Study of cell wall permeability of bacteria from the order Actinomycetales with special emphasis on structure and function of cell wall channels

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Roland Benz
• Subject Area: Metabolism, Biochemistry and Genetics of Microorganisms
• Term: from 2007 to 2010
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 38787336

• Final Report Year: 2010

Final Report Abstract

No abstract available

Publications

• 2007 Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Identification and characterization of a channel-forming protein in the cell wall. J Bacteriol. 189, 7709-7719
  Schiffler B, Barth E, Daffé M, Benz R
  
• 2008 A putative alpha-helical porin from Corynebacterium glutamicum. J Mol Biol., 379, 482-491
  Ziegler K, Benz R, Schulz GE
  
• 2009 Identification of a cell-wall channel in the corynemycolic acid-free Gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium amycolatum. Int Microbiol. 12, 29-38
  Dörner U, Schiffler B, Lanéelle MA, Daffé M, Benz R
  
• 2010 O-mycoloylated proteins from Corynebacterium: an unprecedent post-translational modification in bacteria. J Biol Chem. May 27. [Epub ahead of print]
  Huc E, Meniche X, Benz R, Bayan N, Ghazi A, Tropis M, Daffe MM
  
• 2010 Reconstitution experiments and gene deletions reveal the existence of two-component major cell wall channels in the genus Corynebacterium. J. Bacteriol., 192, 786-800
  Barth E, Agulló Barceló M, Kläckta C, Benz, R.