Acetate as a potential feedstock for the production of value-added chemicals: metabolism and applications

Y Kim, S Lama, D Agrawal, V Kumar, S Park - Biotechnology Advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Acetate is regarded as a promising carbon feedstock in biological production owing to its
possible derivation from C 1 gases such as CO, CO 2 and methane. To best use of acetate …

Recent advances and challenges in the bioconversion of acetate to value-added chemicals

S Mutyala, JR Kim - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Acetate is a major byproduct of the bioconversion of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide,
pretreatment of lignocellulose biomass, and microbial fermentation. The utilization and …

Biological nanopores for sensing applications

M Zhang, C Chen, Y Zhang… - … : Structure, Function, and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biological nanopores are proteins with transmembrane pore that can be embedded in lipid
bilayer. With the development of single‐channel current measurement technologies …

ATP Synthase K+- and H+-Fluxes Drive ATP Synthesis and Enable Mitochondrial K+-“Uniporter” Function: I. Characterization of Ion Fluxes

M Juhaszova, E Kobrinsky, DB Zorov, HB Nuss… - Function, 2022 - academic.oup.com
ATP synthase (F1Fo) synthesizes daily our body's weight in ATP, whose production-rate can
be transiently increased several-fold to meet changes in energy utilization. Using purified …

Comparative Genomics of Members of the Genus Defluviicoccus With Insights Into Their Ecophysiological Importance

I Bessarab, AM Maszenan, MAS Haryono… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Members of the genus Defluviicoccus occur often at high abundances in activated sludge
wastewater treatment plants designed to remove phosphorus, where biomass is subjected …

Niche partitioning in the Rimicaris exoculata holobiont: the case of the first symbiotic Zetaproteobacteria

MA Cambon-Bonavita, J Aubé, V Cueff-Gauchard… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Free-living and symbiotic chemosynthetic microbial communities support
primary production and higher trophic levels in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The shrimp …

The substrate import mechanism of the human serotonin transporter

MC Chan, B Selvam, HJ Young, E Procko, D Shukla - Biophysical journal, 2022 - cell.com
The serotonin transporter (SERT) initiates the reuptake of extracellular serotonin in the
synapse to terminate neurotransmission. The cryogenic electron microscopy structures of …

Carboxylic Acid Transporters in Candida Pathogenesis

R Alves, M Sousa-Silva, D Vieira, P Soares, Y Chebaro… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Opportunistic pathogens such as Candida species can use carboxylic acids, like acetate
and lactate, to survive and successfully thrive in different environmental niches. These …

Distinct substrate transport mechanism identified in homologous sugar transporters

KJ Cheng, B Selvam, LQ Chen… - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
SWEETs and their prokaryotic counterparts SemiSWEETs were recently classified as
transporters that translocate sugar across cellular membranes. SemiSWEETs are commonly …

Failure to maintain acetate homeostasis by acetate-activating enzymes impacts plant development

X Fu, H Yang, F Pangestu, BJ Nikolau - Plant Physiology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The metabolic intermediate acetyl-CoA links anabolic and catabolic processes and
coordinates metabolism with cellular signaling by influencing protein acetylation. In this …