Designing artificial metalloenzymes by tuning of the environment beyond the primary coordination sphere

C Van Stappen, Y Deng, Y Liu, H Heidari… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metalloenzymes catalyze a variety of reactions using a limited number of natural amino
acids and metallocofactors. Therefore, the environment beyond the primary coordination …

Metabolism, biochemical actions, and chemical synthesis of anticancer nucleosides, nucleotides, and base analogs

J Shelton, X Lu, JA Hollenbaugh, JH Cho… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nucleoside, nucleotide, and base analogs have been in the clinic for decades to treat both
viral pathogens and neoplasms. More than 20% of patients on anticancer chemotherapy …

Hydroxyurea—the good, the bad and the ugly

MW Musiałek, D Rybaczek - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hydroxyurea (HU) is mostly referred to as an inhibitor of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR)
and as the agent that is commonly used to arrest cells in the S-phase of the cycle by …

Ribonucleotide reductases: structure, chemistry, and metabolism suggest new therapeutic targets

BL Greene, G Kang, C Cui, M Bennati… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) catalyze the de novo conversion of nucleotides to
deoxynucleotides in all organisms, controlling their relative ratios and abundance. In doing …

Ribonucleotide reductase and cancer: biological mechanisms and targeted therapies

Y Aye, M Li, MJC Long, RS Weiss - Oncogene, 2015 - nature.com
Accurate DNA replication and repair is essential for proper development, growth and tumor-
free survival in all multicellular organisms. A key requirement for the maintenance of …

Untargeted metabolomics of COVID-19 patient serum reveals potential prognostic markers of both severity and outcome

I Roberts, M Wright Muelas, JM Taylor, AS Davison… - Metabolomics, 2022 - Springer
Introduction The diagnosis of COVID-19 is normally based on the qualitative detection of
viral nucleic acid sequences. Properties of the host response are not measured but are key …

[KIRJA][B] Handbook of vitamins

J Zempleni, JW Suttie, JF Gregory III, PJ Stover - 2013 - books.google.com
Within the last few years, knowledge about vitamins has increased dramatically. This new
edition of a bestseller presents comprehensive summaries that analyze the chemical …

Ribonucleotide reductases: essential enzymes for bacterial life

E Torrents - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) is a key enzyme that mediates the synthesis of
deoxyribonucleotides, the DNA precursors, for DNA synthesis in every living cell. This …

A critical balance: dNTPs and the maintenance of genome stability

CC Pai, SE Kearsey - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
A crucial factor in maintaining genome stability is establishing deoxynucleoside triphosphate
(dNTP) levels within a range that is optimal for chromosomal replication. Since DNA …

LINE-1 protein localization and functional dynamics during the cell cycle

P Mita, A Wudzinska, X Sun, J Andrade, S Nayak… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
LINE-1/L1 retrotransposon sequences comprise 17% of the human genome. Among the
many classes of mobile genetic elements, L1 is the only autonomous retrotransposon that …