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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Cheryl A. Kerfeld is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broader field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Ecology, Biochemistry, and Genetics as subfields. Their work spans topics including Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology.

The scientist has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers published in prominent venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Structures of a phycobilisome in light-harvesting and photoprotected states, 2022, Nature
  • A catalog of the diversity and ubiquity of bacterial microcompartments, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Toward a glycyl radical enzyme containing synthetic bacterial microcompartment to produce pyruvate from formate and acetate, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Evolutionary relationships among shell proteins of carboxysomes and metabolosomes, 2021, Current Opinion in Microbiology
  • Structural analysis of a new carotenoid-binding protein: the C-terminal domain homolog of the OCP, 2020, Scientific Reports

Their frequent co-authors include Markus Sutter, Josh V. Vermaas, María Agustina Domínguez-Martín, Corie Y. Ralston, and Henning Kirst. The scientist often publishes in journals and platforms such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biophysical Journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Frontiers in Microbiology, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In 2019, Cheryl A. Kerfeld was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Frontiers, Opportunities, and Challenges in Biochemical and Chemical Catalysis of CO2 Fixation

    Aaron M. Appel;John E. Bercaw;Andrew B. Bocarsly;Holger Dobbek

  • A phylogeny-driven genomic encyclopaedia of Bacteria and Archaea.

    Dongying Wu;Dongying Wu;Philip Hugenholtz;Konstantinos Mavromatis;Rüdiger Pukall

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Improving the coverage of the cyanobacterial phylum using diversity-driven genome sequencing

    Patrick M. Shih;Patrick M. Shih;Dongying Wu;Amel Latifi;Seth D. Axen

  • Protein-based organelles in bacteria: carboxysomes and related microcompartments

    Todd O. Yeates;Cheryl A. Kerfeld;Sabine Heinhorst;Gordon C. Cannon

  • A Soluble Carotenoid Protein Involved in Phycobilisome-Related Energy Dissipation in Cyanobacteria

    Adjélé Wilson;Ghada Ajlani;Jean-Marc Verbavatz;Imre Vass

  • Protein Structures Forming the Shell of Primitive Bacterial Organelles

    Cheryl A. Kerfeld;Michael R. Sawaya;Shiho Tanaka;Chau V. Nguyen

  • Atomic-Level Models of the Bacterial Carboxysome Shell

    Shiho Tanaka;Cheryl A. Kerfeld;Cheryl A. Kerfeld;Michael R. Sawaya;Fei Cai

  • A photoactive carotenoid protein acting as light intensity sensor

    Adjélé Wilson;Adjélé Wilson;Claire Punginelli;Claire Punginelli;Andrew Gall;Andrew Gall;Cosimo Bonetti

  • Biogenesis of a Bacterial Organelle: The Carboxysome Assembly Pathway

    Jeffrey C. Cameron;Steven C. Wilson;Susan L. Bernstein;Cheryl A. Kerfeld;Cheryl A. Kerfeld

  • The crystal structure of a cyanobacterial water-soluble carotenoid binding protein.

    Cheryl A Kerfeld;Michael R Sawaya;Vishnu Brahmandam;Duilio Cascio

  • A taxonomy of bacterial microcompartment loci constructed by a novel scoring method.

    Seth D. Axen;Onur Erbilgin;Cheryl A. Kerfeld

  • Dynamic cyanobacterial response to hydration and dehydration in a desert biological soil crust

    Lara Rajeev;Ulisses Nunes da Rocha;Niels Klitgord;Eric G Luning

  • Identification and structural analysis of a novel carboxysome shell protein with implications for metabolite transport.

    Michael G. Klein;Peter Zwart;Sarah C. Bagby;Fei Cai

  • Assembly, function and evolution of cyanobacterial carboxysomes.

    Cheryl A Kerfeld;Matthew R Melnicki

  • A 12 Å carotenoid translocation in a photoswitch associated with cyanobacterial photoprotection

    Ryan L. Leverenz;Markus Sutter;Markus Sutter;Adjélé Wilson;Adjélé Wilson;Sayan Gupta

  • Assembly principles and structure of a 6.5-MDa bacterial microcompartment shell.

    Markus Sutter;Markus Sutter;Basil Greber;Basil Greber;Clement Aussignargues;Cheryl A. Kerfeld;Cheryl A. Kerfeld;Cheryl A. Kerfeld

  • The orange carotenoid protein in photoprotection of photosystem II in cyanobacteria.

    Diana Kirilovsky;Cheryl A. Kerfeld;Cheryl A. Kerfeld

  • The Structure of β-Carbonic Anhydrase from the Carboxysomal Shell Reveals a Distinct Subclass with One Active Site for the Price of Two

    Michael R. Sawaya;Gordon C. Cannon;Sabine Heinhorst;Shiho Tanaka

  • Atomic-level models of the bacterial carboxysome shell

    S. Tanaka;C.A. Kerfeld;M.R. Sawaya;T.O. Yeates

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd O. Yeates
Todd O. Yeates University of California, Los Angeles
Michael R. Sawaya
Michael R. Sawaya University of California, Los Angeles
Tomáš Polívka
Tomáš Polívka University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Christopher J. Petzold
Christopher J. Petzold Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Patrick S. G. Chain
Patrick S. G. Chain Los Alamos National Laboratory
J. Philip Thornber
J. Philip Thornber University of California, Los Angeles
Philip Hugenholtz
Philip Hugenholtz University of Queensland
John H. Paul
John H. Paul University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
Wolfgang J. Parak
Wolfgang J. Parak Universität Hamburg

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