Josy ter Beek

The paper identifies a VirB2-like protein in Gram-positive bacteria that forms pili essential for conjugation, challenging the previous belief that such pili are absent in these bacteria.

This study reconstitutes the membrane clustering and RNA recruitment functions of the enteroviral 2C protein in vitro, revealing its roles in viral replication and challenging its helicase function.

The paper reports the structure and function of PrgK, a component of the T4SS in pCF10, revealing its muramidase activity and self-regulating domains.

This paper identifies and characterizes a novel LD-transpeptidase in Gluconobacter oxydans that forms 1,3-type crosslinks, revealing structural and functional differences from known transpeptidases.

The paper identifies how PrgU mitigates PrgB overexpression toxicity by binding to intergenic RNA downstream of the PQ promoter in Enterococcus faecalis.