Sonja-Verena Albers

Ss-LrpB, a transcriptional regulator from Sulfolobus solfataricus, regulates a gene cluster with a pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase-encoding operon and permease genes (2009)

Charlier, Daniel, Driessen, Arnold J.M., Vassart, Amelia, Albers, Sonja-Verena, Peeters, Eveline

Ss-LrpB is an Lrp-like transcriptional regulator from Sulfolobus solfataricus. Previously, in vitro binding of Ss-LrpB to the control region of its own gene has been extensively studied. However,...

Proteomic analysis of secreted membrane vesicles of archaeal Sulfolobus species reveals the presence of endosome sorting complex components (2009)

Boekema, Egbert J., Schouten, Stefan, Folea, Mihaela, Schwarz, Heinz, Hobel, Cedric F.V., Pitcher, Angela, ...

The crenarchaea Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, S. solfataricus and S. tokodaii, release membrane vesicles into the medium. These membrane vesicles consist of tetraether lipids and are coated with an...

Structural stability of GlcV, the nucleotide binding domain of the glucose ABC transporter of Sulfolobus solfataricus (2008)

Pretz, Monika G., Does, Chris Van Der, Albers, Sonja-Verena, Schuurman-Wolters, Gea, Driessen, Arnold J.M.

GlcV is the nucleotide binding domain of the ABC-type glucose transporter of the hyperthermoacidophile Sulfolobus solfataricus. GlcV consists of two domains, an N-terminal domain containing the...

UV-inducible cellular aggregation of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is mediated by pili formation (2008)

Fröls, Sabrina, Ajon, Malgorzata, Wagner, Michaela, Teichmann, Daniela, Zolghadr, Behnam, Folea, Mihaela, ...

The hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus has been shown to exhibit a complex transcriptional response to UV irradiation involving 55 genes. Among the strongest UV-induced genes was a...

Conditions for gene disruption by homologous recombination of exogenous DNA into the Sulfolobus solfataricus genome (2008)

Sonja-Verena Albers

The construction of directed gene deletion mutants is an essential tool in molecular biology that allows functional studies on the role of genes in their natural environment. For hyperthermophilic...

Small multicopy, non-integrative shuttle vectors based on the plasmid pRN1 for Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and Sulfolobus solfataricus, model organisms of the (cren-)archaea (2007)

Berkner, Silvia, Grogan, Dennis, Albers, Sonja-Verena, Lipps, Georg

The extreme thermoacidophiles of the genus Sulfolobus are among the best-studied archaea but have lacked small, reliable plasmid vectors, which have proven extremely useful for manipulating and...

Structural Organization of Essential Iron-Sulfur Clusters in the Evolutionarily Highly Conserved ATP-binding Cassette Protein ABCE1 (2007)

Barthelme, Dominik, Scheele, Urte, Dinkelaker, Stephanie, Janoschka, Adam, MacMillan, Fraser, Albers, Sonja-Verena, ...

The ABC protein ABCE1, formerly named RNase L inhibitor RLI1, is one of the most conserved proteins in evolution and is expressed in all organisms except eubacteria. Because of its fundamental role...

Identification of a system required for the functional surface localization of sugar binding proteins with class III signal peptides in Sulfolobus solfataricus (2007)

Zolghadr, Behnam, Weber, Stefan, Szabó, Zalán, Driessen, Arnold J.M., Albers, Sonja-Verena

The hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus contains an unusual large number of sugar binding proteins that are synthesized as precursors with a class III signal peptide. Such signal...

Flagellar Motility and Structure in the Hyperthermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (2007)

Szabó, Zalán, Sani, Musa, Groeneveld, Maarten, Zolghadr, Benham, Schelert, James, Albers, Sonja-Verena, ...

Flagellation in archaea is widespread and is involved in swimming motility. Here, we demonstrate that the structural flagellin gene from the crenarchaeaon Sulfolobus solfataricus is highly expressed...

Conditions for gene disruption by homologous recombination of exogenous DNA into the Sulfolobus solfataricus genome (2007)

Albers, Sonja-Verena, Driessen, Arnold J.M.

The construction of directed gene deletion mutants is an essential tool in molecular biology that allows functional studies on the role of genes in their natural environment. For hyperthermophilic...

Thermodynamics of the ATPase Cycle of GlcV, the Nucleotide-Binding Domain of the Glucose ABC Transporter of Sulfolobus solfataricus (2006)

Pretz, Monika G., Albers, Sonja-Verena, Schuurman-Wolters, Gea, Tampé, Robert, Driessen, Arnold J.M., Does, Chris Van Der

ATP-binding cassette transporters drive the transport of substrates across the membrane by the hydrolysis of ATP. They typically have a conserved domain structure with two membrane-spanning domains...

Active-Site Residues in the Type IV Prepilin Peptidase Homologue PibD from the Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (2006)

Szabó, Zalán, Albers, Sonja-Verena, Driessen, Arnold J.M.

Archaeal preflagellin peptidases and bacterial type IV prepilin peptidases belong to a family of aspartic acid proteases that cleave the leader peptides of precursor proteins with type IV prepilin...

Regulation of expression of the arabinose and glucose transporter genes in the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (2006)

Lubelska, Joanna M., Jonuscheit, Melanie, Schleper, Christa, Albers, Sonja-Verena, Driessen, Arnold J.M.

Sugar uptake in Sulfolobus solfataricus, a thermoacidophilic archaeon, occurs through high-affinity binding of protein-dependent ABC transporters. We have investigated the expression patterns of two...

Protein secretion in the Archaea: multiple paths towards a unique cell surface (2006)

Albers, Sonja-Verena, Szabó, Zalán, Driessen, Arnold J.M.

Archaea are similar to other prokaryotes in most aspects of cell structure but are unique with respect to the lipid composition of the cytoplasmic membrane and the structure of the cell surface....

Analysis of ATPases of putative secretion operons in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (2005)

Albers, Sonja-Verena, Driessen, Arnold J.M.

Gram-negative bacteria use a wide variety of complex mechanisms to secrete proteins across their membranes or to assemble secreted proteins into surface structures. As most archaea only possess a...

Insights Into ABC Transport in Archaea (2004)

Albers, Sonja-Verena, Koning, Sonja M., Konings, Wil N., Driessen, Arnold J.M.

In archaea, ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters play a crucial role in substrate uptake, export, and osmoregulation. Archaeal substrate-binding-protein-dependent ABC transporters are equipped...

Formation of the Productive ATP-Mg2+-bound Dimer of GlcV, an ABC-ATPase from Sulfolobus solfataricus (2003)

Driessen, Arnold J.M., Dijkstra, Bauke W., Oosterwijk, Niels Van, Albers, Sonja-Verena, Verdon, Grégory

The ABC-ATPase GlcV from Sulfolobus solfataricus energizes an ABC transporter mediating glucose uptake. In ABC transporters, two ABC-ATPases are believed to form a head-to-tail dimer, with both...

Formation of the Productive ATP-Mg2+-bound Dimer of GlcV, an ABC-ATPase from Sulfolobus solfataricus (2003)

Driessen, Arnold J.M., Dijkstra, Bauke W., Oosterwijk, Niels Van, Albers, Sonja-Verena, Verdon, Grégory

The ABC-ATPase GlcV from Sulfolobus solfataricus energizes an ABC transporter mediating glucose uptake. In ABC transporters, two ABC-ATPases are believed to form a head-to-tail dimer, with both...

Archaeal Homolog of Bacterial Type IV Prepilin Signal Peptidases with Broad Substrate Specificity (2003)

Albers, Sonja-Verena, Szabó, Zalán, Driessen, Arnold J.M.

A large number of secretory proteins in the thermoacidophile Sulfolobus solfataricus are synthesized as a precursor with an unusual leader peptide that resembles bacterial type IV prepilin signal...

Formation of the Productive ATP-Mg2+-bound Dimer of GlcV, an ABC-ATPase from Sulfolobus solfataricus (2003)

Driessen, Arnold J.M., Dijkstra, Bauke W., Oosterwijk, Niels Van, Albers, Sonja-Verena, Verdon, Grégory

The ABC-ATPase GlcV from Sulfolobus solfataricus energizes an ABC transporter mediating glucose uptake. In ABC transporters, two ABC-ATPases are believed to form a head-to-tail dimer, with both...

Sugar transport in (hyper)thermophilic archaea (2002)

Koning, Sonja M., Albers, Sonja-Verena, Konings, Wil N., Driessen, Arnold J.M.

Hyperthermophilic archaea show important metabolic adaptations for growth on carbohydrates under hostile conditions. For carbohydrate uptake so far only ABC-type transporters have been described that...

The cell membrane plays a crucial role in survival of bacteria and archaea in extreme environments (2002)

Konings, Wil N., Albers, Sonja-Verena, Koning, Sonja, Driessen, Arnold J.M.

The cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria and archaea determine to a large extent the composition of the cytoplasm. Since the ion and in particular the proton and/or the sodium ion electrochemical...

Signal peptides of secreted proteins of the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus: a genomic survey (2002)

Albers, Sonja-Verena, Driessen, Arnold J.M.

Analysis of the recently completed genome sequence of the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus reveals that about 4.2% of its proteome consists of putative secretory proteins with...

Sugar transport in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (2001)

Albers, Sonja-Verena

Summary and concluding remarks Introduction The archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is a thermoacidophile preferring growth at around 80oC and a pH of 2.5 to 3.5. As a thermoacidophile S. solfataricus...

Sugar transport in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (2001)

Albers, Sonja-Verena

Summary and concluding remarks Introduction The archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is a thermoacidophile preferring growth at around 80oC and a pH of 2.5 to 3.5. As a thermoacidophile S. solfataricus...

Archaeal Homolog of Bacterial Type IV Prepilin Signal Peptidases with Broad Substrate Specificity

Albers, Sonja-Verena, Szabó, Zalán, Driessen, Arnold J. M.

A large number of secretory proteins in the thermoacidophile Sulfolobus solfataricus are synthesized as a precursor with an unusual leader peptide that resembles bacterial type IV prepilin signal...

Active-Site Residues in the Type IV Prepilin Peptidase Homologue PibD from the Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Szabó, Zalán, Albers, Sonja-Verena, Driessen, Arnold J. M.

Archaeal preflagellin peptidases and bacterial type IV prepilin peptidases belong to a family of aspartic acid proteases that cleave the leader peptides of precursor proteins with type IV prepilin...

Archaeal Homolog of Bacterial Type IV Prepilin Signal Peptidases with Broad Substrate Specificity

Albers, Sonja-Verena, Szabó, Zalán, Driessen, Arnold J. M.

A large number of secretory proteins in the thermoacidophile Sulfolobus solfataricus are synthesized as a precursor with an unusual leader peptide that resembles bacterial type IV prepilin signal...

Active-Site Residues in the Type IV Prepilin Peptidase Homologue PibD from the Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Szabó, Zalán, Albers, Sonja-Verena, Driessen, Arnold J. M.

Archaeal preflagellin peptidases and bacterial type IV prepilin peptidases belong to a family of aspartic acid proteases that cleave the leader peptides of precursor proteins with type IV prepilin...

Small multicopy, non-integrative shuttle vectors based on the plasmid pRN1 for Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and Sulfolobus solfataricus, model organisms of the (cren-)archaea

Berkner, Silvia, Grogan, Dennis, Albers, Sonja-Verena, Lipps, Georg

The extreme thermoacidophiles of the genus Sulfolobus are among the best-studied archaea but have lacked small, reliable plasmid vectors, which have proven extremely useful for manipulating and...

Flagellar Motility and Structure in the Hyperthermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus▿

Szabó, Zalán, Sani, Musa, Groeneveld, Maarten, Zolghadr, Benham, Schelert, James, Albers, Sonja-Verena, ...

Flagellation in archaea is widespread and is involved in swimming motility. Here, we demonstrate that the structural flagellin gene from the crenarchaeaon Sulfolobus solfataricus is highly expressed...

Conditions for gene disruption by homologous recombination of exogenous DNA into the Sulfolobus solfataricus genome

Albers, Sonja-Verena, Driessen, Arnold J. M.

The construction of directed gene deletion mutants is an essential tool in molecular biology that allows functional studies on the role of genes in their natural environment. For hyperthermophilic...