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R. Rivera-Lugo

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Organism:mouse· 3 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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D. A. Portnoy· 3 shared S. H. Light· 3 shared R. Meheust· 2 shared S. Huang· 2 shared A. Anaya-Sanchez· 1 shared A. M. Sidebottom· 1 shared A. T. Iavarone· 1 shared A. Y. Lee· 1 shared

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D. A. Portnoy

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Deficiency in Galectin-3, -8, and -9 impairs immunity to chronic Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection but not acute infection with multiple intracellular pathogens

H. M. Morrison, J. Craft, R. Rivera-Lugo, J. R. Johnson, G. R. Golovkine, C. E. Dodd, E. Van Dis, W. L. Beatty, S. R. Margolis, T. Repasy, I. Shaker, A. Y. Lee, R. E. Vance, S. A. Stanley, N. J. Krogan, , J. S. Cox

bioRxiv · Dec 29, 2022 · PreprintImmunology

Distinct energy-coupling factor transporter subunits enable flavin acquisition and extracytosolic trafficking for extracellular electron transfer in Listeria monocytogenes

R. Rivera-Lugo, S. Huang, F. Lee, R. Meheust, A. T. Iavarone, A. M. Sidebottom, E. Oldfield, D. A. Portnoy, S. H. Light

This study identifies ECF transporter subunits involved in flavin export for flavinylation in L. monocytogenes and shows their directional transport and genomic distribution.

bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

Listeria monocytogenes requires cellular respiration for NAD+ regeneration and pathogenesis

R. Rivera-Lugo, D. Deng, A. Anaya-Sanchez, S. Tejedor-Sanz, V. M. Reyes Ruiz, H. B. Smith, D. V. Titov, J. D. Sauer, E. P. Skaar, C. M. Ajo-Franklin, D. A. Portnoy, S. H. Light

This study shows that Listeria monocytogenes uses cellular respiration for NAD+ regeneration, which is critical for its pathogenesis and survival in host cells.

bioRxiv · Nov 25, 2021Microbiology

Post-translational flavinylation is associated with diverse extracytosolic redox functionalities throughout bacterial life

R. Meheust, S. Huang, R. Rivera-Lugo, J. Banfield, S. H. Light

The paper identifies flavinylation's role in diverse extracytosolic redox functions across bacteria through genomic analysis and gene cluster mining.

bioRxiv · Jan 7, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology