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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
January 2025
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
Bacterial cell wall assembly and remodeling require activities of peptidoglycan (PG) hydrolases as well as PG synthases. In particular, the activity of DD-endopeptidases, which cleave the 4-3 peptide crosslinks in PG, is essential for PG expansion in gram-negative bacteria. Maintaining optimal levels of DD-endopeptidases is critical for expanding PG without compromising its integrity.
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February 2025
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
N-Methylation of the peptide backbone confers pharmacologically beneficial characteristics to peptides that include greater membrane permeability and resistance to proteolytic degradation. The borosin family of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides offer a post-translational route to install amide backbone α-N-methylations. Previous work has elucidated the substrate scope and engineering potential of two examples of type I borosins, which feature autocatalytic precursors that encode N-methyltransferases that methylate their own C-termini in trans.
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January 2025
Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, University of Tartu, Ravila 14B, Tartu, 50411, Estonia.
In triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), pro-tumoral macrophages promote metastasis and suppress the immune response. To target these cells, a previously identified CD206 (mannose receptor)-binding peptide, mUNO was engineered to enhance its affinity and proteolytic stability. The new rationally designed peptide, MACTIDE, includes a trypsin inhibitor loop, from the Sunflower Trypsin Inhibitor-I.
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January 2025
Institutes of Green Bio Science & Technology, Seoul National University, Pyeongchang 25354, Korea.
The quality grade of cow meat is often lower than that of steer meat, resulting in economic losses and reduced consumer satisfaction. This review explores various strategies for improving the quality of cow meat, with a focus on slaughter and post-slaughter practices. Certain slaughter methods, including electrical stimulation and suspension techniques, have been shown to improve meat tenderness by alleviating rigor mortis and inducing an increase in sarcomere length.
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January 2025
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Living Biosystems, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
Intracellular monitoring of protein ubiquitination and differentiating polyubiquitin chain topology are crucial for understanding life processes and drug discovery, which is challenged by the high complexity of the ubiquitination process and a lack of molecular tools. Herein, a synthetic dual-sensor platform specific for K48-linked ubiquitin oligomers was tailored for visualization of polyubiquitin chain assembling in live biosystems. This is achieved using macrocyclic peptides as recognition motifs and a tetraphenylethylene derivative as an activatable reporter.
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