For example, we discovered how the protein phosphatase calcineurin and its downstream effector protein NFAT act synergistically with the transcription factor MEF2 at transcriptional enhancer elements of selected genes, such as myoglobin, to medicate adaptive mechanisms by which skeletal myofibers acquire specialized contractile and metabolic properties in response to changing patterns of muscle contraction. (gladstone.org)
A team from a Danish food ingredients company has manipulated the metabolic properties of yogurt - producing bacteria to sweeten the yogurt naturally, while reducing sugar in the final product. (sciencedaily.com)
A team with the Freiburg researchers Prof. Dr. Roland Schuele and Dr. Delphine Duteil has now shown that the epigenetic enzyme lysine - specific demethylase 1 (Lsd1) plays a key role in maintaining the metabolic properties of brown fat. (sciencedaily.com)