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Back to the basics: the molecular blueprint of plant heat stress transcription factors. 回到基础：植物热胁迫转录因子的分子蓝图。

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Biological Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-04-14 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2025-0115

Sotirios Fragkostefanakis, Enrico Schleiff, Klaus-Dieter Scharf

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The proteostasis burden of aneuploidy. 非整倍体的蛋白质抑制负担。

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Biological Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-04-14 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2024-0163

Prince Saforo Amponsah, Zuzana Storchová

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A CK2α' mutant indicating why CK2α and CK2α', the isoforms of the catalytic subunit of human protein kinase CK2, deviate in affinity to CK2β. 人类蛋白激酶CK2催化亚基的同工型CK2α和CK2α′对CK2β的亲和力偏离的原因是CK2α突变体。

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Biological Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-04-14 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2024-0157

Christian Werner, Sophia Eimermacher, Hugo Harasimowicz, Dietmar Fischer, Markus Pietsch, Karsten Niefind

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The nascent polypeptide-associated complex (NAC) as regulatory hub on ribosomes. 新生多肽相关复合体（NAC）作为核糖体的调控中心。

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Biological Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2025-0114

Laurenz Rabl, Elke Deuerling

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Unclogging of the TOM complex under import stress. 在进口压力下疏通TOM复合体。

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Biological Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2025-0110

Joshua Jackson, Thomas Becker

{"title":"Unclogging of the TOM complex under import stress.","authors":"Joshua Jackson, Thomas Becker","doi":"10.1515/hsz-2025-0110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/hsz-2025-0110","url":null,"abstract":"Mitochondrial functions and biogenesis depend on the import of more than 1,000 proteins which are synthesized as precursor proteins on cytosolic ribosomes. Mitochondrial protein translocases sort the precursor proteins into the mitochondrial sub-compartments: outer and inner membrane, the intermembrane space and the matrix. The translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane (TOM complex) constitutes the major import site for most of these precursor proteins. Defective protein translocases, premature folding of the precursor, or depletion of the membrane potential can cause clogging of the TOM channel by a precursor protein. This clogging impairs further protein import and leads to accumulation of precursor proteins in the cell that perturbates protein homeostasis, leading to proteotoxic stress in the cell. Therefore, unclogging of the translocon is critical for maintaining mitochondrial and cellular function. Ubiquitylation and AAA-ATPases play a central role in the extraction of the precursor proteins to deliver them to the proteasome for degradation. Here we summarize our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that remove such translocation-stalled precursor proteins from the translocation channel to regenerate the TOM complex for protein import.","PeriodicalId":8885,"journal":{"name":"Biological Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143727981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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GPI-anchored serine proteases: essential roles in development, homeostasis, and disease. gpi锚定丝氨酸蛋白酶：在发育、体内平衡和疾病中的重要作用。

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Biological Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-03-17 Print Date: 2025-01-29 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2024-0135

Joseph G Lundgren, Michael G Flynn, Karin List

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Unfolded protein responses in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. 莱茵衣藻对未折叠蛋白的响应。

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Biological Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2025-0101

Sarah Gabelmann, Michael Schroda

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How neurons cope with oxidative stress. 神经元如何应对氧化应激。

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Biological Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2024-0146

Johannes Ebding, Fiorella Mazzone, Stefan Kins, Jan Pielage, Tanja Maritzen

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Broadened substrate specificity of bacterial dipeptidyl-peptidase 7 enables release of half of all dipeptide combinations from peptide N-termini. 细菌二肽基肽酶7扩大了底物特异性，使一半的二肽组合从肽n端释放出来。

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Biological Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Print Date: 2025-01-29 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2024-0156

Kana Shirakura, Takayuki K Nemoto, Yuko Ohara Nemoto, Haruka Nishimata, Momo Sawase, Yu Shimoyama, Manami Nakasato-Suzuki, Kiyoshi Ito, Naomi Tanoue

{"title":"Broadened substrate specificity of bacterial dipeptidyl-peptidase 7 enables release of half of all dipeptide combinations from peptide N-termini.","authors":"Kana Shirakura, Takayuki K Nemoto, Yuko Ohara Nemoto, Haruka Nishimata, Momo Sawase, Yu Shimoyama, Manami Nakasato-Suzuki, Kiyoshi Ito, Naomi Tanoue","doi":"10.1515/hsz-2024-0156","DOIUrl":"10.1515/hsz-2024-0156","url":null,"abstract":"Dipeptide production mediated by dipeptidyl-peptidase (DPP)4, DPP5, DPP7, and DPP11 plays a crucial role in growth of Porphyromonas gingivalis, a periodontopathic asaccharolytic bacterium. Given the particular P1-position specificity of DPPs, it has been speculated that DPP5 or DPP7 might be responsible for degrading refractory P1 amino acids, i.e., neutral (Thr, His, Gly, Ser, Gln) and hydrophilic (Asn) residues. The present results identified DPP7 as an entity that processes these residues, thus ensuring complete production of nutritional dipeptides in the bacterium. Activity enhancement by the P1' residue was observed in DPP7, as well as DPP4 and DPP5. Toward the refractory P1 residues, DPP7 uniquely hydrolyzed HX|LD-MCA (X = His, Gln, or Asn) and their hydrolysis was most significantly suppressed in dpp7 gene-disrupted cells. Additionally, hydrophobic P2 residue significantly enhanced DPP7 activity toward these substrates. The findings propose a comprehensive 20 P1 × 20 P2 amino acid matrix showing the coordination of four DPPs to achieve complete dipeptide production along with subsidiary peptidases. The present finding of a broad substrate specificity that DPP7 accounts for releasing 48 % (192/400) of N-terminal dipeptides could implicate its potential role in linking periodontopathic disease to related systemic disorders.","PeriodicalId":8885,"journal":{"name":"Biological Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"51-64"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143363482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Protein kinase CK2 contributes to glucose homeostasis. 蛋白激酶CK2有助于葡萄糖稳态。

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Biological Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2024-0158

Claudia Götz, Mathias Montenarh

{"title":"Protein kinase CK2 contributes to glucose homeostasis.","authors":"Claudia Götz, Mathias Montenarh","doi":"10.1515/hsz-2024-0158","DOIUrl":"10.1515/hsz-2024-0158","url":null,"abstract":"In the early days of CK2 research, it was already published that the affinity of CK2 for its substrate casein was affected by insulin. Subsequent to the discovery of inhibitors of CK2 kinase activity, it was shown that CK2 has an influence on hormones that regulate glucose homeostasis and on enzymes that influence glucose metabolism in pancreatic islet cells as well as in hormone-sensitive target cells. This regulation includes the influence on transcription factors and thereby, gene expression, as well as direct modulation of the catalytic activity. The used CK2 inhibitors, especially the older ones, show a broad range of specificity, selectivity and off-target effects. Recently applied methods to down-regulate the expression of individual CK2 subunits using siRNA or CRISPR/Cas9 technology have contributed to the improvement of specificity. It was shown that inhibition of CK2 kinase activity or knock-down or knock-out of CK2α leads to an elevated synthesis and secretion of insulin in pancreatic β-cells and a down-regulation of the synthesis and secretion of glucagon from pancreatic α-cells. In the present review CK2-dependent molecular mechanisms will be addressed which contribute to the maintenance of glucose homeostasis.","PeriodicalId":8885,"journal":{"name":"Biological Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143254548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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