Andrew Davis
University of Connecticut Health Center
5 Papers
Andrew Davis is an academic researcher from University of Connecticut Health Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spore germination & Bacillus subtilis. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications.
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Papers
Role of a SpoVA protein in dipicolinic acid uptake into developing spores of Bacillus subtilis
Yunfeng Li,Andrew Davis,George Korza,Pengfei Zhang,Yong-qing Li,Barbara Setlow,Peter Setlow,Bing Hao +7 more
TL;DR: These results provide direct evidence that SpoVA proteins, in particular SpoVAD, are directly involved in DPA(2,6) movement into developing B. subtilis spores.
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Activity and regulation of various forms of CwlJ, SleB, and YpeB proteins in degrading cortex peptidoglycan of spores of Bacillus species in vitro and during spore germination.
Yunfeng Li,Xuan Yi Butzin,Andrew Davis,Barbara Setlow,George Korza,Fatma Işık Üstok,Graham Christie,Peter Setlow,Bing Hao +8 more
TL;DR: In this study, in vitro and in vivo analyses have been used to clarify the roles of individual SleB and YpeB domains in PG degradation and support the role of this invariant glutamate as the key catalytic residue insleB and CwlJ.
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Structural and functional analyses of the N-terminal domain of the A subunit of a Bacillus megaterium spore germinant receptor.
Yunfeng Li,Kai Jin,Abigail Perez-Valdespino,Kyle Federkiewicz,Andrew Davis,Mark W. Maciejewski,Peter Setlow,Bing Hao +7 more
TL;DR: The crystal structure of the N-terminal domain (NTD) of the A subunit of the Bacillus megaterium GerK 3 GR is presented, revealing two distinct globular subdomains bisected by a cleft, a fold with strong homology to substrate-binding proteins in bacterial ABC transporters.
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Structural and functional analysis of the GerD spore germination protein of Bacillus species.
Yunfeng Li,Kai Jin,Sonali Ghosh,Parvathimadhavi Devarakonda,Kristina Carlson,Andrew Davis,Kerry-Ann V. Stewart,Elizabeth Cammett,Patricia Pelczar Rossi,Barbara Setlow,Min Lu,Peter Setlow,Bing Hao +12 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that GerD mediates clustering of germination proteins in the inner membrane of dormant spores and thus promotes the rapid and cooperative germination response to nutrients.