Selective nutrient transport in bacteria: multicomponent transporter systems reign supreme

JS Davies, MJ Currie, JD Wright… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Multicomponent transporters are used by bacteria to transport a wide range of nutrients.
These systems use a substrate-binding protein to bind the nutrient with high affinity and then …

RegulonDB v12.0: a comprehensive resource of transcriptional regulation in E. coli K-12

H Salgado, S Gama-Castro, P Lara… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
RegulonDB is a database that contains the most comprehensive corpus of knowledge of the
regulation of transcription initiation of Escherichia coli K-12, including data from both …

TRAPs: the 'elevator-with-an-operator'mechanism

JS Davies, MJ Currie, RCJ Dobson, CR Horne… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2024 - cell.com
Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic (TRAP) transporters are nutrient-uptake systems
found in bacteria and archaea. These evolutionary divergent transporter systems couple a …

Sialidase-Chimeric Bioengineered Bacteria for Tumor-Sialoglycan-Triggered Solid Tumor Therapy

QW Chen, Y Zhang, P Bao, XZ Zhang - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Adoptive cell therapies for solid tumors are usually limited by off-target antigens, incapable
tissue infiltration, and cell function exhaustion. In contrast, bacterial cells possess the …

Multi-wavelength analytical ultracentrifugation of biopolymer mixtures and interactions

A Henrickson, GE Gorbet, A Savelyev, M Kim… - Analytical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multi-wavelength analytical ultracentrifugation (MW-AUC) is a recent development made
possible by new analytical ultracentrifuge optical systems. MW-AUC extends the basic …

PmiR senses 2-methylisocitrate levels to regulate bacterial virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

G Cui, Y Zhang, X Xu, Y Liu, Z Li, M Wu, J Liu, J Gan… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
To adapt to changes in environmental cues, Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces an array of
virulence factors to survive the host immune responses during infection. Metabolic products …

On the utility of microfluidic systems to study protein interactions: advantages, challenges, and applications

SAJ Watkin, RZ Bennie, JM Gilkes, VM Nock… - European Biophysics …, 2023 - Springer
Within the complex milieu of a cell, which comprises a large number of different
biomolecules, interactions are critical for function. In this post-reductionist era of biochemical …

Characterization and quantification of adeno-associated virus capsid-loading states by multi-wavelength analytical ultracentrifugation with UltraScan

A Henrickson, X Ding, AG Seal, Z Qu, L Tomlinson… - …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: We present multi-wavelength (MW) analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) methods
offering superior accuracy for adeno-associated virus characterization and quantification …

A comprehensive review of methods to study lncRNA–protein interactions in solution

MD Badmalia, H Sette Pereira… - Biochemical Society …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
The long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) other than rRNA and tRNA were earlier assumed to
be 'junk genomic material'. However, recent advancements in genomics methods have …

Recruitment of a Middling Promiscuous Enzyme Drives Adaptive Metabolic Evolution in Escherichia coli

RP Campbell, AC Whittington… - … Biology and Evolution, 2023 - academic.oup.com
A key step in metabolic pathway evolution is the recruitment of promiscuous enzymes to
perform new functions. Despite the recognition that promiscuity is widespread in biology …