BACKGROUND: In all living organisms, DNA replication is exquisitely regulated in a wide range of growth conditions to achieve timely and accurate genome duplication prior to cell division. Failures in this regulation cause DNA damage with potentially disastrous consequences ...
The evolution of new enzymatic functions is constrained and guided by the architecture of an organism’s metabolic and regulatory networks and environmental constraints. Here, we identify a kinase that has evolved from pyruvate phosphate dikinase. Through biochemical and systems-lev...
Background: Aconitum kusnezoffii Reichb. is a commonly used medicinal herb in Mongolian medicine, a branch of traditional Chinese medicine. Processing A. kusnezoffii with a decoction of Terminalia chebula Retz. represents a characteristic and widely applied detoxification method in Mongolian medi...