Lab News:
November 26, 2024
Our paper about a novel way to regenerate cofactors inside BMCs is out in PNAS!
Electrochemical cofactor recycling of bacterial microcompartments Sutter M, Utschig LM, Niklas J, Paul S, Kahan DN, Gupta S, Poluektov OG, Ferlez BH, Tefft NM, TerAvest MA, Hickey DP, Vermaas JV, Ralston CY, Kerfeld CA (link) |
November 24, 2024
Our paper about characterizing the sugar phosphate utilizing BMCs is out!
Characterization of a widespread sugar phosphate-processing bacterial microcompartment. Dwyer ME, Sutter M, Kerfeld CA (link) |
November 1, 2024
The modelling paper from our collaboration with the Vermaas group is out in PNAS!
Atomic view of photosynthetic metabolite permeability pathways and confinement in synthetic carboxysome shells Daipayan Sarkar, Christopher Maffeo, Markus Sutter, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Cheryl A. Kerfeld and Josh V. Vermaas (link) |
October 16, 2024
A paper from our collaborators about the spectral properties of the OCP is out!
Spectral broadening and vibronic dynamics of the S2 state of canthaxanthin in the orange carotenoid protein Kunwei Yang, Nila Mohan T. M., Justin B. Rose, Chase H. Leslie, Markus Sutter, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Warren F. Beck (link) |
October 4, 2024
Our paper about HCPs and their phycobilisome quenching properties is out!
N-terminal domain homologs of the orange carotenoid protein increase quenching of cyanobacterial phycobilisomes Damien Sheppard, Roberto Espinoza-Corral, Sigal Lechno-Yossef, Markus Sutter, Amanda Arcidiacono, Edoardo Cignoni, Lorenzo Cupellini, Benedetta Mennucci, Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
September 6, 2024
Our paper about getting BMC shells into Plants is out!
Towards chloroplastic nanofactories: formation of proteinaceous scaffolds for metabolic engineering Matthew E. Dwyer, John E. Froehlich, Daniel A. Raba, Melissa Borrusch, Linda Danhof, Naveen Sharma, Eric J. Young, Federica Brandizzi, Christoph Benning, Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
August 22, 2024
A delegation from the German state of Hessen, among them the State Secretary of Science as well as presidents from Hessen Universities, visited Berkeley Lab and toured the Joint Genome Institute, Molecular Foundry and Advanced Light Source. They were also interested in hearing more about the organization of EFRCs in general and the CCBC in particular.
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July 31, 2024
Two CCBC papers about BMC shells led by our collaborators are out!
In Vitro Encapsulation of Functionally Active Abiotic Photosensitizers Inside a Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Snyder SN, Jussupow A, Feig M, Potocny AM, Sutter M, Kerfeld CA, Mulfort KL, Utschig LM (link) Comparative Pore Structure and Dynamics for Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Protein Assemblies in Sheets or Shells Raza S, Sarkar D, Chan LJG, Mae J, Sutter M, Petzold C, Kerfeld CA, Ralston CY, Gupta S, Vermaas JV. (link) |
June 28, 2024
On June 13th and June 14th, Eric Young hosted two groups of High School Women for a 30 minute biochemist job shadow experience. This was part of LBNL's K-12 STEM Education & Outreach Program SAGE Camp (Science Accelerating Girls Engagement). The students seemed super interested and asked insightful questions. We were surprised at how many are already interested in pursuing biochemistry (related) careers.
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June 24, 2024
Our collaborative review about BMC shells with the Gonzalez-Esquer Lab has been published!
Dynamic structural determinants in bacterial microcompartment shells Daniel S Trettel, Cheryl A Kerfeld, Cesar R Gonzalez-Esquer (link) |
June 19, 2024
This spring, Eric Young volunteered to facilitate science demonstrations and give a personal career overview (link to your poster) at multiple East Bay Middle Schools. This "Reverse Science Fair" was organized by Berkeley Lab's K-12 STEM Outreach Program; Youtube video about the event: (link).
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May 31, 2024
Our recent review about using BMCs as bioengineering tools is out!
Bacterial microcompartments as a next-generation metabolic engineering tool: utilizing nature's solution for confining challenging catabolic pathways Doron L, Kerfeld CA. (link) |
May 23, 2024
Our most recent review about OCP is out!
Orange carotenoid proteins: structural understanding of evolution and function Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Markus Sutter (link) (free link valid until July 12) |
April 5, 2024
Our high-resolution structure of the Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Phycobilisome and quantum chemical analysis of OCP quenching is out!
Structural and quantum chemical basis for OCP-mediated quenching of phycobilisomes Paul V. Sauer, Lorenzo Cupellini, Markus Sutter, Mattia Bondanza, María Agustina Domínguez Martin, Henning Kirst, David Bína, Adrian Fujiet Koh, Abhay Kotecha, Basil J. Greber, Eva Nogales, Tomáš Polívka, Benedetta Mennucci, and Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
April 1, 2024
Our Proteocell project and the publication in Small got featured in the MSU NatSci Comms update:
Life without lipids: Building toward 'artificial cells' (link) |
January 23, 2024
Our paper that shows application of the HO BMC shell system for use in Zymomonas is out!
Towards using Bacterial microcompartments as a platform for spatial metabolic engineering in the industrially important and metabolically versatile Zymomonas mobilis Lior Doron, Dhairya Raval, Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
December 1, 2023
A paper from the Proteocell project (link) just came out!
Interfacial Assembly of Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Proteins in Aqueous Multiphase Systems A A Dharani T Abeysinghe, Eric J Young, Andrew T Rowland, Lucas C Dunshee, Sandeep Urandur, Millicent O Sullivan, Cheryl A Kerfeld, Christine D Keating (link) |
November 30, 2023
The paper about OCP photoactivation from a collaboration with the Beck group at MSU is out!
Photoactivation of the orange carotenoid protein requires two light-driven reactions mediated by a metastable monomeric intermediate Justin B. Rose, Jose A. Gascon, Markus Sutter, Damien I. Sheppard, Cheryl A. Kerfeld and Warren F. Beck (link) (link to pdf) |
November 16, 2023
Our ApcG paper is out!
Phycobilisome protein ApcG interacts with photosystem II and regulates energy transfer in Synechocystis Roberto Espinoza-Corral; Masakazu Iwai; Tomáš, Zavřel; Sigal Lechno-Yossef; Markus Sutter; Jan Červený; Krishna K. Niyogi and Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
November 9, 2023
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In October, the Kerfeld Lab West volunteered at an LBNL K-12 Education/Outreach event in an Oakland Park, an LBNL Work Force and Development "Story Time" Career Path Presentation, and participated in the annual LBNL Hill site Walk/Run Around!
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October 31, 2023
Our paper characterizing the newly discovered phycobilisome linker ApcG got accepted in Plant Phys!
The phycobilisome protein ApcG interacts with photosystem II and regulates energy transfer in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Roberto Espinoza-Corral; Masakazu Iwai; Tomáš, Zavřel; Sigal Lechno-Yossef; Markus Sutter; Jan Červený; Krishna K. Niyogi and Cheryl A. Kerfeld |
September 18, 2023
The CCBC contribution to the DOE EFRC Poetry of Science Art Contest won second place!
CCBC Sonnet: (link) |
TIm Chiang joined the Kerfeld lab West and Ralston group as a postdoctoral researcher with the CCBC
August 28, 2023
Gabrielle Taylor joined the West lab as a postdoctoral researcher!
July 19th 2023
Our paper characterizing the new ARO Bacterial Microcompartment is out in mBio!
Characterization of a novel aromatic substrate-processing microcompartment in Actinobacteria Lior Doron, Markus Sutter, Cheryl A Kerfeld (link) |
Our collaborative paper with other members of the MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab is in the current issue of The Plant Journal!
Arabidopsis stromal carbonic anhydrases exhibit non-overlapping roles in photosynthetic efficiency and development
Naveen Sharma, John E. Froehlich, Rees Rillema, Daniel A. Raba, Taylor Chambers, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, David M. Kramer, Berkley Walker, Federica Brandizzi
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Arabidopsis stromal carbonic anhydrases exhibit non-overlapping roles in photosynthetic efficiency and development
Naveen Sharma, John E. Froehlich, Rees Rillema, Daniel A. Raba, Taylor Chambers, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, David M. Kramer, Berkley Walker, Federica Brandizzi
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June 26, 2023
Kalpana Singh joined the West Lab as a postdoctoral researcher!
May 1, 2023
April 28, 2023
Congratulations to Dan who won an award for excellence for his oral presentation at the Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference (https://easternphotosynthesis.org/) in Woods Hole, MA!
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April 10, 2023
Our collaborative paper with other members of the MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab is up online!
Arabidopsis stromal carbonic anhydrases exhibit non-overlapping roles in photosynthetic efficiency and development
Naveen Sharma, John E. Froehlich, Rees Rillema, Daniel A. Raba, Taylor Chambers, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, David M. Kramer, Berkley Walker, Federica Brandizzi
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Arabidopsis stromal carbonic anhydrases exhibit non-overlapping roles in photosynthetic efficiency and development
Naveen Sharma, John E. Froehlich, Rees Rillema, Daniel A. Raba, Taylor Chambers, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, David M. Kramer, Berkley Walker, Federica Brandizzi
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March 18, 2023
Our paper about different structures formed by GRM3 type shell proteins is out!
Heterologous Assembly of Pleomorphic Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Architectures Spanning the Nano- to Microscale Bryan H. Ferlez, Henning Kirst, Basil J. Greber, Eva Nogales, Markus Sutter, Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
March 2, 2023
The CCBC held its All-hands kickoff meeting in Berkeley, at the Molecular Foundry, February 22-24!
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February 13, 2023
In January, the Kerfeld West hosted a job shadow day through Berkeley Lab Empowerment in STEM Day, a co-hosted event between K-12 Outreach and the Women’s Support and Empowerment Council. Two students from Oakland walked through the lab space at the Joint Genome Institute and then our lab in building 64 at Berkeley Lab. We loved demonstrating our techniques and passion for our field and answering the questions from the curious students.
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December 15, 2022
Our Energy Frontier Research Center is announced in MSU News:
Developing bacterial microcompartment shells for diverse applications in catalysis is the subject of a new Energy Frontier Research Center, the Center for Catalysis in Biomimetic Confinement (CCBC); a collaboration among MSU, Berkeley National Lab and Argonne National Lab (link to announcement) |
September 30, 2022
Join the Kerfeld Lab and other MSU Labs as part of a new DOE Energy Frontier Research Center, the Center for Catalysis in Biomimetic Confinement:
https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/512433/research-associatefixed-term |
September 20, 2022
A paper from a collaboration about the spectroscopic properties of the Fremyella Phycobilisome just came out!
Excitation energy transfer and vibronic coherence in intact phycobilisomes Sourav Sil, Ryan W. Tilluck, Nila Mohan T. M., Chase H. Leslie, Justin B. Rose, Maria Agustina Domínguez-Martín, Wenjing Lou, Cheryl A. Kerfeld & Warren F. Beck (link) |
August 31, 2022
Our Phycobilisome structures paper is finally out in Nature!
Structures of a phycobilisome in light-harvesting and photoprotected states María Agustina Domínguez-Martín, Paul V. Sauer, Henning Kirst, Markus Sutter, David Bína, Basil J. Greber, Eva Nogales, Tomáš Polívka & Cheryl A. Kerfeld The story in MSU News: (link) LBNL press release based on MSU story: (link) (link) (free download link) |
August 25, 2022
A paper about X-ray footprinting from a collaboration just came out!
An automated liquid jet for fluorescence dosimetry and microsecond radiolytic labeling of proteins Matthew Rosi, Brandon Russell, Line G. Kristensen, Erik R. Farquhar, Rohit Jain, Donald Abel, Michael Sullivan, Shawn M. Costello, Maria Agustina Dominguez-Martin, Yan Chen, Susan Marqusee, Christopher J. Petzold, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Daniel P. DePonte, Farid Farahmand, Sayan Gupta & Corie Y. Ralston (link) |
July 20, 2022
Our review about applications of BMCs phytonanotechnology just became available!
The potential of bacterial microcompartment architectures for phytonanotechnology Raba DA, Kerfeld CA (link) |
May 20, 2022
A paper from a collaboration with KT Scott about alpha carboxysome loci just came out!
Atypical Carboxysome Loci: JEEPs or Junk? USF Genomics Class 2020, USF Genomics Class 2021, Sutter M, Kerfeld CA, Scott KM (link) |
April 28, 2022
The paper about our new webtool, BMC Caller, is out!
BMC Caller: a webtool to identify and analyze bacterial microcompartment types in sequence data Sutter M, Kerfeld CA (link) (pdf link) BMC Caller website: https://bmc-caller.prl.msu.edu |
April 27, 2022
Our PNAS BMC engineering paper got featured in MSU today!
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February 22, 2022
Our paper about engineering a bacterial microcompartment with a designed function is out in PNAS!
Toward a glycyl radical enzyme containing synthetic bacterial microcompartment to produce pyruvate from formate and acetate Henning Kirst, Bryan H. Ferlez, Steffen N. Lindner, Charles A. R. Cotton, Arren Bar-Even, and Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link to article) |
January 21, 2022
Our most recent spectroscopy paper with the Polivka group made the cover of this month's ChemPhotoChem issue!
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October 7, 2021
A spectroscopy paper about OCP/HCP from a collaboration with the Polívka group just came out!
UV Excitation of Carotenoid Binding Proteins OCP and HCP: Excited‐state Dynamics and Product Formation Khan T, Dominguez-Martin MA, Šímová I, Fuciman M, Kerfeld CA, and Polívka T (link) |
September 28, 2021
Our new postdoc Matt Dwyer was highlighted in the newsletter of the American Society of Plant Biologists for one of his PhD papers!
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September 17, 2021
Our recent book chapter about bacterial microcompartment shells is out in Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry!
The Shells of Bacterial Microcompartments John F.C. Steele and Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
September 14, 2021
Our paper about a more efficient, engineered isoprene synthase is available!
Validation of an insertion-engineered isoprene synthase as a strategy to functionalize terpene synthases C. Raul Gonzalez-Esquer, Bryan Ferlez, Sarathi M. Weraduwage, Henning Kirst, Alexandra T. Lantz, Aiko Turmo, Thomas D. Sharkey and Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
September 13, 2021
Matt Dwyer joined the East Lab as a postdoctoral research associate!
September 1, 2021
Liwei Hui joined the West Lab and Roberto Espinoza the East lab as postdoctoral researchers!
July 1, 2021
Our review about bacterial microcompartment associated regulators and transporters is out!
Clues to the function of bacterial microcompartments from ancillary genes Henning Kirst, Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
June 21, 2021
Our Bacterial Microcompartment survey is out in Nature Communications!
A catalog of the diversity and ubiquity of bacterial microcompartments Markus Sutter, Matthew R. Melnicki, Frederik Schulz, Tanja Woyke & Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
June 5, 2021
Our review comparing shell proteins of Carboxysomes and Metabolosomes is out!
Evolutionary relationships among shell proteins of carboxysomes and metabolosomes Matthew R. Melnicki, Markus Sutter, Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) (free download until July 25th) |
May 8, 2021
Our review about methods of characterizing carotenoid-protein interactions is out!
Integrated Structural Studies for Elucidating Carotenoid-Protein Interactions Corie Y Ralston, Cheryl A Kerfeld (link) |
March 13, 2021
Our recent review of bacterial microcompartments in the human microbiome is out!
A survey of bacterial microcompartment distribution in the human microbiome Kunica Asija, Markus Sutter, Cheryl A Kerfeld (link) |
December, 18, 2020
September 30, 2020
Congratulations to Bryan for winning the MSU Anton Lang Memorial Research Excellence Award!
The Anton Lang Memorial Fund was established in honor of the founding director of the Plant Research Laboratory, who passed away in 1996. The award recognizes a graduate student and a postdoctoral research associate who exemplify the research excellence, ideas, dedication, and vision of Anton Lang. (link to story from MSU) |
September 23, 2020
Our new research article characterizing the C-terminal domain homolog of OCP is out!
Structural analysis of a new carotenoid-binding protein: the C-terminal domain homolog of the OCP Maria Agustina Dominguez-Martin, Michal Hammel, Sayan Gupta, Sigal Lechno-Yossef, Markus Sutter, Daniel J. Rosenberg, Yan Chen, Christopher J. Petzold, Corie Y. Ralston, Tomáš Polívka & Cheryl A. Kerfeld (free download link) |
September 8, 2020
Non-scientist outreach:
Henning gave a talk about "Improving Photosynthesis" and BMCs to a Rotary Club audience. |
September 8, 2020
Our 2014 article about identifying new types of BMCs "A Taxonomy of Bacterial Microcompartment Loci Constructed by a Novel Scoring Method" is in the 10% most cited of PLOS Computational Biology!
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September 1, 2020
June 27, 2020
A paper from a collaboration with the Scott group about inorganic carbon transporters just came out!
Ubiquity and Functional Uniformity in CO2 Concentrating Mechanisms in Multiple Phyla of Bacteria Is Suggested by a Diversity and Prevalence of Genes Encoding Candidate Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Transporters
Scott KM, Harmer TL, Gemmell BJ, Kramer AM, Sutter M, Kerfeld CA, Barber KS, Bari S, Boling JW, Campbell CP, Gallard-Gongora JF, Jackson JK, Lobos A, Mounger JM, Radulovic PW, Sanson JM, Schmid S, Takieddine C, Warlick KF, Whittaker R.
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Ubiquity and Functional Uniformity in CO2 Concentrating Mechanisms in Multiple Phyla of Bacteria Is Suggested by a Diversity and Prevalence of Genes Encoding Candidate Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Transporters
Scott KM, Harmer TL, Gemmell BJ, Kramer AM, Sutter M, Kerfeld CA, Barber KS, Bari S, Boling JW, Campbell CP, Gallard-Gongora JF, Jackson JK, Lobos A, Mounger JM, Radulovic PW, Sanson JM, Schmid S, Takieddine C, Warlick KF, Whittaker R.
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June 15, 2020
Our review article about bacterial microcompartments is out!
Engineered Bacterial Microcompartments: Apps for Programming Metabolism Cheryl A Kerfeld, Markus Sutter (free link for 50 days) (link) |
March 23, 2020
Our paper with the Montgomery Group at MSU about the small subunit domain of RuBisCO is out:
Binding Options for the Small Subunit-Like Domain of Cyanobacteria to Rubisco
Rohnke BA, Kerfeld CA, Montgomery BL
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Binding Options for the Small Subunit-Like Domain of Cyanobacteria to Rubisco
Rohnke BA, Kerfeld CA, Montgomery BL
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February 24, 2020
Dan Raba joined the East Lab as a postdoctoral researcher!
Dan Raba joined the East Lab as a postdoctoral researcher!
January 16, 2020
December 23, 2019
Our paper describing the electrochemical properties of an engineered microcompartment shell protein is out!
Redox Characterization of Electrode-Immobilized Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Proteins Engineered To Bind Metal Centers Jefferson S. Plegaria, Matthew D. Yates, Sarah M. Glaven, Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) link to MSU Story: Modifying a bacterial microcompartment shell proteins to bind metal ions for electron transfer with electrodes |
December 2, 2019
November 26, 2019
Cheryl was named a AAAS fellow! This is a recognition for her “distinguished contributions to the field of structure of microbial photosynthetic proteins and compartments, particularly the elucidation of design criteria of bacterial microcompartments.”
(link to LBNL story) (link to MSU story) |
November 14, 2019
Our paper analyzing OCP1/2 in collaboration with the Polivka and Ralston groups is out:
Comparative ultrafast spectroscopy and structural analysis of OCP1 and OCP2 from Tolypothrix Valentyna Kuznetsova, Maria Agustina Dominguez-Martin, Han Bao, Sayan Gupta, Markus Sutter, Miroslav Kloz, Mateusz Rebarz, Martin Přeček, Yan Chen, Christopher J. Petzold, Corie Y. Ralston, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Tomáš Polívka (link) (free download link for 50 days) |
October 11, 2019
Our review about BMCs and their applications is out!
Bacterial microcompartments: catalysis-enhancing metabolic modules for next generation metabolic and biomedical engineering Henning Kirst & Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
September 16, 2019
Our paper about a cyanobacterial RuBisCO-activase-like protein is out!
Cyanobacterial Carboxysomes Contain a Unique Rubisco-Activase-Like protein Sigal Lechno‐Yossef, Brandon A Rohnke, Ana CO Belza, Matthew R Melnicki, Beronda L Montgomery, Cheryl A Kerfeld (link) Read more on the PRL website. |
September 12, 2019
The paper describing the cryo-EM structure of a synthetic carboxysome shell is out!
Structure of a synthetic beta-carboxysome shell Markus Sutter, Thomas G Laughlin, Nancy B Sloan, Daniel Serwas, Karen M Davies, Cheryl A Kerfeld (link) |
August 15, 2019
August 1, 2019
Congratulations to Bryan for winning an outstanding poster award at the 2019 Enzymes, Coenzymes and Metabolic Pathways Gordon Research Conference!
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July 24, 2019
Kunica Asija joined the West lab and Lior Doron joined the lab at MSU as a postdoctoral fellow!
July 1, 2019
Wenjing Lou joined the East lab as a postdoctoral fellow!
June 10, 2019
Check out the animation below that explains our bacterial microcompartment shell engineering:
Video made by Igor Houwat at MSU |
June 4, 2019
May 9, 2019
May 7, 2019
April 15, 2019
Our paper about the X-ray footprinting of OCP and FRP is out!
X-ray radiolytic labeling reveals the molecular basis of orange carotenoid protein photoprotection and its interactions with fluorescence recovery protein Gupta S, Sutter M, Remesh SG, Dominguez-Martin MA, Bao H, Feng XA, Chan LG, Petzold CJ, Kerfeld CA, Ralston CY (link) |
April 8, 2019
Anna Stapelfeldt joined the Kerfeld Lab West as a Research Associate!
March 25, 2019
The structure of our recent synthetic BMC is out as "just accepted"!
Structural Characterization of a Synthetic Tandem-domain Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Protein Capable of Forming Icosahedral Shell Assemblies Markus Sutter*, Sean McGuire*, Bryan Ferlez*, and Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) (free download link) |
March 20, 2019
Our review about applications of the orange carotenoid protein in synthetic biology is out!
Engineering the orange carotenoid protein for applications in synthetic biology Maria Agustina Dominguez-Martin, Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) (free download link until May 9) |
March 18, 2019
Our paper about characterizing the HCP2 of Fremyella is out!
Structural and spectroscopic characterization of HCP2 Maria Agustina Dominguez-Martin, Tomáš Polívka, Markus Sutter, Bryan Ferlez, Sigal Lechno-Yossef, Beronda L. Montgomery, Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
March 4, 2019
Our paper describing the high resolution Cryo-EM structure of the Haliangium ochraceum BMC shell is out!
The Plasticity of Molecular Interactions Governs Bacterial Microcompartment Shell Assembly Basil J. Greber*, Markus Sutter*, Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
January 9, 2019
Our review about GRM microcompartments is out!
Glycyl Radical Enzyme-Associated Microcompartments: Redox-Replete Bacterial Organelles Bryan Ferlez, Markus Sutter, Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) |
January 4, 2019
Our image was chosen for the cover of this month's Plant Physiology!
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November 6, 2018
Our work about the unique CcmK3/CcmK4 proteins in carboxysomes is out!
Heterohexamers Formed by CcmK3 and CcmK4 Increase the Complexity of Beta Carboxysome Shells Manuel Sommer, Markus Sutter, Sayan Gupta, Henning Kirst, Aiko Turmo, Sigal Lechno-Yossef, Rodney L Burton, Christine Saechao, Nancy B Sloan, Xiaolin Cheng, Leanne-Jade G Chan, Christopher J Petzold, Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera, Corie Y Ralston, Cheryl A Kerfeld (link) |
October 23, 2018
We published our method of assembling bacterial microcompartments completely in vitro!
In vitro assembly of diverse bacterial microcompartment shell architectures Andrew Hagen, Jefferson S. Plegaria, Nancy Sloan, Bryan Ferlez, Clément Aussignargues, Rodney Burton, and Cheryl A. Kerfeld (link) Check out the MSU-PRL article about this paper here! |