Publications
Bergeron JR, Hutto R, Ozyamak E, Hom N, Hansen J, Draper O, Byrne ME, Keyhani
S, Komeili A, Kollman JM. Structure of the magnetosome-associated actin-like MamK
filament at subnanometer resolution. Protein Sci. 2017 Jan;26(1):93-102. link
Hershey, DM, Browne PJ, Iavarone AT, Teyra J, Lee EH, Sidhu SS, Komeili A. Magnetite Biomineralization in Magnetospirillum magneticum is Regulated by Switch-like Behavior in the HtrA Protease MamE. J Biol Chem. 2016 Jun 14. link
Hershey DM, Ren X, Melnyk RA, Browne PJ, Ozyamak E, Jones SR, Chang MC, Hurley JH, Komeili A. MamO Is a Repurposed Serine Protease that Promotes Magnetite Biomineralization through Direct Transition Metal Binding in Magnetotactic Bacteria. PLoS Biol. 2016 Mar 16;14(3):e1002402. link.
Cornejo E, Subramanian P, Li Z, Jensen GJ, Komeili A. Dynamic Remodeling of the Magnetosome Membrane Is Triggered by the Initiation of Biomineralization. MBio. 2016 Feb 16;7(1). pii: e01898-15. link.
Jones S, Wilson T, Brown M, Rahn-Lee L, Yu Y, Fredriksen L, Ozyamak E, Komeili A, and Chang M. Genetic and biochemical investigations of the role of MamP in redox control of iron biomineralization in Magnetospirillum magneticum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. March 2015. Early edition.
Chariaou M, Rahn-Lee L, Kind J, García-Rubio I, Komeili A, Gehring AU. Anisotropy of Bullet-Shaped Magnetite Nanoparticles in the Magnetotactic Bacteria Desulfovibrio magneticus sp. Strain RS-1. Biophys J. 2015 Mar 10;108(5):1268-74. link.
Rahn-Lee L, Byrne ME, Zhang M, Le Sage D, Glenn DR, Milbourne T, Walsworth RL, Vali H, Komeili A. A genetic strategy for probing the functional diversity of magnetosome formation. PLoS Genet. 2015 Jan 8;11(1):e1004811. link (also see featured commentary by Faivre and Baumgartner)
Abreu N, Mannoubi S, Ozyamak E, Pignol D, Ginet N, Komeili A. The interplay between two bacterial actin homologs, MamK and MamK-like, is required for the alignment of magnetosome organelles in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. J Bacteriol. 2014 Jun 23. pii: JB.01674-14. link
Cornejo E, Abreu N, Komeili A. Compartmentalization and organelle formation in bacteria. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2014 Jan 15;26C:132-138. link
Rahn-Lee L and Komeili A The magnetosome model: insights into the mechanisms of bacterial biomineralization. Front. Microbiol. 2013 4:352. link
Ozyamak E, Kollman JM, Komeili A. Bacterial actins and their diversity. Biochemistry. 2013 Sep 9. link
Le Sage D, Arai K, Glenn DR, DeVience SJ, Pham LM, Rahn-Lee L, Lukin MD, Yacoby A, Komeili A, Walsworth RL. Optical magnetic imaging of living cells.
Nature. 2013 Apr 25;496(7446):486-9. link
Ozyamak E, Kollman J, Agard DA, Komeili A. The bacterial actin MamK: in vitro assembly behavior and filament architecture. Journal of Biological Chemistry.2013 Feb;288(6):4265-77. link
Greene SE, Komeili A. Biogenesis and subcellular organization of the magnetosome organelles of magnetotactic bacteria.Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2012 Jun 20.[Epub ahead of print]
Murat D, Falahati V, Bertinetti L, Csencsits R, Körnig A, Downing K, Faivre D, Komeili A. The magnetosome membrane protein, MmsF, is a major regulator of magnetite biomineralization in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. Mol Microbiol. 2012 Jun 20. [Epub ahead of print]
Greene SE, Brilli M, Biondi E, Komeili A. Analysis of the CtrA Pathway in Magnetospirillum Reveals an Ancestral Role in Motility in Alphaproteobacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. 2012 Jun;194(11):2973-86. pdf
Komeili A. Molecular Mechanisms of Compartmentalization and Biomineralization in Magnetotactic Bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2012 Jan;36(1):232-55. pdf
Draper O, Byrne ME, Li Z, Keyhani S, Barrozo JC, Jensen G, Komeili A. MamK, a bacterial actin, forms dynamic filaments in vivo that are regulated by the acidic proteins MamJ and LimJ. Mol Microbiol. 2011 Oct;82(2):342-54. pdf
Zeytuni N, Ozyamak E, Ben-Harush K, Davidov G, Levin M, Gat Y, Moyal T, Brik A, Komeili A, Zarivach R. Self-recognition mechanism of MamA, a magnetosome-associated TPR-containing protein, promotes complex assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Aug 16;108(33):E480-7. pdf
Quinlan A, Murat D, Vali H, Komeili A. The HtrA/DegP family protease MamE is a bifunctional protein with roles in magnetosome protein localization and magnetite biomineralization. Mol Microbiol. 2011 May;80(4):1075-87. Fulltext
Topp S, Reynoso CM, Seeliger JC, Goldlust IS, Desai SK, Murat D, Shen A, Puri AW, Komeili A, Bertozzi CR, Scott JR, Gallivan JP. Synthetic Riboswitches that Induce Gene Expression in Diverse Bacterial Species. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Dec;76(23):7881-4. Fulltext
Murat D, Byrne M, Komeili A. Cell Biology of Prokaryotic Organelles. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2010 Oct 1.Fulltext
Byrne ME, Ball DA, Guerquin-Kern JL, Rouiller I, Wu TD, Downing KH, Vali H, Komeili A. Desulfovibrio magneticus RS-1 contains an iron- and phosphorus-rich organelle distinct from its bullet-shaped magnetosomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jul 6;107(27):12263-8. Open Access
Murat D, Quinlan A, Vali H, Komeili A. Comprehensive genetic dissection of the magnetosome gene island reveals the step-wise assembly of a prokaryotic organelle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Mar 23;107(12):5593-8. Open Access
Komeili A. Molecular mechanisms of magnetosome formation. Annu Rev Biochem. 2007;76:351-66. Review. pdf
Komeili A, Li Z, Newman DK, Jensen GJ. Magnetosomes are cell membrane invaginations organized by the actin-like protein MamK. Science. 2006 Jan 13;311(5758):242-5. pdf
Komeili A. Cell biology of magnetosome formation. In "Magnetoreception and Magnetosomes in Bacteria." Ed. D. Schüler. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 2006. pp 163-174. pdf
Weiss BP, Kim SS, Kirschvink JL, Kopp RE, Sankaran M, Kobayashi A, Komeili A. Magnetic tests for magnetosome chains in Martian meteorite ALH84001. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jun 1;101(22):8281-4.
Komeili A, Vali H, Beveridge TJ, Newman DK. Magnetosome vesicles are present before magnetite formation, and MamA is required for their activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 16;101(11):3839-44.
Weiss B.P., Kim S.S., Kirschvink J.L. , Sankaran M., Kobayashi A., Komeili A.. Ferromagnetic resonance and low temperature magnetic tests for biogenic magnetite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2004; 224:73-89.
Komeili A, O'Shea EK. New perspectives on nuclear transport. Annual Review of Genetics. 2001; 35:341-64.
Komeili A, Wedaman KP, O'Shea EK, Powers T. Mechanism of Metabolic Control. Target of rapamycin signaling links nitrogen quality to the activity of the Rtg1 and Rtg3 transcription factors. J Cell Biol. 2001; 151:863-878.
Komeili A, O'Shea EK. Nuclear transport and transcription. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2000; 12:355-60.
Komeili A, O'Shea EK. Roles of phosphorylation sites in regulating activity of the transcription factor Pho4. Science. 1999; 284:977-80.
Hershey, DM, Browne PJ, Iavarone AT, Teyra J, Lee EH, Sidhu SS, Komeili A. Magnetite Biomineralization in Magnetospirillum magneticum is Regulated by Switch-like Behavior in the HtrA Protease MamE. J Biol Chem. 2016 Jun 14. link
Hershey DM, Ren X, Melnyk RA, Browne PJ, Ozyamak E, Jones SR, Chang MC, Hurley JH, Komeili A. MamO Is a Repurposed Serine Protease that Promotes Magnetite Biomineralization through Direct Transition Metal Binding in Magnetotactic Bacteria. PLoS Biol. 2016 Mar 16;14(3):e1002402. link.
Cornejo E, Subramanian P, Li Z, Jensen GJ, Komeili A. Dynamic Remodeling of the Magnetosome Membrane Is Triggered by the Initiation of Biomineralization. MBio. 2016 Feb 16;7(1). pii: e01898-15. link.
Jones S, Wilson T, Brown M, Rahn-Lee L, Yu Y, Fredriksen L, Ozyamak E, Komeili A, and Chang M. Genetic and biochemical investigations of the role of MamP in redox control of iron biomineralization in Magnetospirillum magneticum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. March 2015. Early edition.
Chariaou M, Rahn-Lee L, Kind J, García-Rubio I, Komeili A, Gehring AU. Anisotropy of Bullet-Shaped Magnetite Nanoparticles in the Magnetotactic Bacteria Desulfovibrio magneticus sp. Strain RS-1. Biophys J. 2015 Mar 10;108(5):1268-74. link.
Rahn-Lee L, Byrne ME, Zhang M, Le Sage D, Glenn DR, Milbourne T, Walsworth RL, Vali H, Komeili A. A genetic strategy for probing the functional diversity of magnetosome formation. PLoS Genet. 2015 Jan 8;11(1):e1004811. link (also see featured commentary by Faivre and Baumgartner)
Abreu N, Mannoubi S, Ozyamak E, Pignol D, Ginet N, Komeili A. The interplay between two bacterial actin homologs, MamK and MamK-like, is required for the alignment of magnetosome organelles in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. J Bacteriol. 2014 Jun 23. pii: JB.01674-14. link
Cornejo E, Abreu N, Komeili A. Compartmentalization and organelle formation in bacteria. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2014 Jan 15;26C:132-138. link
Rahn-Lee L and Komeili A The magnetosome model: insights into the mechanisms of bacterial biomineralization. Front. Microbiol. 2013 4:352. link
Ozyamak E, Kollman JM, Komeili A. Bacterial actins and their diversity. Biochemistry. 2013 Sep 9. link
Le Sage D, Arai K, Glenn DR, DeVience SJ, Pham LM, Rahn-Lee L, Lukin MD, Yacoby A, Komeili A, Walsworth RL. Optical magnetic imaging of living cells.
Nature. 2013 Apr 25;496(7446):486-9. link
Ozyamak E, Kollman J, Agard DA, Komeili A. The bacterial actin MamK: in vitro assembly behavior and filament architecture. Journal of Biological Chemistry.2013 Feb;288(6):4265-77. link
Greene SE, Komeili A. Biogenesis and subcellular organization of the magnetosome organelles of magnetotactic bacteria.Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2012 Jun 20.[Epub ahead of print]
Murat D, Falahati V, Bertinetti L, Csencsits R, Körnig A, Downing K, Faivre D, Komeili A. The magnetosome membrane protein, MmsF, is a major regulator of magnetite biomineralization in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. Mol Microbiol. 2012 Jun 20. [Epub ahead of print]
Greene SE, Brilli M, Biondi E, Komeili A. Analysis of the CtrA Pathway in Magnetospirillum Reveals an Ancestral Role in Motility in Alphaproteobacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. 2012 Jun;194(11):2973-86. pdf
Komeili A. Molecular Mechanisms of Compartmentalization and Biomineralization in Magnetotactic Bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2012 Jan;36(1):232-55. pdf
Draper O, Byrne ME, Li Z, Keyhani S, Barrozo JC, Jensen G, Komeili A. MamK, a bacterial actin, forms dynamic filaments in vivo that are regulated by the acidic proteins MamJ and LimJ. Mol Microbiol. 2011 Oct;82(2):342-54. pdf
Zeytuni N, Ozyamak E, Ben-Harush K, Davidov G, Levin M, Gat Y, Moyal T, Brik A, Komeili A, Zarivach R. Self-recognition mechanism of MamA, a magnetosome-associated TPR-containing protein, promotes complex assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Aug 16;108(33):E480-7. pdf
Quinlan A, Murat D, Vali H, Komeili A. The HtrA/DegP family protease MamE is a bifunctional protein with roles in magnetosome protein localization and magnetite biomineralization. Mol Microbiol. 2011 May;80(4):1075-87. Fulltext
Topp S, Reynoso CM, Seeliger JC, Goldlust IS, Desai SK, Murat D, Shen A, Puri AW, Komeili A, Bertozzi CR, Scott JR, Gallivan JP. Synthetic Riboswitches that Induce Gene Expression in Diverse Bacterial Species. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Dec;76(23):7881-4. Fulltext
Murat D, Byrne M, Komeili A. Cell Biology of Prokaryotic Organelles. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2010 Oct 1.Fulltext
Byrne ME, Ball DA, Guerquin-Kern JL, Rouiller I, Wu TD, Downing KH, Vali H, Komeili A. Desulfovibrio magneticus RS-1 contains an iron- and phosphorus-rich organelle distinct from its bullet-shaped magnetosomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jul 6;107(27):12263-8. Open Access
Murat D, Quinlan A, Vali H, Komeili A. Comprehensive genetic dissection of the magnetosome gene island reveals the step-wise assembly of a prokaryotic organelle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Mar 23;107(12):5593-8. Open Access
Komeili A. Molecular mechanisms of magnetosome formation. Annu Rev Biochem. 2007;76:351-66. Review. pdf
Komeili A, Li Z, Newman DK, Jensen GJ. Magnetosomes are cell membrane invaginations organized by the actin-like protein MamK. Science. 2006 Jan 13;311(5758):242-5. pdf
Komeili A. Cell biology of magnetosome formation. In "Magnetoreception and Magnetosomes in Bacteria." Ed. D. Schüler. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 2006. pp 163-174. pdf
Weiss BP, Kim SS, Kirschvink JL, Kopp RE, Sankaran M, Kobayashi A, Komeili A. Magnetic tests for magnetosome chains in Martian meteorite ALH84001. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jun 1;101(22):8281-4.
Komeili A, Vali H, Beveridge TJ, Newman DK. Magnetosome vesicles are present before magnetite formation, and MamA is required for their activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 16;101(11):3839-44.
Weiss B.P., Kim S.S., Kirschvink J.L. , Sankaran M., Kobayashi A., Komeili A.. Ferromagnetic resonance and low temperature magnetic tests for biogenic magnetite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2004; 224:73-89.
Komeili A, O'Shea EK. New perspectives on nuclear transport. Annual Review of Genetics. 2001; 35:341-64.
Komeili A, Wedaman KP, O'Shea EK, Powers T. Mechanism of Metabolic Control. Target of rapamycin signaling links nitrogen quality to the activity of the Rtg1 and Rtg3 transcription factors. J Cell Biol. 2001; 151:863-878.
Komeili A, O'Shea EK. Nuclear transport and transcription. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2000; 12:355-60.
Komeili A, O'Shea EK. Roles of phosphorylation sites in regulating activity of the transcription factor Pho4. Science. 1999; 284:977-80.