Publications

Selected publications:

  1. Rush J.S., Parajuli P., Ruda A., Li J., Pohane A.A., Zamakhaeva S., Rahman M.M., Chang J.C., Gogos A., Kenner C.W., Lambeau G., Federle M.J., Korotkov K.V., Widmalm G., Korotkova N. 2022. PplD is a de-N-acetylase of the cell wall linkage unit of streptococcal rhamnopolysaccharides. Nature Communications 13(1):590.
  2. Zamakhaeva S., Chaton C.T., Rush J.S., Ajay Castro S., Kenner C.W., Yarawsky A.E., Herr A.B., van Sorge N.M., Dorfmueller H.C., Frolenkov G.I., Korotkov K.V., Korotkova N. 2021. Modification of cell wall polysaccharide guides cell division in Streptococcus mutans. Nature Chem. Biol. 17(8):878-887.
  3. King H., Ajay Castro S., Pohane A.A., Scholte C.M., Fischetti V.A., Korotkova N., Nelson D.C., Dorfmueller H.C. 2021. Molecular basis for recognition of the Group A Carbohydrate backbone by the PlyC streptococcal bacteriophage endolysin. Biochem J. 478:2385-2397.
  4. Edgar R.J., van Hensbergen V.P., Ruda A., Turner A., Deng P., Le Breton Y., El-Sayed N.M., Belew A.T., McIver K.S., McEwan A.G., Morris A.J., Lambeau G., Walker M.J., Rush J.S., Korotkov K.V., Widmalm G., van Sorge N.M., Korotkova N. 2019. Discovery of glycerol phosphate modification on streptococcal rhamnose polysaccharides. Nature Chem. Biol. 15, 463-471.
  5. Boyd J. D., Korotkova N., Grady M. E. 2019. Adhesion of biofilms on titanium measured by laser-induced spallation. Experimental Mechanics 59(9):1275-1284.
  6. Rush J.S., Edgar R.J., Deng P., Chen J., Zhu H., van Sorge N.M., Morris A.J., Korotkov K.V., Korotkova N. 2017. The molecular mechanism of N-acetylglucosamine side-chain attachment to the Lancefield group A Carbohydrate in Streptococcus pyogenes. J. Biol. Chem. 292:19441-19457.
  7. Edgar R.J., Chen J., Kant S., Rechkina E., Rush J.S., Forsberg L.S., Jaehrig B., Azadi P., Tchesnokova V., Sokurenko E.V., Zhu H., Korotkov K.V, Pancholi V., Korotkova N. 2016. SpyB, a small heme-binding protein, affects the composition of the cell wall in Streptococcus pyogenes. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 6:126.
  8. Falaleeva M., Zurek O.W., Watkins R.L., Reed R.W., Ali H., Sumby P., Voyich J.M., Korotkova N. 2014. Transcription of the Streptococcus pyogenes hyaluronic acid capsule biosynthesis operon is regulated by previously unknown upstream elements. Infect. Immun. 82, 5293-307.
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