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P. V. Welander

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Microbiology· 3 Biochemistry· 1

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Organism:human· 1

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A. A. Garcia· 1 shared A. Bonds· 1 shared A. K. Lee· 1 shared B. O. Olagunjub· 1 shared C. A. Smith· 1 shared G. L. Chadwick· 1 shared H. Oo· 1 shared J. C.-C. Chou· 1 shared

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2022-2023 · peak 3/yr

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A. A. Garcia

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Discovery of two archaeal GDGT lipid modifying enzymes reveals diverse microbes capable of H-GDGT biosynthesis and modification

A. A. Garcia, G. L. Chadwick, P. V. Welander

This paper identifies two archaeal enzymes involved in H-GDGT lipid modifications and demonstrates their role in producing diverse H-GDGT structures under different environmental conditions.

bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2023Microbiology

De novo cholesterol biosynthesis in the bacterial domain

A. K. Lee, J. H. Wei, P. V. Welander

This study shows two bacteria can produce cholesterol, challenging previous assumptions about bacterial sterol biosynthesis.

bioRxiv · Oct 3, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

Bacterial sterol methylation confounds eukaryotic biomarker interpretations

M. O. Brown, B. O. Olagunjub, J.-L. Giner, P. V. Welander

The paper shows bacterial enzymes can produce 24-isopropylcholestane, challenging the assumption that this sterane biomarker is exclusive to eukaryotes.

bioRxiv · May 16, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

Novel sterol binding domains in bacteria

L. Zhai, A. Bonds, C. A. Smith, H. Oo, J. C.-C. Chou, P. V. Welander, L. M. K. Dassama

This study identifies three novel bacterial proteins involved in sterol transport, revealing their structural and functional specificity for 4-methylsterols and their widespread presence in bacterial genomes.

bioRxiv · May 15, 2022Biochemistry