modulates hepatic inflammation, glucose homeostasis, and soluble epoxide hydrolase and epoxides in high‐fat diet‐induced obese mice

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Erythropoietin administration suppresses hepatic soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) expression, leading to increased CYP‐derived epoxides. This is associated with a shift in hepatic macrophage polarization characterized by reduced M1 markers and increased M2 markers, along with reduced hepatic inflammation, suppressed hepatic lipogenesis, and attenuated ...
Takeshi Goda, Satoru Sugimoto, Chiharu Cho, Madoka Konishi, Nozomi Inoue, Satoshi Miyagaki, Yasuhiro Kawabe, Takuro Okamura, Masahide Hamaguchi, Hisakazu Nakajima, Michiaki Fukui, Masakazu Shinohara, Tomoko Iehara   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

HCV 3a core protein increases lipid droplet cholesteryl ester content via a mechanism dependent on sphingolipid biosynthesis.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients often develop steatosis and the HCV core protein alone can induce this phenomenon. To gain new insights into the pathways leading to steatosis, we performed lipidomic profiling of HCV core protein expressing-Huh ...
Ursula Loizides-Mangold, Sophie Clément, Alba Alfonso-Garcia, Emilie Branche, Stéphanie Conzelmann, Clotilde Parisot, Eric O Potma, Howard Riezman, Francesco Negro   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Iron homeostasis disruption and lipid peroxidation in skeletal muscle during short‐term immobilization

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
14‐day casting‐induced immobilization reduced gastrocnemius muscle mass and increased non‐heme iron and ferritin heavy chain levels. Despite iron accumulation, transferrin receptor 1 and iron regulatory protein 2 were paradoxically upregulated. Lipid peroxidation was elevated without compensatory antioxidant responses.
Haruka Yokogawa, Kazuhiko Higashida, Naoya Nakai   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combined 5‐aminolevulinic acid and ferric ammonium citrate treatment promotes hair follicle growth by activating dermal papilla cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
5‐Aminolevulinic acid combined with ferric ammonium citrate (5‐ALA/FAC) stimulates dermal papilla cell activity and promotes hair follicle growth. The treatment enhances ERK and AKT signaling, increases hair‐inductive gene expression, and restores dermal papilla function suppressed by dihydrotestosterone and oxidative stress, resulting in enhanced hair
Han‐Wook Ryu, Eok‐Soo Oh, Sewoon Kim
wiley   +1 more source

A viral movement protein mediates host volatile biosynthesis to co-attract vectors and non-vectors and enhances viral infection

Frontiers in Plant Science
The literature shows that vector-transmitted plant viruses mediate host volatile biosynthesis to attract vectors and repel non-vectors, benefiting plant-infecting viruses and enhancing their spread.
Shijun Li, Xiangwen Luo, Xiangwen Luo, Xiangwen Luo, Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Zhanhong Zhang, Zhanhong Zhang, Zhanhong Zhang, Xiao Yang, Xiao Yang, Xuguo Zhou, Xin Wang, Xian OuYang, Xian OuYang, Xiaoxin Qu, Deyong Zhang, Deyong Zhang, Deyong Zhang, Deyong Zhang, Songbai Zhang, Songbai Zhang, Songbai Zhang, Songbai Zhang, Yong Liu, Yong Liu, Yong Liu, Yong Liu   +27 more
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Ligand binding specificity of RutR, a member of the TetR family of transcription regulators inEscherichia coli

FEBS Open Bio, 2015
RutR is a member of the large family of TetR transcriptional regulators inEscherichiacoli. It was originally discovered as the regulator of therutABCDEFG operon encoding a novel pathway for pyrimidine utilization, but its highest affinity target is the ...
Phu Nguyen Le Minh, Sergio de Cima, Indra Bervoets, Dominique Maes, Vicente Rubio, Daniel Charlier   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gating mechanism of elongating β-ketoacyl-ACP synthases. [PDF]

, 2020
Carbon-carbon bond forming reactions are essential transformations in natural product biosynthesis. During de novo fatty acid and polyketide biosynthesis, β-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) synthases (KS), catalyze this process via a decarboxylative ...
Bartholow, Thomas G, Burkart, Michael D, Chen, Aochiu, Davis, Tony D, Kim, Woojoo E, La Clair, James J, McCammon, J Andrew, Mindrebo, Jeffrey T, Noel, Joseph P, Patel, Ashay   +9 more
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Evolutionarily divergent DUF4465 domains have a common vitamin B12‐binding function

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We show that DUF4465 family proteins, widespread across bacteria from gut microbiomes, hydrothermal vents, and soil, share a common vitamin B12‐binding function. These augmented β‐jellyroll proteins bind vitamin B12 via extended loops. Our findings establish sequence‐diverse DUF4465 proteins as a widespread class of B12‐binding proteins, highlighting ...
Charlea Clarke, Michal Banasik, Rokas Juodeikis, Martin J. Warren, Richard W. Pickersgill   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source