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B. D. Engel

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 9 Approach:experimental assay· 7 Assay:cryo-EM· 4 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 4 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 3 Assay:imaging· 3 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Organism:human· 2

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M. Schaffer· 7 shared J. M. Plitzko· 4 shared W. Baumeister· 4 shared H. van den Hoek· 3 shared W. Wietrzynski· 3 shared J. M. Schuller· 2 shared M. Demulder· 2 shared N. Klena· 2 shared

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A Protein Blueprint of the Diatom CO2-Fixing Organelle

O. Nam, S. Musial, M. Demulder, C. McKenzie, A. Dowle, M. Dowson, J. Barrett, J. N. Blaza, B. D. Engel, L. Mackinder

The paper identifies a protein interaction network in the diatom pyrenoid, revealing a structural shell critical for CO2 fixation and suggesting convergent evolution with prokaryotic carboxysomes.

bioRxiv · Oct 26, 2023Cell Biology

Diatom pyrenoids are encased in a protein shell that enables efficient CO2 fixation

G. Shimakawa, M. Demulder, S. Flori, A. Kawamoto, Y. Tsuji, H. Nawaly, A. Tanaka, R. Tohda, T. Ota, H. Matsui, N. Morishima, R. Okubo, W. Wietrzynski, L. Lamm, R. D. Righetto, , Y. Matsuda

This study identifies a protein shell surrounding diatom pyrenoids that enhances CO2 fixation efficiency and reveals its structural and functional role through in vivo and in vitro analyses.

bioRxiv · Oct 25, 2023 · PreprintCell Biology

Cryo-electron tomography sheds light on the largest protein in the Trypanosoma brucei tripartite attachment complex

I. Bregy, R. B. Eberle, J. Radecke, A. Khosrozadeh, J. Llodra, A. Noga, H. van den Hoek, M. Kern, B. Haenni, B. D. Engel, P. Stettler, A. Schneider, C. A. Siebert, T. Ishikawa, B. Zuber, T. Ochsenreiter

This study uses cryo-electron tomography to analyze the tripartite attachment complex in Trypanosoma brucei, revealing the structural dynamics of the complex during kDNA segregation.

bioRxiv · Mar 6, 2023 · PreprintCell Biology

In situ architecture of the ciliary base reveals the stepwise assembly of IFT trains

H. van den Hoek, N. Klena, M. A. Jordan, G. Alvarez Viar, M. Schaffer, P. S. Erdmann, W. Wan, J. M. Plitzko, W. Baumeister, G. Pigino, V. Hamel, P. Guichard, B. D. Engel

The paper visualizes the native structure of the ciliary transition zone and the stepwise assembly of IFT trains in Chlamydomonas cells.

bioRxiv · Oct 17, 2021 · PreprintCell Biology

How to build a water-splitting machine: structural insights into photosystem II assembly

J. Zabret, S. Bohn, S. K. Schuller, O. Arnolds, M. Möller, J. Meier-Credo, P. Liauw, A. Chan, E. Tajkhorshid, J. D. Langer, R. Stoll, A. Krieger-Liszkay, B. D. Engel, T. Rudack, J. M. Schuller, M. M. Nowaczyk

The paper solves the structure of a PSII assembly intermediate using cryo-EM, revealing how assembly factors protect PSII during biogenesis and prepare it for water splitting.

bioRxiv · Sep 14, 2020 · PreprintPlant Biology

Structural basis for VIPP1 oligomerization and maintenance of thylakoid membrane integrity

T. Kumar Gupta, S. Klumpe, K. Gries, S. Heinz, W. Wietrzynski, N. Ohnishi, J. Niemeyer, M. Schaffer, A. Rast, M. Strauss, J. M. Plitzko, W. Baumeister, T. Rudack, W. Sakamoto, J. Nickelsen, , B. D. Engel

This study determines the structure of cyanobacterial VIPP1 rings using cryo-EM, revealing how VIPP1 oligomerization and lipid binding maintain thylakoid membrane integrity.

bioRxiv · Aug 11, 2020Plant Biology

The architecture of the centriole cartwheel-containing region revealed by cryo-electron tomography

N. Klena, M. Le Guennec, A.-M. Tassin, H. van den Hoek, P. S. Erdmann, M. Schaffer, S. Geimer, G. Aeschlimann, L. Kovacik, K. N. Goldie, H. Stahlberg, B. D. Engel, V. Hamel, P. Guichard

This study uses cryo-electron tomography to reveal the architectural diversity of the centriole cartwheel region across four species, showing structural variations in periodicity and organization.

bioRxiv · Jul 21, 2020Cell Biology

Charting the native architecture of thylakoid membranes with single-molecule precision

W. Wietrzynski, M. Schaffer, D. Tegunov, S. Albert, A. Kanazawa, J. M. Plitzko, W. Baumeister, B. D. Engel

The paper uses cryo-electron tomography to map the native molecular landscape of thylakoid membranes in green algae, revealing segregation of photosystems I and II at membrane domain borders.

bioRxiv · Sep 5, 2019Plant Biology

The elusive actin cytoskeleton of a green alga expressing both conventional and divergent actins

E. W. Craig, D. M. Mueller, M. Schaffer, B. D. Engel, P. Avasthi

The paper visualizes and characterizes filamentous actin structures in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, revealing a perinuclear ring formed by an actin isoform insensitive to depolymerization.

bioRxiv · Feb 18, 2019Cell Biology

mTORC1 controls phase-separation and the biophysical properties of the cytoplasm by tuning crowding

M. Delarue, G. P. Brittingham, S. Pfeffer, I. Surovtsev, K. J. Kennedy, S. Pinglay, J. I. Gutierrez, M. Schaffer, J. K. Chung, J. Plitzko, J. T. Groves, C. Jacobs-Wagner, B. D. Engel, L. J. Holt

The paper investigates how mTORC1 regulates macromolecular crowding and biophysical properties of the cytoplasm by using GEMs to measure diffusion and phase-separation changes.

bioRxiv · Dec 29, 2017Cell Biology

In situ architecture of the algal nuclear pore complex

S. Mosalaganti, J. Kosinski, S. Albert, M. Schaffer, J. M. Plitzko, W. Baumeister, B. D. Engel, M. Beck

This study reports the in situ architecture of the algal nuclear pore complex in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and compares it to the human NPC, revealing structural variations between species.

bioRxiv · Dec 10, 2017Cell Biology