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Elif S. Demir

Emory UniversityORCID 0000-0003-0359-4935Unclaimed 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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Fikri Y. AvciiD· 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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BiochemistryNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedMay 25, 2026

Mechanistic basis of teichoic acid transport by a gatekeeper flippase

Gonzalo Cebrero, Amrutha H. Chidananda, Eric Cester…·Camilo Pérez

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

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humancryo-EM

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BiochemistryJournal of Biological ChemistryPeer-reviewedApr 3, 2026

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…·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.

DOI 10.1016/j.jbc.2026.111423

humanproteomics

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