Sonja-Verena Albers

Publications

2012

Zhang J, Rouillon C, Kerou M, Reeks J, Brugger K, Graham S, Reimann J, Cannone G, Liu H, Albers SV, Naismith JH, Spagnolo L, White MF. (2012): Structure and Mechanism of the CMR Complex for CRISPR-Mediated Antiviral Immunity. Mol Cell. Feb 10;45(3):303-13.
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Koerdt A, Jachlewski S, Ghosh A, Wingender J, Siebers B, Albers SV (2012): (online access)
Lassak K, Neiner T, Ghosh A, Klingl A, Wirth R, Albers SV (2012): Molecular analysis of the crenarchaeal flagellum. Mol Microbiol. Jan;83(1):110-24.
(online access)

2011

Meyer BH, Zolghadr B, Peyfoon E, Pabst M, Panico M, Morris HR, Haslam SM, Messner P, Schäffer C, Dell A, Albers SV.(2011): Sulfoquinovose synthase - an important enzyme in the N-glycosylation pathway of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Mol Microbiol. 2011 Nov 7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07875.x.
Henche AL, Koerdt A, Ghosh A, Albers SV. (2011): Influence of cell surface structures on crenarchaeal biofilm formation using a thermostable green fluorescent protein. Environ Microbiol. 2011 Nov 8. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02638.x.
Siebers B, Zaparty M, Raddatz G, Tjaden B, Albers SV, Bell SD, Blombach F, Kletzin A, Kyrpides N, Lanz C, Plagens A, Rampp M, Rosinus A, von Jan M, Makarova KS, Klenk HP, Schuster SC, Hensel R.(2011): The Complete Genome Sequence of Thermoproteus tenax: A Physiologically Versatile Member of the Crenarchaeota. PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e24222.
Ajon M, Fröls S, van Wolferen M, Stoecker K, Teichmann D, Driessen AJ, Grogan DW, Albers SV, Schleper C.(2011): UV-inducible DNA exchange in hyperthermophilic archaea mediated by type IV pili. Mol Microbiol. 2011 Nov;82(4):807-817.
Esser D, Kouril T, Zaparty M, Sierocinski P, Chan PP, Lowe T, Van der Oost J, Albers SV, Schomburg D, Makarova KS, Siebers B.(2011): Functional curation of the Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 and S. acidocaldarius 98-3 complete genome sequences. Extremophiles. 2011 Nov;15(6):711-2.
Koerdt A, Orell A, Pham TK, Mukherjee J, Wlodkowski A, Karunakaran E, Biggs CA, Wright PC, Albers SV. (2011): Macromolecular fingerprintig of Sulfolobus species in biofilm: A transcriptomic and proteomic approach combined with spectroscopic analysis. J Proteome Res. 2011 Sep 2;10(9):4105-19.
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Guan Z, Meyer BH, Albers SV, Eichler J. (2011): The thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocldarius contains an unusually short, highly reduced dolichyl phosphate. Biochim Biophys Acta, Oct;1811(10):607-16.
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Ellen AF, Rohulya OV, Fusetti F, Wagner M, Albers SV, Driessen AJ. (2011): The Sulfolobicin genes of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius encode novel antimicrobial proteins. J Bacteriol, Sep;193(17):4380-7.
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Albers SV, Meyer BH. (2011): The archaeal cell envelope. Nat Rev Microbiol. Jun;9(6):414-26.
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Pohlschroder M, Ghosh A, Tripepi M, Albers SV. (2011): Archaeal type IV pilus-like structures-evolutionarily conserved prokaryotic surface organelles. Curr Opin Microbiol. Apr 7. [Epub ahead of print]
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Ghosh A, Hartung S, van der Does C, Tainer JA, Albers SV. (2011): Archaeal flagellar ATPase motor shows ATP-dependent hexameric assembly and activity stimulation by specific lipid binding. Biochem J. Jul 1;437(1):43-52.
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Barthelme D, Dinkelaker S, Albers SV, Londei P, Ermler U, Tampé R. (2011): Ribosome recycling depends on a mechanistic link between the FeS cluster domain and a conformational switch of the twin-ATPase ABCE1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108(8):3228-33.
Quax TE, Lucas S, Reimann J, Pehau-Arnaudet G, Prevost MC, Forterre P, Albers SV, Prangishvili D. (2011): Simple and elegant design of a virion egress structure in Archaea. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108(8):3354-9.
Zolghadr B, Klingl A, Rachel R, Driessen AJ, Albers SV. (2011): The bindosome is a structural component of the Sulfolobus solfataricus cell envelope. Extremophiles. Mar;15(2):235-44..
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Leigh, J.A., Albers, S.V., Atomi, H., Allers, T.: FEMS Microbiol Rev. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00265.x. [Epub ahead of print]
(online access)
Ghosh, A., Albers, S.-V. (2011): Assembly of the archaeal flagellum.Biochem Soc Trans. 2011 Jan 19;39(1):64-9.

2010

Koerdt, A., Gödeke, J., Berger, J., Thormann, KM, Albers, S.V. (2010): Crenarchaeal biofilm formation under extreme conditions. PloS ONE, 5(11):e14104.
Ehrmann, A., Richter, K., Busch, F., Reimann, J., Albers, S.V., Sterner, R. (2010): Ligand-induced formation of a transient tryptophan synthase complex with alpha/alpha/beta subunit stoichiometry. Biochemistry, in press.
Peyfoon, E., Meyer, B., Hitchen, P.G., Panico, M., Morris, H.R., Haslam, S.M., Albers, S.V., Dell, A. (2010): The S-layer glycoprotein of the crenarchaeote Sulfolobus acidocaldarius is glycosylated at multiple sites with chitobiose-linked N-glycans. Archaea: 754101.
Roppelt,V., Hobel, C.F., Albers, S.V., Schwarz, H., Klug, G., and Evguenieva-Hackenberg, E. (2010): The archaeal exosome localizes to the membrane. FEBS Letters, 584: 2791-5.
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Ellen AF, Zolghadr B, Driessen AM, Albers SV. (2010): Shaping the archaeal cell envelope. Archaea. 2010:608243.
Ellen, A.F., Albers, S.V. and Driessen, A.J.M. (2010): Comparative study of the extracellular proteome of Sulfolobus species reveals limited secretion. Extremophiles, 14:87-98.
Zolghadr, B., Klingl, A., Koerdt, A., Rachel, R., Driessen, A.J.M., Albers, S.V. (2010): Appendage mediated surface adherence of Sulfolobus solfataricus. J Bacteriol, 192: 104-110.
Berkner,S., Wlodkowski, A., Albers, S.V., Lipps G. (2010): Inducible and constitutive promoters for genetic systems in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Extremophiles, 14:249-59.
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Zaparty, M., Esser, D., Gertig, S., Haferkamp, P., Kouril, T., Manica, A., Pham, T.K., Reimann, J., Schreiber, K., Sierocinski, P., Teichmann, D., van Wolferen, M., von Jan, M., Wieloch, P., Albers, S.V., Driessen, A.J., Klenk, H.P., Schleper, C., Schomburg, D., van der Oost, J., Wright, P.C., Siebers, B. (2010): "Hot standards" for the extremophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Extremophiles, 14: 119-142.

2009

Veith A, Klingl A, Zolghadr B, Lauber K, Mentele R, Lottspeich F, Rachel R, Albers SV, and Kletzin A.(2009): Acidianus, Sulfolobus and Metallosphaera surface layers: structure, composition and gene expression. Mol Microbiol. 73:58-72.
Albers SV, Pohlschröder M (2009): Diversity of archaeal type IV pilin-like structures. Extremophiles, 13:403-10.
Peeters E, Albers SV, Vassart A, Driessen AJ, Charlier D. (2009): Ss-LrpB, a transcriptional regulator from Sulfolobus solfataricus, regulates a gene cluster with a pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase-encoding operon and permease genes. Mol Microbiol., 71:972-88.
Albers, S.V., Birkeland, N.-K. Driessen, A.J.M. Gertig, S., Haferkamp, P., Klenk, H.-P., Kouril, T., Manica, A., Pham, T.K., Ruoff, P., Schleper, C., Schomburg, D., Sharkey, K., Siebers, B., Sierocinski, P., Steuer, R., van der Oost, J. Westerhoff, H.V., Wieloch, P., Wright, P.C., Zaparty, M (2009): SulfoSYS- Sulfolobus Systems Biology: Towards a silicon cell model fort he central carbohydrate metabolism of the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus under temperature variation. Biochem Soc Trans, 37:58-64.
Wagner, M., Berkner, S., Ajon, M., Driessen, AJM and S.V. Albers (2009): Expanding and understanding the genetic toolbox of the hyperthermophilic genus Sulfolobus. Biochem Biochem Soc Trans, 37:97-101.
Ellen, A.F., Albers, S.V., Huibers, W., Pitcher, A., Hobel, C.F., Schwarz, H., Folea, M., Schouten, S., Boekema, E.J., Poolman, B., and A.M.J.Driessen (2009): Proteomic analysis of secreted membrane vesicles of Archaeal Sulfolobus species reveals the presence of endosome sorting complex components. Extremophiles, 13:67-79.

2008

Ng, S., Zolghadr, B., A.M.J. Driessen, S.V. Albers and K.F. Jarrell (2008): Archaeal cell surface structures. J Bact, 190:6039-47.
Froels, S., Ajon, M., Wagner, M., Teichmann, D., Zolghadr, B., Folea, M., Boekema, E.J., Diessen, A.J.M., Schleper, C., and S.V. Albers (2008): UV-inducible cellular aggregation of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is mediated by pili formation. Mol Mic, 70:938-952.
Hobel, C.F., Albers S.V., Driessen A.J.M., Lupas A.N (2008): The Sulfolobus solfataricus AAA protein Sso0909, a homologue of the eukaryotic ESCRT Vps4 ATPase. Biochem Soc Trans., 36:94-8.
Pretz, M., van der Does, C., Albers, S.V., Schuurman-Wolters, G. and A.J.M. Driessen (2008): Structural stability of GlcV, the nucleotide binding domain of the glucose ABC transporter of Sulfolobus solfataricus. Biochim Biophys Acta, 1778:324-33.

2007

Berkner, S., Grogan, D., Albers, S.V., and G. Lipps (2007): Small multicopy. Non-integrative shuttle vectors based on the plasmid pRN1 for Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and Sulfolobus solfataricus, model organisms of the (cren-)archaea. NAR, 35:e88.
Albers, S.V. and A.J.M. Driessen (2007): Conditions for gene disruption by homologous recombination of exogenous DNA into the Sulfolobus solfataricus genome. Archaea, 2:145-149.
Szabó, Z, Sani,M., Groeneveld, M, Zolghadr, B., Schelert, J., Albers, S.V., Blum,P., Boekema, E.J., and A.J.M. Driessen (2007): Flagellar motility and structure in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. J Bacteriol, 189: 4305-4309.
Barthelme, D., Scheele, U., Dinkelaker, S., Janoschka, A., MacMillan, F., Albers, S.V., Driessen, A.J.M., Salome-Stagni, M., Bill, E., Meyer-Klaucke, W., Schünemann, V. and R. Tampé 2007): Structural organization of essential iron-sulfur clusters in the evolutionarily highly conserved ATP-binding cassette protein ABCE1. J Biol Chem, 282: 14598-14607.
Zolghadr, B., Weber, S., Szabó, Z, Driessen, A.J.M. and S.V. Albers (2007): Identification of a system required for the functional surface localization of sugar binding protein with class III signal peptides in Sulfolobus solfataricus. Mol Microbiol, 64: 795-806.
Szabó, Z, Oliveira Stahl, A., Albers, S.V., Kissinger, J.C., Driessen, A.J.M. and M. Pohlschröder (2007): Identification of diverse archaeal proteins with class III signal peptides cleaved by distinct archaeal prepilin peptidases. J Bacteriol, 189: 772-778.
A.J.M. Driessen and Albers, S.V. (2007): Membrane adaptations of (hyper)thermophiles to high temperatures. In Physiology and Biochemistry of Extremophiles, chapter 8, p. 104-118. Editors C.Gerday and N. Glansdorff, ASM Press, Washington, USA.
Albers, S.V., Konings, W.N., and A.J.M. Driessen (2007): Solute transport in archaea. In Archaea: Molecular and cellular biology, chapter 16, p 354-368. Editor R. Caviocchioli ASM Press, Washington, USA.

2006

Pretz, M.G., Albers, S.V., Schuurman-Wolters, G., Tampé R., Driessen, A.J.M., and C. Van der Does (2006): Thermodynamics of the ATPase cycle of GlcV, the Nucleotide Binding Domain of the Glucose ABC transporter of Sulfolobus solfataricus. Biochemistry, 45: 15056-15067.
Albers, S.V., Szabó, and A.J.M. Driessen (2006): Protein secretion in Archaea: Multiple Paths towards a Unique Cell Surface. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 4:537-47.
Szabó, Albers, S.V., and A.J.M. Driessen (2006): Active site residues in the type IV prepilin peptidase homologue PibD of the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. J Bacteriol, 188:1437-43.
Lubelska, J., Jonuscheit, M., Albers, S.V., Schleper, C., and A.J.M. Driessen (2006): Regulation of expression of transport genes in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Extremophiles, 10:383-391.
Albers, S.V., Jonuscheit, M, Becker, S., Urich, T., Kletzin, A., Tampé, R., Driessen, A.J.M., and C. Schleper (2006): Homologous and heterologous expression of proteins in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Appl Environ Microbiol, 72:102-111.
Albers, S.V., Konings, W.N., and A.J.M. Driessen (2006): Membranes of thermophiles and other extremophiles. Methods in Microbiology, Vol 35, Edit Fred A., Rainy & Aharon Oren, chapter 7, pp. 161-171, Elseviers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2005-2002

Pretz, M.G., Remigy, H., Swaving, J., Albers, S.-V., Garrido, V.G., Engel, A., and A.J.M. Driessen (2005): Functional and structural characterization of the minimal Sec translocase of the hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima. Extremophiles 9: 307-16.
Albers, S.-V. and A.J.M. Driessen (2005): Analysis of ATPases of putative secretion operons in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Microbiology, 151: 763-773.
Albers, S.-V., Koning, S.M., Konings, W.N., and A.J.M.Driessen (2004): Insights into ABC transport in Archaea. J Bioenerg Biomembr 36:5-15.
Verdon, G., Albers S.-V., van Oosterwijk, N., Dijkstra, B., Driessen, A.J.M., and A.M. Thunissen (2003): Contribution of conserved residues to formation of the productive ATP-Mg2+-bound dimmer of GlcV, an ABC-ATPase of Sulfolobus solfataricus. J Mol Biol 334:255-267.
Albers, S.-V., Szabó and A.J.M. Driessen (2003): An archaeal homolog of bacterial type IV prepilin signal peptidases with broad substrate specificity. J Bacteriol 185:3918-25. (both first authors contributed equally)
Verdon, G., Albers S.-V., Dijkstra, B., Driessen, A.J.M., and A.M. Thunissen (2003): Crystal structure of the ATPase subunit of the glucose ABC transporter from Sulfolobus solfataricus: nucleotide-free and nucleotide-bound conformations. J Mol Biol 330: 343-58.
Konings, W.N., Albers, S.-V., Koning, S.M. and A.J.M. Driessen (2002): The cell membrane plays a crucial role in survival of bacteria and archaea in extreme environments. Ant. van Leuwenhoek 81:61-72.
Koning, S.M., Albers, S.-V., Konings, W.N. and A.M.J. Driessen (2002): Sugar transport in (hyper)thermophilic archaea. Res Microbiol 153: 61-63.
Verdon, G., Albers S.-V., Driessen, A.J.M., Dijkstra, B., and A.M. Thunissen (2002): Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of an archaeal ABC-ATPase. Acta Cryst, D58: 362-365.
Albers, S.-V. and A.J.M. Driessen (2002): Signal peptides of secreted proteins of the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus: a genomic survey. Arch Microbiol 177: 209-216.
Konings, W.N., Albers, S.-V., Koning, S.M. and A.J.M. Driessen (2002): Survival strategies and membrane properties of Bacteria and Archaea in extreme environments. In Extremophiles-Basic Concepts, edited by C. Gerday and N.Glansdorff, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK [http://www.eols.net]

2001-1996

Albers, S.-V., van de Vossenberg, J.L.C.M., Driessen, A.J.M., and W.N. Konings (2001): Bioenergetics and solute uptake under extreme conditions. Extremophiles, 5: 285-294.
Elferink, M.G.L., Albers, S.-V., Konings, W.N., and A.J.M. Driessen (2001): Sugar transport in Sulfolobus solfataricus is mediated by two families of binding protein dependent ABC transporters. Mol Microbiol, 39: 1494-1503. (both first authors contributed equally)
Albers, S.-V., van de Vossenberg, J.L.C.M., Driessen, A.J.M., and W.N. Konings (2000): Adaptations of the archaeal cell membrane to heat stress. Front Biosci.5: 813-20.
Albers, S.-V., Elferink, M.G.L., Driessen, A.J.M., and W.N. Konings (2000): Glucose transport in the extremely thermoacidophilic Sulfolobus solfataricus. Protein, Lipid and Membrane Traffic: Pathways and Targeting. Ed.: J. OP den Kamp: IOS Press, Amsterdam, 322, 235-243.
Albers, S.-V., Konings, W.N., and Driessen, A.J.M. (1999): A unique short signal sequence in membrane anchored proteins of Archaea. Mol Microbiol 30: 1595-1596.
Albers, S.-V., Elferink, M.G.L., Charlebois, R.L., Sensen, C.W., Driessen, A.J.M., and W.N. Konings (1999): Glucose transport in the extremely thermoacidophilic Sulfolobus solfataricus involves a high affinity membrane-integrated binding protein. J Bacteriol 181:4285-4291.
She, Q., Phan, H., Garrett, R.A., Albers, S.-V., Stedman, K.M., and Zillig, W. (1998): Genetic profile of pNOB8 from Sulfolobus: the first conjugative plasmid from an archaeon. Extremophiles 2/4: 417-425.
Van de Vossenberg, J.L.C.M., Albers, S.-V., Van der Does, C., Driessen, A.J.M. and Van Klompenburg, W. (1998): The positive inside rule is not determined by the polarity of the delta psi. Mol Microbiol 29:1125-1126.
Prangishvili, D., Albers, S.-V., Holz, I., Stedman, K., Arnold, H.P., Klein, T., Singh, H., Hiort, J., Schweier, A., Kristjansson, J.U., Zillig, W. (1998): A family of conjugative plasmids from strains of the archaeon Sulfolobus islandicus. Plasmid 40:190-202.
Zillig, W., Prangishvili, D., Schleper, C., Elferink, M.G.L., Holz, I., Albers, S., Janekovic, D. and Goetz, D. (1996): Viruses, plasmids and other genetic elements of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic archaea. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 18: 225-236.