INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2023
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IF 8.2
Jing-Jing Liu,Zhan-Yi Wang,Bin-Bin Jiang,Shu-Qin Gao,Ying-Wu Lin
Nonenzymatic glycation and the subsequent accumulation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in proteins are factors underlying long-term pathogenesis in diabetes. The study of protein glycation is crucial for elucidating their relationship with diabetes mellitus and related disorders. This study explores the interaction between d -ribose and human myoglobin (HMb), as well as the protective effect of thymoquinone (TQ) on glycation. A time-dependent in-vitro glycation study was performed to investigate the mechanism of d -ribose-induced structural interference of HMb in the absence and presence of TQ. Spectroscopic and proteomic analysis indicated that the presence of TQ significantly reduced the total amount of AGEs while maintaining structural characteristics of HMb. 14 glycated sites on HMb were further identified via liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) after incubation with d -ribose for 12 h, predominantly interacting with lysine residues. TQ was found to disrupt this interaction, reducing the glycated sites from 14 to 12 sites and the percentage of glycated peptides from 26.50 % to 12.97 %. Additionally, there was a significant decrease in the degree of glycation at the same sites. In summary, our findings suggest that TQ has the potential to act as an anti-glycation agent and provide a comprehensive understanding underlying the inhibition mechanism of glycation.
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生物化学
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医学
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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2024
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IF 3.8
Dongbo Wang,Xuan Zhou,Yanbo Liu,Mingyang Chen,Dandan Han,Junbo Gong
With the rise of research on functional sugar, we found that preparing crystalline powders into spherical crystals will significantly improve quality, stability, appearance, and texture. In this work, d-ribose (D-RIB) spherical crystal aggregates were prepared for the first time. And D-RIB spherical crystal aggregates with superior filterability, flowability, and tap density can be prepared in ethanol, 1-propanol, and isopropanol. Specifically, we used ethanol as an example to reveal the formation mechanism of D-RIB spherical crystal aggregates: solvent-induced crystal defects, which in turn trigger noncrystallographic branching and further spherulite growth. Finally, a comparison of the properties of the D-RIB spherical crystal aggregates with those of commercially available products is given, demonstrating the fabrication of D-RIB spherulites with better tap density and flowability by solvent-induced noncrystallographic branching. This will provide a new insight into the preparation of high-quality D-RIB crystals.
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化学
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2020
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IF 6.215
You Zhou,Zhengyong Huang,Jian Li,Huijun Liao,Hanxiang Wang,Yu Wang,Guanglei Wu
A compound electrode of carbonaceous materials and NiCo 2 O 4 is extensively studied because of higher capacitance and better rate capability compared to those of pure NiCo 2 O 4 . However, the tedious preparation process, harsh synthesis condition, high consumption, and especially limited electrochemical property by using modifiers hinder its practical application. Herein, modifier-free electrodes (C/NiCo 2 O 4 ) with various morphologies based on D-ribose are successfully synthesized via a one-step hydrothermal-calcination method. D-ribose concurrently acts as carbon source and structure-directing agent. The structure of NiCo 2 O 4 changes from the nanosheets into nanowires after adding D-ribose. Each element is evenly distributed throughout C/NiCo 2 O 4 , significantly improving the electrical conductivity. Furthermore, there is a strong interaction between carbon and NiCo 2 O 4 , which keeps the structure stable. Benefiting from the structural characteristics, the C/NiCo 2 O 4 composites display the improved electrochemical performance. Remarkably, the maximum specific capacitance of C/NiCo 2 O 4 -2 is 1583.9 F g −1 at 2 A g −1 in 3 M KOH aqueous solution, and it exhibits remarkable rate capability of 1354.8 F g −1 even at 20 A g −1 . After 20,000 charge-discharge cycles at 20 A g −1 , a high capacity retention of 90.6% can be achieved. The C/NiCo 2 O 4 -2 is a promising electrode material for supercapacitor. In addition, a dynamic growth mechanism of C/NiCo 2 O 4 under the coordinate bond of metal ions with D-ribose is discussed in the paper.
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材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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Biotechnology Journal
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2024
·Vol. 19
·期 2
·2300748
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IF 3.2
Feng Peng,Jian Hong,Jie Cui,Ya-Ni An,Qian Guo,Qi Shen,Feng Cheng,Ya-Ping Xue,Yu-Guo Zheng
Enzymatic synthesis of β-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) from D-ribose has garnered widespread attention due to its cheap material, the use of mild reaction conditions, and the ability to produce highly pure products with the desired optical properties. However, the overall NMN yield of this method is impeded by the low activity of rate-limiting enzymes. The ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase (PRS) and nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT), that control the rate of the reaction, were engineered to improve the reaction efficacy. The actives of mutants PRS-H150Q and NAMPT-Y15S were 334% and 57% higher than that of their corresponding wild-type enzymes, respectively. Furthermore, by adding pyrophosphatase, the byproduct pyrophosphate which can inhibit the activity of NAMPT was degraded, leading to a 6.72% increase in NMN yield. Following with reaction-process reinforcement, a high yield of 8.10 g L −1 NMN was obtained after 3 h of reaction, which was 56.86-fold higher than that of the stepwise reaction synthesis (0.14 g L −1 ), indicating that the in vitro enzymatic synthesis of NMN from D-ribose and niacinamide is an economical and feasible route.
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生物化学
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Food Bioscience
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2024
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IF 4.8
Linhui Feng,Heping Cui,Khizar Hayat,Xiaoming Zhang,Chi-Tang Ho
The Amadori rearrangement product (GR-ARP) derived from glutathione/ribose mixture (GSH/Rib) was prepared through spray drying characterized by short-term high temperature dehydration. The water activity of spray-dried samples containing GR-ARP decreased continuously with an intensified degree of dehydration. Lower water activity (from 0.23 to 0.13) and higher GR-ARP yield (from 46.56% to 64.02%) in the spray-dried products were found with the increase of inlet temperature, the slowdown of feed speed, and the alkalization of stock solution. Moreover, during the spray drying and formation of powders, the intensified dissipation of bound water to free water promoted intermolecular condensation that compensated bound water, favoring the directed conversion of GSH/Rib into GR-ARP. Compared to rotary evaporation at 80 °C, spray drying enabled a stronger restraint of amide cleavage and sulfhydryl oxidation in GSH, which reduced the yield of GSH-derived byproducts by 16.39%. Thus, GR-ARP was achieved a peak yield of 64.02% at an initial pH of 7.00 based on more efficient intermolecular condensation and controlled side reactions of GSH when the inlet temperature was set at 170 °C. The spray-dried sample containing richer GR-ARP and other flavor precursors showed a more similar flavor profile to the heated GSH/Rib mixture (complete Maillard reaction products) than other GR-ARP-related thermal processing samples, such as vacuum-dehydrated, GR-ARP, GR-ARP + GSH, and GR-ARP + Rib samples, revealing a great potential of the ARP mixture prepared by spray drying for flavor enhancement.
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食品科学
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Catalysts
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 9
·997
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IF 4.501
Xingmiao Zhu,Pengcheng Chen,Pu Zheng
4-Hydroxy benzylideneacetone (4-HBA) is an organic synthesis intermediate and can be used as a precursor for the synthesis of raspberry ketone. Herein, 2-deoxy-D-ribose 5-phosphate aldolase (DERA) was overexpressed inE. coliBL21 (DE3) as an attractive catalyst for enzymatic aldol reactions. The aldol reaction between 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (4-HBD) and acetone to biosynthesize 4-HBA was catalyzed by whole-cellE. coliBL21 (DE3) (pRSF-Deoc). The yield and 4-HBA concentration were 92.8% and 111.35 mM, respectively, when using 120 mM 4-HBD and acetone as substrates. When the concentration of 4-HBD was increased to 480 mM, 376.4 mM 4-HBA was obtained by a fed-batch strategy with a yield of 78.4%, which was about a 28% improvement compared to the one-time addition strategy.E. coliBL21 (DE3) (pRSF-Deoc) cells were further immobilized withK-carrageenan, and the immobilized cells still maintained a residual activity of above 90% after 10 repeated uses. Our study provides a promising method of biosynthesizing 4-HBA.Keywords:4-hydroxybenzylideneacetone;2-deoxy-D-ribose 5-phosphate aldolases;whole-cell catalysis;fed-batch strategy;immobilized cells
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生物化学
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合成生物学
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Food & Function
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2024
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IF 5.1
Huanhuan Liu,Chunhong Yan,Yue Teng,Jian Guo,Chencheng Liang,Xiaodong Xia
Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an increasing health burden worldwide. Punicalagin, a bioactive component rich in pomegranate rind, has been shown to attenuate chemical or bacteria-induced experimental colitis in mice, but whether punicalagin exerts its function through modulating gut microbiota and metabolites remains unexplored. Results: Punicalagin (100 mg per kg per day) administered orally to mice alleviated dextran-sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis. Gut microbiota analyzed by 16S rRNA sequencing showed that punicalagin altered gut microbiota by increasing the Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136_group and Bifidobacterium abundance. To evaluate the effect of punicalagin-modulated microbiota and its metabolites in colitis mice, we transplanted fecal microbiota and sterile fecal filtrate (SFF) to mice treated with oral antibiotics. The results of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) demonstrated that punicalagin's anti-colitic effect is transferable by transplanting punicalagin-modulated gut microbiota and its metabolites. Additionally, we discovered that punicalagin-modulated sterile fecal filtrate also exhibits anti-colitis effects, as evidenced by improved intestinal barrier integrity and decreased inflammation. Subsequently, fecal metabolites were analyzed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The analysis revealed that punicalagin significantly increased the level of D-ribose. In vitro experiments showed that D-ribose has both anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Furthermore, D-ribose significantly mitigated DSS-induced colitis symptoms in mice. Conclusions: Overall, this study demonstrated that gut microbiota and its metabolites partly mediate the protective effect of punicalagin against DSS-induced colitis in mice. D-ribose is a key metabolite that contributes to the anti-colitic effect of punicalagin in mice.
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胃肠病学
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微生物学
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药理学
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Molecular Catalysis
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2024
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IF 3.9
Yuqiu Wu,Fanjin Meng,Jiaolong Fu,Yuyang Zhou,Huan Fan,Xin Ju,Liangzhi Li
D-xylose, a biomass derivative, is used as a substrate to generate D-xylulose and D-ribulose with high-added value through a cascade reaction. During this process, the thermal stability and catalytic efficiency of rate-limiting enzymes during cascade reactions are important issues that must be addressed in industrial applications. In this study, we prepared and validated PDA/SiO 2 microspheres as highly loaded immobilization carriers by oxidative self-polymerization of polydopamine (PDA) on silica (SiO 2 ) microspheres. D-xylose was successfully catalyzed by the co-immobilized D-5-phosphate ribose isomerase B (RpiB) and D-tagatose-3-epimerase (DTE), denoted PDA/SiO 2 -RpiB-DTE, to produce D-ribulose and D-xylulose. After immobilization, the K m of co-immobilized RpiB and DTE decreased, which suggested increased substrate affinity. The half-life of the co-immobilized enzymes was 3.5–8 fold higher than that of the free enzymes at 50–70 °C, and the inactivation rate constant was reduced, demonstrating that immobilization improved significantly the thermal stability. The conversion of D-xylose at 10 mM was 29.98% under optimal conditions, which contained 9.85% D-ribulose and 20.13% D-xylulose. PDA/SiO 2 -RpiB-DTE showed up to 89.10% initial enzyme activity after 3 recycle runs. The thermal stability and recovery aspects were improved by immobilization, which facilitates the use of biomass to produce high-value-added products and further exploitation.
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生物技术
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2023
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IF 13.6
Guangrong Sun,Han Yeong Kaw,Meijiao Zhou,Pei Guo,Lizhong Zhu,Wei Wang
Identification of emerging disinfection byproducts (DBPs) of health relevance is important to uncover the health risk of drinking water observed in epidemiology studies. In this study, mutagenic chlorinated nucleotides were proposed as potential DBPs in drinking water, and the formation and transformation pathways of these DBPs in chlorination of nucleotides were carefully investigated. A total of eleven chlorinated nucleotides and analogs were provisionally identified as potential DBPs, such as monochloro uridine/cytidine/adenosine acid and dichloro cytidine acid, and the formation mechanisms involved chlorination, decarbonization, hydrolysis, oxidation and decarboxylation . The active sites of nucleotides that reacted with chlorine were on the aromatic heterocyclic rings of nucleobases, and the carbon among the two nitrogen atoms in the nucleobases tended to be transformed into carboxyl group or be eliminated, further forming ring-opening or reorganization products. Approximately 0.2–4.0 % (mol/mol) of these chlorinated nucleotides and analogs finally decomposed to small-molecule aliphatic DBPs, primarily including haloacetic acids, trichloromethane, and trichloroacetaldehyde. Eight intermediates, particularly chlorinated imino- D -ribose and imino- D -ribose, were tentatively identified in chlorination of uridine. This study provides the first set of preliminary evidence for indicating the promising occurrence of chlorinated nucleotides and analogs as potential toxicological-relevant DBPs after disinfection of drinking water.
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环境科学
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水处理
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毒理学
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化学
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Polymers
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2024
·Vol. 16
·期 11
·1538
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IF 4.7
Boxuan Yao,Long Gu,Li Huang,Ruichun Li,Ze Fan,Zhongxiang Chen,Dongli Qin,Lei Gao
In this study, a highly efficient magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer nanocomposite material was prepared using multi-walled carbon nanotubes as carriers. The characterization of the obtained nanocomposite material was conducted using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, a vibrating sample magnetometer, a thermogravimetric analyzer, a scanning electron microscope, and a transmission electron microscope. The adsorption properties of the nanocomposite material were evaluated through adsorption experiments, including static adsorption, dynamic adsorption, and selective recognition studies. The prepared nanocomposite material, serving as a selective adsorbent, was applied in magnetic solid-phase extraction. Subsequently, the derivatized samples were analyzed for glucose in fish serum using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Under optimal conditions, the detection limit was 0.30 ng/mL, the quantitation limit was 0.99 ng/mL, satisfactory spiked recovery rates were obtained, and the relative standard deviation was less than 1.1%. Using 2-deoxy-D-ribose as the template molecule and a structural analog of glucose allowed us to eliminate the potential template leakage in qualitative and quantitative analyses, effectively avoiding the issues of false positives and potential quantitative errors, compared to traditional methods. A method for detecting glucose levels in fish serum based on molecularly imprinted polymer technology has been successfully developed to determine the stress and health levels of fish.
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分析化学
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材料科学
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生物化学
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环境科学
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水产养殖
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Foods
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2025
·Vol. 14
·期 23
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IF 5.1
Lili Zhao,Mengrong Chen,Chunjing Fu,Tao Pan,Qiling Chen
Microorganism employs sophisticated strategies to adapt to acidic environments, with transcription factors occupying pivotal nodes within their hierarchical regulatory networks. In this study, we performed functional characterization of the AraR transcription factor LP_RS14895 via integrated multiomics approaches. RNA sequencing revealed 40 acid-responsive targets that were enriched in pathways related to pentose/glucuronate interconversions and amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism. A genome-wide binding analysis via DAP-seq identified 1279 interaction sites and the most significantly enriched motif is “ARCCMATMAHC”. The results revealed that AraR plays a crucial role in regulating acid tolerance and metabolizable sugar (including arabinose, glucose, fructose, ribose, mannose, and trehalose). Overall, these findings offer mechanistic insights into microbial stress responses and provide a valuable method for addressing inhibitory processes of carbohydrate metabolizability under high-acid conditions.
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微生物学
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分子生物学
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系统生物学
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代谢工程
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应激生理学
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BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
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2026
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IF 7
Die Gao,Zhengyu Guo,Hui Ma,Huimin Cao,Leiyu Liu,Jingliang Xu,Shen Zhang
Xylose, a primary sugar component of lignocellulosic biomass, is isomers or epimers of many high-value or rare added pentose. Traditional utilization of xylose predominantly involves dehydration to furfural or hydrogenation to xylitol. In this work, we prepared a carbon-supported molybdenum disulfide catalyst (MoS 2 @C) via a hydrothermal pretreatment, which facilities multi-step isomerization of xylose toward three high-value monosaccharides: lyxose, arabinose, and ribose. NH 3 -TPD and EPR characterizations proved that abundant MoS 2 and S vacancy sites are generated on carbon surface. S 2− species function as Lewis basic sites to stabilize key intermediates and facilitates hydrogen transfer. These dual-functional sites jointly promote a sequential isomerization and epimerization of xylose pathways. Multi-isomerization process of xylose was occurred by MoS 2 @C at 120°C. The isomers and epimers including lyxose (20.06%), arabinose (15.87%), and ribose (10.84%) were obtained in water. A multi-step reaction sequence includes sequential 1,2-hydrogen migration and carbon skeleton rearrangement, leading to synthesis of arabinose and ribose. Furthermore, a mechanistic hypothesis for multi-isomerization process of xylose by MoS 2 @Carbon catalyst was proposed, sulfur species promote hydrogen transfer and carbon rearrangement through nucleophilic attack and vacancy-assisted mechanisms. This study provides an effective catalyst design strategy and mechanistic basis for the conversion of xylose into high-value products using molybdenum disulfide.
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