Timeline

Frédéric Barras

Head of Structure

04 Sep 2025

publication

Specificity and mechanism of tRNA cleavage by the AriB Toprim nuclease of the PARIS bacterial immune system.

25 Jun 2025

publication

Ancestral [Fe-S] biogenesis system SMS has a unique mechanism of cluster assembly and sulfur utilization

27 May 2025

event

Joint seminar Département des Parasites et Insectes Vecteurs – Département Microbiologie : Mathilde GENDRIN “Deciphering positive and negative impacts of bacteria on mosquito life cycle”

01 Mar 2025

publication

Editorial for the BBA-MCR Special Issue on “Biogenesis and Function Iron-sulfur Proteins”.

02 Dec 2024

publication

Nutritional sex-specificity on bacterial metabolites during mosquito (Aedes aegypti) development leads to adult sex-ratio distortion.

25 Oct 2024

publication

Editorial for the BBA-MCR special issue on “biogenesis and function Iron‑sulfur proteins”.

03 Oct 2024

publication

A molecular comparison of [Fe-S] cluster-based homeostasis in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

01 Oct 2024

publication

Fe-S biogenesis by SMS and SUF pathways: A focus on the assembly step.

20 Jun 2024

event

Seminar Dept Microbiology “From second messenger signaling and biofilm architecture to human-curated plant-microbe interactions in traditional practices and contemporary art”

01 Jun 2024

publication

When iron and sulfur met on an anoxic planet and eventually made clusters essential for life

13 May 2024

publication

Multimodal Spectroscopic Analysis of the Fe-S Clusters of the as-Isolated Escherichia coli SufBC2D Complex.

26 Mar 2024

publication

An organic O donor for biological hydroxylation reactions.

01 Feb 2024

publication

Matching the β-oxidation gene repertoire with the wide diversity of fatty acids.

01 Nov 2023

publication

Components of iron-Sulfur cluster assembly machineries are robust phylogenetic markers to trace the origin of mitochondria and plastids.

15 Sep 2023

project

The Microbiology Chronicles

13 Aug 2023

project

ANR-FirstFeS: In search of the ancestral machineries for Iron-Sulfur biogenesis

07 Jun 2023

publication

Role of the Escherichia coli ubiquinone-synthesizing UbiUVT pathway in adaptation to changing respiratory conditions.

10 Jan 2023

publication

Bioenergetic State of Escherichia coli Controls Aminoglycoside Susceptibility.

01 Oct 2022

publication

An early origin of iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis machineries before Earth oxygenation.

29 Mar 2022

publication

The Fe-S proteome of Escherichia coli: prediction, function and fate.

04 Mar 2022

publication

Cellular assays identify barriers impeding iron-sulfur enzyme activity in a non-native prokaryotic host.

21 Dec 2021

publication

Bacterial Approaches for Assembling Iron-Sulfur Proteins.

19 Apr 2021

publication

Iron-sulfur biology invades tRNA modification: the case of U34 sulfuration.

29 Mar 2021

event

Microbiology and BCI Departments’ joint Seminar « Brucella intracellular pathogenesis: from the cell biology to effector functions and beyond », Jean Celli

19 Feb 2021

publication

Redox controls RecA protein activity via reversible oxidation of its methionine residues.

01 Feb 2021

event

Seminar DPT Microbiology “Our intestinal microbiota as a source of Next-Generation Probiotics for Human and Animal Health”, Philippe LANGELLA

01 Nov 2020

publication

Oxidative stress antagonizes fluoroquinolone drug sensitivity via the SoxR-SUF Fe-S cluster homeostatic axis.

28 Oct 2020

event

Seminar DPT Microbiology “Mapping the functional proteome of bacteria with thermal proteome profiling”, Dr. Andre MATEUS

03 Jul 2020

publication

The O2-independent pathway of ubiquinone biosynthesis is essential for denitrification in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

10 Mar 2020

team

UMR6047 – Integrative and Molecular Microbiology

28 Jan 2020

event

Iron Sulfur Proteins

01 Jan 2020

publication

Making iron-sulfur cluster: structure, regulation and evolution of the bacterial ISC system.

22 Aug 2019

publication

The Varied Role of Efflux Pumps of the MFS Family in the Interplay of Bacteria with Animal and Plant Cells

01 Aug 2019

publication

The SUF system: an ABC ATPase-dependent protein complex with a role in Fe–S cluster biogenesis

11 Jul 2019

publication

Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli BE104, an MC4100 Derivative Lacking the Methionine Reductive Pathway

09 Jul 2019

publication

Ubiquinone Biosynthesis over the Entire O Range: Characterization of a Conserved O-Independent Pathway

22 Apr 2019

publication

A small RNA controls bacterial sensitivity to gentamicin during iron starvation

27 Feb 2019

publication

The MFS efflux pump EmrKY contributes to the survival of Shigella within macrophages

20 Feb 2019

event

Bacterial control of phage predation by abortive infection: the triumph of death?

24 Jan 2019

publication

A Soluble Metabolon Synthesizes the Isoprenoid Lipid Ubiquinone

10 Dec 2018

publication

Art and microbiology: encounters of the third type

22 Aug 2018

publication

Silver and Antibiotic, New Facts to an Old Story

04 Jul 2018

publication

Species-specific activity of antibacterial drug combinations

06 Apr 2018

publication

The ErpA/NfuA complex builds an oxidation-resistant Fe-S cluster delivery pathway

13 Feb 2018

team

Stress Adaptation and Metabolism (SAMe)

23 Aug 2017

publication

Genetic, Biochemical, and Biophysical Methods for Studying FeS Proteins and Their Assembly

30 May 2017

publication

The UbiK protein is an accessory factor necessary for bacterial ubiquinone (UQ) biosynthesis and forms a complex with the UQ biogenesis factor UbiJ

19 Apr 2017

publication

Oxidative stress, protein damage and repair in bacteria

20 Sep 2016

publication

A Regulatory Circuit Composed of a Transcription Factor, IscR, and a Regulatory RNA, RyhB, Controls Fe-S Cluster Delivery

04 Mar 2016

publication

The ‘liaisons dangereuses’ between iron and antibiotics

17 Dec 2015

publication

Repairing oxidized proteins in the bacterial envelope using respiratory chain electrons.

21 May 2015

publication

Turning Escherichia coli into a Frataxin-Dependent Organism

15 Sep 2014

department

Microbiology

28 Jan 2014

publication

Biosynthesis and physiology of coenzyme Q in bacteria

28 Jun 2013

publication

Fe-S cluster biosynthesis controls uptake of aminoglycosides in a ROS-less death pathway

16 Jan 2013

publication

In vivo [Fe-S] cluster acquisition by IscR and NsrR, two stress regulators in Escherichia coli

06 Jan 2013

publication

Iron/sulfur proteins biogenesis in prokaryotes: formation, regulation and diversity

21 Mar 2011

publication

Salmonella detoxifying enzymes are sufficient to cope with the host oxidative burst

29 May 2009

publication

Iron-sulfur (Fe/S) protein biogenesis: phylogenomic and genetic studies of A-type carriers

14 Feb 2008

publication

A little guide for advanced search:

Specificity and mechanism of tRNA cleavage by the AriB Toprim nuclease of the PARIS bacterial immune system.

Ancestral [Fe-S] biogenesis system SMS has a unique mechanism of cluster assembly and sulfur utilization

Joint seminar Département des Parasites et Insectes Vecteurs – Département Microbiologie : Mathilde GENDRIN “Deciphering positive and negative impacts of bacteria on mosquito life cycle”

Editorial for the BBA-MCR Special Issue on “Biogenesis and Function Iron-sulfur Proteins”.

Nutritional sex-specificity on bacterial metabolites during mosquito (Aedes aegypti) development leads to adult sex-ratio distortion.

Editorial for the BBA-MCR special issue on “biogenesis and function Iron‑sulfur proteins”.

A molecular comparison of [Fe-S] cluster-based homeostasis in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Fe-S biogenesis by SMS and SUF pathways: A focus on the assembly step.

Seminar Dept Microbiology “From second messenger signaling and biofilm architecture to human-curated plant-microbe interactions in traditional practices and contemporary art”

When iron and sulfur met on an anoxic planet and eventually made clusters essential for life

Multimodal Spectroscopic Analysis of the Fe-S Clusters of the as-Isolated Escherichia coli SufBC2D Complex.

An organic O donor for biological hydroxylation reactions.

Matching the β-oxidation gene repertoire with the wide diversity of fatty acids.

Components of iron-Sulfur cluster assembly machineries are robust phylogenetic markers to trace the origin of mitochondria and plastids.

The Microbiology Chronicles

ANR-FirstFeS: In search of the ancestral machineries for Iron-Sulfur biogenesis

Role of the Escherichia coli ubiquinone-synthesizing UbiUVT pathway in adaptation to changing respiratory conditions.

Bioenergetic State of Escherichia coli Controls Aminoglycoside Susceptibility.

An early origin of iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis machineries before Earth oxygenation.

The Fe-S proteome of Escherichia coli: prediction, function and fate.

Cellular assays identify barriers impeding iron-sulfur enzyme activity in a non-native prokaryotic host.

Bacterial Approaches for Assembling Iron-Sulfur Proteins.

Iron-sulfur biology invades tRNA modification: the case of U34 sulfuration.

Microbiology and BCI Departments’ joint Seminar « Brucella intracellular pathogenesis: from the cell biology to effector functions and beyond », Jean Celli

Redox controls RecA protein activity via reversible oxidation of its methionine residues.

Seminar DPT Microbiology “Our intestinal microbiota as a source of Next-Generation Probiotics for Human and Animal Health”, Philippe LANGELLA

Oxidative stress antagonizes fluoroquinolone drug sensitivity via the SoxR-SUF Fe-S cluster homeostatic axis.

Seminar DPT Microbiology “Mapping the functional proteome of bacteria with thermal proteome profiling”, Dr. Andre MATEUS

The O2-independent pathway of ubiquinone biosynthesis is essential for denitrification in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

UMR6047 – Integrative and Molecular Microbiology

Iron Sulfur Proteins

Making iron-sulfur cluster: structure, regulation and evolution of the bacterial ISC system.

The Varied Role of Efflux Pumps of the MFS Family in the Interplay of Bacteria with Animal and Plant Cells

The SUF system: an ABC ATPase-dependent protein complex with a role in Fe–S cluster biogenesis

Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli BE104, an MC4100 Derivative Lacking the Methionine Reductive Pathway

Ubiquinone Biosynthesis over the Entire O Range: Characterization of a Conserved O-Independent Pathway

A small RNA controls bacterial sensitivity to gentamicin during iron starvation

The MFS efflux pump EmrKY contributes to the survival of Shigella within macrophages

Bacterial control of phage predation by abortive infection: the triumph of death?

A Soluble Metabolon Synthesizes the Isoprenoid Lipid Ubiquinone

Art and microbiology: encounters of the third type

Silver and Antibiotic, New Facts to an Old Story

Species-specific activity of antibacterial drug combinations

The ErpA/NfuA complex builds an oxidation-resistant Fe-S cluster delivery pathway

Stress Adaptation and Metabolism (SAMe)

Genetic, Biochemical, and Biophysical Methods for Studying FeS Proteins and Their Assembly

The UbiK protein is an accessory factor necessary for bacterial ubiquinone (UQ) biosynthesis and forms a complex with the UQ biogenesis factor UbiJ

Oxidative stress, protein damage and repair in bacteria

A Regulatory Circuit Composed of a Transcription Factor, IscR, and a Regulatory RNA, RyhB, Controls Fe-S Cluster Delivery

The ‘liaisons dangereuses’ between iron and antibiotics

Repairing oxidized proteins in the bacterial envelope using respiratory chain electrons.

Turning Escherichia coli into a Frataxin-Dependent Organism

Microbiology

Biosynthesis and physiology of coenzyme Q in bacteria

Fe-S cluster biosynthesis controls uptake of aminoglycosides in a ROS-less death pathway

In vivo [Fe-S] cluster acquisition by IscR and NsrR, two stress regulators in Escherichia coli

Iron/sulfur proteins biogenesis in prokaryotes: formation, regulation and diversity

Salmonella detoxifying enzymes are sufficient to cope with the host oxidative burst

Iron-sulfur (Fe/S) protein biogenesis: phylogenomic and genetic studies of A-type carriers

Biogenesis of Fe/S proteins and pathogenicity: IscR plays a key role in allowing Erwinia chrysanthemi to adapt to hostile conditions