Sonja-Verena Albers - Selected Publications#

1. Nußbaum P, Gerstner M, Dingethal M, Erb C, Albers SV (2021) The archaeal protein SepF is essential for cell division in Haloferax volcanii. Nature Communications, 12:3469. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23686-9.

2. Nußbaum P, Ithurbide S, Walsh JC, Patro M, Delpech F, Rodriguez-Franco M, Curmi PMG, Duggin IG, Quax TEF, Albers SV. (2020) An oscillating MinD protein determines the cellular position of the motility machinery in Archaea. Curr Biol 30:4956-4972.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.073.

3. Sivabalasarma S, Wetzel H, Nußbaum P, van der Does C, Beeby M, Albers SV (2021) Analysis of Cell-Cell ridges in Haloferax volcanii using electron tomography reveal a continuous cytoplasm and S-layer. Front Microbiol, 11:612239. Doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.612239

4. Van Wolferen M, Shajahan A, Heinrich K, Brenziger S, Black IM, Wagner A, Briegel A, Azadi P, Albers SV (2020) Species-specific recognition of Sulfolobales mediated by UV-inducible pili and S-layer glycosylation patterns. mBio, 11:e03014. doi: 10.1128/mBio.03014-19 (Demonstrated that species specificity of cell-cell aggregation for DNA exchange is established by the recognition of the N-glycosylation pattern of the S-layer by the pilus)

5. Tsai C.-L., Tripp P, Sivabalasarma S, Zhang C, Rodriguez-Franco M, Wipfler RL, Chaudhury P, Banerjee A, Beeby M, Whitaker RJ, Tainer JA, Albers SV. (2019) The periplasmic FlaG/F complex structure and its essential role for archaellar swimming motility. Nature Microbiol, 5:216-225. Doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0622-3 (Demonstrated that FlaF/G are the stators of the archaellum)

6. Quax, T.E.F., Altegoer, F., Rossi,F., Li, Z., Rodrigues-Franco, M., Kraus, F., Bange, G., Albers, S.V. (2018) Structure and function of the archaeal response regulator CheY. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115, E1259-E1268. Doi: 10.1073/pnas.1716661115 (Solved the structure of archaeal CheY, showing that the binding site for CheF is different than the one for FliM in bacterial CheY, another adaptation to the archaellum)

7. van Wolferen, M., Wagner, A., van der Does, C., and Albers, S.V. (2016). The archaeal Ced system imports DNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113, 2496-2501. Doi: 10.1073/pnas.1513740113 (Identification of the first archaeal DNA transporter)

8. Banerjee, A., Tsai, C.L., Chaudhury, P., Tripp, P., Arvai, A.S., Ishida, J.P., Tainer, J.A., and Albers, S.V. (2015). FlaF is a β-sandwich protein that anchors the archaellum in the archaeal cell envelope by binding the S-layer protein. Structure 23, 863-872. Doi: 10.1016/j.str.2015.03.001

9. Orell, A., Peeters, E., Vassen, V., Jachlewski, S., Schalles, S., Siebers, B., and Albers, S.V. (2013). Lrs14 transcriptional regulators influence biofilm formation and cell motility of Crenarchaea. ISME J. 7, 1886-1898. Doi: 10.1038/ismej.2013.68 (Identified the Lrs14 regulators as archaea specific biofilm switches)

10. Reindl, S., Ghosh, A., Williams, G.J., Lassak, K., Neiner, T., Henche, A.L., Albers, S.V.*, and Tainer, J.A.*(2013). Insights on FlaI Functions in archaeal motor assembly and motility from structures, conformations and genetics. Mol. Cell 49, 1069-1082. *corresponding. Doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.01.014 (demonstrated that the ATPase FlaI has two functions: first it assembles the archaellum filament, and after a switch rotates it)