Publications
Duggan C, Moratto E, Savage Z, Hamilton E, Adachi H, Wu CH, Leary AY, Y Tumtas Y, Rothery S, Maqbool A, Kamoun S, Bozkurt TO (2021)
Dynamic accumulation of a helper NLR at the plant-pathogen interface underpins pathogen recognition. bioRxiv preprint Mar 16, 2021 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.15.435521
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Huang W, MacLean A, Sugio A, Maqbool A, Busscher M, Cho ST, Kamoun S, Kuo CH, Immink RGH, Hogenhout SA (2021)
Parasite co-opts a ubiquitin receptor to induce a plethora of developmental changes. bioRxiv preprint Feb 15, 2021 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.15.430920
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Derevnina L, Contreras MP, Adachi H, Upson J, Cruces AV, Xie R, Sklenar J, Menke FLH, Mugford ST, MacLean D, Ma W, Hogenhout SA, Goverse A, Maqbool A, Wu CH, Kamoun S (2021)
Plant pathogens convergently evolved to counteract redundant nodes of an NLR immune receptor network. bioRxiv preprint Feb 03, 2021 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.03.429184
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Maidment JHR, Franceschetti M, Maqbool A, Saitoh H, Jantasuriyarat C, Kamoun S, Terauchi R, Banfield MJ (2021)
Multiple variants of the fungal effector AVR-Pik bind the HMA domain of the rice protein OsHIPP19, providing a foundation to engineer plant defence. J Biol Chem. 2021 Feb 3:100371. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100371.
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Maidment JHR, Franceschetti M, Maqbool A, Saitoh H, Jantasuriyarat C, Kamoun S, Terauchi R, Banfield MJ (2020)
Multiple variants of the blast fungus effector AVR-Pik bind the HMA domain of the rice protein OsHIPP19 with high affinity. bioRxiv preprint Dec 01, 2020 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.01.403451
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Adachi H, Sakai T, Kourelis J, Maqbool A, Kamoun S (2020)
Jurassic NLR: conserved and dynamic evolutionary features of the atypically ancient immune receptor ZAR1. bioRxiv preprint Oct 12, 2020 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.12.333484
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Herman R, Bennett-Ness C, Maqbool A, Afzal A, Leech A, Thomas GH (2020)
The Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium virulence factor STM3169 is a hexuronic acid binding protein component of a TRAP transporter. Microbiology (Reading). 2020 Sep 7. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.000967.
Adachi H, Contreras M, Harant A, Wu CH, Derevnina L, Sakai T, Duggan C, Moratto E, Bozkurt TO, Maqbool A, Win J, Kamoun S (2019)
An N-terminal motif in NLR immune receptors is functionally conserved across distantly related plant species. eLife 2019;8:e49956 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.49956
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Zess EK, Jensen C, Cruz-Mireles N, De la Concepcion JC, Sklenar J, Stephani M, Imre R, Roitinger E, Hughes R, Belhaj K, Mechtler K, Menke FLH, Bozkurt T, Banfield MJ, Kamoun S, Maqbool A, Dagdas YF (2019)
N-terminal β-strand underpins biochemical specialization of an ATG8 isoform. PLoS Biol. 2019 Jul 22;17(7):e3000373. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000373.
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Adachi H, Contreras M, Harant A, Wu CH, Derevnina L, Sakai T, Duggan C, Moratto E, Bozkurt T, Maqbool A, Win J, Kamoun S (2019)
An N-terminal motif in NLR immune receptors is functionally conserved across distantly related plant species. bioRxiv preprint Jul 04, 2019 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/693291
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Adachi H, Kamoun S, Maqbool A (2019)
A resistosome-activated ‘death switch’. Nat Plants. 2019 Apr 29. doi: 10.1038/s41477-019-0425-9.
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Zess EK, Jensen C, Cruz-Mireles N, De la Concepcion JC, Sklenar J, Imre R, Roitinger E, Hughes R, Belhaj K, Mechtler K, Menke F, Bozkurt T, Banfield M, Kamoun S, Maqbool A, Dagdas Y (2018)
N-terminal β-strand underpins biochemical specialization of an ATG8 isoform. bioRxiv preprint Oct 25, 2018 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/453563
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De la Concepcion JC, Franceschetti M, Maqbool A, Saitoh H, Terauchi R, Kamoun S, Banfield MJ (2018)
Polymorphic residues in rice NLRs expand binding and response to effectors of the blast pathogen. Nature Plants (2018) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0194-x
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Białas A, Zess EK, De la Concepcion JC, Franceschetti M, Pennington HG, Yoshida K, Upson JL, Chanclud E, Wu CH, Langner T, Maqbool A, Varden FA, Derevnina L, Belhaj K, Fujisaki K, Saitoh H, Terauchi R, Banfield MJ, Kamoun S (2018)
Lessons in Effector and NLR Biology of Plant-Microbe Systems. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2018 Jan;31(1):34-45. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-08-17-0196-FI. Epub 2017 Nov 16.
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Bialas A, Zess EK, De la Concepcion JC, Franceschetti M, Pennington HG, Yoshida K, Upson JL, Chanclud E, Wu C-H, Langner T, Maqbool A, Varden FA, Derevnina L, Belhaj K, Fujisaki K, Saitoh H, Terauchi R, Banfield MJ, Kamoun S (2017)
Lessons in effector and NLR biology of plant-microbe systems. bioRxiv preprint Aug 2, 2017 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/171223
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Franceschetti M, Maqbool A, Jiménez-Dalmaroni MJ, Pennington HG, Kamoun S, Banfield MJ (2017)
Effectors of Filamentous Plant Pathogens: Commonalities amid Diversity. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. June 2017 vol. 81 no. 2 e00066-16 doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00066-16
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Kellner R, De la Concepcion JC, Maqbool A, Kamoun S, Dagdas YF (2016)
ATG8 Expansion: A Driver of Selective Autophagy Diversification? Trends Plant Sci. Dec 27. pii: S1360-1385(16)30200-X. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.11.015.
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Maqbool A, Hughes RK, Dagdas YF, Tregidgo N, Zess E, Belhaj K, Round A, Bozkurt TO, Kamoun S, Banfield MJ (2016)
Structural basis of host Autophagy-related protein 8 (ATG8) binding by the Irish potato famine pathogen effector protein PexRD54. J Biol Chem. 2016 Jul 25. pii: jbc.M116.744995.
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Dagdas YF, Belhaj K, Maqbool A, Chaparro-Garcia A, Pandey P, Petre B, Tabassum N, Cruz-Mireles N, Hughes RK, Sklenar J, Win J, Menke F, Findlay K, Banfield MJ, Kamoun S, Bozkurt TO
An effector of the Irish potato famine pathogen antagonizes a host autophagy cargo receptor. Elife. 2016 Jan 14;5. pii: e10856. doi: 10.7554/eLife.10856
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Maqbool A, Horler RSP, Muller A, Wilkinson AJ, Wilson KS, Thomas GH (2015)
ATP-binding cassette transporters: from mechanism to organism The substrate-binding protein in bacterial ABC transporters: dissecting roles in the evolution of substrate specificity. Biochemical Society Transactions 10/2015; 43(5)., DOI:10.1042/BST20150135
Maqbool A, Saitoh H, Franceschetti M, Stevenson C, Uemura A, Kanzaki H, Kamoun S, Terauchi R, Banfield MJ (2015)
Structural basis of pathogen recognition by an integrated HMA domain in a plant NLR immune receptor. Elife. 2015 Aug 25;4. doi: 10.7554/eLife.08709.
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Wirthmueller L, Maqbool A, Banfield MJ. (2013)
On the front line: structural insights into plant-pathogen interactions. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2013 Nov;11(11):761-76.
Basavanna S, Chimalapati S, Maqbool A, Rubbo B, Yuste J, Wilson RJ, Hosie A, Ogunniyi AD, Paton JC, Thomas G, Brown JS (2013)
The effects of methionine acquisition and synthesis on Streptococcus pneumoniae growth and virulence. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e49638. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049638.
Maqbool A, Hervé M, Mengin-Lecreulx D, Wilkinson AJ, Thomas GH (2012)
MpaA is a murein-tripeptide-specific zinc carboxypeptidase that functions as part of a catabolic pathway for peptidoglycan-derived peptides in γ-proteobacteria. Biochem J. 2012 Dec 15;448(3):329-41. doi: 10.1042/BJ20121164.
Maqbool A, Levdikov VM, Blagova EV, Hervé M, Horler RS, Wilkinson AJ, Thomas GH (2011)
Compensating stereochemical changes allow murein tripeptide to be accommodated in a conventional peptide-binding protein. J Biol Chem. 2011 Sep 9;286(36):31512-21. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.267179.