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Fikri Y. Avci

Emory UniversityORCID 0000-0002-1902-7532Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:mechanistic / dynamical model· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Elif Sena DemiriD· 2 shared Ahmad Reza MehdipouriD· 1 shared Ahmet OzdilekiD· 1 shared Aidan P. KeelaghaniD· 1 shared Alen T. MathewiD· 1 shared Amrutha H. ChidanandaiD· 1 shared Blaine Russell RobertsiD· 1 shared Camilo PéreziD· 1 shared

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Mechanistic basis of teichoic acid transport by a gatekeeper flippase

Gonzalo Cebrero, Amrutha H. Chidananda, Eric Cester, Julien Dénéréaz, Elif Sena Demir, Alen T. Mathew, D. Ryan Bhowmik, Mario de Capitani, Jean-Louis Reymond, Natarajan Kannan, Fikri Y. Avci, Jan‐Willem Veening, Ahmad Reza Mehdipour, Camilo Pérez

The paper determines the mechanism of teichoic acid transport by the flippase TacF in Streptococcus pneumoniae using cryo-EM and computational methods.

Nature Communications · May 25, 2026Peer-reviewedBiochemistry

Molecular mechanisms of immune evasion by host protein glycosylation of a bacterial immunogen used in nucleic acid vaccines

Mukaddes Sena Cinar, Trevor M. Adams, Fathima Zahra Nawaz, Elif S. Demir, Mariye Erol Demirturk, Aidan P. Keelaghan, Shaima Muhammed Nazaar, Blaine Russell Roberts, Ahmet Ozdilek, Fikri Y. Avci

This study identifies how host glycosylation of bacterial antigens in nucleic acid vaccines reduces immune recognition by shielding epitopes and altering antibody binding.

Journal of Biological Chemistry · Apr 3, 2026Peer-reviewedBiochemistry