Spotlight on… Metabolism

Metabolism

New Content Item The importance of metabolism beyond energy production and macromolecule synthesis has become evident in recent years. Increasingly, we appreciate the importance of metabolites and metabolic fluxes in cell signalling, post-translational modifications and cell survival, with implications for a range of diseases from cancer to diabetes and natural aging. Here we highlight some recent research from across the BMC Series that investigates the evolution, adaptation and regulation of metabolism.

Metabolic Adaptation and Evolution

Genome-centric metagenomics reveals insights into the evolution and metabolism of a new free-living group in Rhizobiales

Leandro Nascimento Lemos, Fabíola Marques de Carvalho, Alexandra Gerber, Ana Paula C. Guimarães, Celio Roberto Jonck, Luciane Prioli Ciapina & Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos

BMC Microbiology volume 21, Article number: 294 (2021)

Cross-species transcriptomes reveal species-specific and shared molecular adaptations for plants development on iron-rich rocky outcrops soils

Mariana Costa Dias, Cecílio Caldeira, Markus Gastauer, Silvio Ramos & Guilherme Oliveira

BMC Genomics volume 23, Article number: 313 (2022)

Genetic mapping of metabolic traits in the blind Mexican cavefish reveals sex-dependent quantitative trait loci associated with cave adaptation

Misty R. Riddle, Ariel Aspiras, Fleur Damen, Suzanne McGaugh, Julius A. Tabin & Clifford J. Tabin

BMC Ecology and Evolution volume 21, Article number: 94 (2021)

Genome-scale insights into the metabolic versatility of Limosilactobacillus reuteri

Hao Luo, Peishun Li, Hao Wang, Stefan Roos, Boyang Ji & Jens Nielsen

BMC Biotechnology volume 21, Article number: 46 (2021)