Trimethylamine N-Oxide, the Microbiome, and Heart and Kidney Disease

SH Zeisel, M Warrier - Annual review of nutrition, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is a biologically active molecule and is a putative promoter
of chronic diseases including atherosclerosis in humans. Host intestinal bacteria produce its …

TMAO: A small molecule of great expectations

M Ufnal, A Zadlo, R Ostaszewski - Nutrition, 2015 - Elsevier
Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is a small organic compound whose concentration in blood
increases after ingesting dietary l-carnitine and phosphatidylcholine. Recent clinical studies …

Trimethylamine N-oxide stabilizes proteins via a distinct mechanism compared with betaine and glycine

YT Liao, AC Manson, MR DeLyser… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
We report experimental and computational studies investigating the effects of three
osmolytes, trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), betaine, and glycine, on the hydrophobic …

Microscopic insights into the protein-stabilizing effect of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO)

J Ma, IM Pazos, F Gai - Proceedings of the National …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Although it is widely known that trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), an osmolyte used by
nature, stabilizes the folded state of proteins, the underlying mechanism of action is not …

Weighted persistent homology for osmolyte molecular aggregation and hydrogen-bonding network analysis

DV Anand, Z Meng, K **a, Y Mu - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
It has long been observed that trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) and urea demonstrate
dramatically different properties in a protein folding process. Even with the enormous …

Molecular mechanism for the preferential exclusion of TMAO from protein surfaces

DR Canchi, P Jayasimha, DC Rau… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is a naturally occurring protecting osmolyte that stabilizes
the folded state of proteins and also counteracts the destabilizing effect of urea on protein …

Trimethylamine N-oxide Counteracts Urea Denaturation by Inhibiting Protein–Urea Preferential Interaction

P Ganguly, P Boserman… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Osmolytes are small organic molecules that can modulate the stability and function of
cellular proteins by altering the chemical environment of the cell. Some of these osmolytes …

Protein stability in TMAO and mixed urea–TMAO solutions

P Ganguly, J Polák, NFA van der Vegt… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Osmolytes are essential for cellular function under ubiquitous osmotic stress.
Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is one such osmolyte that has gained remarkable attention …

[HTML][HTML] The ability of trimethylamine N-oxide to resist pressure induced perturbations to water structure

H Laurent, TGA Youngs, TF Headen… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) protects organisms from the damaging effects of high
pressure. At the molecular level both TMAO and pressure perturb water structure but it is not …

Complex Formation in Aqueous Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) Solutions

J Hunger, KJ Tielrooij, R Buchner… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We study aqueous solutions of the amphiphilic osmolyte trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO)
using broadband dielectric spectroscopy and femtosecond mid-infrared spectroscopy. Both …