Deconstructing the chlamydial cell wall

A Klöckner, H Bühl, P Viollier, B Henrichfreise - Biology of Chlamydia, 2018 - Springer
The evolutionary separated Gram-negative Chlamydiales show a biphasic life cycle and
replicate exclusively within eukaryotic host cells. Members of the genus Chlamydia are …

An NlpC/P60 protein catalyzes a key step in peptidoglycan recycling at the intersection of energy recovery, cell division and immune evasion in the intracellular …

J Reuter, C Otten, N Jacquier, J Lee… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The obligate intracellular Chlamydiaceae do not need to resist osmotic challenges and thus
lost their cell wall in the course of evolution. Nevertheless, these pathogens maintain a …

AmiD Is a Novel Peptidoglycan Amidase in Wolbachia Endosymbionts of Drosophila melanogaster

M Wilmes, K Meier, A Schiefer, M Josten… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Wolbachia endobacteria are obligate intracellular bacteria with a highly reduced genome
infecting many arthropod and filarial species, in which they manipulate arthropod …

The MraY Inhibitor Muraymycin D2 and Its Derivatives Induce Enlarged Cells in Obligate Intracellular Chlamydia and Wolbachia and Break the Persistence Phenotype …

I Löckener, LV Behrmann, J Reuter, A Schiefer… - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chlamydial infections and diseases caused by filarial nematodes are global health
concerns. However, treatment presents challenges due to treatment failures potentially …

Combining the advantages of prokaryotic expression and T7 phage display systems to obtain antigens for antibody preparation

J Huo, G Zhang, L Wang, W Sun, L Jia, X Yang… - Protein expression and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The gene encoding the phage major capsid protein 10A was cloned into the prokaryotic
expression vector pET24a, and a 6XHis-tag was fused to the 3′-end of the 10A gene to …

Physicochemical screening for chemical stabilizer of erythropoietin to prevent its aggregation

M Mortazavi, MA Shokrgozar, S Sardari… - Preparative …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Recombinant protein aggregation is a problematic issue and can provoke immunological
response. The aim of this study was to analyze the stability of erythropoietin (EPO), as a …

Expanding the understanding of peptidoglycan turnover in Chlamydiae

J Reuter - 2023 - bonndoc.ulb.uni-bonn.de
The obligate intracellular chlamydiae evolved mechanisms to persist inside their host and to
evade the host immune system, making them intriguing and highly successful pathogens …

Application of formulation principles to stability issues encountered during processing, manufacturing, and storage of drug substance and drug product protein …

S Vitharana, JM Stillahn, DS Katayama… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The field of formulation and stabilization of protein therapeutics has become rather
extensive. However, most of the focus has been on stabilization of the final drug product …

Enhancement of the stability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis recombinant antigen expressed in Escherichia coli using cell lysis additives

HY Kang, SH Ha, T Yoo, HJ Park, JA Lee… - Protein Expression and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Mycobacteria tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, is
a slow-growing bacterium. Expression in Escherichia coli is a widely used method for large …

Identification of new molecular targets and antibiotics as novel strategies against filarial infections

KA Meier - 2019 - bonndoc.ulb.uni-bonn.de
Wolbachia are obligate intracellular bacteria found in many arthropods and some filarial
nematodes that are pathogenic in humans. The Wolbachia genomes are highly reduced, but …