Creative Proteomics articles

The gut is a complex ecosystem that contains an extremely large community of microbes known as the gut microbiome. The gut microbiome is made up of bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, and other eukaryotic microorganisms, including yeasts, flagellates, ciliates, and protozoa.

The gut microbiota of a healthy individual consists of six phyla (Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Clostridium, and Microflora verrucosa) containing more than 100 species of

Carotenoid structure and category

The major carotenoids contain α-carotene, β-carotene, γ-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, β-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, etc. Among the three isomers of carotenoids, β-carotene has the highest content and γ-carotene the least. α, β, γ-carotene and β-cryptoxanthin can be decomposed to form vitamin A, while lutein, zeaxanthin and lycopene do not have the activity of vitamin A, so they cannot be decomposed to

What are unsaturated fatty acids?

Unsaturated fatty acids are a type of fatty acids that make up body fat and are indispensable to the human body.

 Unsaturated fatty acids are divided into monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids, depending on the number of double bonds. In food fat, monounsaturated fatty acids include oleic acid and other fatty acids. Polyunsaturated f

Glycosylation is one of the most important protein post-translational modifications in organisms, occurring in 50%-70% of proteins in cells. It is associated with many diseases as it can affect essential life activities, such as cell recognition, differentiation, adhesion, signal transduction, and immune response. Immune diseases, congenital sugar defects, and dozens of genetic diseases, as well as cancers, are linked with abnormal glycosylation or lack of glycosidase.

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When we talk about intestinal bacteria or dietary fiber, we often hear about "short-chain fatty acids". So what exactly are short-chain fatty acids? Based on the number of carbon atoms in the carbon chain, fatty acids with less than 6 carbon atoms are commonly referred to as short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), those with 6 to 12 carbon atoms are called medium-chain fatty acids, and those with 12 or more carbon atoms are long-chain fatty acids. Long-chain and medium-chain fatty acids are usually