Surfactin, an antibacterial lipopeptide produced by different strains of Bacillus subtilis, is a
powerful biosurfactant. It also has multiple biological activities including antiviral, anti …

It has long been axiomatic that a protein's structure determines its function. Intrinsically
disordered proteins (IDPs) and disordered protein regions (IDRs) defy this structure …

The bacterial cytoplasmic membrane is composed of roughly equal proportions of lipids and
proteins. The main lipid components are phospholipids, which vary in acyl chain length …

Why do bacteria have shape? Is morphology valuable or just a trivial secondary
characteristic? Why should bacteria have one shape instead of another? Three broad …

There has been increasing interest in recent years in describing the lateral organization of
membranes and the formation of membrane domains. Much of the focus in this area has …

The eukaryotic cortical actin cytoskeleton creates specific lipid domains, including lipid rafts,
which determine the distribution of many membrane proteins. Here we show that the …

Recent research has provided an abundance of new information on membrane
biochemistry. Now more than ever, it is essential to update our current understanding of …

Commercial plant extracts containing anthraquinones are being increasingly used for
cosmetics, food and pharmaceuticals due to their wide therapeutic and pharmacological …

The recent development of specific probes for lipid molecules has led to the discovery of
lipid domains in bacterial membranes, that is, of membrane areas differing in lipid …

Bacterial spores of various Bacillus species are impermeable or exhibit low permeability to
many compounds that readily penetrate germinated spores, including methylamine. We now …