Urska Repnik

An SPFH Protein Couples Membrane Stress to Differentiation in Bacillus subtilis

The paper identifies SamI as a cytosolic SPFH protein that couples membrane stress to differentiation in Bacillus subtilis by stabilizing a membrane complex involved in stress signaling and biofilm formation.

An ancient lysozyme in placozoans participates in acidic extracellular digestion

This study identifies a functional lysozyme in placozoans, showing its role in acidic extracellular digestion and tracing its evolutionary origin to a bacterial horizontal gene transfer.

Transcription profiling and functional analysis of spRNAs and their corresponding asRNAs in Methanosarcina mazei

This study identifies and characterizes sRNA/asRNA pairs in Methanosarcina mazei, showing their role in stress adaptation through encoded small proteins and antisense regulation.

Membrane-binding of the bacterial dynamin-like protein DynA is essential for effective phage defence

This study identifies the membrane-binding site of B. subtilis DynA and shows that mutations in this region reduce phage resistance.

The major nucleoid-associated protein WHIRLY1 promotes chloroplast development in barley

This study characterizes the barley WHIRLY1 mutant, showing it promotes chloroplast development by remodeling nucleoids and coordinating protein expression, but is not essential for chloroplast biogenesis.