Plants are green because of a pigment that is key to photosynthesis: chlorophyll. In its production, the enzyme chlorophyll ...

Renal anemia (RA) is a common complication associated with chronic kidney diseases. Its pathological mechanism is attributed to the combined effects of insufficient production of erythropoietin by the ...

Our work provides insights into how cells solve the problem of trafficking a toxic metal, nickel, to the active site of urease. Colonization of Helicobacter pylori in acidic human stomach requires the ...

Catalytic enzymes exhibiting enhanced motion have drawn extensive attention over the past decade; nevertheless, little is known about the effect on the environment induced by enzymes. Herein, we ...

Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common disorder of gut–brain interaction, affecting approximately 7% of individuals in the community, with most patients managed in primary care. The last British ...

Soil microbial carbon utilization efficiency (CUE) is the efficiency with which microorganisms convert absorbed carbon (C) into their own biomass C, also referred to as microorganism growth efficiency ...

Pogostemon cablin is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that is frequently used to treat various gastrointestinal diseases. Patchouli alcohol (PA), a compound extracted from the Pogostemon cablin, ...

Objective Altered bacterial composition is associated with disease progression in cirrhosis but the role of virome, especially phages, is unclear. Design Cross-sectional and pre/post rifaximin cohorts ...

Metallodrugs have been widely used as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Understanding their mechanisms of action may lead to advances in rational drug design. However, to achieve this, diversified ...

Ni et al. used shotgun metagenomic and metabolomic analysis of fecal samples from pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease. They demonstrated an association between disease severity, gut dysbiosis, and ...