The D3 Bacteriophage  -Polymerase Inhibitor (Iap) Peptide Disrupts O-Antigen Biosynthesis through Mimicry of the Chain Length Regulator Wzz in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Isolation and genomic characterization of SfI, a serotype-converting bacteriophage of Shigella flexneri

(2013) Qiangzheng Sun et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Topological mapping methods for α-helical bacterial membrane proteins - an update and a guide

(2013) Salim T. Islam et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Homo- and heterotypic interactions between Pss proteins involved in the exopolysaccharide transport system in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii

(2012) Małgorzata Marczak et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Wzx flippase-mediated membrane translocation of sugar polymer precursors in bacteria

(2012) Salim T. Islam et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Structural Characterization of Closely Related O-antigen Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Chain Length Regulators

(2012) Sergei Kalynych et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A cationic lumen in the Wzx flippase mediates anionic O-antigen subunit translocation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

(2012) Salim T. Islam et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Polysaccharide co-polymerases: the enigmatic conductors of the O-antigen assembly orchestra

(2012) S. Kalynych et al.   PROTEIN ENGINEERING DESIGN & SELECTION

Structure-Guided Investigation of Lipopolysaccharide O-Antigen Chain Length Regulators Reveals Regions Critical for Modal Length Control

(2011) S. Kalynych et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Functional and Structural Characterization of Polysaccharide Co-polymerase Proteins Required for Polymer Export in ATP-binding Cassette Transporter-dependent Capsule Biosynthesis Pathways

(2011) Kane Larue et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Site-directed Mutagenesis Reveals Key Residue for O Antigen Chain Length Regulation and Protein Stability inPseudomonas aeruginosaWzz2

(2011) Erica N. Kintz et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Dual Conserved Periplasmic Loops Possess Essential Charge Characteristics That Support a Catch-and-Release Mechanism of O-antigen Polymerization by Wzy inPseudomonas aeruginosaPAO1

(2011) Salim T. Islam et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Membrane Localization of Small Proteins inEscherichia coli

(2011) Fanette Fontaine et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Genetic and Functional Diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipopolysaccharide

(2011) Joseph S. Lam et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mutagenesis and Chemical Cross-Linking Suggest that Wzz Dimer Stability and Oligomerization Affect Lipopolysaccharide O-Antigen Modal Chain Length Control

(2010) M. Papadopoulos et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

I-TASSER: a unified platform for automated protein structure and function prediction

(2010) Ambrish Roy et al.   Nature Protocols

Membrane Topology Mapping of the O-Antigen Flippase (Wzx), Polymerase (Wzy), and Ligase (WaaL) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Reveals Novel Domain Architectures

(2010) S. T. Islam et al.   mBio

Review: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2009) Jerry D. King et al.   Innate Immunity

Biochemical and Structural Analysis of Bacterial O-antigen Chain Length Regulator Proteins Reveals a Conserved Quaternary Structure

(2009) Kane Larue et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The cellular level of O-antigen polymerase Wzy determines chain length regulation by WzzB and WzzpHS-2 in Shigella flexneri 2a

(2009) J. A. Carter et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

TOPCONS: consensus prediction of membrane protein topology

(2009) A. Bernsel et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

PBAD-Based Shuttle Vectors for Functional Analysis of Toxic and Highly Regulated Genes in Pseudomonas and Burkholderia spp. and Other Bacteria

(2008) D. Qiu et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial polysaccharide co-polymerases share a common framework for control of polymer length

(2008) Ante Tocilj et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Transmembrane Topology and Signal Peptide Prediction Using Dynamic Bayesian Networks

(2008) Sheila M. Reynolds et al.   PLoS Computational Biology