Cytoprotective role of heme oxygenase-1 in cancer chemoresistance: Focus on Antioxidant, antiapoptotic, and pro-autophagy properties

H Wang, Q Cheng, L Bao, M Li, K Chang, X Yi - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chemoresistance remains the foremost challenge in cancer therapy. Targeting reactive
oxygen species (ROS) manipulation is a promising strategy in cancer treatment since tumor …

AF2Complex predicts direct physical interactions in multimeric proteins with deep learning

M Gao, D Nakajima An, JM Parks, J Skolnick - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Accurate descriptions of protein-protein interactions are essential for understanding
biological systems. Remarkably accurate atomic structures have been recently computed for …

[HTML][HTML] Fragile effects of climatic variation on goat protein and its products: a review

FO Areche, AH Gondal… - … in Nutrition and …, 2022 - foodandnutritionjournal.org
Goats are useful to smaller communities because of their low production costs, limited feed
requirements, rapid generation rates, and ability to consistently provide modest volumes of …

Bacterial TANGO2 homologs are heme-trafficking proteins that facilitate biosynthesis of cytochromes c

S Han, K Guo, W Wang, YJ Tao, H Gao - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Heme, an essential molecule for virtually all living organisms, acts primarily as a cofactor in
a large number of proteins. However, how heme is mobilized from the site of synthesis to the …

Architecture of the Heme-translocating CcmABCD/E complex required for Cytochrome c maturation

L Ilcu, L Denkhaus, A Brausemann, L Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mono-and multiheme cytochromes c are post-translationally matured by the covalent
attachment of heme. For this, Escherichia coli employs the most complex type of maturation …

Structures of the CcmABCD heme release complex at multiple states

J Li, W Zheng, M Gu, L Han, Y Luo, K Yu, M Sun… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cytochromes c use heme as a cofactor to carry electrons in respiration and photosynthesis.
The cytochrome c maturation system I, consisting of eight membrane proteins …

Structure-function analysis of the heme-binding WWD domain in the bacterial holocytochrome c synthase, CcmFH

AL Grunow, SC Carroll, AN Kreiman, MC Sutherland - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Heme trafficking is a fundamental biological process, yet its direct study has been hampered
due to heme's tight intracellular regulation, heme cytotoxicity, and the transient nature of …

Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni bacterial holocytochrome c synthase structure-function analysis reveals conservation of heme binding

T Yeasmin, SC Carroll, DJ Hawtof… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Heme trafficking is essential for cellular function, yet mechanisms of transport and/or heme
interaction are not well defined. The System I and System II bacterial cytochrome c …

A common target of nitrite and nitric oxide for respiration inhibition in bacteria

W Wang, J Wang, X Feng, H Gao - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nitrite and nitric oxide (NO) are well-known bacteriostatic agents with similar biochemical
properties. However, many studies have demonstrated that inhibition of bacterial growth by …

Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Probe for Detection of Heme-Induced Conformational Changes in Cytochrome c

MY Genceroglu, C Cavdar, S Manioglu, H Bayraktar - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cytochrome c (Cytc) is a key redox protein for energy metabolism and apoptosis in cells.
The activation of Cytc is composed of several steps, including its transfer to the …