BACKGROUND: Plants exhibit wide chemical diversity due to the production of specialized metabolites that function as pollinator attractants, defensive compounds, and signaling molecules. Lamiaceae (mints) are known for their chemodiversity and have been cultivated for use as culi...

Megasphaera hexanoica KCCM 43214T, isolated from cow rumen, is capable of producing medium-chain carboxylic acids such as n-caproate and n-caprylate. In this study, we present a high-quality genome assembly, along with intracellular metabolomic profiling and pangenomic an...

Mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation (FAO) is essential for energy production and cellular homeostasis, yet its specific role in sperm function has remained unclear. Through whole-exome sequencing of 673800 patients with asthenozoospermia, we identified biallelic TEX44 variants in six individuals...

Broad-spectrum metabolomic analyses reveal that DBD markedly modulates the nematode’s metabolic profile. DBD enhances the activation of transcription factors DAF-16/FOXO and SKN-1/Nrf2, increasing resistance to oxidative and thermal stress. These findings suggest that DBD possesses multi-target t...

Piper sarmentosum Roxb. is a significant medicinal and edible plant, and its active compound piperlongumine (PL) has garnered attention due to its pharmacological activities, including anticancer and anti-inflammatory effects. However, the key enzymes and regulatory mechanisms of its biosynt...