The 2022 Nucleic Acids Research database issue and the online molecular biology database collection

DJ Rigden, XM Fernández - Nucleic acids research, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The 2022 Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue contains 185 papers, including
87 papers reporting on new databases and 85 updates from resources previously published …

Chromosome-level organization of the regulatory genome in the Drosophila nervous system

G Mohana, J Dorier, X Li, M Mouginot, RC Smith… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Previous studies have identified topologically associating domains (TADs) as basic units of
genome organization. We present evidence of a previously unreported level of genome …

eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism

G Hernández, P Vazquez‐Pianzola - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The evolutionary origin of eukaryotes spurred the transition from prokaryotic‐like translation
to a more sophisticated, eukaryotic translation. During this process, successive gene …

Metabolic regulation of proteome stability via N-terminal acetylation controls male germline stem cell differentiation and reproduction

CM François, T Pihl, M Dunoyer de Segonzac… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The molecular mechanisms connecting cellular metabolism with differentiation remain
poorly understood. Here, we find that metabolic signals contribute to stem cell differentiation …

Mitochondrial DNA maintenance in Drosophila melanogaster

APC Rodrigues, AC Novaes, GL Ciesielski… - Bioscience …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Abstract All 37 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)-encoded genes involved with oxidative
phosphorylation and intramitochondrial protein synthesis, and several nuclear-encoded …

Widespread regulatory specificities between transcriptional co-repressors and enhancers in Drosophila

J Jacobs, M Pagani, C Wenzl, A Stark - Science, 2023 - science.org
Gene expression is controlled by the precise activation and repression of transcription.
Repression is mediated by specialized transcription factors (TFs) that recruit co-repressors …

Structural screens identify candidate human homologs of insect chemoreceptors and cryptic Drosophila gustatory receptor-like proteins

R Benton, NJ Himmel - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Insect odorant receptors and gustatory receptors define a superfamily of seven
transmembrane domain ion channels (referred to here as 7TMICs), with homologs identified …

Distinct responses to rare codons in select Drosophila tissues

SR Allen, RK Stewart, M Rogers, IJ Ruiz, E Cohen… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Codon usage bias has long been appreciated to influence protein production. Yet, relatively
few studies have analyzed the impacts of codon usage on tissue-specific mRNA and protein …

Pheromone sensing in Drosophila requires support cell-expressed Osiris 8

M Scalzotto, R Ng, S Cruchet, M Saina, J Armida… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Background The nose of most animals comprises multiple sensory subsystems, which are
defined by the expression of different olfactory receptor families. Drosophila melanogaster …

Ion transport peptide regulates energy intake, expenditure, and metabolic homeostasis in Drosophila

M Gáliková, P Klepsatel - Genetics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In mammals, energy homeostasis is regulated by the antagonistic action of hormones insulin
and glucagon. However, in contrast to the highly conserved insulin, glucagon is absent in …