Possibility of magnesium supplementation for supportive treatment in patients with COVID-19

CF Tang, H Ding, RQ Jiao, XX Wu, LD Kong - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Magnesium as an enzymatic activator is essential for various physiological functions such as
cell cycle, metabolic regulation, muscle contraction, and vasomotor tone. A growing body of …

DNA topoisomerases: Advances in understanding of cellular roles and multi‐protein complexes via structure‐function analysis

SJ McKie, KC Neuman, A Maxwell - Bioessays, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
DNA topoisomerases, capable of manipulating DNA topology, are ubiquitous and
indispensable for cellular survival due to the numerous roles they play during DNA …

Conductive Two-Dimensional Magnesium Metal–Organic Frameworks for High-Efficiency O2 Electroreduction to H2O2

K Dong, J Liang, Y Wang, L Zhang, Z Xu, S Sun… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Direct electrosynthesis of H2O2 via a two-electron oxygen reduction reaction (2e–ORR)
under ambient conditions is emerging as a promising solution toward on-site applications for …

Catalytic active centers beyond transition metals: Atomically dispersed alkaline-earth metals for the electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia

D Wu, P Lv, J Wu, B He, X Li, K Chu, Y Jia… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkaline-earth (AE) metals have rarely been reported to be the active centers in
heterogeneous catalysis. However, in nature, Mg cofactors in enzymes exhibit super activity …

[HTML][HTML] Turning main-group element magnesium into a highly active electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

S Liu, Z Li, C Wang, W Tao, M Huang, M Zuo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
It is known that the main-group metals and their related materials show poor catalytic activity
due to a broadened single resonance derived from the interaction of valence orbitals of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in topoisomerase-targeted cancer chemotherapy

KE Hevener, TA Verstak, KE Lutat, DL Riggsbee… - … pharmaceutica sinica B, 2018 - Elsevier
The DNA topoisomerase enzymes are essential to cell function and are found ubiquitously
in all domains of life. The various topoisomerase enzymes perform a wide range of functions …

[HTML][HTML] Exploiting bacterial DNA gyrase as a drug target: current state and perspectives

F Collin, S Karkare, A Maxwell - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2011 - Springer
DNA gyrase is a type II topoisomerase that can introduce negative supercoils into DNA at
the expense of ATP hydrolysis. It is essential in all bacteria but absent from higher …

Type IIA topoisomerase inhibition by a new class of antibacterial agents

BD Bax, PF Chan, DS Eggleston, A Fosberry… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Despite the success of genomics in identifying new essential bacterial genes, there is a lack
of sustainable leads in antibacterial drug discovery to address increasing multidrug …

[HTML][HTML] Metal complexes of quinolone antibiotics and their applications: an update

V Uivarosi - Molecules, 2013 - mdpi.com
Quinolones are synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotics with good oral absorption and excellent
bioavailability. Due to the chemical functions found on their nucleus (a carboxylic acid …

[HTML][HTML] The current case of quinolones: synthetic approaches and antibacterial activity

A Naeem, SL Badshah, M Muska, N Ahmad, K Khan - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Quinolones are broad-spectrum synthetic antibacterial drugs first obtained during the
synthesis of chloroquine. Nalidixic acid, the prototype of quinolones, first became available …