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Biomolecules, Volume 13, Issue 5

May 2023 - 159 articles

Cover Story: Iron-sulfur (Fe–S) clusters are essential inorganic cofactors in proteins, synthetized in vivo via complex protein machineries. Bacteria have developed several Fe–S assembly systems, such as the ISC, NIF, and SUF systems. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, contains only the SUF machinery. This system is essential in Mtb, and therefore constitutes an interesting therapeutic target. Two proteins of the Mtb SUF system were characterized: Rv1464(sufS) and Rv1465(sufU). SufS is a type II cysteine desulfurase enzyme and SufU is a zinc-dependent protein, endowed with sulfurtransferase activity and is able to interact with SufS. Mtb SufS-SufU is resistant to oxidative stress and the presence of zinc in SufU is likely to be responsible for this improved resistance. View this paper
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Articles (159)

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,811 Views
18 Pages

Circulating Hsp70 Levels and the Immunophenotype of Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes as Potential Biomarkers for Advanced Lung Cancer and Therapy Failure after Surgery

  • Seyer Safi,
  • Luis Messner,
  • Merten Kliebisch,
  • Linn Eggert,
  • Ceyra Ceylangil,
  • Philipp Lennartz,
  • Benedict Jefferies,
  • Henriette Klein,
  • Moritz Schirren and
  • Michael Dommasch
  • + 2 authors

Lung cancer remains a devastating disease with a poor clinical outcome. A biomarker signature which could distinguish lung cancer from metastatic disease and detect therapeutic failure would significantly improve patient management and allow for indi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,907 Views
20 Pages

The Potential of Edible and Medicinal Resource Polysaccharides for Prevention and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases

  • Qingxia Gan,
  • Yugang Ding,
  • Maoyao Peng,
  • Linlin Chen,
  • Jijing Dong,
  • Jiaxi Hu and
  • Yuntong Ma

As natural medicines in complementary and alternative medicine, edible and medicinal resources are being gradually recognized throughout the world. According to statistics from the World Health Organization, about 80% of the worldwide population has...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,330 Views
14 Pages

Organoids: Construction and Application in Gastric Cancer

  • Chengdong Huo,
  • Xiaoxia Zhang,
  • Yanmei Gu,
  • Daijun Wang,
  • Shining Zhang,
  • Tao Liu,
  • Yumin Li and
  • Wenting He

Gastric organoids are biological models constructed in vitro using stem cell culture and 3D cell culture techniques, which are the latest research hotspots. The proliferation of stem cells in vitro is the key to gastric organoid models, making the ce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,975 Views
19 Pages

Membrane transporters and ion channels that play an indispensable role in metabolite trafficking have evolved to operate in Earth’s gravity. Dysregulation of the transportome expression profile at normogravity not only affects homeostasis along...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,730 Views
16 Pages

Circulating microRNAs for Early Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Nanna Lond Skov Frisk,
  • Anja Elaine Sørensen,
  • Ole Birger Vesterager Pedersen and
  • Louise Torp Dalgaard

In this study, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize and evaluate the global research potential of different circulating miRNAs as an early diagnostic biomarker for OC. A systematic literature search for relevant studies was...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,844 Views
15 Pages

Comparison of In-Frame Deletion, Homology-Directed Repair, and Prime Editing-Based Correction of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Mutations

  • Xiaoying Zhao,
  • Kunli Qu,
  • Benedetta Curci,
  • Huanming Yang,
  • Lars Bolund,
  • Lin Lin and
  • Yonglun Luo

Recent progress in CRISPR gene editing tools has substantially increased the opportunities for curing devastating genetic diseases. Here we compare in-frame deletion by CRISPR-based non-homologous blunt end joining (NHBEJ), homology-directed repair (...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,839 Views
27 Pages

The regulation of mitochondria structure and function is at the core of numerous viral infections. Acting in support of the host or of virus replication, mitochondria regulation facilitates control of energy metabolism, apoptosis, and immune signalin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,716 Views
17 Pages

The IP6K Inhibitor LI-2242 Ameliorates Diet-Induced Obesity, Hyperglycemia, and Hepatic Steatosis in Mice by Improving Cell Metabolism and Insulin Signaling

  • Sandip Mukherjee,
  • Molee Chakraborty,
  • Jake Haubner,
  • Glen Ernst,
  • Michael DePasquale,
  • Danielle Carpenter,
  • James C. Barrow and
  • Anutosh Chakraborty

Obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are global health concerns, and thus, drugs for the long-term treatment of these diseases are urgently needed. We previously discovered that the inositol pyrophosphate biosynthetic enzyme IP6K1 is...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,895 Views
15 Pages

Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) is a chaperone protein induced by various stresses on cells and is involved in various disease mechanisms. In recent years, the expression of HSP70 in skeletal muscle has attracted attention for its use as a prevention o...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,092 Views
26 Pages

Ribosome assembly is one of the most fundamental processes of gene expression and has served as a playground for investigating the molecular mechanisms of how protein–RNA complexes (RNPs) assemble. A bacterial ribosome is composed of around 50...

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