Yang Y, Yan J, Olson R, Jiang X., (2024) Comprehensive Genomic and Evolutionary Analysis of Biofilm Matrix Clusters and Proteins in the Vibrio Genus. Submitted.
Moreau, A., Nguyen, D. T., Hinbest, A., Zamora, A., Weerasekera, R., Matej, K., Zhou, X., Sanchez, S., Brenes, I. R., Tai, J. B., Nadell, C. D., Ng, W., Gordon, V., Komarova, N.L., Olson, R., Li, Y., Yan, J., (2024) Surface remodeling and inversion of cell-matrix interactions underlies community recognition and dispersal in Vibrio cholerae biofilms, Submitted.
Weerasekera R., Moreau A., Huang X., Nam K-M., Hinbest A., Yun H., Liu X, Ashwood C., Pepi LE., Cegelski L., Yan J.*, Olson R.*, (2024) Vibrio cholerae RbmB is an α-1,4-polysaccharide lyase with biofilm-disruption activity against Vibrio polysaccharide (VPS), accepted, PLOS Pathogens.
Huang, X., Nero, T., Weerasekera, R., Matej, K. H., Hinbest, A., Jiang, Z., Lee, R. F., Wu, L., Chak, C., Nijjer, J., Gibaldi, I., Yang, H., Gamble, N., Ng, W-L., Malaker, S. A., Sumigray, K., Olson, R.*, Yan, J.*, (2023) “Vibrio cholerae biofilms use modular adhesins with glycan-targeting and nonspecific surface binding domains for colonization,” Nature Communications, 14:2104. PubMed
Tai, J.-S. B., Mukherjee, S., Nero, T., Olson, R., Tithof, J., Nadell, C.D. & Yan, J., (2022) “Social evolution of shared biofilm matrix components,” PNAS, 119(27), e2123469119. PubMed
Jiang, Z., Nero, T., Mukherjee, S., Olson, R., & Yan, J., (2021) “Searching for the Secret of Stickiness: How Biofilms Adhere to Surfaces,” Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:686793. PubMed
Kaplan, A.R., Olson, R., & Alexandrescu, A.T., (2021) “Protein yoga: Conformational versatility of the Hemolysin II C-terminal domain detailed by NMR structures for multiple states,” Protein Science, May;30(5):990-1005. Epub 2021 Mar 30. PubMed
Kaus K., Biester, A., Chupp, E., Lu, J., Visudharomn, C. & Olson, R., (2019) “The 1.9 Å crystal structure of the extracellular matrix protein Bap1 from Vibrio cholerae provides insights into bacterial biofilm adhesion,” J. Biol. Chem., 294(40), 14,499-511. PubMed
De, S., Kaus K., Sinclair, S., Case, B. C. & Olson, R., (2018) “Structural basis of mammalian glycan targeting by Vibrio cholerae cytolysin and biofilm proteins,” PLOS Pathogens, 14(2), e1006841. PubMed
Kaplan, A.R., Kaus K., De S., Olson, R. & Alexandrescu, A.T., (2017) “NMR structure of the Bacillus cereus hemolysin II C-terminal domain reveals a novel fold,” Scientific Reports, 7(1), 3277. PubMed
Zhang, Q., Li, Y, Olson, R., Mukerji, I. & Oliver, D., (2016) “Conserved secA signal peptide-binding site revealed by engineered protein chimeras and förster resonance energy transfer,” Biochemistry, 55(9), 1291-300. PubMed
De, S., Bubnys, A., Alonzo, F., Hyun, J., Lary, J.W., Cole, J.L., Torres, V.J. & Olson, R., (2015) “The relationship between glycan-binding and direct membrane interactions in Vibrio cholerae cytolysin, a channel-forming toxin,” J. Biol. Chem., 290(47), 28,402-15. PubMed
Kaus, K., Lary, J. W., Cole, J. L. & Olson, R., (2014) “Glycan specificity of the vibrio vulnificus hemolysin lectin outlines evolutionary history of membrane targeting by a toxin family,” J. Mol. Biol., 426(15):2800-2812. PubMed *Featured as the JMB cover 426 (18).
Kaplan, A. R., Maciejewski, M. W., Olson, R. & Alexandrescu, A. T., (2013) “NMR assignments for the cis and trans forms of the hemolysin II C-terminal domain,” Biomol. NMR Assign., 8(2), 419-23. PubMed
Levan, S., De, S., and Olson, R., (2013) “Vibrio cholerae cytolysin recognizes the heptasaccharide core of complex N-glycans with nanomolar affinity,” Journal of Molecular Biology, 425(5), 944-957. PubMed
De, S. and Olson, R., (2011) “Crystal structure of the Vibrio cholerae cytolysin heptamer reveals common features among disparate pore-forming toxins,” PNAS, 108(18), 7385-90. PubMed
He, Y.* and Olson, R.*, (2010) “Three-dimensional structure of the detergent-solubilized Vibrio cholerae cytolysin (VCC) heptamer by electron cryomicroscopy,” Journal of Structural Biology, 169(1), 6-13. PubMed
Arnon, T. I., Kaiser, J. T., West, A. P. Jr., Olson, R., Diskin, R., Viertlboeck, B. C., Göbel, T. W., and Bjorkman, P. J., (2008) “The crystal structure of CHIR-AB1: a primordial avian classical Fc receptor,” Journal of Molecular Biology, 381(4), 1012-24. PubMed
Olson, R., Dulac, C., and Björkman, P. J., (2006) “MHC homologs in the nervous system – they haven’t lost their groove,” Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 16(3), 351-357. PubMed
Olson, R., Huey-Tubman, K.E. Dulac, C., and Björkman, P. J., (2005) “Structure of a pheromone receptor-associated MHC molecule with an open and empty groove,” PLOS Biology, 3(8): e257, 1436-1448. PubMed
Olson, R. and Gouaux, E., (2005) “Crystal structure of the Vibrio cholerae cytolysin (VCC) pro- toxin and its assembly into a heptameric transmembrane pore,” Journal of Molecular Biology 350(5), 997-1016. PubMed
Zagotta, W.N., Olivier, N.B., Black, K.D., Young, E.C., Olson, R., and Gouaux, E., (2003) “Structural basis for modulation and agonist specificity of HCN pacemaker channels,” Nature, 425, 200-205. PubMed
Braunstein, J., Brutsaert, S., Olson, R., and Schindler, C., (2003) “STATs dimerize in the absence of phosphorylation,” Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278, 34133-34140. PubMed
Olson, R. & Gouaux, E., (2003) “Vibrio cholerae cytolysin is composed of an a-hemolysin-like core,” Protein Science, 12, 379-383. PubMed
Sun, Y.*, Olson, R.*, Horning, M.*, Armstrong, N., Mayer, M., and Gouaux, E., (2002) “Mechanism of glutamate receptor desensitization,” Nature, 417, 245-253. PubMed
Mayer, M.L., Olson, R., and Gouaux, E., (2001) “Mechanisms for ligand binding to GluR0 ion channels: crystal structures of the glutamate and serine complexes and a closed apo state,” Journal of Molecular Biology, 311, 815-836. PubMed
Olson, R., Nariya, H., Yokota, K., Kamio, Y., and Gouaux, E., (1999) “Crystal structure of staphylococcal LukF delineates conformational changes accompanying formation of a transmembrane channel,” Nature Structural Biology, 6, 134-140. PubMed
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