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A. M. Wehenkel

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Approach:experimental assay· 6 Organism:C. elegans· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1

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A. Haouz· 3 shared M. Ben Assaya· 3 shared P. M. Alzari· 3 shared R. Duran· 3 shared A. Leyva· 2 shared A. Sogues· 2 shared D. Megrian· 2 shared M. Grana· 2 shared

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Eukaryotic-like gephyrin and cognate membrane receptor coordinate corynebacterial cell division and polar elongation.

M. Martinez, J. Petit, A. Leyva, A. Sogues Castrejon, D. Megrian, A. Rodriguez, Q. Gaday, M. Ben Assaya, M. M. Portela, A. Haouz, A. Ducret, C. Grangeasse, P. M. Alzari, R. Duran, A. M. Wehenkel

The paper identifies two new divisome members in Corynebacteriales and shows their role in coordinating cell division and polar elongation with the divisome and elongasome.

bioRxiv · Feb 1, 2023Microbiology

Legionella para-effectors target chromatin and promote bacterial replication

D. Schator, S. Mondino, J. Berthelet, C. Di Silvestre, M. Ben Asssya, C. Rusniok, F. Rodreigues-Lima, A. M. Wehenkel, C. Buchrieser, M. Rolando

This study identifies two Legionella effectors, LphD and RomA, that work together to modify host chromatin and promote bacterial replication.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

A novel nuclease is the executing part of a bacterial plasmid defense system

M. Weiss, G. Giacomelli, M. Ben Assaya, F. Grundt, A. Haouz, F. Peng, S. Petrella, A. M. Wehenkel, M. Bramkamp

The paper identifies MksG as a novel nuclease in the MksBEFG plasmid defense system of Corynebacterium glutamicum, showing it degrades plasmid DNA and is regulated by DivIVA.

bioRxiv · Oct 6, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

Proteome remodeling in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PknG knockout: molecular evidence for the role of this kinase in cell envelope biogenesis and hypoxia response.

A. Lima, A. Leyva, B. Rivera, M. M. Portela, M. Gil, A. Cascioferro, M. N. Lisa, A. M. Wehenkel, M. Bellinzoni, P. Carvalho, C. Batthyany, M. N. Alvarez, R. Brosch, P. M. Alzari, R. Duran

This study uses proteomics to show that PknG knockout in M. tuberculosis alters the proteome, affecting cell envelope biosynthesis and hypoxia response.

bioRxiv · Mar 16, 2021Biochemistry

SepF is the FtsZ-anchor in Archaea: implications for cell division in the Last Universal Common Ancestor

N. Pende, A. Sogues, D. Megrian, H. Palabikyan, A. Sartori-Rupp, M. Grana, S. K.- M. R. Rittmann, A. M. Wehenkel, P. Alzari, S. Gribaldo

This study identifies SepF as the FtsZ anchor in Methanobrevibacter smithii, revealing its role in archaeal cell division and evolutionary implications for LUCA.

bioRxiv · Oct 6, 2020Microbiology

Essential dynamic interdependence of FtsZ and SepF for Z-ring and septum formation in Corynebacterium glutamicum

A. Sogues, M. Martinez, Q. Gaday, M. Ben Assaya, M. Grana, A. Voegele, M. VanNieuwenhze, P. England, A. Haouz, A. Chenal, S. Trepout, R. Duran, A. M. Wehenkel, P. M. Alzari

This study investigates the essential interaction between FtsZ and SepF in C. glutamicum, revealing their dynamic roles in Z-ring and septum formation through structural and functional analyses.

bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2019Microbiology