ABCB19 transporter: fostering brassinosteroid transport through membrane flexibility.

Brassinosteroids (BRs) play a vital role in plant growth and stress response, operating through a well-defined signaling pathway. Yet, the export of BRs through plasma membranes poses significant challenges. Ying et al.

Novel insecticidal chitinase from the insect pathogen Xenorhabdus nematophila.

Xenorhabdus nematophila strain ATCC 19061 is an insect pathogen that produces various protein toxins which intoxicate and kill its larval host. In the present study, we have described the cloning, expression and characterization of a 76-kDa chitinase protein of X. nematophila.