Sergey V. Melnikov

The paper analyzes 46,015 bacterial genomes to show hibernation factors evolved from large proteins, reduced in size, and were lost in over 10% of species, with some bacteria borrowing factors from others.

The paper traces the evolutionary divergence of ribosomal drug-binding residues across eukaryotic clades to assess similarities and differences with humans and bacteria.

The paper investigates the evolutionary diversity of drug-binding residues in bacterial ribosomes to determine if divergence from E. coli is common or rare.

The paper identifies a new bacterial ribosome hibernation factor, Balon, and shows it is evolutionarily linked to eukaryotic translation factors, revealing a novel stress response mechanism.