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Protonation- and substrate-regulated dimer opening couples brain-type creatine kinase to vesicular and actin-remodeling membranes

Brain-type creatine kinase (CK-BB) buffers local ATP demand through reversible phosphotransfer between ATP and phosphocreatine, yet how this soluble metabolic enzyme couples to dynamic membrane compartments remains unclear. Here, we integrate immunofluorescence microscopy, DEER spectroscopy, hydrogen-deuterium exchange and native mass spectrometry, DEER- and AlphaFold-guided modeling, and…

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Transcriptome, glycome, and mucinome analysis reveal zinc is essential for the composition of mucus in the human goblet cell model HT-29-MTX

Scientific Reports, Published online: 11 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66227-4 Transcriptome, glycome, and mucinome analysis reveal zinc is essential for the composition of mucus in the human…

  • Zinc deficiency impacts 1 billion globally, causing health issues
  • Zn deficiency alters HT-29-MTX GC transcriptome and mucin synthesis
  • MUC2 and MUC17 levels increase, complex N-glycans decrease in Zn-deficient GCs