Jan Maarten van Dijl

Type I signal peptidases of Gram-positive bacteria (2004)

Jongbloed, Jan D H, Tjalsma, Harold, Dubois, Jean-Yves F, Bron, Sierd, ...

Proteins that are exported from the cytoplasm to the periplasm and outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, or the cell wall and growth medium of Gram-positive bacteria, are generally synthesized as...

Genome Engineering Reveals Large Dispensable Regions in Bacillus subtilis (2003)

Westers, Helga, Dorenbos, Ronald, Van Dijl, Jan Maarten, Kabel, Jorrit, Flanagan, Tony, Devine, Kevin M., ...

Bacterial genomes contain 250 to 500 essential genes as suggested by single gene disruptions and theoretical considerations. If this view is correct, the remaining non-essential genes of an organism,...

Genome Engineering Reveals Large Dispensable Regions in Bacillus subtilis (2003)

Westers, Helga, Dorenbos, Ronald, Van Dijl, Jan Maarten, Kabel, Jorrit, Flanagan, Tony, Devine, Kevin M., ...

Bacterial genomes contain 250 to 500 essential genes, as suggested by single gene disruptions and theoretical considerations. If this view is correct, the remaining nonessential genes of an organism,...

Genome Engineering Reveals Large Dispensable Regions in Bacillus subtilis (2003)

Westers, Helga, Dorenbos, Ronald, Van Dijl, Jan Maarten, Kabel, Jorrit, Flanagan, Tony, Devine, Kevin M., ...

Bacterial genomes contain 250 to 500 essential genes as suggested by single gene disruptions and theoretical considerations. If this view is correct, the remaining non-essential genes of an organism,...

The ATPase and protease domains of yeast mitochondrial Lon: Roles in proteolysis and respiration-dependent growth

Van Dijl, Jan Maarten, Kutejová, Eva, Suda, Kitaru, Perečko, Dušan, Schatz, Gottfried, Suzuki, Carolyn K.

The ATP-dependent Lon protease of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria is required for selective proteolysis in the matrix, maintenance of mitochondrial DNA, and respiration-dependent growth. Lon...

Evaluation of Bottlenecks in the Late Stages of Protein Secretion in Bacillus subtilis

Bolhuis, Albert, Tjalsma, Harold, Smith, Hilde E., De Jong, Anne, Meima, Rob, Venema, Gerard, ...

Despite a high capacity for secretion of homologous proteins, the secretion of heterologous proteins by Bacillus subtilis is frequently inefficient. In the present studies, we have investigated and...

The Plasmid-Encoded Signal Peptidase SipP Can Functionally Replace the Major Signal Peptidases SipS and SipT of Bacillus subtilis

Tjalsma, Harold, Van Den Dolder, Juliëtte, Meijer, Wilfried J. J., Venema, Gerard, Bron, Sierd, Van Dijl, Jan Maarten

The gram-positive eubacterium Bacillus subtilis is the organism with the largest number of paralogous type I signal peptidases (SPases) known. These are specified both by chromosomal and...

Signal Peptide-Dependent Protein Transport in Bacillus subtilis: a Genome-Based Survey of the Secretome

Tjalsma, Harold, Bolhuis, Albert, Jongbloed, Jan D. H., Bron, Sierd, Van Dijl, Jan Maarten

One of the most salient features of Bacillus subtilis and related bacilli is their natural capacity to secrete a variety of proteins into their environment, frequently to high concentrations. This...

Functional analysis of the secretory precursor processing machinery of Bacillus subtilis: identification of a eubacterial homolog of archaeal and eukaryotic signal peptidases

Tjalsma, Harold, Bolhuis, Albert, Van Roosmalen, Maarten L., Wiegert, Thomas, Schumann, Wolfgang, Broekhuizen, Cees P., ...

Approximately 47% of the genes of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis belong to paralogous gene families. The present studies were aimed at the functional analysis of the sip gene family of...

Proteomics of Protein Secretion by Bacillus subtilis: Separating the “Secrets” of the Secretome

Tjalsma, Harold, Antelmann, Haike, Jongbloed, Jan D.H., Braun, Peter G., Darmon, Elise, Dorenbos, Ronald, ...

Secretory proteins perform a variety of important “remote-control” functions for bacterial survival in the environment. The availability of complete genome sequences has allowed us to make...

FlhF, the Third Signal Recognition Particle-GTPase of Bacillus subtilis, Is Dispensable for Protein Secretion

Zanen, Geeske, Antelmann, Haike, Westers, Helga, Hecker, Michael, Van Dijl, Jan Maarten, Quax, Wim J.

Bacillus subtilis contains three proteins of the signal recognition particle-GTPase family known as Ffh, FtsY, and FlhF. Here we show that FlhF is dispensable for protein secretion, unlike Ffh and...

Genes Involved in SkfA Killing Factor Production Protect a Bacillus subtilis Lipase against Proteolysis

Westers, Helga, Braun, Peter G., Westers, Lidia, Antelmann, Haike, Hecker, Michael, Jongbloed, Jan D. H., ...

Small lipases of Bacillus species, such as LipA from Bacillus subtilis, have a high potential for industrial applications. Recent studies showed that deletion of six AT-rich islands from the B....

Tricksy Business: Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Involvement of Thioredoxin A in Redox Homeostasis, Oxidative Stress, Sulfur Metabolism, and Cellular Differentiation in Bacillus subtilis†

Smits, Wiep Klaas, Dubois, Jean-Yves F., Bron, Sierd, Van Dijl, Jan Maarten, Kuipers, Oscar P.

Thioredoxins are important thiol-reactive proteins. Most knowledge about this class of proteins is derived from proteome studies, and little is known about the global transcriptional response of...

Phage Display of an Intracellular Carboxylesterase of Bacillus subtilis: Comparison of Sec and Tat Pathway Export Capabilities

Dröge, Melloney J., Boersma, Ykelien L., Braun, Peter G., Buining, Robbert Jan, Julsing, Mattijs K., Selles, Karin G. A., ...

Using the phage display technology, a protein can be displayed at the surface of bacteriophages as a fusion to one of the phage coat proteins. Here we describe development of this method for fusion...

The ATPase and protease domains of yeast mitochondrial Lon: Roles in proteolysis and respiration-dependent growth

Van Dijl, Jan Maarten, Kutejová, Eva, Suda, Kitaru, Perečko, Dušan, Schatz, Gottfried, Suzuki, Carolyn K.

The ATP-dependent Lon protease of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria is required for selective proteolysis in the matrix, maintenance of mitochondrial DNA, and respiration-dependent growth. Lon...

Evaluation of Bottlenecks in the Late Stages of Protein Secretion in Bacillus subtilis

Bolhuis, Albert, Tjalsma, Harold, Smith, Hilde E., De Jong, Anne, Meima, Rob, Venema, Gerard, ...

Despite a high capacity for secretion of homologous proteins, the secretion of heterologous proteins by Bacillus subtilis is frequently inefficient. In the present studies, we have investigated and...

The Plasmid-Encoded Signal Peptidase SipP Can Functionally Replace the Major Signal Peptidases SipS and SipT of Bacillus subtilis

Tjalsma, Harold, Van Den Dolder, Juliëtte, Meijer, Wilfried J. J., Venema, Gerard, Bron, Sierd, Van Dijl, Jan Maarten

The gram-positive eubacterium Bacillus subtilis is the organism with the largest number of paralogous type I signal peptidases (SPases) known. These are specified both by chromosomal and...

Signal Peptide-Dependent Protein Transport in Bacillus subtilis: a Genome-Based Survey of the Secretome

Tjalsma, Harold, Bolhuis, Albert, Jongbloed, Jan D. H., Bron, Sierd, Van Dijl, Jan Maarten

One of the most salient features of Bacillus subtilis and related bacilli is their natural capacity to secrete a variety of proteins into their environment, frequently to high concentrations. This...

Functional analysis of the secretory precursor processing machinery of Bacillus subtilis: identification of a eubacterial homolog of archaeal and eukaryotic signal peptidases

Tjalsma, Harold, Bolhuis, Albert, Van Roosmalen, Maarten L., Wiegert, Thomas, Schumann, Wolfgang, Broekhuizen, Cees P., ...

Approximately 47% of the genes of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis belong to paralogous gene families. The present studies were aimed at the functional analysis of the sip gene family of...

Proteomics of Protein Secretion by Bacillus subtilis: Separating the “Secrets” of the Secretome

Tjalsma, Harold, Antelmann, Haike, Jongbloed, Jan D.H., Braun, Peter G., Darmon, Elise, Dorenbos, Ronald, ...

Secretory proteins perform a variety of important “remote-control” functions for bacterial survival in the environment. The availability of complete genome sequences has allowed us to make...

FlhF, the Third Signal Recognition Particle-GTPase of Bacillus subtilis, Is Dispensable for Protein Secretion

Zanen, Geeske, Antelmann, Haike, Westers, Helga, Hecker, Michael, Van Dijl, Jan Maarten, Quax, Wim J.

Bacillus subtilis contains three proteins of the signal recognition particle-GTPase family known as Ffh, FtsY, and FlhF. Here we show that FlhF is dispensable for protein secretion, unlike Ffh and...

Genes Involved in SkfA Killing Factor Production Protect a Bacillus subtilis Lipase against Proteolysis

Westers, Helga, Braun, Peter G., Westers, Lidia, Antelmann, Haike, Hecker, Michael, Jongbloed, Jan D. H., ...

Small lipases of Bacillus species, such as LipA from Bacillus subtilis, have a high potential for industrial applications. Recent studies showed that deletion of six AT-rich islands from the B....

Tricksy Business: Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Involvement of Thioredoxin A in Redox Homeostasis, Oxidative Stress, Sulfur Metabolism, and Cellular Differentiation in Bacillus subtilis†

Smits, Wiep Klaas, Dubois, Jean-Yves F., Bron, Sierd, Van Dijl, Jan Maarten, Kuipers, Oscar P.

Thioredoxins are important thiol-reactive proteins. Most knowledge about this class of proteins is derived from proteome studies, and little is known about the global transcriptional response of...

Phage Display of an Intracellular Carboxylesterase of Bacillus subtilis: Comparison of Sec and Tat Pathway Export Capabilities

Dröge, Melloney J., Boersma, Ykelien L., Braun, Peter G., Buining, Robbert Jan, Julsing, Mattijs K., Selles, Karin G. A., ...

Using the phage display technology, a protein can be displayed at the surface of bacteriophages as a fusion to one of the phage coat proteins. Here we describe development of this method for fusion...

A Disulfide Bond-Containing Alkaline Phosphatase Triggers a BdbC-Dependent Secretion Stress Response in Bacillus subtilis

Darmon, Elise , Dorenbos, Ronald, Meens, Jochen, Freudl, Roland, Antelmann, Haike, Hecker, Michael, ...

The gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis secretes high levels of proteins into its environment. Most of these secretory proteins are exported from the cytoplasm in an unfolded state and have to...

Modulation of Thiol-Disulfide Oxidoreductases for Increased Production of Disulfide-Bond-Containing Proteins in Bacillus subtilis▿

Dubois, Jean-Yves F., Freudl, Roland, Quax, Wim J., Van Dijl, Jan Maarten

Disulfide bonds are important for the correct folding, structural integrity, and activity of many biotechnologically relevant proteins. For synthesis and subsequent secretion of these proteins in...

The Twin-Arginine Signal Peptide of Bacillus subtilis YwbN Can Direct either Tat- or Sec-Dependent Secretion of Different Cargo Proteins: Secretion of Active Subtilisin via the B. subtilis Tat Pathway▿

Kolkman, Marc A. B., Van Der Ploeg, René, Bertels, Michael, Van Dijk, Maurits, Van Der Laan, Joop, Van Dijl, Jan Maarten, ...

Proteins that are produced for commercial purposes in Bacillus subtilis are commonly secreted via the Sec pathway. Despite its high secretion capacity, the secretion of heterologous proteins via the...

Immunity to the Bacteriocin Sublancin 168 Is Determined by the SunI (YolF) Protein of Bacillus subtilis▿

Dubois, Jean-Yves F., Schurich, Anna K. C., Reis, Carlos R., Ensing, Hendrik T., Trip, Erik N., ...

Bacillus subtilis strain 168 produces the extremely stable lantibiotic sublancin 168, which has a broad spectrum of bactericidal activity. Both sublancin 168 production and producer immunity are...

Applications of thiol-disulfide oxidoreductases for optimized in vivo production of functionally active proteins in Bacillus

Van Dijl, Jan Maarten

Bacillus subtilis is a well-established cellular factory for proteins and fine chemicals. In particular, the direct secretion of proteinaceous products into the growth medium greatly facilitates...