Site-specific activation of the proton pump inhibitor rabeprazole by tetrathiolate zinc centres
Proton pump inhibitors have become top-selling drugs worldwide. Serendipitously discovered as prodrugs that are activated by protonation in acidic …
Tag: Mechanism of action
Correcting mitochondrial loss mitigates NOTCH1-related aortopathy in mice
Loss-of-function mutations in NOTCH1 were previously linked to thoracic aortopathy, a condition for which non-surgical treatment options are…
Cholecystokinin-induced satiety, a key gut servomechanism that is affected by the membrane microenvironment of this receptor
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract has a central role in nutritional homeostasis, as location for food ingestion, digestion and absorption, with the g…
Vastly different energy landscapes of the membrane insertions of monomeric gasdermin D and A3
Gasdermin D and gasdermin A3 belong to the same family of pore-forming proteins and executors of pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death. To un…