Damien Paul Devos

Phagocytosis without mitochondria is a lineage trait of planctomycetal bacteria of prey

The paper shows that some mitochondria-lacking planctomycetal bacteria can engulf prey, challenging mitochondria-first eukaryogenesis models.

Domain-combination based pan-genomic Tree of Life

This paper reconstructs a pan-genomic Tree of Life using protein domain combinations, revealing evolutionary relationships and processes across Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryota.

Unraveling the pathway of Copper Delivery to Cytochrome c oxidases in the Free-Living Bacterium Caulobacter vibrioides

This study identifies distinct copper trafficking pathways for two cytochrome c oxidases in Caulobacter vibrioides, revealing an outer membrane receptor required for one and a periplasmic chaperone for the other.

BAV-LLPS: A database of bacterial, archaea and virus liquid-liquid phase separation proteins

The paper introduces BAV-LLPS, a database of LLPS proteins from bacteria, archaea, and viruses, containing over 5,000 proteins with annotations and structural models.

LolA and LolB are conserved in Bacteroidetes and are crucial for gliding motility and Type IX secretion.

This study identifies LolB homologs in Bacteroidetes and shows they are involved in gliding motility and Type IX secretion, but lipoprotein transport can occur independently of LolA and LolB.

Comparative genomics of peroxisome biogenesis proteins: making sense of the PEX mess

This study uses comparative genomics to clarify evolutionary relationships and functional roles of PEX proteins across eukaryotes, identifying new orthologs and resolving nomenclature issues.