Background Photosynthetic euglenids are major contributors to fresh water ecosystems.
Euglena gracilis in particular has noted metabolic flexibility, reflected by an ability to thrive in a …

PEX genes encode proteins involved in peroxisome biogenesis and proliferation. Using a
comparative genomics approach, we clarify the evolutionary relationships between the 37 …

Polycyclic triterpenes are members of the terpene family produced by the cyclization of
squalene. The most representative polycyclic triterpenes are hopanoids and sterols, the former …

Carotenoids are isoprenoid lipids found across the tree of life with important implications in
oxidative stress adaptations, photosynthetic metabolisms, as well as in membrane dynamics. …

Sterols and hopanoids are chemically and structurally related lipids mostly found in eukaryotic
and bacterial cell membranes. Few bacterial species have been reported to produce …

The origin of the FtsZ/tubulin protein family was extremely relevant for life since these proteins
are present in nearly all organisms, carrying out essential functions such as cell division or …

Membrane coat proteins are essential players in the eukaryotic endomembrane traffic
system. Previous work identified proteins with the membrane-coat architecture in prokaryotes, …

Hopanoids and carotenoids are two of the major isoprenoid‐derived lipid classes in
prokaryotes that have been proposed to have similar membrane ordering properties as sterols. …

The membrane trafficking is an essential process of eukaryotic cells, as it manages vesicular
trafficking toward different parts of the cell. In this process, membrane fusions between …

Protein O-mannosyltransferases (Pmts) comprise a group of proteins that add mannoses to
substrate proteins at the endoplasmic reticulum. This post-translational modification is …