Publications
2021
Lipid membranes modulate the activity of RNA through sequence-specific interactions
Czerniak T, Sáenz JP
bioRxiv 10.1101/2021.03.25.437010
The role of hopanoids in fortifying rhizobia against a changing climate
Tookmanian E, Belin BJ, Sáenz JP, Newman DK
Environmental Microbiology
Effect of viscosity on microswimmers: a comparative study
Nsamela, A, Sharan P, Garcia-Zintun A, Heckel S, Chattopadhyay P, Wang L, Wittmann M, Gemming T, Sáenz JP, Simmchen J
Chem. Nano. Mat.
2020
Functional diversity of isoprenoidal lipids in Methylobacterium extorquens PA1
Rizk S, Henke P, Santana-Molina C, Martens G, Gnädig M, Devos DP, Neumann-Schaal, M., Sáenz JP.
bioRxiv. 2020.12.21.423902. doi:10.1101/2020.12.21.423902
Environmentally induced lipidome adaptation in the bacterial model organism M. extorquens
Chwastek G, Surma MA, Rizk S, Grosser D, Lavrynenko O, Rucinska M, Jambor H, Sáenz JP
Cell Reports v. 32 (12)
2019
New method for high-throughput measurements of viscosity in submicrometer-sized membrane systems
Chwastek G, Petrov EP, Sáenz JP
Accepted at ChemBioChem https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201900510
2015
Homeostatic control of biological membranes by dedicated lipid and membrane packing sensors.
Stordeur C, Hofbauer H, Sáenz JP, Ernst, R.
Biological Chemistry, DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2015-0130
Hopanoids as functional analogues of cholesterol in bacterial membranes.
Sáenz JP, Grosser D, Bradley A, Lagny Tj, Broda M, Lavrynenko O, Simons K.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. v. 112 (38): 11971–11976.
2014
Crosstalk of lipid and protein homeostasis to maintain membrane function.
Stordeur C, Puth K, Sáenz JP, Ernst, R.
Biological Chemistry, v. 395 (3): 313–326.
2012
Functional convergence of hopanoids and sterols in membrane ordering.
Sáenz JP, Sezgin E, Schwille P, Simons K.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science v. 109 (35): 14236–14240.
2010
Hopanoid enrichment in a detergent resistant membrane fraction of Crocosphaera watsonii: Implications for bacterial lipid raft formation.
Sáenz JP
Organic Geochemistry v. 41(8): 853–856.