Lithium orotate: A superior option for lithium therapy?

AG Pacholko, LK Bekar - Brain and behavior, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bipolar disorder (BD) poses a significant public health concern, with roughly one‐quarter of
sufferers attempting suicide. BD is characterized by manic and depressive mood cycles, the …

Bacterial homologs of innate eukaryotic antiviral defenses with anti-phage activity highlight shared evolutionary roots of viral defenses

DF van den Berg, AR Costa, JQ Esser, I Stanciu… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2024 - cell.com
Prokaryotes have evolved a multitude of defense systems to protect against phage
predation. Some of these resemble eukaryotic genes involved in antiviral responses. Here …

The structural basis of ATP as an allosteric modulator

S Lu, W Huang, Q Wang, Q Shen, S Li… - PLoS computational …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) is generally regarded as a substrate for energy currency
and protein modification. Recent findings uncovered the allosteric function of ATP in cellular …

Biosynthesis of cyclitols

F Kudo, T Eguchi - Natural Product Reports, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Review covering up to 2021 Cyclitols derived from carbohydrates are naturally stable
hydrophilic substances under ordinary physiological conditions, increasing the water …

The mechanism of allosteric inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B

S Li, J Zhang, S Lu, W Huang, L Geng, Q Shen… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
As the prototypical member of the PTP family, protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is
an attractive target for therapeutic interventions in type 2 diabetes. The extremely conserved …

Valproate regulates inositol synthesis by reducing expression of myo-inositol-3-phosphate synthase

KC Case, RJ Beltman, MKH Pflum, ML Greenberg - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Inositol depletion is a hypothesized mechanism of action of mood stabilization drugs used in
the treatment of bipolar disorder. It was previously reported that the mood stabilizer …

How calcium inhibits the magnesium‐dependent kinase gsk3β: A molecular simulation study

SY Lu, ZM Huang, WK Huang, XY Liu… - Proteins: Structure …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) is a ubiquitous serine/threonine kinase that plays a
pivotal role in many biological processes. GSK3β catalyzes the transfer of γ‐phosphate of …

Structural basis of valmerins as dual inhibitors of GSK3β/CDK5

X Li, X Wang, Z Tian, H Zhao, D Liang, W Li… - Journal of molecular …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Development of multi-target drugs is becoming increasingly attractive in the
repertoire of protein kinase inhibitors discovery. In this study, we carried out molecular …

Multibody cofactor and substrate molecular recognition in the myo-inositol monophosphatase enzyme

N Ferruz, G Tresadern, A Pineda-Lucena… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Molecular recognition is rarely a two-body protein-ligand problem, as it often involves the
dynamic interplay of multiple molecules that together control the binding process. Myo …

Toward an understanding of the sequence and structural basis of allosteric proteins

X Li, Y Chen, S Lu, Z Huang, X Liu, Q Wang… - Journal of Molecular …, 2013 - Elsevier
Allostery is the most efficient means of regulating protein functions, ranging from the control
of metabolic mechanisms to signal transduction pathways. Although allosteric regulation has …