The effects of temperature on aerobic metabolism: towards a mechanistic understanding of the responses of ectotherms to a changing environment

PM Schulte - The Journal of experimental biology, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
Because of its profound effects on the rates of biological processes such as aerobic
metabolism, environmental temperature plays an important role in sha** the distribution …

Regulation of mammalian nucleotide metabolism and biosynthesis

AN Lane, TWM Fan - Nucleic acids research, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Nucleotides are required for a wide variety of biological processes and are constantly
synthesized de novo in all cells. When cells proliferate, increased nucleotide synthesis is …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying absolute protein synthesis rates reveals principles underlying allocation of cellular resources

GW Li, D Burkhardt, C Gross, JS Weissman - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Quantitative views of cellular functions require precise measures of rates of biomolecule
production, especially proteins—the direct effectors of biological processes. Here, we …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] Principles of animal nutrition

G Wu - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Animals are biological transformers of dietary matter and energy to produce high-quality
foods and wools for human consumption and use. Mammals, birds, fish, and shrimp require …

Metabolite concentrations, fluxes and free energies imply efficient enzyme usage

JO Park, SA Rubin, YF Xu, D Amador-Noguez… - Nature chemical …, 2016 - nature.com
In metabolism, available free energy is limited and must be divided across pathway steps to
maintain a negative Δ G throughout. For each reaction, Δ G is log proportional both to a …

[HTML][HTML] Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase: Properties, physiological roles, metabolic engineering and intentional control

G Chen, JL Harwood, MJ Lemieux, SJ Stone… - Progress in Lipid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT, EC 2.3. 1.20) catalyzes the last reaction in
the acyl-CoA-dependent biosynthesis of triacylglycerol (TAG). DGAT activity resides mainly …

Sugar synthesis from CO2 in Escherichia coli

N Antonovsky, S Gleizer, E Noor, Y Zohar, E Herz… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Can a heterotrophic organism be evolved to synthesize biomass from CO 2 directly? So far,
non-native carbon fixation in which biomass precursors are synthesized solely from CO 2 …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] Amino acids: biochemistry and nutrition

G Wu - 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Following its predecessor, the second edition of Amino Acids: Biochemistry and Nutrition
presents exhaustive coverage of amino acids in the nutrition, metabolism and health of …

Biological autonomy

A Moreno, M Mossio - A philo, 2015 - Springer
If we were to point out in a few words what characterises the phenomenon of life, we would
probably mention the amazing plasticity and robustness of living systems, the innumerable …

Complex IV–the regulatory center of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation

B Kadenbach - Mitochondrion, 2021 - Elsevier
ATP, the universal energy currency in all living cells, is mainly synthesized in mitochondria
by oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). The final and rate limiting step of the respiratory …