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.
Spotlight on… Metabolism
Metabolism
Metabolic Adaptation and Evolution
Back to topLeandro 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)
Mariana Costa Dias, Cecílio Caldeira, Markus Gastauer, Silvio Ramos & Guilherme Oliveira
BMC Genomics volume 23, Article number: 313 (2022)
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)
Investigating the Metabolome
Back to topMetHoS: a platform for large-scale processing, storage and analysis of metabolomics data
Konstantinos Tzanakis, Tim W. Nattkemper, Karsten Niehaus & Stefan P. Albaum
BMC Bioinformatics volume 23, Article number: 267 (2022)
Kanhaiya Kumar & Per Bruheim
BMC Research Notes volume 14, Article number: 372 (2021)
Transcriptional regulation of metabolism
Back to topTiedong Liu & Xiwen Zhang
BMC Plant Biology volume 21, Article number: 593 (2021)
Neeraj Sinha, Evert M. van Schothorst, Guido J. E. J. Hooiveld, Jaap Keijer, Vitor A. P. Martins dos Santos & Maria Suarez-Diez
BMC Bioinformatics volume 22, Article number: 574 (2021)
Caroline Lindholm, Petros Batakis, Jordi Altimiras & John Lees
BMC Genomics volume 23, Article number: 304 (2022)