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Functional comparison of EncB and EncC cargo proteins in iron storage within the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Encapsulins are protein nanocompartments that play an important role in iron storage. In the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin system, two cargo proteins called EncB and EncC contribute to iron mineralization. Here, we show that EncB and EncC generate iron‐containing minerals with distinct chemical compositions, suggesting that the composition of stored ...
Harry B. McDowell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On finite automata with a time-variant structure

open access: yesInformation and Control, 1968
Basic theory of finite automata whose state transitions and outputs depend on time is developed. A necessary and sufficient condition for a language to be accepted by such an automaton is established. Interrelations between various types of time-variant automata, including nondeterministic ones, are studied.
openaire   +1 more source

Effects of 16 genetic variants on fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes in South Asians : ADCY5 and GLIS3 variants may predispose to type 2 diabetes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background: The Meta-Analysis of Glucose and Insulin related traits Consortium (MAGIC) recently identified 16 loci robustly associated with fasting glucose, some of which were also associated with type 2 diabetes.
Hydrie, MZI   +37 more
core   +2 more sources

The regulatory basis of migratory behaviour in birds: different paths to similar outcomes

open access: yesJournal of Avian Biology
Animal migration is a fascinating phenomenon that has puzzled mankind since the time of ancient Greece. It is a process widespread across a varied range of taxa and it shines especially in birds which, because of their mobility, display an amazing ...
Violeta Caballero‐Lopez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural and biochemical analysis of a B12 superbinder

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
BtuG proteins are vitamin B12 scavengers in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a dominant human gut bacterium. We present crystal structures of three BtuG homologs bound to cobalamin and its precursor cobinamide, revealing picomolar binding affinities, among the highest known for any natural protein.
Jose M. Martinez Felices   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Local Structure of Space-variant Images

open access: yesNeural Networks, 1997
Local image structure is widely used in theories of both machine and biological vision. The form of the differential operators describing this structure for space-invariant images has been well documented. Although space-variant coordinates are universally used in mammalian visual systems, the form of the operators in the space-variant coordinate ...
Bruce Fischl   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Causal and Synthetic Associations of Variants in the SERPINA Gene Cluster with Alpha1-antitrypsin Serum Levels [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Several infrequent genetic polymorphisms in the SERPINA1 gene are known to substantially reduce concentration of alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) in the blood.
Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin   +323 more
core   +2 more sources

From junk to function — How weak selection in eukaryotes builds new parts and drives genomic complexity

open access: yesFEBS 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

Performance of genotype imputation for rare variants identified in exons and flanking regions of genes. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Genotype imputation has the potential to assess human genetic variation at a lower cost than assaying the variants using laboratory techniques. The performance of imputation for rare variants has not been comprehensively studied.
Margaret Gelder Ehm   +50 more
core   +2 more sources

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

open access: yesFEBS 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   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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