The biologically relevant coordination chemistry of iron and nitric oxide: electronic structure and reactivity

N Lehnert, E Kim, HT Dong, JB Harland… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that is involved in a wide range of
physiological and pathological events in biology. Metal coordination chemistry, especially …

Soluble GC stimulators and activators: Past, present and future

P Sandner, M Follmann… - British journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of soluble GC (sGC) stimulators and sGC activators provided valuable tools to
elucidate NO–sGC signalling and opened novel pharmacological opportunities for …

Improvement of cryo-EM maps by density modification

TC Terwilliger, SJ Ludtke, RJ Read, PD Adams… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
A density-modification procedure for improving maps from single-particle electron cryogenic
microscopy (cryo-EM) is presented. The theoretical basis of the method is identical to that of …

cGMP: a unique 2nd messenger molecule–recent developments in cGMP research and development

A Friebe, P Sandner, A Schmidtko - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of …, 2020 - Springer
Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) is a unique second messenger molecule formed
in different cell types and tissues. cGMP targets a variety of downstream effector molecules …

Activation mechanism of human soluble guanylate cyclase by stimulators and activators

R Liu, Y Kang, L Chen - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) is the receptor for nitric oxide (NO) in human. It is an
important validated drug target for cardiovascular diseases. sGC can be pharmacologically …

Small-angle X-ray scattering studies of enzymes

AS Byer, X Pei, MG Patterson, N Ando - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Enzyme function requires conformational changes to achieve substrate binding, domain
rearrangements, and interactions with partner proteins, but these movements are difficult to …

Nitric oxide signaling in ctenophores

LL Moroz, K Mukherjee, DY Romanova - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the most ancient and versatile signal molecules across all
domains of life. NO signaling might also play an essential role in the origin of animal …

Guanylate cyclase-C Signaling Axis as a theragnostic target in colorectal cancer: a systematic review of literature

M Piroozkhah, A Aghajani, P Jalali… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a devastating disease that affects millions of people
worldwide. Recent research has highlighted the crucial role of the guanylate cyclase-C (GC …

The diversification and lineage-specific expansion of nitric oxide signaling in Placozoa: insights in the evolution of gaseous transmission

LL Moroz, DY Romanova, MA Nikitin, D Sohn… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Nitric oxide (NO) is a ubiquitous gaseous messenger, but we know little about its early
evolution. Here, we analyzed NO synthases (NOS) in four different species of placozoans …

The cGMP system: Components and function

F Hofmann - Biological chemistry, 2020 - degruyter.com
The cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) signaling system is one of the most
prominent regulators of a variety of physiological and pathophysiological processes in many …