Protein nanoparticles, PNPs, have played a long‐standing role in food and industrial
applications. More recently, their potential in nanomedicine has been more widely pursued …

Iron is an essential micronutrient, and, in the case of bacteria, its availability is commonly a
growth-limiting factor. However, correct functioning of cells requires that the labile pool of …

Macromolecular crowding has a profound impact on reaction rates and the physical
properties of the cell interior, but the mechanisms that regulate crowding are poorly …

Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on earth and show remarkable diversity of
genome sequences, replication and expression strategies, and virion structures …

Subcellular compartments often serve to store nutrients or sequester labile or toxic
compounds. As bacteria mostly do not possess membrane-bound organelles, they often …

Iron storage proteins are essential for cellular iron homeostasis and redox balance. Ferritin
proteins are the major storage units for bioavailable forms of iron. Some organisms lack …

Compartmentalization is an important organizational feature of life. It occurs at varying levels
of complexity ranging from eukaryotic organelles and the bacterial microcompartments, to …

Cells organize and regulate their metabolism via membrane-or protein-bound organelles. In
this way, incompatible processes can be spatially separated and controlled. In prokaryotes …

Subcellular compartmentalization is a defining feature of all cells. In prokaryotes,
compartmentalization is generally achieved via protein-based strategies. The two main …

Is it possible to meaningfully comprehend the diversity of the viral world? We propose that it
is. This is based on the observation that, although there is immense genomic variation, every …