Eseiwi Obaseki

Mr. Eseiwi Obaseki


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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27 January 2024 in Biology
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RARim Ghazi Abbas
Rim Ghazi Abbas
MCMohamed Chakkour
Mohamed Chakkour
HDHiba Zein El Dine
Hiba Zein El Dine
EOEseiwi Obaseki
Eseiwi Obaseki
SOSoumaya T. Obeid
Soumaya T. Obeid
Zeinab EzzeddineZeinab Ezzeddine
Zeinab Ezzeddine
The opportunistic pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) can colonize mucosal surfaces and spread from mucosae to other tissues, causing fatal infections. Medical equipment and the healthcare setting can become colonized by Klebsiella species, which are widely distributed in nature and can be found in water, soil, and animals. Moreover, a substantial number of community-acquired illnesses are also caused by this organism worldwide. These infections are characterized by a high rate of morbidity and mortality as well as the capacity to spread metastatically. Hypervirulent Klebsiella strains are thought to be connected to these infections. Four components are critical to this bacterium’s pathogenicity—the capsule, lipopolysaccharide, fimbriae, and siderophores. Siderophores are secondary metabolites that allow iron to sequester from the surrounding medium and transport it to the intracellular compartment of the bacteria. A number of variables may lead to K. pneumoniae colonization in a specific area. Risk factors for infection include local healthcare practices, antibiotic use and misuse, infection control procedures, nutrition, gender, and age.

14 July 2026 in Cells
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HAHasnat Ahmed
Hasnat Ahmed
ASAhmad Sleiman
Ahmad Sleiman
MRMohamad Rahal
Mohamad Rahal
EHEyas Hanbali
Eyas Hanbali
MAMarwa Aboumourad
Marwa Aboumourad
HHHanaa Hariri
Hanaa Hariri
S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) is a central metabolite required for methylation and sulfur metabolism, synthesized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the cytosolic enzymes Sam1 and Sam2. While transcriptional and metabolic regulation of AdoMet biosynthesis have been extensively studied, how metabolic state influences the spatial organization of AdoMet synthases remains incompletely understood. Herein, we show that Sam1 undergoes robust and reversible relocalization into cytosolic assemblies under low-glucose metabolic states. These assemblies are dynamic and dissolve rapidly upon glucose refeeding in a manner that requires metabolizable glucose, indicating regulation by metabolic flux. While Sam1 assemblies associate with stress granules during prolonged starvation, a substantial fraction form independently under acute low-glucose conditions, indicating that Sam1 relocalization is not fully coordinated with canonical stress granule formation. Untargeted metabolomic analysis indicates that AdoMet pools are broadly maintained, while a targeted fluorescence-based enzymatic assay detects a modest but reproducible reduction in AdoMet under low-glucose conditions. Together, these findings define a metabolically gated mechanism for reversible Sam1 sequestration and support a model in which spatial organization of metabolic enzymes is coupled to cellular metabolic state.