Publications by authors named "Xuetong Wu"
Alternative treatment for the highly prevalent Helicobacter pylori infection is imperative due to rising antibiotic resistance. We unexpectedly discovered that the anti-H. pylori component in garlic is hydrogen polysulfide (HS, n⩾2), not organic polysulfides.
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- * A total of 100 MYB-related proteins were identified, primarily localized in the nucleus, and mapped across seven chromosomes, with evidence of collinear gene relationships indicating potential evolutionary duplication events.
- * The study found that Motif 3 is the most conserved across MYB-related genes, and specific treatments with ABA and MeJA can influence gene expression, particularly in petals, indicating a significant role for these factors in flower senescence and growth regulation.
Nitric oxide (NO) and hydrogen sulphide (HS) play important roles in plant growth, development and environmental adaptation. Currently, there is few information on the mechanism by which HS may be involved in NO-induced salt tolerance. In this study, cucumber was used to investigate the role of NO and HS and their relationship under salt stress.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHydrogen peroxide, a byproduct of the oxidase catalytic process, significantly compromises the enzymatic activity and stability of natural oxidases, thereby restricting their industrial applications. To address this challenge, we developed a coassembly system combining a natural oxidase with a peptide-heme (PepHeme) nanozyme possessing catalase-like activity on a ferritin platform. This system, demonstrated by using natural choline oxidase and galactose oxidase as models, forms an oxidase-catalase cascade reaction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOne of the main environmental stresses that considerably reduced vegetable yields are low temperature stress. Brassinosteroids (BRs) is essential for controlling a number of physiological functions. Protein S-nitrosylation is thought to be a crucial process in plants that use NO to carry out their biological functions.
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- Nitric oxide (NO) is recognized as a key signaling molecule in plants that influences various biological processes, particularly through post-translational protein modifications.
- The most notable mechanism is protein S-nitrosylation, which regulates NO's effects in both plants and animals.
- Recent studies highlight its significant role in critical plant functions such as seed germination, root development, photosynthesis, flowering, apoptosis, and senescence, aiming to deepen understanding of how S-nitrosylation impacts plant growth and development.
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- The ripening of tomato fruit is controlled by specific genes and transcription factors, particularly the NAC family, which influences various plant processes, including fruit ripening.
- Despite the presence of numerous NAC genes in tomatoes, the role of these genes, especially SlNAP1, in fruit ripening is not well understood.
- Our research shows that SlNAP1 positively affects fruit ripening by directly activating genes that degrade gibberellins, and interacts with SlGID1, suggesting a significant role in the regulatory network of tomato fruit ripening.
Hydrogen gas (H) is an important molecular messenger in animal and plant cells and is involved in various aspects of plant processes, including root organogenesis induction, stress tolerance and postharvest senescence. This study investigated the effect of H fumigation on the quality of Lanzhou lily scales. The results indicated the H remarkably declined the color variation and browning degree in Lanzhou lily scales by suppressing the activity of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), peroxidase (POD) and polyphenol oxidase (PPO).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBoth strigolactones (SLs) and nitric oxide (NO) are regulatory signals with diverse roles during stress responses. At present, the interaction and mechanism of SLs and NO in tomato salt tolerance remain unclear. In the current study, tomato 'Micro-Tom' was used to study the roles and interactions of SLs and NO in salinity stress tolerance.
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- Fleshy fruit is a key part of our diet, and its ripening involves transcription factors, ethylene, and now emerging research shows that epigenetics, particularly DNA methylation, also plays a crucial role.
- Most studies have focused on tomatoes, revealing that DNA methylation and demethylation dynamically regulate ripening, but knowledge about this mechanism remains limited.
- The review discusses recent findings on how DNA methylation affects tomato ripening and fruit quality, and suggests future research questions to further explore this regulation.
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- This review discusses how gaseous signaling molecules interact with MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) cascades in plants, highlighting their role in responding to environmental stress.
- During stress conditions, nitric oxide (NO) both activates and regulates MAPK cascades, which are crucial for physiological processes like ethylene biosynthesis.
- The article emphasizes the importance of hydrogen sulfide in regulating MAPK signaling at the transcriptional level and outlines future research directions to better understand these complex interactions.
In this study, the effect of sodium dodecyl sulfonate (SDS) on the foam stability of dodecylamine (DDA) and on its adsorption configuration at the gas-liquid interface was investigated. Froth stability experiments, surface tension measurements, time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry measurements, and molecular dynamics simulation calculations were performed in this investigation. The results revealed that the foam stability of DDA solution was extremely strong, and the addition of SDS could decrease the foam stability when the concentration of DDA was less than a certain value.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical decision support using data mining techniques offers more intelligent way to reduce the decision error in the last few years. However, clinical datasets often suffer from high missingness, which adversely impacts the quality of modelling if handled improperly. Imputing missing values provides an opportunity to resolve the issue.
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