Nitrogen Storage Through Crystals
We contributed to the discovery that guanine crystals serve as dynamic nitrogen reserves in microalgae.
This work revealed an entirely new link between crystallization and nutrient metabolism.
Mojzeš et al. (2020). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Mojzeš, P., Gao, L., Ismagulova, T., Pilátová, J., Moudříková, Š., Gorelova, O., Solovchenko, S., Nedbal, L. & Salih, A. (2020). Guanine, a high-capacity and rapid-turnover nitrogen reserve in microalgal cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(51): 32722–32730. 10.1073/pnas.2005460117