Lennartz et al. evaluate lipid enrichment in clathrin-coated pits and observe that the differential lipid partitioning into clathrin-coated pits is largely driven by the lipid asymmetry of the plasma ...

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This study reveals how subtle changes in ligand structure control signaling bias at the immunometabolic receptor GPR84, providing structural details for the rational design of drugs with tailored sign...

Mitochondrial cristae are essential for respiration, yet the molecular basis of how the high curvature of these membrane folds is maintained remains unclear. Using structure prediction tools and multi...

Here the authors propose guidance on the process of establishing a state-of-the-art collection of microorganisms, including project planning, strain deposition and the naming of new taxa.

The mycobacterial cell envelope is a formidable barrier, regarded as one of the most chemically and structurally elaborate architectures in the Bacteria kingdom. Membrane remodeling, defined as change...

Accelerating scientific discovery is among the most consequential applications of AI, and computational biomolecular simulation stands out as a particularly promising target within this broader effort...

Lipids are fundamental organizers of biological membranes, yet visualizing lipid species within subcellular organelles has remained beyond experimental reach. Lennartz et al. introduce Lipid-correlati...

Basement membranes are scaffolds of proteins, like collagen, that give organs shape. During development, basement membranes must adapt to the growing organ. We infer how fast the basement membrane ada...

Communications Biology - This Perspective explores how updating static, FAIR data/databases can lead to COPE: Comparable, Organized (AI-ready) data that supports novel Predictions of biological...

In our research, we used molecular dynamics simulations that act as a computational microscope to visualize how membrane proteins perform their physiological functions and interact with surrounding li...

A specific isoform of PBP1b functions independently of the activator protein, LpoB, to drive generation of a wedge-like peptidoglycan structure that strengthens the division site in Escherichia coli.

Nature Microbiology, Published online: 30 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02412-5Screening 1,572 compounds for mycomembrane permeation plus cheminformatic and machine learning analyses reveals features associated with improved permeation in the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis and model organism M. smegmatis.

Mycobacteria have not yet been reported to engage in interbacterial competition via secretion of proteinaceous toxins. Here, Benedict et al. show that some mycobacteria can use their type-VII secretio...

Early enthusiasm for the “cellular revolution” in cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) was largely driven by the promise of resolving protein structures…