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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, Nicolò Antonelli, Gianluca Molla   +2 more
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Tryptophan metabolite atlas uncovers organ, age, and sex‐specific variations

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Tryptophan metabolites were analyzed across twelve organs, the central nervous system, and serum in male and female mice at three life stages. We found tissue‐, sex‐, and age‐specific differences, including increased indole‐3‐pyruvate and kynurenine in aging males.
Lizbeth Perez‐Castro, Afshan F. Nawas, Jessica A. Kilgore, Pedro A. S. Nogueira, M.Carmen Lafita‐Navarro, Paul H. Acosta, Roy Garcia, Noelle S. Williams, Maralice Conacci‐Sorrell   +8 more
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Creating Pileups of Eccentric Planet Pairs Wide of Mean Motion Resonances through Divergent Migration

The Astrophysical Journal
Observed pileups of planets with period ratios ≈1% wide of strong mean motion resonances (MMRs) pose an important puzzle. Early models showed that they can be created through sustained eccentricity damping, driving a slow separation of the orbits, but ...
Jingyun Lin, Ivan Dudiak, Samuel Hadden, Daniel Tamayo   +3 more
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Production of antibacterial compounds by a Steely hybrid polyketide synthase in Dictyostelium

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By selecting appropriate production species under optimised culture conditions, new chlorinated dibenzofuran compounds, which previously could not be analysed in sufficient quantities, were identified from cellular slime mould fruiting bodies. The strong antibacterial activity exhibited by these compounds suggests a link to the ecological function of ...
Tomoaki R. Yamashita, Toyonobu Usuki, Robert R. Kay, Tamao Saito   +3 more
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Molecular determinants of signal transduction in tropomyosin receptor kinases

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Tropomyosin receptor kinases control critical neuronal functions, but how do the same receptors produce diverse cellular responses? This review explores the structural mechanisms behind Trk signaling diversity, focusing on allosteric modulation and ligand bias.
Giray Enkavi
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Long‐term culture of skin biopsies: maintenance of fibroblast production and competency of reprogramming

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Skin biopsies taken from a patient with an ultra‐rare disorder as well as controls were cultured for up to 473 days. The chunks of skin were serially transferred to a new culture plate when confluent with fibroblasts. Different generations of fibroblasts were analyzed for cell and molecular properties, proliferation, and competence for reprogramming to
Sudiksha Rathan‐Kumar, Michael A. Ripperger, Grant M. Westlake, Kevin C. Ess   +3 more
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Diabetes‐induced vascular calcification is associated with low pyrophosphate and its oral supplementation prevents calcification in diabetic mice

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Induction of diabetes in three different mouse strains uniformly resulted in an increase in TNAP activity and a reduction in pyrophosphate (PPi) in the circulation. Inhibition of TNAP restored plasma PPi. Diabetes‐induced calcification in the media layer of the aorta was detected only in the Abcc6−/− strain, which is predisposed to ectopic ...
Krisztina Fülöp, Eszter Kozák, Natália Tőkési, Lilian Kocsis, Anikó Kelemen, Zsuzsanna Geszti, Adriána Kutás, Mariann Harangi, Ágnes Diószegi, Zsolt Rapi, József Balla, Olivier Le Saux, András Váradi, Viola Pomozi   +13 more
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Calcium‐sensing receptor induces the apoptosis of chondrocytes in cooperation with phosphate transporter

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Excess Ca2+ ions activate the Calcium‐Sensing Receptor (CaSR), which subsequently drives the uptake of excess inorganic phosphate (Pi) via the Pi transporter (Pit−1) in chondrocytes. This mechanism causes a toxic increase in intracellular Pi concentration, ultimately leading to chondrocyte apoptosis and pathological mineralization. Excess extracellular
Sachie Nakatani, Hiroya Ueda, Ayumi Kawata, Yuki Sato, Kotomi Inomata, Hiroshi Mano, Masahiro Wada, Kenji Kobata   +7 more
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Impact of a senior research thesis on students' perceptions of scientific inquiry in distinct student populations

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This study addressed how a senior research thesis is perceived by undergraduate students. It assessed students' perception of research skills, epistemological beliefs, and career goals in Biochemistry (science) and BDC (science‐business) students. Completing a thesis improved confidence in research skills, resilience, scientific identity, closed gender‐
Celeste Suart, Haley L. Zubyk, Michelle Ogrodnik, Caitlin E. Mullarkey, Felicia Vulcu   +4 more
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The photoswitchable cannabinoid azo‐HU308 enables optical control of Ca2+ dynamics in INS‐1 β‐cells via off‐target effects on TRPC channels

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Light activation of the photoswitchable cannabinoid ligand azo‐HU308 triggers Ca2+ influx in pancreatic β‐cells through TRPC channels, independent of CB2 cannabinoid receptors. This reveals a non‐GPCR pathway for cannabinoid modulation of β‐cell Ca2+ dynamics and establishes azo‐HU308 as an optical tool to study cannabinoid signaling through TRP ...
Alexander E. G. Viray, James A. Frank
wiley   +1 more source