Protective shield: Membrane-attached protein protects bacteria & chloroplasts from stress

(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) Stress is present everywhere, even bacteria and plant cells have to cope with it. They express various specific stress proteins, but how exactly this line of defense works is often not clear. A group of scientists headed by Professor Dirk Schneider of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has now discovered a protective mechanism in cyanobacteria as well as in chloroplasts of plant cells.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - October 23, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news