Publications Franz Narberhaus (PubMed) Publications Franz Narberhaus (complete list)
Publications Bernd Masepohl (PubMed)
Selected Publications
RNA thermometers
Kortmann J, Narberhaus F Bacterial RNA thermometers: Molecular zippers and switches. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 10:255-265 (2012) |
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Böhme K, Steinmann R, Kortmann J, Seekircher S, Heroven AK, Berger E, Pisano F, Thiermann T, Wolf-Watz H, Narberhaus, F, Dersch P Concerted actions of a thermo-labile regulator and a unique intergenic RNA thermosensor control Yersinia virulence. PLoS Pathog. 8:e1002518 (2012) |
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Rinnenthal J, Klinkert B, Narberhaus F, Schwalbe H Modulation of the stability of the Salmonella fourU-type RNA thermometer. Nucleic Acids Res. 39:8258-8270 (2011) |
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Kortmann J, Sczodrok S, Rinnenthal J, Schwalbe H. Narberhaus F Translation on demand by a simple RNA-based thermosensor. Nucleic Acids Res. 39:2855-2868 (2011) |
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Rinnenthal J, Klinkert B, Narberhaus F, Schwalbe H Direct observation of the temperature-induced melting process of the Salmonella fourU RNA thermometer at base-pair resolution. Nucleic Acids Res. 38:3834-3847 (2010) Cover story, Commentary |
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| Waldminghaus T, Heidrich N, Brantl S, F. Narberhaus. FourU - A novel type of RNA thermometer in Salmonella. Mol Microbiol. 65:413-424 (2007) |
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Chowdhury S, Maris C, Allain FH, Narberhaus F Molecular basis for temperature sensing by an RNA thermometer. EMBO J. 25:2487-97 (2006) |
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SMALL REGULATORY RNAs
Wilms I, Möller P, Stock AM, Gurski R, Lai EM, Narberhaus F. Hfq influences multiple transport systems and virulence in the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens. J Bacteriol. 194:5209-5217 (2012) |
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Wilms I, Overlöper A, Nowrousian M, Sharma CM, Narberhaus F Deep sequencing uncovers numerous small RNAs on all four replicons of the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens. RNA biol. 9:446-457 (2012) |
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Wilms I, Voss B, Hess W R, Leichert L I, Narberhaus F. Small RNA-mediated control of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens GABA binding protein. Mol. Microbiol. 80:492-506 (2011) |
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Regulated proteolysis
Westphal K, Langklotz S, Thomanek N, Narberhaus F. A trapping approach reveals novel substrates and physiological functions of the essential protease FtsH in Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. (2013) in press. |
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Langklotz S, Baumann U, Narberhaus F Structure and function of the bacterial AAA protease FtsH BBA – Mol. Cell Res. 1823:40-48 (2012) Cover |
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Langklotz S, Narberhaus F. The Escherichia coli replication inhibitor CspD is subject to growth-regulated degradation by the Lon protease. Mol. Microbiol. 80:1313-1325 (2011) |
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Langklotz S, Schäkermann M, Narberhaus F. Control of LPS biosynthesis by FtsH-mediated proteolysis of LpxC is conserved in enterobacteria but not in all Gram-negative bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 193:1090-1097 (2011) |
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Führer F, Müller A, Baumann H, Langklotz S, Kutscher B, Narberhaus F. Sequence and length recognition of the C-terminal turnover element of LpxC, a soluble substrate of the membrane-bound FtsH protease. J. Mol. Biol. 372:485-496 (2007) |
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Führer F, Langklotz S, Narberhaus F The C-terminal end of LpxC is required for degradation by the FtsH protease. Mol Microbiol. 59:1025-36 (2006). |
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Bacteria-Plant interaction/Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis
Aktas M, Jost KA, Fritz C, Narberhaus F Choline uptake in Agrobacterium tumefaciens by the high-affinity ChoXWV transporter. J. Bacteriol. 193:5119-5129 (2011) |
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Aktas M, Gleichenhagen J, Stoll R, Narberhaus F. S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)-binding properties of a bacterial phospholipid N-methyltransferase. J. Bacteriol. 193:3473-3481 (2011) |
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Aktas M, Wessel M, Hacker S, Klüsener S, Gleichenhagen J, Narberhaus F. Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and its significance in bacteria interacting with eukaryotic cells. Eur. J. Cell Biol. 89:888-894 (2010) |
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Klüsener S, Hacker S, Tsai YL, Bandow JE, Gust R, Lai EM, Narberhaus F Proteomic and transcriptomic characterization of a virulence-deficient phosphatidylcholine-negative Agrobacterium tumefaciens mutant. Mol. Genet. Genomics 283:575-589 (2010) |
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Tsai YL, Chiang YR, Narberhaus F. Baron C, Lai EM The small heat shock protein HspL is a VirB8 chaperone promoting type IV secretion-mediated DNA transfer. J. Biol. Chem. 285:19757-19766 (2010) |
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Aktas M, Narberhaus F In vitro characterization of the enzyme properties of the phospholipid N-methyltransferase PmtA from Agrobacterium tumefaciens J. Bacteriol. 191:2033-2041 (2009) |
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Klüsener S, Aktas M, Thormann KM, Wessel M, Narberhaus F Expression and physiological relevance of Agrobacterium tumefaciens phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis genes J. Bacteriol. 191:365-374 (2009) |
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Wessel M, Klüsener S, Gödeke J, Fritz C, Hacker S und Narberhaus F. Virulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens requires phosphatidylcholine in the bacterial membrane. Mol Microbiol 62: 906-915 (2006) |
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Gene regulation in bacteria
Rademacher C, Hoffmann M-C, Lackmann J-W, Moser R, Pfänder Y, Leimkühler S, Narberhaus F, Masepohl B Tellurite resistance gene trgB confers copper tolerance to Rhodobacter capsulatus. Biometals 25:995-1008 (2012) |
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Rademacher C, Masepohl B Copper-responsive gene regulation in bacteria. Microbiology 158:2451-2464 (2012) |
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Rademacher C, Moser R, Lackmann J-W, Klinkert B, Narberhaus F, Masepohl B Transcriptional and posttranscriptional events control copper-responsive expression of a Rhodobacter capsulatus multicopper oxidase. J Bacteriol 194:1849-1859 (2012) |
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Müller A, Schlicker C, Fehringer M, Masepohl B, Hofmann E Expression, purification, crystallization, and preliminary X-ray analysis of the DNA-binding domain of Rhodobacter capsulatus MopB. Acta Cryst F67:377-379 (2011) |
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Gisin J, Müller A, Pfänder Y, Leimkühler S, Narberhaus F, Masepohl B A Rhodobacter capsulatus member of a universal permease family imports molybdate and other oxyanions. J Bacteriol 192:5943-5952 (2010) |
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| Masepohl B, Hallenbeck PC Nitrogen and molybdenum control of nitrogen fixation in the phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus. Adv Exp Med Biol 675:49-70 (2010) |
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Müller A, Püttmann, Barthel R, Schön M, Lackmann J-W, Narberhaus F, Masepohl B Relevance of individual Mo-box nucleotides to DNA binding by the related molybdenum-responsive regulators MopA and MopB in Rhodobacter capsulatus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 307:191-200 (2010) |
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Wiethaus J, Müller A, Neumann M, Neumann S, Leimkühler S, Narberhaus F, Masepohl B Specific interactions between four molybdenum-binding proteins contribute to Mo-dependent gene regulation in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J Bacteriol 191:5205-5215 (2009) |
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Wiethaus J, Schubert B, Pfänder Y, Narberhaus F, Masepohl B The GntR-like regulator TauR activates expression of taurine utilization genes in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J Bacteriol 190:487-493 (2008) |
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