The structural analysis of the periplasmic domain of Sinorhizobium meliloti chemoreceptor McpZ reveals a novel fold and suggests a complex mechanism of transmembrane signaling.

Autor: Salar S; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA., Ball NE; Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA., Baaziz H; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA., Nix JC; Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA., Sobe RC; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA., Compton KK; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA., Zhulin IB; Department of Microbiology and Translational Data Analytics Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA., Brown AM; Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA., Scharf BE; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA., Schubot FD; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

Publikováno v: Proteins [Proteins] 2023 Oct; Vol. 91 (10), pp. 1394-1406. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 22.

Flagellin outer domain dimerization modulates motility in pathogenic and soil bacteria from viscous environments.

Autor: Kreutzberger MAB; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA., Sobe RC; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA., Sauder AB; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA., Chatterjee S; MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK., Peña A; MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK., Wang F; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA., Giron JA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA., Kiessling V; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA., Costa TRD; MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK., Conticello VP; Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA., Frankel G; MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK., Kendall MM; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA., Scharf BE; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA. bscharf@vt.edu., Egelman EH; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA. egelman@virginia.edu.

Publikováno v: Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2022 Mar 17; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 1422. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 17.

Spermine inhibits Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation through the NspS-MbaA polyamine signaling system.

Autor: Sobe RC; From the Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28608 and., Bond WG; From the Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28608 and., Wotanis CK; From the Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28608 and., Zayner JP; From the Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28608 and., Burriss MA; From the Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28608 and., Fernandez N; the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824., Bruger EL; the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824., Waters CM; the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824., Neufeld HS; From the Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28608 and., Karatan E; From the Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28608 and karatane@appstate.edu.

Publikováno v: The Journal of biological chemistry [J Biol Chem] 2017 Oct 13; Vol. 292 (41), pp. 17025-17036. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Aug 21.