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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Flexible nitrogen utilisation by the metabolic generalist pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Aleksandra Agapova, Agnese Serafini ... Luiz Pedro Sório de Carvalho
    Metabolomics and stable isotope labelling studies of virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveal a de-centralised metabolic network able to utilise various amino acids as nitrogen sources to a better extent than ammonium.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Cysteine dioxygenase 1 is a metabolic liability for non-small cell lung cancer

    Yun Pyo Kang, Laura Torrente ... Gina M DeNicola
    By increasing intracellular cysteine levels, NRF2 engages a tumor suppressive metabolic pathway mediated by cysteine dioxygenase 1.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    O-GlcNAc signaling increases neuron regeneration through one-carbon metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Dilip Kumar Yadav, Andrew C Chang ... Christopher V Gabel
    The specific metabolic pathways that increase neuron regeneration in ogt-1 mutant C. elegans following in vivo laser axotomy, highlighting the potential power for such metabolic targets in the treatment of neuronal injury.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Functional reconstitution of a bacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism in Escherichia coli

    Avi I Flamholz, Eli Dugan ... David F Savage
    A bacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism enables Escherichia coli to fix CO2 from ambient air into biomass.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

    SIRT1 regulates sphingolipid metabolism and neural differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells through c-Myc-SMPDL3B

    Wei Fan, Shuang Tang ... Xiaoling Li
    SIRT1, a cellular metabolic sensor, transcriptionally promotes sphingomyelin degradation in embryonic stem cells, which in turn modulates their membrane fluidity and neural differentiation.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    On the flexibility of the cellular amination network in E coli

    Helena Schulz-Mirbach, Alexandra Müller ... Steffen N Lindner
    The amination network for the distribution of assimilated ammonium throughout metabolism is defined by promiscuous transaminases, allowing a high flexibility of the network that supported engineering novel connections and even alternative ammonium assimilation entry points.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Hydrogen sulfide blocks HIV rebound by maintaining mitochondrial bioenergetics and redox homeostasis

    Virender Kumar Pal, Ragini Agrawal ... Amit Singh
    A gaseous signaling molecule hydrogen sulfide stimulates mitochondrial bioenergetics, maintains glutathione redox poise, and suppresses ROS to subvert viral rebound in latently infected CD4+ T cells from HIV subjects.
    1. Computational and Systems Biology

    Metabolic network percolation quantifies biosynthetic capabilities across the human oral microbiome

    David B Bernstein, Floyd E Dewhirst, Daniel Segrè
    A novel metabolic network analysis method enables large-scale computational predictions of biosynthetic capabilities across the human oral microbiome, revealing a unique cluster of fastidious microorganisms and potential metabolic interdependencies.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

    Dithiothreitol causes toxicity in C. elegans by modulating the methionine–homocysteine cycle

    Gokul G, Jogender Singh
    The redox reagent dithiothreitol causes toxicity by depleting S-adenosylmethionine levels, and dietary vitamin B12 could alleviate this toxicity via the methionine synthase enzyme.