Emily Weinert
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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306 Althouse Lab
University Park, PA - eew5225@psu.edu
- 814-865-3719
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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Oxygen Globins Proteins Biofilms Cyclic Nucleotides Sensors Ligands Protein Bacteria Escherichia Coli Pancreatic Ribonuclease Diguanylate Cyclase Enzymes Globin Heme Nucleotide Nucleotides Cyclic Gmp Hemeproteins Signal Transduction Biofilm Formation Gases Virulence Dioxygen PorphyrinsMost Recent Publications
Rescaling Biology: Increasing Integration Across Biological Scales and Subdisciplines to Enhance Understanding and Prediction
Colette St. Mary, Thomas H.Q. Powell, John S. Kominoski, Emily Weinert, 2021, Integrative and Comparative Biology on p. 2031-2037
Differential ligand-selective control of opposing enzymatic activities within a bifunctional c-di-GMP enzyme
Dayna Patterson, Myrrh Perez Ruiz, Myrrh Perez Ruiz, Hyerin Yoon, Johnnie Walker, Jean-Paul Armache, Neela Yennawar, Emily Weinert, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 9
RNase i modulates escherichia coli motility, metabolism, and resistance
Yashasvika Duggal, Benjamin M. Fontaine, Deanna M. Dailey, Gang Ning, Emily E. Weinert, 2020, ACS Chemical Biology on p. 1996-2004
2',3'-Cyclic Mononucleotide metabolism and possible roles in bacterial physiology
Benjamin M. Fontaine, Yashasvika Duggal, Emily E. Weinert, 2020, on p. 627-637
π-helix controls activity of oxygen-sensing diguanylate cyclases
Johnnie A. Walker, Yuqi Wu, Jacob R. Potter, Emily E. Weinert, 2020, Bioscience Reports
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
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
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
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
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
Most-Cited Papers
Oligomeric state affects oxygen dissociation and diguanylate cyclase activity of globin coupled sensors
Justin L. Burns, D. Douglas Deer, Emily E. Weinert, 2014, Molecular BioSystems on p. 2823-2826
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
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
A facile and sensitive method for quantification of cyclic nucleotide monophosphates in mammalian organs
Xin Jia, Benjamin M. Fontaine, Fred Strobel, Emily E. Weinert, 2014, Biomolecules on p. 1070-1092
Mechanism and Role of Globin-Coupled Sensor Signalling
Johnnie A. Walker, Shannon Rivera, Emily E. Weinert, 2017, on p. 133-169
Gating NO release from nitric oxide synthase
Charlotte A. Whited, Jeffrey J. Warren, Katherine D. Lavoie, Emily E. Weinert, Theodor Agapie, Jay R. Winkler, Harry B. Gray, 2012, Journal of the American Chemical Society on p. 27-30
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
Porphyrin π-stacking in a heme protein scaffold tunes gas ligand affinity
Emily E. Weinert, Christine M. Phillips-Piro, Michael A. Marletta, 2013, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry on p. 7-12
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