Helicobacter pylori adhesin HopQ engages in a virulence-enhancing interaction with human CEACAMs

…, CI Asche, N Tegtmeyer, B Kalali, NC Bach… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Helicobacter pylori specifically colonizes the human gastric epithelium and is the major
causative agent for ulcer disease and gastric cancer development. Here, we identify members of …

Methionine oxidation activates a transcription factor in response to oxidative stress

…, H Miura, J Peschek, Y Le, NC Bach… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Oxidant-mediated antibacterial response systems are broadly used to control bacterial
proliferation. Hypochlorite (HOCl) is an important component of the innate immune system …

[PDF][PDF] The heat shock response in yeast maintains protein homeostasis by chaperoning and replenishing proteins

…, E Berchtold, CG Stratil, G Csaba, E Kunold, NC Bach… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Life is resilient because living systems are able to respond to elevated temperatures with an
ancient gene expression program called the heat shock response (HSR). In yeast, the …

[HTML][HTML] Target discovery of acivicin in cancer cells elucidates its mechanism of growth inhibition

J Kreuzer, NC Bach, D Forler, SA Sieber - Chemical science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Acivicin is a natural product with diverse biological activities. Several decades ago its clinical
application in cancer treatment was explored but failed due to unacceptable toxicity. The …

[HTML][HTML] Surface topology affects wetting behavior of Bacillus subtilis biofilms

M Werb, C Falcón García, NC Bach… - npj Biofilms and …, 2017 - nature.com
The colonization of surfaces by bacterial biofilms constitutes a huge problem in healthcare
and industry. When attempting biofilm inactivation or removal, it is crucial to sufficiently wet …

[HTML][HTML] FICD activity and AMPylation remodelling modulate human neurogenesis

…, IY Buchsbaum, VC Kirsch, NC Bach… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Posttranslational modification (PTM) of proteins represents an important cellular mechanism
for controlling diverse functions such as signalling, localisation or protein–protein …

Mining the cellular inventory of pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzymes with functionalized cofactor mimics

A Hoegl, MB Nodwell, VC Kirsch, NC Bach… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) is an enzyme cofactor required for the chemical transformation
of biological amines in many central cellular processes. PLP-dependent enzymes (PLP-DEs) …

Intramembrane client recognition potentiates the chaperone functions of calnexin

…, K Meighen‐Berger, M Hitzenberger, NC Bach… - The EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
One‐third of the human proteome is comprised of membrane proteins, which are particularly
vulnerable to misfolding and often require folding assistance by molecular chaperones. …

[HTML][HTML] A broad-spectrum antiviral peptide blocks infection of viruses by binding to phosphatidylserine in the viral envelope

…, SM Sadasivam, K Singethan, JW Drijfhout, C Bach… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The ongoing threat of viral infections and the emergence of antiviral drug resistance warrants
a ceaseless search for new antiviral compounds. Broadly-inhibiting compounds that act on …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive set of ER protein disulfide isomerase family members supports the biogenesis of proinflammatory interleukin 12 family cytokines

…, D Kaylani, CAM Weiß, TA Nguyen, NC Bach… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Cytokines of the interleukin 12 (IL-12) family are assembled combinatorially from shared α
and β subunits. A common theme is that human IL-12 family α subunits remain incompletely …