Plant defensins are an extensive family of small cysteine rich proteins characterised by a
conserved cysteine stabilised alpha beta protein fold which resembles the structure of insect …

Fungal response to any stress is intricate, specific, and multilayered, though it employs only
a few evolutionarily conserved regulators. This comes with the assumption that one …

Chitin is a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, which assembles into microfibrils of about 20
sugar chains. These microfibrils serve as a structural component of natural biocomposites …

Competition between microbial species is a product of, yet can lead to a reduction in, the
microbial diversity of specific habitats. Microbial habitats can resemble ecological …

Environmental stresses are usually active during the process of microbial fermentation and
have significant influence on microbial physiology. Microorganisms have developed a series …

In industrial settings and processes, yeasts may face multiple adverse environmental
conditions. These include exposure to non-optimal temperatures or pH, osmotic stress, and …

Fungi are surrounded by a rigid structure, the fungal cell wall. Its plasticity and composition
depend on active regulation of the underlying biosynthesis and restructuring processes. This …

Kluyveromyces marxianus is homothallic hemiascomycete yeast frequently isolated from
dairy environments. It possesses phenotypic traits such as enhanced thermotolerance …

Organisms must adapt to changes in oxygen tension if they are to exploit the energetic
benefits of reducing oxygen while minimizing the potentially damaging effects of oxidation …

Human protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms have been implicated in diseases such as
Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancers. In contrast to mammals, which have at least nine genes …