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Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa, Konstantinos Makryniotis, Theofani‐Iosifina Sousani, Evangelos Topakas, Vangelis Daskalakis, Maria Dimarogona   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Natural Radioactivity and Radiological Hazards in Soil, Sorghum, and Water in Villy at the West Central Region of Burkina Faso

Applied and Environmental Soil Science
This study presents investigation of the exposure levels and the resulting radiological effect of radiation of a natural radioactivity on a population of one village of Burkina Faso called Villy.
Christian Bangou, Zakaria Yameogo, Karim Hie, Etienne Nitiema, Issa Zerbo, Martial Zoungrana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reduction of temperature in silicon photovoltaic module using thermal radiation coating

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016
The temperature of solar cells increases under the actual operating conditions, and the conversion efficiency of solar cells decreases with increasing temperature.
Nakamura Satoshi, Nishioka Kensuke
doaj   +1 more source

Hyperactive ice‐binding proteins stabilize cell membranes and improve resistance to dehydration stress in Caenorhabditis elegans

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
TisIBP8, a fungal‐derived hyperactive ice‐binding protein, helps Caenorhabditis elegans survive dehydration. It localizes near cell membranes, reduces cell damage, and helps maintain membrane structure during drying. These results suggest that ice‐binding proteins can protect cells from dehydration stress as well as freezing stress.
Daiki Shimose, Kotaro Ozaki, Ryohei Kuriyama, Yuka Ikemoto, Kazuhiro Mio, Yuji C. Sasaki, Tatsuya Arai, Sakae Tsuda, Yoichi Shinkai, Masahiro Kuramochi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Further Characterization of the Mitigation of Radiation Lethality by Protective Wounding

, 2017
There continues to be a major effort in the United States to develop mitigators for the treatment of mass casualties that received high-intensity acute ionizing radiation exposures from the detonation of an improvised nuclear device during a radiological
Joy Garrett, Katharina Lane, Marc S. Mendonca, Lane, Katharina, Garrett, Joy, Rebecca Joel, Joel, Rebecca, Orschell, Christie M., Christie M. Orschell, Mendonca, Marc S., Joseph R. Dynlacht, Dynlacht, Joseph R.   +11 more
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Effect of terahertz irradiation on DNA damage repair in living cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We investigated the effect of terahertz (THz) wave irradiation on DNA double‐strand break (DSB) repair in living cells. We found that THz irradiation enhanced DSB repair at specific frequencies, whereas heat treatment inhibited it, indicating that this effect is nonthermal and frequency‐specific.
Yuya Ueno, Shota Yamazaki, Hiromichi Hoshina, Masahiko Harata   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Steam Condensation Scaled Experiment in the Presence of Non-Condensable Gases for Small Modular Reactor Containment Passive Safety [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Nuclear Science and Technology Open Research
This study presents scaled experiments using steam condensation with non-condensable gas (NCG)—helium (He), simulating hydrogen, and nitrogen (N2)—as these experiments are pivotal for water-cooled reactor passive containment cooling system (PCCS) design ...
Joshua P. Schlegel, Palash Kumar Bhowmik, Piyush Sabharwall   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimizing photoexcitation conditions for time‐resolved X‐ray solution scattering experiments

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Time‐resolved X‐ray solution scattering (TR‐XSS) is a powerful technique to visualize how proteins change their structure in real time after light activation. Selecting the right laser photoexcitation conditions—fluence, excitation geometry, and sample refresh rate—is critical to maximize the experimental signal while avoiding unwanted side effects ...
Matteo Levantino
wiley   +1 more source

Identification and characterization of a gene conferring stress resistance in Escherichia coli and cyanobacteria

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Functional screening identified PcSyn14890, a cyanobacteria‐specific protein that enhances growth and stress resistance in E. coli and Synechocystis PCC6803. Although we expected it to function as a molecular chaperone, it was unable to protect against thermal aggregation of GAPDH.
Akiyo Yamada, Takaaki Tanaka, Manaka Uehara, Keigo Nakano, Ken Morishima, Rintaro Inoue, Masaaki Sugiyama, Masafumi Yohda   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design of modified plastic surfaces for antimicrobial applications: Impact of ionizing radiation on the physical and mechanical properties of polypropylene [PDF]

, 2013
Surface modification of polypropylene (PP) sheets was carried out by radiation induced graft polymer- ization of hydrophilic functional molecules such as N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DMA) and [2-methacry- loyloxy)ethyl] trimethylammonium chloride, which is a ...
RIQUET, Anne-Marie, VITRAC, Olivier, DELATTRE, Jennifer, GUINAULT, Alain   +3 more
core   +1 more source