Nothing lasts forever: understanding microbial biodegradation of polyfluorinated compounds and perfluorinated alkyl substances

LP Wackett - Microbial biotechnology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Poly‐and perfluorinated chemicals, including perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), are
pervasive in today's society, with a negative impact on human and ecosystem health …

Energy conservation in fermentations of anaerobic bacteria

W Buckel - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Anaerobic bacteria ferment carbohydrates and amino acids to obtain energy for growth. Due
to the absence of oxygen and other inorganic electron acceptors, the substrate of a …

Multi-Fold Computational Analysis to Discover Novel Putative Inhibitors of Isethionate Sulfite-Lyase (Isla) from Bilophila wadsworthia: Combating Colorectal Cancer …

M Waqas, SA Halim, A Ullah, AAM Ali, A Khalid… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been produced by certain gut bacteria and
associated with the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colon cancer …

Targeted vaccine development against Bilophila wadsworthia to curb colon diseases: A multiepitope approach based on reverse vaccinology and computational …

S Khan, S Aziz, M Waqas, MA Kakar… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of excessive hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S)-producing bacteria, particularly
Bilophila wadsworthia in appendices, is linked to a weaker colonic mucus barrier …

Discovery of a New Class of Aminoacyl Radical Enzymes Expands Nature's Known Radical Chemistry

B Fu, H Yang, DJ Kountz, MN Lundahl… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Radical enzymes, including the evolutionarily ancient glycyl radical enzyme (GRE) family,
catalyze chemically challenging reactions that are involved in a myriad of important …

In Vitro Reconstitution of a Bacterial Ergothioneine Sulfonate Catabolic Pathway

Q Yan, H Huang, X Zhang - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Naturally occurring l-ergothioneine is a ubiquitous histidine-derived sulfur metabolite
produced by bacteria and fungi. Plants acquire ergothioneine from their soil environment …

[HTML][HTML] Pd-catalyzed oxidative carbonylation of sulfurated substrates: Theoretical mechanistic outcomes

M Prejanò, R Mancuso, T Marino, B Gabriele - Journal of Catalysis, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, a detailed computational investigation has been carried out on the
recently reported PdI 2/KI-catalyzed conversion of 1-(methylthio)-3-yn-2-ols to thiophene-3 …

Rescuing activity of oxygen-damaged pyruvate formate-lyase by a spare part protein

MC Andorfer, LRF Backman, PL Li, EC Ulrich… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Pyruvate formate-lyase (PFL) is a glycyl radical enzyme (GRE) that converts pyruvate and
coenzyme A into acetyl-CoA and formate in a reaction that is crucial to the primary …

Structure-based identification of potential substrate antagonists for isethionate sulfite-lyase enzyme of Bilophila Wadsworthia: Towards novel therapeutic intervention …

S Aziz, M Waqas, A Iqbal, SA Halim… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bilophila wadsworthia is one of the prominent sources of hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S)
production in appendices, excessive levels of which can result in a weaker colonic mucus …

Cysteine Radical and Glutamate Collaboratively Enable C–H Bond Activation and C–N Bond Cleavage in a Glycyl Radical Enzyme HplG

WH Deng, RZ Liao - Journal of Chemical Information and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hydroxyprolines are abundant in nature and widely utilized by many living organisms.
Isomerization of trans-4-hydroxy-d-proline (t4D-HP) to generate 2-amino-4-ketopentanoate …