Understanding the function of mammalian sirtuins and protein lysine acylation

M Wang, H Lin - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Protein lysine acetylation is an important posttranslational modification that regulates
numerous biological processes. Targeting lysine acetylation regulatory factors, such as …

Molecular biology: Fantastic toolkits to improve knowledge and application of acetic acid bacteria

H Yang, T Chen, M Wang, J Zhou, W Liebl, F Barja… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are a group of gram-negative, obligate aerobic bacteria within the
Acetobacteraceae family of the alphaproteobacteria class, which are distributed in a wide …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires glyoxylate shunt and reverse methylcitrate cycle for lactate and pyruvate metabolism

A Serafini, L Tan, S Horswell, S Howell… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial nutrition is an essential aspect of host–pathogen interaction. For the intracellular
pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis in humans …

Candidatus Alkanophaga archaea from Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent sediment oxidize petroleum alkanes

H Zehnle, R Laso-Pérez, J Lipp, D Riedel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Methanogenic and methanotrophic archaea produce and consume the greenhouse gas
methane, respectively, using the reversible enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr) …

Propionate prevents loss of the PDIM virulence lipid in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

CV Mulholland, TJ Wiggins, J Cui, C Vilchèze… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Phthiocerol dimycocerosate (PDIM) is an essential virulence lipid of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis. In vitro culturing rapidly selects for spontaneous PDIM-negative mutants that …

Propionic acid promotes the virulent phenotype of Crohn's disease-associated adherent-invasive Escherichia coli

MJ Ormsby, SA Johnson, N Carpena, LM Meikle… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Propionic acid (PA) is a bacterium-derived intestinal antimicrobial and immune modulator
used widely in food production and agriculture. Passage of Crohn's disease-associated …

Enhanced poly (3-hydroxybutyrateco-3-hydroxyvalerate) production from high-concentration propionate by a novel halophile Halomonas sp. YJ01: Detoxification of …

J Yin, J Yang, X Yu, T Chen, S He - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
As a carbon substrate, propionate can be used to synthesize poly (3-hydroxybutyrateco-3-
hydroxyvalerate)[PHBV] biopolymer, but high concentrations can inhibit PHBV production …

The abaI/abaR Quorum Sensing System Effects on Pathogenicity in Acinetobacter baumannii

X Sun, Z Ni, J Tang, Y Ding, X Wang, F Li - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative pathogen that has emerged as one of the most
troublesome pathogens for healthcare institutions globally. Bacterial quorum sensing (QS) is …

Discovery and validation of an NMR-based metabolomic profile in urine as TB biomarker

JL Izquierdo-Garcia, P Comella-del-Barrio… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Despite efforts to improve tuberculosis (TB) detection, limitations in access, quality and
timeliness of diagnostic services in low-and middle-income countries are challenging for …

Population genomics provides insights into the evolution and adaptation to humans of the waterborne pathogen Mycobacterium kansasii

T Luo, P Xu, Y Zhang, JL Porter, M Ghanem… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mycobacterium kansasii can cause serious pulmonary disease. It belongs to a group of
closely-related species of non-tuberculous mycobacteria known as the M. kansasii complex …