Signal peptides (SP) are short peptides located in the N-terminal of proteins, carrying
information for protein secretion. They are ubiquitous to all prokaryotes and eukaryotes. SPs …

Plastids and mitochondria each arose from a single endosymbiotic event and share many
similarities in how they were reduced and integrated with their host. However, the …

Assembling the global eukaryotic tree of life has long been a major effort of Biology. In
recent years, pushed by the new availability of genome-scale data for microbial eukaryotes …

The discovery of Asgard archaea, phylogenetically closer to eukaryotes than other archaea,
together with improved knowledge of microbial ecology, impose new constraints on …

Microalgae comprise a biodiverse group of photosynthetic organisms that reside in water
sources and sediments. The green microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was adopted as …

The ancestors of modern cyanobacteria invented O2-generating photosynthesis some 3.6
billion years ago. The conversion of water and CO2 into energy-rich sugars and O2 slowly …

The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a prime model for deciphering
processes occurring in the intracellular compartments of the photosynthetic cell. Organelle …

The phylum Apicomplexa comprises human pathogens such as Plasmodium but is also an
under-explored hotspot of evolutionary diversity central to understanding the origins of …

The plastids of ecologically and economically important algae from phyla such as
stramenopiles, dinoflagellates and cryptophytes were acquired via a secondary …

N-terminal modifications play a major role in the fate of proteins in terms of activity, stability,
or subcellular compartmentalization. Such modifications remain poorly described and badly …