Using x-ray models and docking studies to other enzymes, the group of Ruiting GUO found that YisP, a squalene-related diphosphate hydrolase, has an important role in Bacillus biofilm formation through hydrolyzing farnesyl diphosphate.
CAS news release, Dec. 17, 2014
Group at CAS Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology calrifies mechanism of B. subtilis biofilm formation.