Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses

AY Kostygov, A Karnkowska, J Votýpka… - Open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Euglenozoa is a species-rich group of protists, which have extremely diverse lifestyles and a
range of features that distinguish them from other eukaryotes. They are composed of free …

Let's talk about sex: Why reproductive systems matter for understanding algae

SA Krueger‐Hadfield - Journal of Phycology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sex is a crucial process that has molecular, genetic, cellular, organismal, and population‐
level consequences for eukaryotic evolution. Eukaryotic life cycles are composed of …

Scientific Opinion on the update of the list of QPS‐recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA (2017–2019)

EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ)… - EFSA …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) was developed to provide a safety pre‐
assessment within EFSA for microorganisms. Strains belonging to QPS taxonomic units (TU …

Euglena's atypical respiratory chain adapts to the discoidal cristae and flexible metabolism

Z He, M Wu, H Tian, L Wang, Y Hu, F Han… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Euglena gracilis, a model organism of the eukaryotic supergroup Discoba harbouring also
clinically important parasitic species, possesses diverse metabolic strategies and an atypical …

Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology

D Faktorová, RER Nisbet, JA Fernández Robledo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Diverse microbial ecosystems underpin life in the sea. Among these microbes are many
unicellular eukaryotes that span the diversity of the eukaryotic tree of life. However, genetic …

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

RLM Jansen, C Santana-Molina… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
PEX genes encode proteins involved in peroxisome biogenesis and proliferation. Using a
comparative genomics approach, we clarify the evolutionary relationships between the 37 …

New plastids, old proteins: repeated endosymbiotic acquisitions in kareniacean dinoflagellates

AMG Novák Vanclová, C Nef, Z Füssy, A Vancl… - EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
Dinoflagellates are a diverse group of ecologically significant micro-eukaryotes that can
serve as a model system for plastid symbiogenesis due to their susceptibility to plastid loss …

Structure of a mitochondrial ATP synthase with bound native cardiolipin

A Mühleip, SE McComas, A Amunts - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The mitochondrial ATP synthase fuels eukaryotic cells with chemical energy. Here we report
the cryo-EM structure of a divergent ATP synthase dimer from mitochondria of Euglena …

A resource for improved predictions of Trypanosoma and Leishmania protein three-dimensional structure

RJ Wheeler - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
AlphaFold2 and RoseTTAfold represent a transformative advance for predicting protein
structure. They are able to make very high-quality predictions given a high-quality alignment …

Lessons from the deep: mechanisms behind diversification of eukaryotic protein complexes

G Prokopchuk, A Butenko, JB Dacks… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic variation is the major mechanism behind adaptation and evolutionary change. As
most proteins operate through interactions with other proteins, changes in protein complex …