The year 2017 marks the twentieth anniversary of terpenoid cyclase structural biology: a trio
of terpenoid cyclase structures reported together in 1997 were the first to set the foundation …

Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular
composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by …

Ferns are the closest sister group to all seed plants, yet little is known about their genomes
other than that they are generally colossal. Here, we report on the genomes of Azolla …

The microorganism-microorganism or microorganism-host interactions are the key strategy
to colonize and establish in a variety of different environments. These interactions involve all …

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory and
cardiovascular diseases continue to be threatening and deadly to human kind. Resistance …

All living organisms adapt their membrane lipid composition in response to changes in their
environment or diet. These conserved membrane‐adaptive processes have been studied …

Covering: up to mid-2020 Terpenoids, also called isoprenoids, are the largest and most
structurally diverse family of natural products. Found in all domains of life, there are over 80 …

The bacterial cytoplasmic membrane is composed of roughly equal proportions of lipids and
proteins. The main lipid components are phospholipids, which vary in acyl chain length …

Lipid research represents a frontier for microbiology, as showcased by hopanoid lipids.
Hopanoids, which resemble sterols and are found in the membranes of diverse bacteria …

Antibiotics and other agents that perturb the synthesis or integrity of the bacterial cell
envelope trigger compensatory stress responses. Focusing on Bacillus subtilis as a model …