[HTML][HTML] Biodegradation of polyethylene and polystyrene: From microbial deterioration to enzyme discovery

Y Zhang, JN Pedersen, BE Eser, Z Guo - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
The global production of plastics has continuously been soaring over the last decades due
to their extensive use in our daily life and in industries. Although synthetic plastics offer great …

The life cycle and pathogenesis of human cytomegalovirus infection: lessons from proteomics

PM Jean Beltran, IM Cristea - Expert review of proteomics, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Viruses have coevolved with their hosts, acquiring strategies to subvert host cellular
pathways for effective viral replication and spread. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a …

An algal photoenzyme converts fatty acids to hydrocarbons

D Sorigué, B Légeret, S Cuiné, S Blangy, S Moulin… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Although many organisms capture or respond to sunlight, few enzymes are known to be
driven by light. Among these are DNA photolyases and the photosynthetic reaction centers …

Vasohibins/SVBP are tubulin carboxypeptidases (TCPs) that regulate neuron differentiation

C Aillaud, C Bosc, L Peris, A Bosson, P Heemeryck… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Reversible detyrosination of α-tubulin is crucial to microtubule dynamics and functions, and
defects have been implicated in cancer, brain disorganization, and cardiomyopathies. The …

Cytoplasmic control of intranuclear polarity by human cytomegalovirus

DJ Procter, C Furey, AG Garza-Gongora, ST Kosak… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Despite its size and rigidity, the cell nucleus can be moved or reorganized by cytoskeletal
filaments under various conditions (for example, during viral infection),,,,,,,,,–. Moreover …

Crystal Structure of the Human Cytomegalovirus pUL50-pUL53 Core Nuclear Egress Complex Provides Insight into a Unique Assembly Scaffold for Virus-Host Protein …

SA Walzer, C Egerer-Sieber, H Sticht… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Nuclear replication of cytomegalovirus relies on elaborate mechanisms of
nucleocytoplasmic egress of viral particles. Thus, the role of two essential and conserved …

Nuclear exodus: herpesviruses lead the way

JM Bigalke, EE Heldwein - Annual review of virology, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Most DNA viruses replicate in the nucleus and exit it either by passing through the nuclear
pores or by rupturing the nuclear envelope. Unusually, herpesviruses have evolved a …

The cytomegalovirus protein kinase pUL97: host interactions, regulatory mechanisms and antiviral drug targeting

M Steingruber, M Marschall - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) expresses a variety of viral regulatory proteins that
undergo close interaction with host factors including viral-cellular multiprotein complexes …

Synthesis of artemisinin‐derived dimers, trimers and dendrimers: investigation of their antimalarial and antiviral activities including putative mechanisms of action

T Fröhlich, F Hahn, L Belmudes… - … A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Generation of dimers, trimers and dendrimers of bioactive compounds is an approach that
has recently been developed for the discovery of new potent drug candidates. Herein, we …

An overview on ERAP roles in infectious diseases

I Saulle, C Vicentini, M Clerici, M Biasin - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) aminopeptidases ERAP1 and ERAP2 (ERAPs) are crucial
enzymes sha** the major histocompatibility complex I (MHC I) immunopeptidome. In the …