The chloroplast envelope of angiosperms contains a peptidoglycan layer

X Tran, E Keskin, P Winkler, M Braun, Ü Kolukisaoglu - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plastids in plants are assumed to have evolved from cyanobacteria as they have maintained
several bacterial features. Recently, peptidoglycans, as bacterial cell wall components, have …

Exploring Force-Driven Stochastic Folding Dynamics in Mechano-Responsive Proteins and Implications in Phenotypic Variation

S Rakshit, P Saha, V Vashisht, O Singh, G Bhati… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Single-point mutations are pivotal in molecular zoology, shaping functions and influencing
genetic diversity and evolution. Here we study three such genetic variants of a mechano …

Nanomechanical probing of extracellular vesicles, liposomes and lipoproteins

M Piontek - 2023 - research.rug.nl
Mechanical characterization involves testing the hardness of various materials ranging from
metals, plastics and composites to biological materials by application and measurement of …

Connections between Mechanosensitive Ion Channel MSL10 and ER-Plasma Membrane Contact Sites

J Codjoe - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Mechanosensitive (MS) ion channels are an evolutionarily conserved way for cells to sense
mechanical forces and transduce them into ionic signals. A plasma membrane-localized MS …