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Sarkar D, Maffeo C, Sutter M, Aksimentiev A, Kerfeld CA, Vermaas JV. Atomic view of photosynthetic metabolite permeability pathways and confinement in synthetic carboxysome shells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Nov 5;121(45):e2402277121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2402277121. Epub 2024 Nov 1. PubMed PMID: 39485798.
Sheppard D, Espinoza-Corral R, Lechno-Yossef S, Sutter M, Arcidiacono A, Cignoni E, Cupellini L, Mennucci B, Kerfeld CA. N-terminal domain homologs of the orange carotenoid protein increase quenching of cyanobacterial phycobilisomes. Plant Physiol. 2024 Oct 4;. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiae531. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39365917.
Sheppard D, Espinoza-Corral R, Lechno-Yossef S, Sutter M, Arcidiacono A, Cignoni E, Cupellini L, Mennucci B, Kerfeld C. N-terminal domain homologs of the orange carotenoid protein increase quenching of cyanobacterial phycobilisomes. Plant Physiology. 2024 October; :-. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiae531.
Espinoza-Corral R, Zavřel T, Sutter M, Leslie C, Yang K, Beck W, Červený J, Kerfeld C. The new phycobilisome linker protein ApcI regulates high light adaptation in <i>Synechocystis</i> sp. PCC 6803. [preprint]. 2024 September. doi: 10.1101/2024.09.09.612062.
Dwyer ME, Froehlich JE, Raba DA, Borrusch M, Danhof L, Sharma N, Young EJ, Brandizzi F, Benning C, Kerfeld CA. Towards chloroplastic nanofactories: formation of proteinaceous scaffolds for metabolic engineering. Plant Biotechnol J. 2024 Sep 6;. doi: 10.1111/pbi.14462. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39239674.
Kerfeld CA, Sutter M. Orange carotenoid proteins: structural understanding of evolution and function. Trends Biochem Sci. 2024 Sep;49(9):819-828. doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.04.010. Epub 2024 May 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 38789305.
Kerfeld C, Sutter M. Orange carotenoid proteins: structural understanding of evolution and function. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 2024 September; 49(9):819-828. doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.04.010.
Raza S, Sarkar D, Chan LJG, Mae J, Sutter M, Petzold CJ, Kerfeld CA, Ralston CY, Gupta S, Vermaas JV. Comparative Pore Structure and Dynamics for Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Protein Assemblies in Sheets or Shells. ACS Omega. 2024 Aug 20;9(33):35503-35514. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c02406. eCollection 2024 Aug 20. PubMed PMID: 39184480; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11339822.
Snyder SN, Jussupow A, Feig M, Potocny AM, Sutter M, Kerfeld CA, Mulfort KL, Utschig LM. In Vitro Encapsulation of Functionally Active Abiotic Photosensitizers Inside a Bacterial Microcompartment Shell. J Phys Chem Lett. 2024 Aug 8;15(31):8000-8006. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01103. Epub 2024 Jul 30. PubMed PMID: 39079038.
Trettel DS, Kerfeld CA, Gonzalez-Esquer CR. Dynamic structural determinants in bacterial microcompartment shells. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2024 Aug;80:102497. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2024.102497. Epub 2024 Jun 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 38909546.
Snyder S, Jussupow A, Feig M, Potocny A, Sutter M, Kerfeld C, Mulfort K, Utschig L. <i>In Vitro</i> Encapsulation of Functionally Active Abiotic Photosensitizers Inside a Bacterial Microcompartment Shell. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2024 July; 15(31):8000-8006. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01103.
Raza S, Sarkar D, Chan L, Mae J, Sutter M, Petzold C, Kerfeld C, Ralston C, Gupta S, Vermaas J. Comparative Pore Structure and Dynamics for Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Protein Assemblies in Sheets or Shells. ACS Omega. 2024 July; 9(33):35503-35514. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c02406.
Doron L, Kerfeld CA. Bacterial microcompartments as a next-generation metabolic engineering tool: utilizing nature's solution for confining challenging catabolic pathways. Biochem Soc Trans. 2024 Jun 26;52(3):997-1010. doi: 10.1042/BST20230229. Review. PubMed PMID: 38813858; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11346464.
Doron L, Kerfeld C. Bacterial microcompartments as a next-generation metabolic engineering tool: utilizing nature's solution for confining challenging catabolic pathways. Biochemical Society Transactions. 2024 June; 52(3):997-1010. doi: 10.1042/BST20230229.
Sauer PV, Cupellini L, Sutter M, Bondanza M, Domínguez Martin MA, Kirst H, Bína D, Koh AF, Kotecha A, Greber BJ, Nogales E, Polívka T, Mennucci B, Kerfeld CA. Structural and quantum chemical basis for OCP-mediated quenching of phycobilisomes. Sci Adv. 2024 Apr 5;10(14):eadk7535. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adk7535. Epub 2024 Apr 5. PubMed PMID: 38578996; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10997198.
Abeysinghe AADT, Young EJ, Rowland AT, Dunshee LC, Urandur S, Sullivan MO, Kerfeld CA, Keating CD. Interfacial Assembly of Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Proteins in Aqueous Multiphase Systems. Small. 2024 Apr;20(15):e2308390. doi: 10.1002/smll.202308390. Epub 2023 Dec 1. PubMed PMID: 38037673.
Raza S, Sarkar D, Chan L, Mae J, Sutter M, Petzold C, Kerfeld C, Ralston C, Gupta S, Vermaas J. Comparative Pore Structure and Dynamics for Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Protein Assemblies in Sheets or Shells. [preprint]. 2024 March. doi: 10.1101/2024.03.12.584231.
Espinoza-Corral R, Iwai M, Zavřel T, Lechno-Yossef S, Sutter M, Červený J, Niyogi K, Kerfeld C. Phycobilisome protein ApcG interacts with PSII and regulates energy transfer in <i>Synechocystis</i>. Plant Physiology. 2024 March; 194(3):1383-1396. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiad615.
Espinoza-Corral R, Iwai M, Zavřel T, Lechno-Yossef S, Sutter M, Červený J, Niyogi KK, Kerfeld CA. Phycobilisome protein ApcG interacts with PSII and regulates energy transfer in Synechocystis. Plant Physiol. 2024 Feb 29;194(3):1383-1396. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiad615. PubMed PMID: 37972281; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10904348.
Sarkar D, Maffeo C, Sutter M, Aksimentiev A, Kerfeld C, Vermaas J. Atomic View of Photosynthetic Metabolite Permeability Pathways and Confinement in Cyanobacterial Carboxysomes. [preprint]. 2024 February. doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-kbcdf.
Doron L, Raval D, Kerfeld CA. Towards using bacterial microcompartments as a platform for spatial metabolic engineering in the industrially important and metabolically versatile Zymomonas mobilis. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2024;12:1344260. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1344260. eCollection 2024. PubMed PMID: 38344288; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10853475.
Rose JB, Gascón JA, Sutter M, Sheppard DI, Kerfeld CA, Beck WF. Photoactivation of the orange carotenoid protein requires two light-driven reactions mediated by a metastable monomeric intermediate. Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2023 Dec 13;25(48):33000-33012. doi: 10.1039/d3cp04484j. PubMed PMID: 38032096.
Abeysinghe A, Young E, Rowland A, Dunshee L, Urandur S, Sullivan M, Kerfeld C, Keating C. Interfacial Assembly of Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Proteins in Aqueous Multiphase Systems. Small. 2023 December; 20(15):-. doi: 10.1002/smll.202308390.
Doron L, Sutter M, Kerfeld CA. Characterization of a novel aromatic substrate-processing microcompartment in Actinobacteria. mBio. 2023 Aug 31;14(4):e0121623. doi: 10.1128/mbio.01216-23. Epub 2023 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 37462359; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10470539.
Doron L, Sutter M, Kerfeld C. Characterization of a novel aromatic substrate-processing microcompartment in Actinobacteria. mBio. 2023 July; :-. doi: 10.1128/mbio.01216-23.
Sharma N, Froehlich JE, Rillema R, Raba DA, Chambers T, Kerfeld CA, Kramer DM, Walker B, Brandizzi F. Arabidopsis stromal carbonic anhydrases exhibit non-overlapping roles in photosynthetic efficiency and development. Plant J. 2023 Jul;115(2):386-397. doi: 10.1111/tpj.16231. Epub 2023 Apr 10. PubMed PMID: 37010739.
Ferlez BH, Kirst H, Greber BJ, Nogales E, Sutter M, Kerfeld CA. Heterologous Assembly of Pleomorphic Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Architectures Spanning the Nano- to Microscale. Adv Mater. 2023 Jun;35(23):e2212065. doi: 10.1002/adma.202212065. Epub 2023 Apr 25. PubMed PMID: 36932732; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10330516.
Espinoza-Corral R, Iwai M, Zavřel T, Lechno-Yossef S, Sutter M, Červený J, Niyogi K, Kerfeld C. The phycobilisome linker protein ApcG interacts with photosystem II and regulates energy transfer to photosystem I in <i>Synechocystis sp.</i> PCC 6803. [preprint]. 2023 May. doi: 10.1101/2023.05.22.541798.
Ferlez B, Kirst H, Greber B, Nogales E, Sutter M, Kerfeld C. Heterologous Assembly of Pleomorphic Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Architectures Spanning the Nano&#x2010; to Microscale. Advanced Materials. 2023 April; 35(23):-. doi: 10.1002/adma.202212065.
Sil S, Tilluck RW, Mohan T M N, Leslie CH, Rose JB, Domínguez-Martín MA, Lou W, Kerfeld CA, Beck WF. Excitation energy transfer and vibronic coherence in intact phycobilisomes. Nat Chem. 2022 Nov;14(11):1286-1294. doi: 10.1038/s41557-022-01026-8. Epub 2022 Sep 19. PubMed PMID: 36123451.
Raba DA, Kerfeld CA. The potential of bacterial microcompartment architectures for phytonanotechnology. Environ Microbiol Rep. 2022 Oct;14(5):700-710. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.13104. Epub 2022 Jul 19. Review. PubMed PMID: 35855583.
Sil S, Tilluck R, Mohan T. M. N, Leslie C, Rose J, Domínguez-Martín M, Lou W, Kerfeld C, Beck W. Excitation energy transfer and vibronic coherence in intact phycobilisomes. Nature Chemistry. 2022 September; 14(11):1286-1294. doi: 10.1038/s41557-022-01026-8.
Domínguez-Martín MA, Sauer PV, Kirst H, Sutter M, Bína D, Greber BJ, Nogales E, Polívka T, Kerfeld CA. Structures of a phycobilisome in light-harvesting and photoprotected states. Nature. 2022 Sep;609(7928):835-845. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05156-4. Epub 2022 Aug 31. PubMed PMID: 36045294.
Domínguez-Martín M, Sauer P, Kirst H, Sutter M, Bína D, Greber B, Nogales E, Polívka T, Kerfeld C. Structures of a phycobilisome in light-harvesting and photoprotected states. Nature. 2022 August; 609(7928):835-845. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05156-4.
Rosi M, Russell B, Kristensen LG, Farquhar ER, Jain R, Abel D, Sullivan M, Costello SM, Dominguez-Martin MA, Chen Y, Marqusee S, Petzold CJ, Kerfeld CA, DePonte DP, Farahmand F, Gupta S, Ralston CY. An automated liquid jet for fluorescence dosimetry and microsecond radiolytic labeling of proteins. Commun Biol. 2022 Aug 25;5(1):866. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03775-1. PubMed PMID: 36008591; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9411504.
Raba D, Kerfeld C. The potential of bacterial microcompartment architectures for phytonanotechnology. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 2022 July; 14(5):700-710. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.13104.
Sutter M, Kerfeld CA, Scott KM. Atypical Carboxysome Loci: JEEPs or Junk?. Front Microbiol. 2022;13:872708. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.872708. eCollection 2022. Review. PubMed PMID: 35668770; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9164163.
Sutter M, Kerfeld CA. BMC Caller: a webtool to identify and analyze bacterial microcompartment types in sequence data. Biol Direct. 2022 Apr 28;17(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s13062-022-00323-z. PubMed PMID: 35484563; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9052549.
Sutter M, Kerfeld C. BMC Caller: a webtool to identify and analyze bacterial microcompartment types in sequence data. Biology Direct. 2022 April; 17(1):-. doi: 10.1186/s13062-022-00323-z.
Kirst H, Ferlez BH, Lindner SN, Cotton CAR, Bar-Even A, Kerfeld CA. Toward a glycyl radical enzyme containing synthetic bacterial microcompartment to produce pyruvate from formate and acetate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Feb 22;119(8). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2116871119. PubMed PMID: 35193962; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8872734.
Kirst H, Ferlez B, Lindner S, Cotton C, Bar-Even A, Kerfeld C. Toward a glycyl radical enzyme containing synthetic bacterial microcompartment to produce pyruvate from formate and acetate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2022 February; 119(8):-. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2116871119.
Ralston CY, Kerfeld CA. Integrated Structural Studies for Elucidating Carotenoid-Protein Interactions. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2022;1371:1-10. doi: 10.1007/5584_2020_615. PubMed PMID: 33963527; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9522475.
Khan T, Kuznetsova V, Dominguez‐Martin M, Kerfeld C, Polívka T. Cover Feature: UV Excitation of Carotenoid Binding Proteins OCP and HCP: Excited&#x2010;State Dynamics and Product Formation (ChemPhotoChem 1/2022). ChemPhotoChem. 2021 December; 6(1):-. doi: 10.1002/cptc.202100279.
Sauer P, Dominguez-Martin M, Kirst H, Sutter M, Bina D, Greber B, Nogales E, Polívka T, Kerfeld C. Structures of the Cyanobacterial Phycobilisome. [preprint]. 2021 November. doi: 10.1101/2021.11.15.468712.
Dominguez-Martin M, Sauer P, Sutter M, Kirst H, Bina D, Greber B, Nogales E, Polívka T, Kerfeld C. Structure of the Quenched Cyanobacterial OCP-Phycobilisome Complex. [preprint]. 2021 November. doi: 10.1101/2021.11.15.468719.
Khan T, Kuznetsova V, Dominguez‐Martin M, Kerfeld C, Polívka T. UV Excitation of Carotenoid Binding Proteins OCP and HCP: Excited&#x2010;State Dynamics and Product Formation. ChemPhotoChem. 2021 October; 6(1):-. doi: 10.1002/cptc.202100194.
Melnicki MR, Sutter M, Kerfeld CA. Evolutionary relationships among shell proteins of carboxysomes and metabolosomes. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2021 Oct;63:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2021.05.011. Epub 2021 Jun 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 34098411; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8525121.
Khan T, Kuznetsova V, Dominguez-Martin MA, Kerfeld CA, Polivka T. UV excitation of carotenoid binding proteins OCP and HCP: Excited-state dynamics and product formation. ChemPhotoChem. 2021 September; 6(1):e202100194.
Gonzalez-Esquer CR, Ferlez B, Weraduwage SM, Kirst H, Lantz AT, Turmo A, Sharkey TD, Kerfeld CA. Validation of an insertion-engineered isoprene synthase as a strategy to functionalize terpene synthases. RSC Adv. 2021 Sep 6;11(48):29997-30005. doi: 10.1039/d1ra05710c. eCollection 2021 Sep 6. PubMed PMID: 35480253; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9041124.
Feroz H, Ferlez B, Oh H, Mohammadiarani H, Ren T, Baker CS, Gajewski JP, Lugar DJ, Gaudana SB, Butler P, Hühn J, Lamping M, Parak WJ, Blatt MR, Kerfeld CA, Smirnoff N, Vashisth H, Golbeck JH, Kumar M. Liposome-based measurement of light-driven chloride transport kinetics of halorhodopsin. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr. 2021 Aug 1;1863(8):183637. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2021.183637. Epub 2021 Apr 27. PubMed PMID: 33930372.
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