Quax Group Publications

Kuiper, B. P., Schöntag, A. M. C., Oksanen, H. M., Daum, B., & Quax, T. E. F. (2024). Archaeal virus entry and egress. microLife, 5, Article uqad048. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsml/uqad048

Tittes, C., Nijland, J., Schoentag, A. M. C., Hackl, T., Di Cianni, N., Marchfelder, A., & Quax, T. E. F. (2024). Development of a genetic system for Haloferax gibbonsii LR2-5, model host for haloarchaeal viruses. Applied and environmental microbiology, 90(4), Article e0012924. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00129-24

Sensevdi, E. R., Sourrouille, Z. A., & Quax, T. E. (2024). Host range and cell recognition of archaeal viruses. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 77, Article 102423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2023.102423

Schwarzer, S., Hackl, T., Oksanen, H. M., & Quax, T. E. F. (2023). Archaeal host cell recognition and viral binding of HFTV1 to its Haloferax host. mBio, 14(1), Article e0183322. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01833-22

Altegoer, F., Quax, T. E. F., Weiland, P., Nußbaum, P., Giammarinaro, P. I., Patro, M., Li, Z., Oesterhelt, D., Grininger, M., Albers, S.-V., & Bange, G. (2022). Structural insights into the mechanism of archaellar rotational switching. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 2857. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30358-9

Sourrouille, Z. A., Schwarzer, S., Lequime, S., Oksanen, H. M., & Quax, T. E. F. (2022). The viral susceptibility of the Haloferax species. Viruses, 14(6), Article 1344. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14061344

Tittes, C., Schwarzer, S., Pfeiffer, F., Dyall-Smith, M., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Oksanen, H. M., & Quax, T. E. F. (2021). Cellular and Genomic Properties of Haloferax gibbonsii LR2-5, the Host of Euryarchaeal Virus HFTV1. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, Article 625599. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.625599

Schwarzer, S., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Oksanen, H. M., & Quax, T. E. F. (2021). Growth Phase Dependent Cell Shape of Haloarcula. Microorganisms, 9(2), Article 231. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9020231

Knüppel, R., Trahan, C., Kern, M., Wagner, A., Grünberger, F., Hausner, W., Quax, T. E. F., Albers, S. V., Oeffinger, M., & Ferreira-Cerca, S. (2021). Insights into synthesis and function of KsgA/Dim1-dependent rRNA modifications in archaea. Nucleic Acids Research, 49(3), 1662-1687. Article gkaa1268. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa1268

Lewis, A. M., Recalde, A., Bräsen, C., Counts, J. A., Nussbaum, P., Bost, J., Schocke, L., Shen, L., Willard, D. J., Quax, T. E. F., Peeters, E., Siebers, B., Albers, S.-V., & Kelly, R. M. (2021). The biology of thermoacidophilic archaea from the order Sulfolobales. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 45(4), Article fuaa063. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuaa063

Tittes, C., Schwarzer, S., & Quax, T. E. F. (2021). Viral Hijack of Filamentous Surface Structures in Archaea and Bacteria. Viruses, 13(2), Article 164. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13020164

Quax, T. E. F., De Paepe, M., & Holmfeldt, K. (2021). Viruses of Microbes 2020: The Latest Conquest on Viruses of Microbes. Viruses, 13(5), Article v13050802. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050802

Nußbaum, P., Ithurbide, S., Walsh, J. C., Patro, M., Delpech, F., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Curmi, P. M. G., Duggin, I. G., Quax, T. E. F., & Albers, S. V. (2020). An Oscillating MinD Protein Determines the Cellular Positioning of the Motility Machinery in Archaea. Current Biology, 30(24), 4956-4972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.073

Li, Z., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Albers, S., & Quax, T. E. F. (2020). ArlCDE form the archaeal switch complex. Manuscript submitted for publication. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.09.033365

Pyatibratov, M. G., Syutkin, A. S., Quax, T. E. F., Melnik, T. N., Papke, R. T., Gogarten, J. P., Kireev, I. I., Surin, A. K., Beznosov, S. N., Galeva, A. V., & Fedorov, O. V. (2020). Interaction of two strongly divergent archaellins stabilizes the structure of the Halorubrum archaellum. MicrobiologyOpen, 9(7), Article e1047. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1047

Kinosita, Y., Mikami, N., Li, Z., Braun, F., Quax, T. E. F., van der Does, C., Ishmukhametov, R., Albers, S. V., & Berry, R. M. (2020). Motile ghosts of the halophilic archaeon, Haloferax volcanii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(43), 26766-26772. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2009814117

Li, Z., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Albers, S. V., & Quax, T. E. F. (2020). The switch complex ArlCDE connects the chemotaxis system and the archaellum. Molecular Microbiology, 114(3), 468-479. Article 14527 . https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14527

Gambelli, L., Meyer, B. H., McLaren, M., Sanders, K., Quax, T. E. F., Gold, V. A. M., Albers, S. V., & Daum, B. (2019). Architecture and modular assembly of Sulfolobus S-layers revealed by electron cryotomography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(50), 25278-25286. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911262116

Braun, F., Thomalla, L., van der Does, C., Quax, T. E. F., Allers, T., Kaever, V., & Albers, S. V. (2019). Cyclic nucleotides in archaea: Cyclic di-AMP in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii and its putative role. MicrobiologyOpen, 8(9), Article e00829. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.829

Li, Z., Kinosita, Y., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Nußbaum, P., Braun, F., Delpech, F., Quax, T. E. F., & Albers, S. V. (2019). Positioning of the motility machinery in halophilic archaea. mBio, 10(3), Article e00377-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00377-19

Syutkin, A. S., van Wolferen, M., Surin, A. K., Albers, S. V., Pyatibratov, M. G., Fedorov, O. V., & Quax, T. E. F. (2019). Salt-dependent regulation of archaellins in Haloarcula marismortui. MicrobiologyOpen, 8(5), Article e00718. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.718

Quax, T. E. F., Altegoer, F., Rossi, F., Li, Z., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Kraus, F., Bange, G., & Albers, S. V. (2018). Structure and function of the archaeal response regulator CheY. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(6), 1259-1268. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716661115

Quax, T. E. F., Albers, S. V., & Pfeiffer, F. (2018). Taxis in archaea. Emerging topics in life sciences, 2(4), 535-546. https://doi.org/10.1042/ETLS20180089

Quax, T. E. F., & Daum, B. (2018). Structure and assembly mechanism of virus-associated pyramids. Biophysical reviews, 10(2), 551-557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-017-0357-4

Peeters, E., Boon, M., Rollie, C., Willaert, R. G., Voet, M., White, M. F., Prangishvilli, D., Lavigne, R., & Quax, T. (2017). DNA-Interacting Characteristics of the Archaeal Rudiviral Protein SIRV2_Gp1. Viruses, 9(7), Article 190. https://doi.org/10.3390/v9070190

Claassens, N. J., Siliakus, M. F., Spaans, S. K., Creutzburg, S. C. A., Nijsse, B., Schaap, P. J., Quax, T., & van der Oost, J. (2017). Improving heterologous membrane protein production in Escherichia coli by combining transcriptional tuning and codon usage algorithms. PLoS ONE, 12(9), Article e0184355. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184355

Chaudhury, P., Quax, T., & Albers, S. (2017). Versatile cell surface structures of archaea. Molecular Microbiology, 107(3), 298-311. Article mmi.13889. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13889

Debarbieux, L., Fischer, M., & Quax, T. (2017). Viruses of Microbes. Viruses, 9, Article 263. https://doi.org/10.3390/v9090263

Quemin, E. R. J., & Quax, T. (2015). Archaeal viruses at the cell envelope: Entry and egress. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, Article 552. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00552

Quax, T., Claassens, N. J., Soell, D., & van der Oost, J. (2015). Codon Bias as a Means to Fine-Tune Gene Expression. Molecular Cell, 59, 149-161. Article j.molcel.2015.05.035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2015.05.035

Daum, B., Quax, T., Sachse, M., Mills, D. J., Yildiz, O., Haeder, S., Saveanu, C., Forterre, P., Albers, S., Kuehlbrandt, W., & Prangishvili, D. (2014). Self-assembly of the general membrane-remodeling protein PVAP into sevenfold virus-associated pyramids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(10), 3829-3834. Article 1319245111. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319245111

Pina, M., Basta, T., Quax, T., Joubert, A., Baconnais, S., Cortez, D., Lambert, S., Le Cam, E., Bell, S. D., Forterre, P., & Prangishvili, D. (2014). Unique genome replication mechanism of the archaeal virus AFV1. Molecular Microbiology, 92(6), 1313-1325. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.12630

Quax, T., Wolf, Y. I., Koehorst, J. J., Wurtzel, O., van der Oost, R., Ran, W., Blombach, F., Makarova, K. S., Brouns, S. J. J., Forster, A. C., Wagner, E. G. H., Sorek, R., Koonin, E. V., & Oost, J. V. D. (2013). Differential Translation Tunes Uneven Production of Operon-Encoded Proteins. Cell reports, 4(5), 938-944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2013.07.049

Quemin, E. R. J., Lucas, S., Daum, B., Quax, T., Kuehlbrandt, W., Forterre, P., Albers, S., Prangishvilli, D., & Krupovic, M. (2013). First Insights into the Entry Process of Hyperthermophilic Archaeal Viruses. Journal of Virology, 87(24), 13379-13385. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.02742-13

Snyder, J. C., Brumfield, S. K., Kerchner, K. M., Quax, T., Prangishvili, D., & Young, M. J. (2013). Insights into a Viral Lytic Pathway from an Archaeal Virus-Host System. Journal of Virology, 87(4), 2186-2192. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.02956-12

Quax, T., Voet, M., Sismeiro, O., Dillies, M.-A., Jagla, B., Coppee, J.-Y., Sezonov, G., Forterre, P., van der Oost, J., Lavigne, R., & Prangishvili, D. (2013). Massive Activation of Archaeal Defense Genes during Viral Infection. Journal of Virology, 87(15), 8419-8428. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01020-13

Prangishvili, D., & Quax, T. (2011). Exceptional virion release mechanism: One more surprise from archaeal viruses. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 14(3), 315-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2011.04.006

Quax, T., Lucas, S., Reimann, J., Pehau-Arnaudet, G., Prevost, M.-C., Forterre, P., Albers, S., & Prangishvili, D. (2011). Simple and elegant design of a virion egress structure in Archaea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(8), 3354-3359. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1018052108

Quax, T., Krupovic, M., Lucas, S., Forterre, P., & Prangishvili, D. (2010). The Sulfolobus rod-shaped virus 2 encodes a prominent structural component of the unique virion release system in Archaea. Virology, 404(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2010.04.020

Bize, A., Karlsson, E. A., Ekefjaerd, K., Quax, T., Pina, M., Prevost, M.-C., Forterre, P., Tenaillon, O., Bernader, R., & Prangishvili, D. (2009). A unique virus release mechanism in the Archaea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(27), 11306-11311. Article 0901238106. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0901238106