Institute of Biochemistry
Publications
Publications 2021

Cuesta Bernal, J., El-Delik, J., Göttig, S., Pos, K. M.* (2021) Characterization and molecular determinants for beta-lactam specificity of the multidrug efflux pump AcrD from Salmonella typhimurium Antibiotics, 10: 1494 Pubmed

Ornik-Cha, A.#, Wilhelm, J.#, Kobylka, J., Sjuts, H., Vargiu, A. V., Malloci, G., Reitz, J., Seybert, A., Frangakis, A. S.*, Pos K. M.* (2021) Structural and functional analysis of the promiscuous AcrB and AdeB efflux pumps suggests different drug binding mechanisms Nat. Commun. 12:6919
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Sumyk, M., Himpich, S., Foong, W. E., Herrmann, A., Pos K. M., Tam, H.K. (2021) Binding of Tetracyclines to Acinetobacter baumannii TetR Involves Two Arginines as Specificity Determinants. Front. Microbiol. 12: 711158. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.711158
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Tam. H. K.*, Foong, W. E., Oswald, C., Herrmann, A., Zeng, H., Pos K. M.* (2021) Allosteric drug transport mechanism of multidrug transporter AcrB. Nat. Commun. 12: 3889 doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24151-3
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Alav, I. , Kobylka, J., Kuth, M. S., Pos, K. M., Picard, M., Blair, J. M. A., Bavro, V. N. (2021). Structure, Assembly, and Function of Tripartite Efflux and Type 1 Secretion Systems in Gram-Negative Bacteria.. Chem. Rev. 121: 5479-5596
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Publications 2020

Marine, E.*, Pos, K. M. (2020). Antimicrobial Sensitivity Assay for Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. Bio-protoc. 10: e3865.
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Yousefian, N., Ornik-Cha, A., Poussard, S.#, Decossas, M.#, Berbon, M., Daury, L., Taveau, J. C., Dupuy, J. W., Đorđević-Marquardt, S., Lambert, O*., Pos, K. M.* (2020) Structural characterization of the EmrAB-TolC efflux complex from E. coli. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr. 1863: 183488 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183488
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Marine, E., Millner, D. S., Lambert, C., Sockett, R. E., Pos, K. M.* (2020) A novel method to determine antibiotic sensitivity in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus reveals a DHFR-dependent natural trimethoprim resistance. Sci. Rep. 10: 5315 10.1038/s41598-020-62014-x
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Foong, W. E., Wilhelm, J., Tam, H. K.#, Pos, K. M#*. (2020) Tigecycline efflux in Acinetobacter baumannii is mediated by TetA in synergy with RND-type efflux transporters. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 10.1093/jac/dkaa015
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Tam. H. K., Malviya, V. N., Foong, W. E., Herrmann, A., Malloci G., Ruggerone P., Vargiu A. V.*, Pos K. M.* (2020) Binding and transport of carboxylated drugs by the multidrug transporter AcrB. J. Mol. Biol. 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.12.025
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Kobylka, J#., Kuth, M. S.#, Müller, R#. T., Geertsma, E. R., Pos, K. M.* (2020) AcrB: a mean, keen, drug efflux machine. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1459: 38-68 10.1111/nyas.14239
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Publications 2019

Tietgen, M., Kramer, J. S., Brunst, Djahanschiri, B., Wohra, S., Higgins, P. G., Weidensdorfer, M., Riedel-Christ, S., Pos, K. M., Gonzaga, A. Steglich, M., Nübel, U., Ebersberger, I., Proschak, E., Göttig, S. (2019) Identification of the novel class
D β-lactamase OXA-679 involved in carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. dkz080 doi:10.1093/jac/dkz080
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Foong, W. E., Tam, H. K., Crames, J. J., Averhoff, B., Pos, K. M.* (2019) The chloramphenicol/H+ antiporter CraA of Acinetobacter baumannii AYE reveals a broad substrate specificity. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. dkz024 doi: 10.1093/jac/dkz024
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# = equally contributed

* = corresponding

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Dr. Klaas Martinus Pos
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