Zaręba, Natalia Lewandowski, Łukasz Kunachowicz, Dominika Kizek, Rene Kepinska, Marta
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International journal of molecular sciences
Quantum dots (QDs) have a broad range of applications in cell biolabeling, cancer treatment, metastasis imaging, and therapeutic drug monitoring. Despite their wide use, relatively little is known about their influence on other molecules. Interactions between QDs and proteins can influence the properties of both nanoparticles and proteins. The effe...
Shi, Songmei Luo, Xie Wen, Miao Dong, Xingshui Sharifi, Sharifullah Xie, Deti He, Xinhua
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Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)
The concurrent effect of elevated CO2 (eCO2) concentrations and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on plant growth, carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) accumulations in plant and soil is largely unknown. To understand the mechanisms of eCO2 and mycorrhization on wheat (Triticum aestivum) performance and soil fertility, wheat ...
Cai, YingLi Ma, XiaoLong Zhang, QianQian Yu, FuQiang Zhao, Qi Huang, Wei Song, JiaXin Liu, Wei
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Frontiers in Microbiology
Morels (Morchella sp.) are economically important edible macro-fungi, which can grow on various synthetic or semi-synthetic media. However, the complex nutritional metabolism and requirements of these fungi remain ill-defined. This study, based on the plant biomass commonly used in the artificial cultivation of morels, assessed and compared the gro...
Kargapolova, Yulia Rehimi, Rizwan Kayserili, Hülya Brühl, Joanna Sofiadis, Konstantinos Zirkel, Anne Palikyras, Spiros Mizi, Athanasia Li, Yun Yigit, Gökhan
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Nature Communications
Members of the CHD chromatin remodeler family are implicated in human pathologies, however CHD6 remained poorly studied. Here, the authors show that CHD6 binds to and regulates autophagy and stress response genes across cell types. They identify a clinical mutation that affects its ability to recruit cofactors, leading to impaired autophagy inducti...
Li, Yuejuan Hu, Baichun Wang, Zhibin He, Jianhua Zhang, Yaoliang Wang, Jian Guan, Lijie
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International journal of molecular sciences
Magnaporthe oryzae (M. oryzae) is a typical cause of rice blast in agricultural production. Isobavachalcone (IBC), an active ingredient of Psoralea corylifolia L. extract, is an effective fungicide against rice blast. To determine the mechanism of IBC against M. oryzae, the effect of IBC on the metabolic pathway of M. oryzae was explored by transcr...
Lei, J-E Wang, Q Lin, Y Li, F Ma, C He, Y Xu, J-R
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Journal of applied microbiology
To design and assess a novel protocol that employs isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) for rapid detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producers in clinical pathogens. A total of 69 clinical Enterobacteriaceae isolates were examined in the new ESBL-ITC test by examining the heat profiles associated with enzyme hydrolysis of different...
Gault, Stewart Higgins, Peter M. Cockell, Charles S. Gillies, Kaitlyn
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Bioscience Reports
Understanding the characteristics that define temperature-adapted enzymes has been a major goal of extremophile enzymology in recent decades. In the present study, we explore these characteristics by comparing psychrophilic, mesophilic, and thermophilic enzymes. Through a meta-analysis of existing data, we show that psychrophilic enzymes exhibit a ...
Rao, Demin Meng, Fangang Yan, Xiaoyan Zhang, Minghao Yao, Xingdong Kim, Kyung Seok Zhao, Jing Qiu, Qiang Xie, Futi Zhang, Wei
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Frontiers in Microbiology
Corn-soybean rotation and fertilization are common practices improving soil fertility and crop yield. Their effects on bacterial community have been extensively studied, yet, few comprehensive studies about the microbial activity, bacterial community and functional groups in a long-term continuous soybean cropping system after corn insertion and fe...
Liang, Yun Lehmann, Anika Yang, Gaowen Leifheit, Eva F. Rillig, Matthias C.
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Frontiers in Environmental Science
Microplastic as an anthropogenic pollutant accumulates in terrestrial ecosystems over time, threatening soil quality and health, for example by decreasing aggregate stability. Organic matter addition is an efficient approach to promote aggregate stability, yet little is known about whether microplastic can reduce the beneficial effect of organic ma...
Senga, Akane Numoto, Nobutaka Yamashita, Mitsuaki Iida, Akira Ito, Nobutoshi Kawai, Fusako Oda, Masayuki
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Journal of biochemistry
An enzyme, Cut190, from a thermophilic isolate, Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190 could depolymerize polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The catalytic activity and stability of Cut190 and its S226P/R228S mutant, Cut190*, are regulated by Ca2+ binding. We previously determined the crystal structures of the inactive mutant of Cut190*, Cut190*S176A, in c...
