Polyamine function in archaea and bacteria

AJ Michael - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2018 - ASBMB
Most of the phylogenetic diversity of life is found in bacteria and archaea, and is reflected in
the diverse metabolism and functions of bacterial and archaeal polyamines. The polyamine …

Thermo-L-Asparaginases: From the role in the viability of thermophiles and hyperthermophiles at high temperatures to a molecular understanding of their …

M Dumina, A Zhgun - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
L-asparaginase (L-ASNase) is a vital enzyme with a broad range of applications in
medicine, food industry, and diagnostics. Among various organisms expressing L-ASNases …

Spatial-temporal genome regulation in stress-response and cell-fate change

J Erenpreisa, A Giuliani, K Yoshikawa, M Falk… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Complex functioning of the genome in the cell nucleus is controlled at different levels:(a) the
DNA base sequence containing all relevant inherited information;(b) epigenetic pathways …

Polyamines as universal bioregulators across kingdoms and their role in cellular longevity and death

E Stolarska, E Paluch-Lubawa… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Polyamines (PAs) are important molecules that determine cell longevity or death. Studies
have shown that nutritional supplementation with spermidine can reduce age-related …

DNA condensation by peptide-conjugated PAMAM dendrimers. influence of peptide charge

C Dannert, I Mardal, R Lale, BT Stokke, RS Dias - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nucleic acid delivery to cells is an important therapeutic strategy that requires the transport
of nucleic acids to intracellular compartments and their protection from enzymatic …

Biologia futura: the role of polyamine in plant science

F Kamiab, I Tavassolian, M Hosseinifarahi - Biologia Futura, 2020 - Springer
Polyamines (PAs) are positively charged amines such as putrescine, spermidine and
spermine that ubiquitously exist in all organisms. They have been considered as a new type …

Biochemical and pathophysiological properties of polyamines

E Agostinelli - Amino Acids, 2020 - Springer
The history of polyamines dates back to the fifteenth century when spermine was discovered
by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek [born in Delft, Holland (1632–1723)], but it took several …

Effects of structural isomers of spermine on the higher-order structure of DNA and gene expression

T Kitagawa, T Nishio, Y Yoshikawa… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polyamines are involved in various biological functions, including cell proliferation,
differentiation, gene regulation, etc. Recently, it was found that polyamines exhibit biphasic …

Higher-order structure of DNA determines its positioning in cell-size droplets under crowded conditions

T Nishio, Y Yoshikawa, K Yoshikawa - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background It is becoming clearer that living cells use water/water (w/w) phase separation to
form membraneless organelles that exhibit various important biological functions. Currently …

Longer DNA exhibits greater potential for cell-free gene expression

T Nishio, Y Yoshikawa, K Yoshikawa, S Sato - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Cell-free gene expression systems have been valuable tools for understanding how
transcription/translation can be regulated in living cells. Many studies have investigated the …