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Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg
August 2025
Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan; OptoBioTechnology Research Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan. Electronic address:
Xenorhodopsin (XeR) is the first identified light-driven inward proton pump, exhibiting proton translocation vectoriality opposite to that of bacteriorhodopsin (BR)-a well-characterized outward proton pump rhodopsin. The molecular mechanism governing this vectoriality remains a fundamental question. A distinguishing feature of XeRs is the substitution of the second counterion (Asp212 in BR) with a proline residue located near the protonated retinal Schiff base (PRSB).
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August 2023
Department of Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences with Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Debowa Str. 23A, 80-204 Gdansk, Poland.
In this study, we investigated the occurrence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) in extended-spectrum β-lactamase- (ESBL) and/or AmpC-type β-lactamase-producing isolates from free-living birds in Poland. The prevalence of the gene was 63%, and the distribution of isolates in terms of bacterial species was as follows: 67% (22/33) corresponded to , 83% (5/6) to , 44% (4/9) to and 33% (1/3) to . The gene was also found in a single isolate of .
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September 2023
Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California. Electronic address:
Appl Environ Microbiol
February 2023
College of Life Science, South-Central Minzu University, Wuhan, China.
pTAND672-2, a 144-kb resident plasmid of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar strain TAND672, was sequenced and characterized. This extrachromosomal element carries mosquitocidal toxin-, conjugation-, and recombinase-encoding genes, together with a putative arbitrium system, a genetic module recently discovered in temperate phages controlling lysogeny-lysis transition and in mobile genetic elements (MGEs) where its function remains clarified. Using conjugation experiments, pTAND672-2 is shown to be a novel integrative and conjugative element (ICE), which can horizontally transfer from B.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlant J
May 2022
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON, M1C 1A4, Canada.
Water stress can severely impact plant growth, productivity and yield. Consequently, plants have evolved various strategies through which they can respond and adapt to their environment. XERICO (XER) is a stress-responsive RING E3 ubiquitin ligase that modulates abscisic acid (ABA) levels and promotes drought tolerance when overexpressed.
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