Abstract. Genetic code reprogramming allows for ribosomal incorporation of exotic amino acids, such as d-α- and d-β-amino acids, into peptides. However, th

Introns were traditionally thought to be rare in bacteria, yet their occurrence and diversity may have been underestimated. Here, we present the first comprehensive overview of group I and group II in...

Abstract. The bacterial-type Wood-Ljungdahl (WL) pathway and reductive tricarboxylic acid (rTCA) cycle are the dominant chemolithotrophic CO2 fixation path

Phylogenetic reconstructions with conserved protein markers from the 11 known DPANN phyla reveal their monophyletic placement within the Euryarchaeota.

With DNA focused almost entirely on replication, newly discovered organism blurs the line between cells and viruses

Cells can simultaneously produce structurally dissimilar ribosomes, suggesting functional specialization of distinct ribosome populations. Here, the authors show that distinct ribosomes cooperate rath...

Abstract. The intricate process of 50S ribosomal subunit assembly in Bacillus subtilis involves multiple parallel pathways converging into a crucial interm