M. Manna

Kingdom-specific lipid unsaturation shapes up sequence evolution in membrane arm subunits of eukaryotic respiratory complexes

The paper investigates how lipid-protein interactions constrain sequence evolution in membrane subunits of eukaryotic respiratory complexes, finding that lipid-exposed surfaces show non-PPI disease mutations and kingdom-specific lipid unsaturation affects stability.

Phase transition in atomistic simulations of model membrane with thylakoid lipids of red algae

This study uses atomistic simulations to investigate phase transitions in thylakoid lipid membranes of marine algae under temperature stress, revealing domain formation and the impact of cholesterol.