In a collaborative project with Dan Shain (Rutgers-Camden Biology), Truman showed that a histidine-rich extension on the ATP6 subunit of mitochondrial ATP synthase from the glacier ice worm Mesenchytraeous solifugus increase ATP synthase activity. Amazingly, fusing this extension to the bacterial homolog AtpB enhances ATP production by 5-fold in E. coli and C. crescentus. Check … Continue reading Truman’s paper on ATP synthase activity is published in FEBS Letters…
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Lauren’s paper on sphingosine resistance has been published in Microbiology
Our collaborative paper with Matt Wargo on sphingosine resistance in Pseudomonas has been published in Microbiology. Check it out here: https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.001520
Tanisha’s CDP-glycerate paper is on bioRxiv!
Check out Tanisha’s new paper which identifies CpgD as the enzyme which makes CDP-glycerate, a key substrate for the production of ceramide diphosphoglycerate in Caulobacter. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.09.632243v1
Lauren’s paper on Pseudomonas resistance to sphingosine is posted to bioRxiv!
Lauren’s work, in collaboration with Matt Wargo’s lab at the University of Vermont, identified three genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa that are key for sphingolipid resistance. Check out the paper on bioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.03.611043v1
Chioma and Patrick won poster awards!!
Congratulations to Chioma (2nd place, postqualifying PhD) and Patrick (3rd place, MS) for winning poster awards at the CCIB Research Showcase!!
Chioma’s paper on enzyme localization is online at JBC!
Chioma’s new paper on the spatial organization of sphingolipid synthesis proteins is accepted and in press at JBC! You can check it out at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107276