Foci-forming regions of pyruvate kinase and enolase at the molecular surface incorporate proteins into yeast cytoplasmic metabolic enzymes transiently assembling (META) bodies. by Ryotaro Utsumi, Yuki Murata, Sayoko Ito-Harashima, Misaki Akai, Natsuko Miura, Kouichi Kuroda, Mitsuyoshi Ueda, Michihiko Kataoka

“…Spatial reorganization of metabolic enzymes to form the "metabolic enzymes transiently assembling (META) body" is increasingly recognized as a mechanism contributing to regulation of cellular metabolism in response to environmental changes. …”
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Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Extracellular Electron Transfer: The Importance of Multiheme Cytochromes by Catarina M. Paquete, Leonor Morgado, Carlos A. Salgueiro, Ricardo O. Louro

“…In numerous electroactive organisms, these proteins form a conductive pathway that allows electrons produced from cellular metabolism to be transferred across the cell surface for the reduction of an electrode, or vice-versa. …”
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Impact of EcSOD Perturbations in Cancer Progression by Brianne R. O’Leary, Rory S. Carroll, Garett J. Steers, Jennifer Hrabe, Frederick E. Domann, Joseph J. Cullen

“…Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a normal byproduct of cellular metabolism and are required components in cell signaling and immune responses. …”
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Intraspecific variation in oxidative stress tolerance in a model cnidarian: Differences in peroxide sensitivity between and within populations of Nematostella vectensis. by Lauren E Friedman, Thomas D Gilmore, John R Finnerty

“…N. vectensis populations are continually exposed to reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated during cellular metabolism and by other environmental factors. …”
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Imaging Techniques for Detecting Prokaryotic Viruses in Environmental Samples by Victoria Turzynski, Indra Monsees, Cristina Moraru, Alexander J. Probst

“…Prokaryotic viruses—bacteriophages and archaeal viruses—influence global biogeochemical cycles by shaping microbial communities through predation, through the effect of horizontal gene transfer on the host genome evolution, and through manipulating the host cellular metabolism. Imaging techniques have played an important role in understanding the biology and lifestyle of prokaryotic viruses. …”
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Role of Impaired Mitochondrial Dynamics Processes in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease by Alexander V. Blagov, Andrey V. Grechko, Nikita G. Nikiforov, Evgeny E. Borisov, Nikolay K. Sadykhov, Alexander N. Orekhov

“…Mitochondria are signaling organelles with a variety of functions ranging from energy production to the regulation of cellular metabolism, energy homeostasis, and response to stress. …”
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Occludin: a gatekeeper of brain Infection by HIV-1 by Silvia Torices, Leah Daire, Sierra Simon, Oandy Naranjo, Luisa Mendoza, Timea Teglas, Nikolai Fattakhov, Daniel Adesse, Michal Toborek

“…Recent evidence indicated occludin as a redox-sensitive, multifunctional protein that can act as both an NADH oxidase and influence cellular metabolism through AMPK kinase. One of the newly identified functions of occludin is its involvement in regulating HIV-1 infection. …”
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Antioxidant Activity of Total Phenols and Flavonoids Extracted from Echinops polyceras Roots Grown in Syria by Issa Al-Assaf, Mays Khazem

“…Free radicals are products of normal cellular metabolism, they are unstable, short-lived, and highly reactive and the excessive production of them may cause numerous degenerative diseases like cancer. …”
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HIV-1 replication and latency are balanced by mTOR-driven cell metabolism by Jacqueline M. Crater, Douglas F. Nixon, Robert L. Furler O’Brien

“…Thus, understanding and exploring new connections between cellular metabolism and HIV-1 pathogenesis may yield new insights into the latent viral reservoirs and fuel novel treatments and cure strategies.…”
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Architect: A tool for aiding the reconstruction of high-quality metabolic models through improved enzyme annotation. by Nirvana Nursimulu, Alan M Moses, John Parkinson

“…Constraint-based modeling is a powerful framework for studying cellular metabolism, with applications ranging from predicting growth rates and optimizing production of high value metabolites to identifying enzymes in pathogens that may be targeted for therapeutic interventions. …”
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The Role of Non-Coding RNAs in the Regulation of the Proto-Oncogene MYC in Different Types of Cancer by Ekaterina Mikhailovna Stasevich, Matvey Mikhailovich Murashko, Lyudmila Sergeevna Zinevich, Denis Eriksonovich Demin, Anton Markovich Schwartz

“…Overexpressed MYC has been shown to stimulate the main processes of oncogenesis: uncontrolled growth, unlimited cell divisions, avoidance of apoptosis and immune response, changes in cellular metabolism, genomic instability, metastasis, and angiogenesis. …”
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The role of N-myristoyltransferase 1 in tumour development by Hong Wang, Xin Xu, Jiayi Wang, Yongxia Qiao

“…In this review, we discuss the underlying mechanisms by which NMT1 is associated with tumour development from the perspective of oncogene signalling, involvement in cellular metabolism, and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Several NMT inhibitors used in cancer treatment are introduced. …”
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Fructose Causes Liver Damage, Polyploidy, and Dysplasia in the Setting of Short Telomeres and p53 Loss by Christopher Chronowski, Viktor Akhanov, Doug Chan, Andre Catic, Milton Finegold, Ergün Sahin

“…Recent studies have shown that telomere dysfunction impairs cellular metabolism, but whether and how these metabolic alterations contribute to liver fibrosis is not well understood. …”
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A study of a diauxic growth experiment using an expanded dynamic flux balance framework. by Emil Karlsen, Marianne Gylseth, Christian Schulz, Eivind Almaas

“…Flux balance analysis (FBA) remains one of the most used methods for modeling the entirety of cellular metabolism, and a range of applications and extensions based on the FBA framework have been generated. …”
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Connexins and Glucose Metabolism in Cancer by Jennifer C. Jones, Thomas M. Bodenstine

“…Moreover, connexins are able to mediate many aspects of cellular metabolism including the intercellular coupling of nutrients and signaling molecules. …”
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The role of hypoxia-inducible factors in tumor angiogenesis and cell metabolism by Xiu Lv, Jincheng Li, Chuhong Zhang, Tian Hu, Sai Li, Sha He, Hanxing Yan, Yixi Tan, Mingsheng Lei, Meiling Wen, Jianhong Zuo

“…HIF is frequently upregulated in solid tumors, and the overexpression of HIF can promote tumor progression or aggressiveness by blood vessel architecture and altering cellular metabolism. In this review, we focused on the pivotal role of HIF in tumor angiogenesis and energy metabolism. …”
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Metabolic Enzymes in Viral Infection and Host Innate Immunity by Chao Qin, Taolin Xie, Wayne Wei Yeh, Ali Can Savas, Pinghui Feng

“…Meanwhile, viruses hijack key cellular metabolic enzymes to reprogram metabolism, which generates the necessary biomolecules for viral replication. …”
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Approaches to Formaldehyde Measurement: From Liquid Biological Samples to Cells and Organisms by Fedor A. Lipskerov, Ekaterina V. Sheshukova, Tatiana V. Komarova

“…For a long time, FA was considered a “biochemical waste” and a by-product of normal cellular metabolism, but in recent decades the picture has changed. …”
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Microbiota-Derived Metabolites in Tumor Progression and Metastasis by Tania Rossi, Daniele Vergara, Francesca Fanini, Michele Maffia, Sara Bravaccini, Francesca Pirini

“…Microbial communities and human cells, through a dynamic crosstalk, maintain a mutualistic relationship that contributes to the maintenance of cellular metabolism and of the immune and neuronal systems. …”
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Dynamics of Mitochondrial Proteome and Acetylome in Glioblastoma Cells with Contrasting Metabolic Phenotypes by Diana Lashidua Fernández-Coto, Jeovanis Gil, Guadalupe Ayala, Sergio Encarnación-Guevara

“…Glioblastoma, a type of cancer affecting the central nervous system, is characterized by its poor prognosis and the dynamic alteration of its metabolic phenotype to fuel development and progression. Critical to cellular metabolism, mitochondria play a pivotal role, where the acetylation of lysine residues on mitochondrial enzymes emerges as a crucial regulatory mechanism of protein function. …”
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