The present invention concerns a method for modulating the enzymatic activity of an enzyme, wherein said enzyme interacts with BMP, said method comprising the step of administering or inducing Hsp70, or a functional fragment or variant thereof, in a form suitable for allowing interaction between BMP and Hsp70, or said functional fragment or variant thereof, and thereby modulating the enzymatic activity of an enzyme interacting with BMP.

The present invention includes compositions, methods, and methods of making and using a polymer-encased nanodisc comprising: one or more integral membrane proteins in a lipid layer; and a polymer comprising zwitterionic styrene-maleic acid derivative repeating units that carry zero or nearly zero negative charge, and the polymer-encased nanodiscs.

Disclosed herein are Notch transcriptional activation complex kinase (“NACK”) inhibitors, and methods for their use in treating or preventing diseases, such as cancer. The inhibitors described herein include compounds of Formula (la) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein the substituents are as described.

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Provided are methods for isolating potent extracellular vesicle or exosome populations from mesenchymal stromal cells, and the use of the isolated extracellular vesicles or exosomes in treating vasculopathy, including pulmonary hypertension, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and disease and conditions associated with mitochondrial dysfunction.

The invention discloses a method for producing lysine by utilizing adsorption and immobilized fermentation of a recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum, wherein the recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum is constructed by simultaneously overexpressing an adenosine triphosphate ATPase while knocking out an extracellular nuclease ExeR in a Corynebacterium glutamicum. The recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum can effectively improve eDNA secretion of the Corynebacterium glutamicum and reduce eDNA degradation of the Corynebacterium glutamicum, so that the Corynebacterium glutamicum can be more easily adsorbed on a surface of a solid carrier for immobilized fermentation, such that a yield of continuous immobilized fermentation of the Corynebacterium glutamicum is increased by 49.67% than that of free fermentation of an original bacterium, and a fermentation cycle is shortened by 29.17%.

Engineered systems comprising components of defense systems identified in prokaryotes are provided.

The present invention concerns a DNA-replication-associated (Rep) protein comprising an amino acid sequence as depicted in SEQ ID NO: 11 or 12; (b) a fragment of SEQ ID NOs:11 or 12 which is capable of binding an anti-Rep antibody specific for a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 11 or 12; or (c) an amino acid sequence having a 90% or more homology to the amino acid sequence of (a) or (b) and is capable of binding an anti-Rep antibody specific for a protein having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs:11 or 12. The present invention further concerns a method of diagnosing MS or a predisposition for MS and a kit for use in such methods.

The present invention includes compositions, methods, and methods of making and using a polymer-encased nanodisc comprising: one or more integral membrane proteins in a lipid layer; and a polymer comprising zwitterionic styrene-maleic acid derivative repeating units that carry zero or nearly zero negative charge, and the polymer-encased nanodiscs.

A gene RNAi vector is constructed with a V-ATPase subunit E gene fragment, a COO2 gene fragment, or a combination of the V-ATPase subunit E gene fragment and the COO2 gene fragment, then transferred into a plant, and expressed in the plant to produce dsRNA of the V-ATPase subunit E gene, the COO2 gene, or the combination of the V-ATPase subunit E gene and the COO2 double gene, and therefore the aphid growth is suppressed, and the plant is enhanced in pest resistance.

Disclosed herein are genetically modified microorganisms and related methods for enhanced utilization of oligosaccharides and improved productivity of compounds derived from the metabolism of the oligosaccharides. The microorganisms described herein have altered activities of plasma membrane ATPase protein (PMA1) and/or one or more extracellular glucose sensors, namely, sucrose non-fermenting protein (SNF3), restores glucose transport protein (RGT2), and G protein-coupled receptor 1 protein (GPR1). These genetic modifications provide the microorganisms an increased ability to utilize an oligosaccharide to produce a compound of interest, particularly, tagatose, 2-fucosyllactose, and psicose. Methods of culturing the microorganisms in the presence of such oligosaccharides to produce the products of interest are also provided.