Henri Voedts

The paper identifies three periplasmic enzymes in E. coli that release polysaccharide cargo from the lipid carrier undecaprenyl, revealing a mechanism for bacterial envelope biogenesis and potential antibiotic targets.

This study shows Sphingobium yanoikuyae exhibits extreme envelope plasticity, switching growth morphologies at different temperatures through changes in outer membrane and peptidoglycan structure.

The paper identifies a stress-induced membrane insertion mechanism that activates the BepA metalloprotease by displacing its autoinhibitory plug, linking membrane association to protease function.