Emily Weinert

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Emily Weinert

Research Summary

The mechanisms by which bacteria sense and respond to the environment, as well as how these signaling proteins/pathways affect competition, host colonization, and pathogenesis.

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Most Recent Publications

Heme dependent activity of the Streptomyces c-di-GMP-metabolizing enzyme CdgA

Olaf Latta, Emily E. Weinert, Andreas Bechthold, 2025, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Heme pocket hydrogen bonding residue interactions within the Pectobacterium Diguanylate cyclase-containing globin coupled sensor: A resonance Raman study

Nushrat J. Hoque, Shannon Rivera, Paul G. Young, Emily E. Weinert, Yilin Liu, 2024, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Bacterial Oxygen Sensing by Globin Coupled Sensor Proteins

Emily Weinert, 2024, Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry

Oxygen-selective regulation of cyclic di-GMP synthesis by a globin coupled sensor with a shortened linking domain modulates Shewanella sp. ANA-3 biofilm

Emily Weinert, Ariel Schuelke-Sanchez, Neela H. Yennawar, 2024, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry on p. 112482

Bile salt hydrolase catalyses formation of amine-conjugated bile acids

J Bisanz, Bipin Rimal, Stephanie Collins, Emily Weinert, Ceylan Tanes, A Patterson, Megan Granda, Imhoi Koo, E Rocha, Sumeet Solanka, M Granda, Nushrat Hoque, Sumeet Solanki, Nushrat Hoque, Emily Gentry, Emily Gentry, Tingting Yan, Imhoi Koo, Erin Reilly, Kristopher Krausz, Dhimant Desai, Fuhua Hao, Shantu Amin, Devendra Paudel, Edson Rocha, Vishal Singh, James Coleman, Tingting Yan, Yatrik Shah, Min Kim, Kyle Bittinger, Frank Gonzalez, John Vanden Heuvel, Joseph Zackular, Kristopher Krausz, A Patterson, Dhimant Desai, Shantu Amin, James Coleman, Yatrik Shah, Jordan Bisanz, Frank Gonzalez, John Heuvel, John P. Vanden Heuvel, Gary Wu, Babette Zemel, Pieter Dorrestein, Andrew Patterson, 2024, Nature on p. 859-868

Heme pocket modulates protein conformation and diguanylate cyclase activity of a tetrameric globin coupled sensor

Emily Weinert, Jacob R. Potter, Shannon Rivera, Paul G. Young, Dayna C. Patterson, Kevin E. Namitz, Neela Yennawar, James R. Kincaid, Yilin Liu, 2024, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry on p. 112638

Control of bacterial second messenger signaling and motility by heme-based direct oxygen-sensing proteins

Nushrat J. Hoque, Emily E. Weinert, 2023, Current Opinion in Microbiology

Strain-Specific Gifsy-1 Prophage Genes Are Determinants for Expression of the RNA Repair Operon during the SOS Response in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium

Jennifer E. Kurasz, Madison C. Crawford, Steffen Porwollik, Oliver Gregory, Katerina R. Tadlock, Eve C. Balding, Emily E. Weinert, Michael McClelland, Anna C. Karls, 2023, Journal of Bacteriology

An O<sub>2</sub>-sensing diguanylate cyclase broadly affects the aerobic transcriptome in the phytopathogen Pectobacterium carotovorum

Florian J. Fekete, Nick J. Marotta, Xuanyu Liu, Emily E. Weinert, 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology

Spectrophotometric Method for the Quantification and Kinetic Evaluation of In Vitro c-di-GMP Hydrolysis in the Presence and Absence of Oxygen

Dayna C. Patterson, Emily E. Weinert, 2023, on p. 87-98

Most-Cited Papers

Bile salt hydrolase catalyses formation of amine-conjugated bile acids

J Bisanz, Bipin Rimal, Stephanie Collins, Emily Weinert, Ceylan Tanes, A Patterson, Megan Granda, Imhoi Koo, E Rocha, Sumeet Solanka, M Granda, Nushrat Hoque, Sumeet Solanki, Nushrat Hoque, Emily Gentry, Emily Gentry, Tingting Yan, Imhoi Koo, Erin Reilly, Kristopher Krausz, Dhimant Desai, Fuhua Hao, Shantu Amin, Devendra Paudel, Edson Rocha, Vishal Singh, James Coleman, Tingting Yan, Yatrik Shah, Min Kim, Kyle Bittinger, Frank Gonzalez, John Vanden Heuvel, Joseph Zackular, Kristopher Krausz, A Patterson, Dhimant Desai, Shantu Amin, James Coleman, Yatrik Shah, Jordan Bisanz, Frank Gonzalez, John Heuvel, John P. Vanden Heuvel, Gary Wu, Babette Zemel, Pieter Dorrestein, Andrew Patterson, 2024, Nature on p. 859-868

Identification of ellagic acid rhamnoside as a bioactive component of a complex botanical extract with anti-biofilm activity

Benjamin M. Fontaine, Kate Nelson, James T. Lyles, Parth B. Jariwala, Jennifer M. García-Rodriguez, Cassandra L. Quave, Emily E. Weinert, 2017, Frontiers in Microbiology

Mechanism and Role of Globin-Coupled Sensor Signalling

Johnnie A. Walker, Shannon Rivera, Emily E. Weinert, 2017, on p. 133-169

An O<sub>2</sub>-sensing stressosome from a Gram-negative bacterium

Xin Jia, Jian Bo Wang, Shannon Rivera, Duc Duong, Emily E. Weinert, 2016, Nature Communications

RNase I regulates Escherichia coli 2<sup>0</sup>,3<sup>0</sup>-cyclic nucleotide monophosphate levels and biofilm formation

Benjamin M. Fontaine, Kevin S. Martin, Jennifer M. Garcia-Rodriguez, Claire Jung, Laura Briggs, Jessica E. Southwell, Xin Jia, Emily E. Weinert, 2018, Biochemical Journal on p. 1491-1506

Exploring the Links between Nucleotide Signaling and Quorum Sensing Pathways in Regulating Bacterial Virulence

Benjamin M. Fontaine, Yashasvika Duggal, Emily E. Weinert, 2018, ACS Infectious Diseases on p. 1645-1655

Structural Insights into Oxygen-Dependent Signal Transduction within Globin Coupled Sensors

Shannon Rivera, Paul G. Young, Eric D. Hoffer, Gregory E. Vansuch, Carmen L. Metzler, Christine M. Dunham, Emily E. Weinert, 2018, Inorganic Chemistry on p. 14386-14395

Oxygen and Bis(3',5')-cyclic Dimeric Guanosine Monophosphate Binding Control Oligomerization State Equilibria of Diguanylate Cyclase-Containing Globin Coupled Sensors

Justin L. Burns, Shannon Rivera, D. Douglas Deer, Shawnna C. Joynt, David Dvorak, Emily E. Weinert, 2016, Biochemistry on p. 6642-6651

Oxygen-Dependent Globin Coupled Sensor Signaling Modulates Motility and Virulence of the Plant Pathogen Pectobacterium carotovorum

Justin L. Burns, Parth B. Jariwala, Shannon Rivera, Benjamin M. Fontaine, Laura Briggs, Emily E. Weinert, 2017, ACS Chemical Biology on p. 2070-2077

Globin domain interactions control heme pocket conformation and oligomerization of globin coupled sensors

Shannon Rivera, Justin L. Burns, Gregory E. Vansuch, Bryant Chica, Emily E. Weinert, 2016, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry on p. 70-76