Benjamin F Cooper

This study identifies YhdP as an envelope-spanning phospholipid-binding bridge that interacts with DedD to facilitate phospholipid transport in E. coli.

This study shows how a bacterial Rhesus transporter modifies a conserved ammonium pore to function as a reversible nitrogen valve through specific residue changes.

The paper identifies a lipid-binding site in the dimeric E. coli DedA protein YqjA through structural modeling and functional assays, showing lipid binding enhances thermal stability and is essential for function.

This study determines the structure and function of NeRh50, a Rh-family protein in Nitrosomonas europaea, revealing lipid associations and divergent ammonium transport properties compared to canonical Amt proteins.

This study shows YdbL modulates YdbH-YnbE bridge formation in E. coli to maintain outer membrane homeostasis by interacting with YnbE and preventing its degradation.

This study shows that SAE2 deacetylation during mitosis biases SUMO2 over SUMO1 conjugation, affecting mitotic fidelity through SUMOylation of NuMA.

This study identifies MlaFEDB as a flippase that uses ATP hydrolysis to transport phospholipids between membrane leaflets and shows ATP-independent phospholipid loading into MlaC.