Bismuth drugs reverse tet (X)-conferred tigecycline resistance in gram-negative bacteria

T Deng, Y Jia, Z Tong, J Shi, Z Wang… - Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antibiotic resistance has caused a serious threat to public health and human safety.
Recently, the emergence of novel resistance gene tet (X4) and its variants threatens the …

Evolution of high-affinity aptamer probe for label-free and probe conformation switch-based fluorescent biosensing of β-carotene in seaweeds

L Zhang, W Wang, K Wei, W Dong, S Wang… - Microchemical Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract β-Carotene is an important bioactive component showing great activities and
receiving great attention in recent years. The traditional methods for the accurate detection …

Cooperative binding of bivalent ligands yields new insights into the guanidine-II riboswitch

J Steuer, M Sinn, F Eble, S Rütschlin… - NAR Genomics and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Riboswitches are involved in regulating the gene expression in bacteria. They are located
within the untranslated regions of bacterial messenger RNA and function as switches by …

Excited States of apo-Guanidine-III Riboswitch Contribute to Guanidinium Binding through Both Conformational and Induced-Fit Mechanisms

K Singh, G Reddy - Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2023 - ACS Publications
Riboswitches are mRNA segments that regulate gene expression through conformational
changes driven by their cognate ligand binding. The ykkC motif forms a riboswitch class that …

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Aptamer Domain of Guanidinium Ion Binding Riboswitch ykkC-III: Structural Insights into the Discrimination of Cognate and …

I Negi, AS Mahmi, P Seelam Prabhakar… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Guanidinium ion is a toxic cellular metabolite. The ykkC-III riboswitch, an mRNA stretch,
regulates the gene expression by undergoing a conformational change in response to the …

Atomistic Simulations Reveal Crucial Role of Metal Ions for Ligand Binding in Guanidine‐I Riboswitch

L Franke, C Globisch, MC Karakurt… - Macromolecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Riboswitches are structured ribonucleic acid (RNA) segments that act as specific sensors for
small molecules in bacterial metabolism. Due to the flexible nature of these highly charged …

Combining coarse-grained simulations and single molecule analysis reveals a three-state folding model of the Guanidine-II riboswitch

C Fuks, S Falkner, N Schwierz… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Riboswitch RNAs regulate gene expression by conformational changes induced by
environmental conditions and specific ligand binding. The guanidine-II riboswitch is …

Predicting Small Molecule Ligand/RNA Binding Pocket Binding Modes Using Metadynamics

Z Bai, A Chen - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Understanding the structural dynamics of how small molecule ligand recognize its RNA
binding pocket is always a crucial determinant in pharmaceutical research. Molecular …

Computational Simulation of Aptamer-target Binding Mechanisms.

Y Yuan-Yuan, XU Fei… - Chinese Journal of …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Aptamers are a type of single⁃ chain oligonucleotide that can combine with a specific target.
Due to their simple preparation, easy modification, stable structure and reusability, aptamers …

Structural dynamics of eukaryotic H/ACA RNPs from saccharomyces cerevisiae & structural dynamics of the Guanidine-II riboswitch from escherichia coli

C Fuks - 2023 - publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de
Die vorliegende Dissertation mit dem Titel “Structural dynamics of eukaryotic H/ACA RNPs
from Saccharomyces cerevisiae & Structural dynamics of the Guanidine-II riboswitch from …