[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms and biotechnological applications of transcription factors

H He, M Yang, S Li, G Zhang, Z Ding, L Zhang… - Synthetic and systems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transcription factors play an indispensable role in maintaining cellular viability and finely
regulating complex internal metabolic networks. These crucial bioactive functions rely on …

Structural basis of sequence-specific cytosine deamination by double-stranded DNA deaminase toxin DddA

L Yin, K Shi, H Aihara - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2023 - nature.com
The interbacterial deaminase toxin DddA catalyzes cytosine-to-uracil conversion in double-
stranded (ds) DNA and enables CRISPR-free mitochondrial base editing, but the molecular …

Developing mitochondrial base editors with diverse context compatibility and high fidelity via saturated spacer library

H Sun, Z Wang, L Shen, Y Feng, L Han, X Qian… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
DddA-derived cytosine base editors (DdCBEs) greatly facilitated the basic and therapeutic
research of mitochondrial DNA mutation diseases. Here we devise a saturated spacer …

Harnessing regulatory networks in Actinobacteria for natural product discovery

HE Augustijn, AM Roseboom… - Journal of Industrial …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Microbes typically live in complex habitats, where they need to rapidly adapt to continuously
changing growth conditions. To do so, they produce an astonishing array of natural products …

Structures of the P. aeruginosa FleQ-FleN master regulators reveal large-scale conformational switching in motility and biofilm control

L Torres-Sánchez, TG Sana… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause a wide array of chronic and acute infections
associated with its ability to rapidly switch between planktonic, biofilm, and dispersed …

Streptomyces umbrella toxin particles block hyphal growth of competing species

Q Zhao, S Bertolli, YJ Park, Y Tan, KJ Cutler, P Srinivas… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Streptomyces are a genus of ubiquitous soil bacteria from which the majority of clinically
utilized antibiotics derive. The production of these antibacterial molecules reflects the …

Modeling genotype–protein interaction and correlation for Alzheimer's disease: a multi-omics imaging genetics study

J Zhang, Z Ma, Y Yang, L Guo, L Du… - Briefings in …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Integrating and analyzing multiple omics data sets, including genomics, proteomics and
radiomics, can significantly advance researchers' comprehensive understanding of …

EGPDI: identifying protein–DNA binding sites based on multi-view graph embedding fusion

M Zheng, G Sun, X Li, Y Fan - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Mechanisms of protein-DNA interactions are involved in a wide range of biological activities
and processes. Accurately identifying binding sites between proteins and DNA is crucial for …

ULDNA: integrating unsupervised multi-source language models with LSTM-attention network for high-accuracy protein–DNA binding site prediction

YH Zhu, Z Liu, Y Liu, Z Ji, DJ Yu - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Efficient and accurate recognition of protein–DNA interactions is vital for understanding the
molecular mechanisms of related biological processes and further guiding drug discovery …

A comparison between full-length 16S rRNA Oxford nanopore sequencing and Illumina V3-V4 16S rRNA sequencing in head and neck cancer tissues

K Yeo, J Connell, G Bouras, E Smith, W Murphy… - Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Describing the microbial community within the tumour has been a key aspect in
understanding the pathophysiology of the tumour microenvironment. In head and neck …