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Interestingly, increasing concentrations of xylitol (up to 8 g L-1) appeared not to inhibit D-xylose consumption. The newly described XI displayed 2.6 times higher specific activity, 37% lower KM for D-xylose, and exhibited higher activity over a broader temperature range, retaining 51% of maximal activity at 30 °C compared with only 29% activity for the Piromyces XI.N-Acetylneuraminic acid is the most abundant sialic acid (SA) in humans and is expressed as the terminal sugar on intestinal mucus glycans. Several pathogenic bacteria harvest and display host SA on their own surfaces to evade Siglec-mediated host immunity. While previous studies have identified bacterial enzymes associated with SA catabolism, no reported methods permit the selective labeling, tracking, and quantitation of SA-presenting microbes within complex multi-microbial systems. We combined metabolic labeling, click chemistry, 16S rRNA gene, and whole-genome sequencing to track and identify SA-presenting microbes from a cultured human fecal microbiome. We isolated a new strain of Escherichia coli that incorporates SA onto its own surface and encodes for the nanT, neuA, and neuS genes necessary for harvesting and presenting SA. Our method is applicable to the identification of SA-presenting bacteria from human, animal, and environmental microbiomes, as well as providing an entry point for the investigation of surface-expressed SA-associated structures.Indigenous folk rice cultivars often possess remarkable but unrevealed potential in terms of nutritional attributes and biotic stress tolerance. The unique cooking qualities and blissful aroma of many of these landraces make it an attractive low-cost alternative to high priced Basmati rice. Sub-Himalayan Terai region is bestowed with great agrobiodiversity in traditional heirloom rice cultivars. In the present study, ninety-nine folk rice cultivars from these regions were collected, purified and characterized for morphological and yield traits. Based on traditional importance and presence of aroma, thirty-five genotypes were selected and analyzed for genetic diversity using micro-satellite marker system. The genotypes were found to be genetically distinct and of high nutritive value. The resistant starch content, amylose content, glycemic index and antioxidant potential of these genotypes represented wide variability and 'Kataribhog', 'Sadanunia', 'Chakhao' etc. were identified as promising genotypes in terms of different nutritional attributes. These cultivars were screened further for resistance against blast disease in field trials and cultivars like 'Sadanunia', 'T4M-3-5', 'Chakhao Sampark' were found to be highly resistant to the blast disease whereas 'Kalonunia', 'Gobindabhog', 'Konkanijoha' were found to be highly susceptible. Principal Component analysis divided the genotypes in distinct groups for nutritional potential and blast tolerance. The resistant and susceptible genotypes were screened for the presence of the blast resistant pi genes and association analysis was performed with disease tolerance. Finally, a logistic model based on phenotypic traits for prediction of the blast susceptibility of the genotypes is proposed with more than 80% accuracy.Time-of-day effects have been noted in a wide variety of cognitive behavioral tests, and perturbation of the circadian system, either at the level of the master clock in the SCN or downstream, impairs hippocampus-dependent learning and memory. A number of kinases, including the serine-threonine casein kinase 1 (CK1) isoforms CK1δ/ε, regulate the timing of the circadian period through post-translational modification of clock proteins. Modulation of these circadian kinases presents a novel treatment direction for cognitive deficits through circadian modulation. Here, we tested the potential for PF-670462, a small molecule inhibitor of CK1δ/ε, to improve cognitive performance in C57BL/6J mice in an array of behavioral tests. Compared to vehicle-treated mice tested at the same time of the circadian day, mice treated with PF-670462 displayed better recall of contextual fear conditioning, made fewer working memory errors in the radial arm water maze, and trained more efficiently in the Morris Water Maze. These benefits were accompanied by increased expression of activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc) in the amygdala in response to an acute learning paradigm. Our results suggest the potential utility of CK1δ/ε inhibition in improving time-of-day cognitive performance.Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors offer a significant clinical benefit for triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) with BRCA1/2 mutation. However, the narrow clinical indication limits the development of PARP inhibitors. Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibition sensitizes BRCA-proficient TNBC to PARP inhibition, which broadens the indication of PARP inhibitors. Previously researches have reported that PI3K inhibition induced the defect of homologous recombination (HR) mediated repair by downregulating the expression of BRCA1/2 and Rad51. However, the mechanism for their synergistic effects in the treatment of TNBC is still unclear. Herein, we focused on DNA damage, DNA single-strand breaks (SSBs) repair and DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) repair three aspects to investigate the mechanism of dual PI3K and PARP inhibition in DNA damage response. [https://www.selleckchem.com/products/aticaprant.html Aticaprant ic50] We found that dual PI3K and PARP inhibition with BKM120 and olaparib significantly reduced the proliferation of BRCA-proficient TNBC cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MDA231-LM2. BKM120 increased cellular ROS to cause DNA oxidative damage. Olaparib resulted in concomitant gain of PARP1, forkhead box M1 (FOXM1) and Exonuclease 1 (Exo1) while inhibited the activity of PARP. BKM120 downregulated the expression of PARP1 and PARP2 to assist olaparib in blocking PARP mediated repair of DNA SSBs. Meanwhile, BKM120 inhibited the expression of BRAC1/2 and Rad51/52 to block HR mediated repair through the PI3K/Akt/NFκB/c-Myc signaling pathway and PI3K/Akt/ FOXM1/Exo1 signaling pathway. BKM120 induced HR deficiency expanded the application of olaparib to HR proficient TNBCs. Our findings proved that PI3K inhibition impaired the repair of both DNA SSBs and DNA DSBs. FOXM1 and Exo1 are novel therapeutic targets that serves important roles in DNA damage response.