Communications Biology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
6(1)
Published: March 16, 2023
Abstract
Bacterial
antibiotic
resistance
is
a
global
health
concern
of
increasing
importance
and
intensive
study.
Although
biofilms
are
common
source
infections
in
clinical
settings,
little
known
about
the
development
within
biofilms.
Here,
we
use
experimental
evolution
to
compare
selection
mutations
planktonic
biofilm
Escherichia
coli
populations
exposed
clinically
relevant
cycles
lethal
treatment
with
aminoglycoside
amikacin.
Consistently,
sbmA
,
encoding
an
inner
membrane
peptide
transporter,
fusA
essential
elongation
factor
G,
rapidly
selected
biofilms,
but
not
cells.
This
due
combination
enhanced
mutation
rate,
increased
adhesion
capacity
protective
biofilm-associated
tolerance.
These
results
show
that
environment
favors
rapid
provide
new
insights
into
dynamic
Briefings in Bioinformatics,
Journal Year:
2017,
Volume and Issue:
20(4), P. 1160 - 1166
Published: Aug. 7, 2017
This
article
describes
several
features
in
the
MAFFT
online
service
for
multiple
sequence
alignment
(MSA).
As
a
result
of
recent
advances
sequencing
technologies,
huge
numbers
biological
sequences
are
available
and
need
MSAs
with
large
is
increasing.
To
extract
biologically
relevant
information
from
such
data,
sophistication
algorithms
necessary
but
not
sufficient.
Intuitive
interactive
tools
experimental
biologists
to
semiautomatically
handle
data
becoming
important.
We
working
on
development
toward
these
two
directions.
Here,
we
explain
(i)
Web
interface
recently
developed
options
(ii)
usage
refine
sets
MSAs.
Bioinformatics,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
34(14), P. 2490 - 2492
Published: Feb. 28, 2018
Abstract
Summary
We
report
an
update
for
the
MAFFT
multiple
sequence
alignment
program
to
enable
parallel
calculation
of
large
numbers
sequences.
The
G-INS-1
option
was
recently
reported
have
higher
accuracy
than
other
methods
data,
but
this
method
has
been
impractical
most
large-scale
analyses,
due
requirement
computational
resources.
introduce
a
scalable
variant,
G-large-INS-1,
which
equivalent
and
is
applicable
50
000
or
more
Availability
implementation
This
feature
available
in
versions
7.355
later
at
https://mafft.cbrc.jp/alignment/software/mpi.html.
Supplementary
information
data
are
Bioinformatics
online.
Nucleic Acids Research,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 25, 2019
Here,
we
describe
a
web
server
that
integrates
structural
alignments
with
the
MAFFT
multiple
sequence
alignment
(MSA)
tool.
For
this
purpose,
have
prepared
web-based
Database
of
Aligned
Structural
Homologs
(DASH),
which
provides
at
domain
and
chain
levels
for
all
proteins
in
Protein
Data
Bank
(PDB),
can
be
queried
interactively
or
by
simple
REST-like
API.
MAFFT-DASH
integration
invoked
single
flag
on
either
(https://mafft.cbrc.jp/alignment/server/)
command-line
versions
MAFFT.
In
our
benchmarks
using
878
cases
from
BAliBase,
HomFam,
OXFam,
Mattbench
SISYPHUS
datasets,
showed
10–20%
improvement
over
standard
MSA
problems
weak
similarity,
terms
Sum-of-Pairs
(SP),
measure
how
well
program
succeeds
aligning
input
sequences
comparison
to
reference
alignment.
When
were
supplemented
homologous
sequences,
further
was
observed.
Potential
applications
DASH
beyond
enrichment
include
functional
annotation
through
detection
remote
homology
assembly
template
libraries
modeling.
Science,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
374(6569)
Published: Nov. 11, 2021
A
closer
look
at
centromeres
Centromeres
are
key
for
anchoring
chromosomes
to
the
mitotic
spindle,
but
they
have
been
difficult
sequence
because
can
contain
many
repeating
DNA
elements.
These
repeats,
however,
carry
regularly
spaced,
distinctive
markers
of
heterogeneity
between
mostly,
not
completely,
identical
repeats.
Such
differences
aid
assembly.
Naish
et
al
.
used
ultra-long-read
sequencing
establish
a
reference
assembly
that
resolves
all
five
in
small
mustard
plant
Arabidopsis
Their
view
into
subtly
homogenized
world
reveals
retrotransposons
interrupt
centromere
organization
and
repressive
methylation
excludes
from
meiotic
crossover
repair.
Thus,
evolve
under
opposing
forces
homogenization
retrotransposon
disruption.
—PJH
Journal of Biological Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
294(44), P. 15973 - 15986
Published: Sept. 9, 2019
Glycoside
hydrolase
family
(GH)
16
comprises
a
large
and
taxonomically
diverse
of
glycosidases
transglycosidases
that
adopt
common
β-jelly-roll
fold
are
active
on
range
terrestrial
marine
polysaccharides.
Presently,
broadly
insightful
sequence–function
correlations
in
GH16
hindered
by
lack
systematic
subfamily
structure.
To
fill
this
gap,
we
have
used
highly
scalable
protein
sequence
similarity
network
analysis
to
delineate
nearly
23,000
sequences
into
23
robust
subfamilies,
which
strongly
supported
hidden
Markov
model
maximum
likelihood
molecular
phylogenetic
analyses.
Subsequent
evaluation
over
40
experimental
three-dimensional
structures
has
highlighted
key
tertiary
structural
differences,
predominantly
manifested
active-site
loops,
dictate
substrate
specificity
across
the
evolutionary
landscape.
As
for
other
GH
families
(i.e.
GH5,
GH13,
GH43),
new
classification
provides
roadmap
functional
glycogenomics
will
guide
future
bioinformatics
structure–function
The
is
publicly
available
CAZy
database.
workflow
here,
SSNpipe,
freely
from
GitHub.
Nature Genetics,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
55(7), P. 1221 - 1231
Published: June 15, 2023
Abstract
A
complete
telomere-to-telomere
(T2T)
finished
genome
has
been
the
long
pursuit
of
genomic
research.
Through
generating
deep
coverage
ultralong
Oxford
Nanopore
Technology
(ONT)
and
PacBio
HiFi
reads,
we
report
here
a
assembly
maize
with
each
chromosome
entirely
traversed
in
single
contig.
The
2,178.6
Mb
T2T
Mo17
base
accuracy
over
99.99%
unveiled
structural
features
all
repetitive
regions
genome.
There
were
several
super-long
simple-sequence-repeat
arrays
having
consecutive
thymine–adenine–guanine
(TAG)
tri-nucleotide
repeats
up
to
235
kb.
entire
nucleolar
organizer
region
26.8
array
2,974
45S
rDNA
copies
revealed
enormously
complex
patterns
duplications
transposon
insertions.
Additionally,
assemblies
ten
centromeres
enabled
us
precisely
dissect
repeat
compositions
both
CentC-rich
CentC-poor
centromeres.
represents
major
step
forward
understanding
complexity
highly
recalcitrant
higher
plant
genomes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
117(19), P. 10414 - 10421
Published: April 29, 2020
The
rise
of
oxygen
on
the
early
Earth
about
2.4
billion
years
ago
reorganized
redox
cycle
harmful
metal(loids),
including
that
arsenic,
which
doubtlessly
imposed
substantial
barriers
to
physiology
and
diversification
life.
Evaluating
adaptive
biological
responses
these
environmental
challenges
is
inherently
difficult
because
paucity
fossil
records.
Here
we
applied
molecular
clock
analyses
13
gene
families
participating
in
principal
pathways
arsenic
resistance
cycling,
explore
nature
biogeocycles
decipher
feedbacks
associated
with
planetary
oxygenation.
Our
results
reveal
advent
nascent
systems
under
anoxic
environment
predating
Great
Oxidation
Event
(GOE),
primary
function
detoxifying
reduced
compounds
were
abundant
Archean
environments.
To
cope
increased
toxicity
oxidized
species
occurred
as
built
up
Earth's
atmosphere,
found
parts
preexisting
detoxification
for
trivalent
arsenicals
merged
newly
emerged
originated
via
convergent
evolution.
Further
expansion
was
made
feasible
by
incorporation
oxygen-dependent
enzymatic
into
network.
These
genetic
innovations,
together
other
redox-sensitive
metals,
provided
organisms
novel
mechanisms
adaption
changes
global
a
consequence
GOE.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
12(1)
Published: June 21, 2021
Bacterial
microcompartments
(BMCs)
are
organelles
that
segregate
segments
of
metabolic
pathways
which
incompatible
with
surrounding
metabolism.
BMCs
consist
a
selectively
permeable
shell,
composed
three
types
structurally
conserved
proteins,
together
sequestered
enzymes
vary
among
functionally
distinct
BMCs.
Genes
encoding
shell
proteins
typically
clustered
those
for
the
encapsulated
enzymes.
Here,
we
report
number
identifiable
BMC
loci
has
increased
twenty-fold
since
last
comprehensive
census
2014,
and
doubled.
The
new
expand
range
compartmentalized
catalysis
suggest
there
is
more
biochemistry
yet
to
be
discovered.
Our
catalog
provides
framework
their
identification,
correlation
bacterial
niche
adaptation,
experimental
characterization,
development
BMC-based
nanoarchitectures
biomedical
bioengineering
applications.