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Peter Zuber

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Articles 44
Citations 1410
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Related Specialties
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Science
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Shunji Nakano
Michiko M Nakano
Lydie Herfort
Montira Leelakriangsak
Haike Antelmann
Ann A Lin
Ying Zhang
Michael Hecker
Chio Mui Chan
Holly M Simon
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J Bacteriol
Mol Microbiol
PLoS One
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Microbiologyopen
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Recent Articles
1.
Aspects of oral streptococcal metabolic diversity: Imagining the landscape beneath the fog
Zuber P, Kreth J
Mol Microbiol . 2023 Jun; 120(4):508-524. PMID: 37329112
It is widely acknowledged that the human-associated microbial community influences host physiology, systemic health, disease progression, and even behavior. There is currently an increased interest in the oral microbiome, which...
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Disruption of the (Acetoin Dehydrogenase) Operon Has Wide-Ranging Effects on Streptococcus mutans Growth and Stress Response
Zuber P, Nakano M, Kajfasz J, Lemos J
J Bacteriol . 2022 Jan; 204(3):e0057821. PMID: 35007154
The agent largely responsible for initiating dental caries, Streptococcus mutans, produces acetoin dehydrogenase that is encoded by the operon. The operon consists of the and genes (E1 dehydrogenase), (E2 lipoylated...
3.
Increased Oxidative Stress Tolerance of a Spontaneously Occurring Gene Mutation in Streptococcus mutans UA159
Kajfasz J, Zuber P, Ganguly T, Abranches J, Lemos J
J Bacteriol . 2021 Feb; 203(8). PMID: 33526613
The ability of bacteria, such as the dental pathogen , to coordinate a response against damage-inducing oxidants is a critical aspect of their pathogenicity. The oxidative stress regulator SpxA1 has...
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Factors affecting the bacterial community composition and heterotrophic production of Columbia River estuarine turbidity maxima
Herfort L, Crump B, Fortunato C, McCue L, Campbell V, Simon H, et al.
Microbiologyopen . 2017 Aug; 6(6). PMID: 28782284
Estuarine turbidity maxima (ETM) function as hotspots of microbial activity and diversity in estuaries, yet, little is known about the temporal and spatial variability in ETM bacterial community composition. To...
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Exploring the Amino Acid Residue Requirements of the RNA Polymerase (RNAP) α Subunit C-Terminal Domain for Productive Interaction between Spx and RNAP of Bacillus subtilis
Birch C, Davis M, Mbengi L, Zuber P
J Bacteriol . 2017 May; 199(14). PMID: 28484046
Spx is a global transcriptional regulator that is conserved among Gram-positive bacteria, in which Spx is required for preventing oxidatively induced proteotoxicity. Upon stress induction, Spx engages RNA polymerase (RNAP)...
6.
Use of Highly Specific Molecular Markers Reveals Positive Correlation between Abundances of Mesodinium cf. major and Its Preferred Prey, Teleaulax amphioxeia, During Red Water Blooms in the Columbia River Estuary
Herfort L, Maxey K, Voorhees I, Simon H, Grobler K, Peterson T, et al.
J Eukaryot Microbiol . 2017 Mar; 64(6):740-755. PMID: 28258655
In a previous study, Teleaulax amphioxeia-the preferred prey of Mesodinium in the Columbia River estuary-were undetectable within intense annual blooms, suggesting blooms are prey-limited or prey are acquired outside of...
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Evidence that Oxidative Stress Induces spxA2 Transcription in Bacillus anthracis Sterne through a Mechanism Requiring SpxA1 and Positive Autoregulation
Barendt S, Birch C, Mbengi L, Zuber P
J Bacteriol . 2016 Aug; 198(21):2902-2913. PMID: 27501985
Importance: Regulators of transcription initiation are known to govern the expression of genes required for virulence in pathogenic bacterial species. Members of the Spx family of transcription factors function in...
8.
spxA2, encoding a regulator of stress resistance in Bacillus anthracis, is controlled by SaiR, a new member of the Rrf2 protein family
Nakano M, Kominos-Marvell W, Sane B, Nader Y, Barendt S, Jones M, et al.
Mol Microbiol . 2014 Sep; 94(4):815-27. PMID: 25231235
Spx, a member of the ArsC (arsenate reductase) protein family, is conserved in Gram-positive bacteria, and interacts with RNA polymerase to activate transcription in response to toxic oxidants. In Bacillus...
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Discovery of a Katablepharis sp. in the Columbia River estuary that is abundant during the spring and bears a unique large ribosomal subunit sequence element
Kahn P, Herfort L, Peterson T, Zuber P
Microbiologyopen . 2014 Aug; 3(5):764-76. PMID: 25168204
Heterotrophic protists play significant roles in pelagic food webs as bacterivorous and herbivorous consumers. However, heterotrophic protists-unlike autotrophic ones-are often difficult to track since they tend to lack features such...
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Adaptor bypass mutations of Bacillus subtilis spx suggest a mechanism for YjbH-enhanced proteolysis of the regulator Spx by ClpXP
Chan C, Hahn E, Zuber P
Mol Microbiol . 2014 Jun; 93(3):426-38. PMID: 24942655
The global regulator, Spx, is under proteolytic control exerted by the adaptor YjbH and ATP-dependent protease ClpXP in Bacillus subtilis. While YjbH is observed to bind the Spx C-terminus, YjbH...