Small molecule metabolites: discovery of biomarkers and therapeutic targets

S Qiu, Y Cai, H Yao, C Lin, Y Xie, S Tang… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic abnormalities lead to the dysfunction of metabolic pathways and metabolite
accumulation or deficiency which is well-recognized hallmarks of diseases. Metabolite …

Antimicrobial resistance crisis: could artificial intelligence be the solution?

GY Liu, D Yu, MM Fan, X Zhang, ZY Jin, C Tang… - Military Medical …, 2024 - Springer
Antimicrobial resistance is a global public health threat, and the World Health Organization
(WHO) has announced a priority list of the most threatening pathogens against which novel …

Protein-metabolite interactomics of carbohydrate metabolism reveal regulation of lactate dehydrogenase

KG Hicks, AA Cluntun, HL Schubert, SR Hackett… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Metabolic networks are interconnected and influence diverse cellular processes. The protein-
metabolite interactions that mediate these networks are frequently low affinity and …

Connecting metabolome and phenotype: recent advances in functional metabolomics tools for the identification of bioactive natural products

GA Vitale, C Geibel, V Minda, M Wang, AT Aron… - Natural Product …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1995 to 2023Advances in bioanalytical methods, particularly mass spectrometry,
have provided valuable molecular insights into the mechanisms of life. Non-targeted …

Metabolomics in antimicrobial drug discovery

R Aminov - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction In light of the ever-escalating problem of antimicrobial resistance, there is an
urgent need for the development of new antimicrobials. In this review, the role of …

Mapping temperature‐sensitive mutations at a genome scale to engineer growth switches in Escherichia coli

T Schramm, P Lubrano, V Pahl… - Molecular Systems …, 2023 - embopress.org
Temperature‐sensitive (TS) mutants are a unique tool to perturb and engineer cellular
systems. Here, we constructed a CRISPR library with 15,120 Escherichia coli mutants, each …

New strategies to study in depth the metabolic mechanism of astaxanthin biosynthesis in Phaffia rhodozyma

Z Li, L You, X Du, H Yang, L Yang, Y Zhu… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Astaxanthin, a ketone carotenoid known for its high antioxidant activity, holds significant
potential for application in nutraceuticals, aquaculture, and cosmetics. The increasing …

The utility of proteases in proteomics, from sequence profiling to structure and function analysis

B Sun, Z Liu, J Liu, S Zhao, L Wang, F Wang - Proteomics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In mass spectrometry (MS)‐based bottom‐up proteomics, protease digestion plays an
essential role in profiling both proteome sequences and post‐translational modifications …

Profiling cell envelope-antibiotic interactions reveals vulnerabilities to β-lactams in a multidrug-resistant bacterium

AM Hogan, ASMZ Rahman, A Motnenko… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria belonging to the Burkholderia cepacia complex
(Bcc) presents unique restrictions to antibiotic penetration. As a consequence, Bcc species …

Chemical composition of commercial cannabis

DS Wishart, M Hiebert-Giesbrecht… - Journal of agricultural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cannabis is widely used for medicinal and recreational purposes. As a result, there is
increased interest in its chemical components and their physiological effects. However …