Publications by authors named "Sophie C Oehring"
During red-blood-cell-stage infection of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite undergoes repeated rounds of replication, egress, and invasion. Erythrocyte invasion involves specific interactions between host cell receptors and parasite ligands and coordinated expression of genes specific to this step of the life cycle. We show that a parasite-specific bromodomain protein, PfBDP1, binds to chromatin at transcriptional start sites of invasion-related genes and directly controls their expression.
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- The research focuses on the Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteome, aiming to increase understanding of the parasite's biology, particularly its cell nucleus, which regulates genome processes.
- By utilizing advanced techniques like mass spectrometry and bioinformatics, the study identifies a core nuclear proteome, revealing many proteins with unknown functions and novel protein domains that may be involved in gene transcription.
- This groundbreaking analysis not only enhances our comprehension of the Plasmodium nucleus but also sets the stage for future studies on nuclear processes in malaria and other protist organisms.
Polar transport of the plant hormone auxin is controlled by PIN- and ABCB/PGP-efflux catalysts. PIN polarity is regulated by the AGC protein kinase, PINOID (PID), while ABCB activity was shown to be dependent on interaction with the FKBP42, TWISTED DWARF1 (TWD1). Using co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) and shotgun LC-MS/MS analysis, we identified PID as a valid partner in the interaction with TWD1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe immunophilin-like protein TWISTED DWARF1 (TWD1/FKBP42) has been shown to physically interact with the multidrug resistance/P-glycoprotein (PGP) ATP-binding cassette transporters PGP1 and PGP19 (MDR1). Overlapping phenotypes of pgp1/pgp19 and twd1 mutant plants suggested a positive regulatory role of TWD1 in PGP-mediated export of the plant hormone auxin, which controls plant development. Here, we provide evidence at the cellular and plant levels that TWD1 controls PGP-mediated auxin transport.
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