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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kathleen Postle is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions to Genetics, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Plant Science, and Materials Chemistry.

Their work centers on key topics including Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, and Enzyme Structure and Function.

Kathleen Postle has published several research papers, including:

  • The Intrinsically Disordered Region of ExbD Is Required for Signal Transduction (2020) - Journal of Bacteriology
  • Identification of New In Vivo TonB-FepA Rendezvous Sites (2021) - bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • An ExbD Disordered Domain Peptide Inhibits TonB System Activity (2020) - bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Characterization of Escherichia coli ExbD protein modification in vivo (2020) - bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Studies on the Escherichia coli ExbD Transmembrane Domain, Residue L132, and an Inhibitory Cyclic Peptide (2022) - bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent coauthors include Dale R. Kopp, Bimal Jana, Kelvin Kho, Michael G. Gresock, and Joydeep Ghosh.

Kathleen Postle has contributed mainly to publications hosted by bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with five papers, alongside work published in the Journal of Bacteriology.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Kathleen Postle was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Touch and go: tying TonB to transport

    Kathleen Postle;Robert J. Kadner

  • TonB and the gram-negative dilemma.

    K. Postle

  • Energy transduction between membranes. TonB, a cytoplasmic membrane protein, can be chemically cross-linked in vivo to the outer membrane receptor FepA.

    Jonathan T. Skare;Brian M M Ahmer;Carrie L. Seachord;Richard P. Darveau

  • TonB protein and energy transduction between membranes.

    Kathleen Postle

  • Protonmotive force, ExbB and ligand-bound FepA drive conformational changes in TonB.

    Ray A. Larsen;Michael G. Thomas;Kathleen Postle

  • TonB-dependent energy transduction between outer and cytoplasmic membranes

    Kathleen Postle;Ray A. Larsen

  • The inverted repeats of Tn5 are functionally different.

    Steven J. Rothstein;Richard A. Jorgensen;Kathleen Postle;William S. Reznikoff

  • TonB protein appears to transduce energy by shuttling between the cytoplasmic membrane and the outer membrane in Escherichia coli

    Tracy E. Letain;Kathleen Postle

  • Quantification of known components of the Escherichia coli TonB energy transduction system: TonB, ExbB, ExbD and FepA

    Penelope I. Higgs;Ray A. Larsen;Kathleen Postle

  • Interactions in the TonB-dependent energy transduction complex: ExbB and ExbD form homomultimers.

    Penelope I. Higgs;Paul S. Myers;Kathleen Postle

  • DNA sequence of the Escherichia coli tonB gene.

    Kathleen Postle;Rhonda F. Good

  • Overlapping divergent promoters control expression of Tn10 tetracycline resistance.

    Kevin P. Bertrand;Kathleen Postle;Lewis V. Wray;William S. Reznikoff

  • Nucleotide sequence of the repressor gene of the TN10 tetracycline resistance determinant

    Kathleen Postle;Toai T. Nguyen;Kevin P. Bertrand

  • Sequence homology between the tetracycline-resistance determinants of Tn10 and pBR322.

    Toai T. Nguyen;Kathleen Postle;Kevin P. Bertrand

  • T-DNA of a crown gall teratoma is covalently joined to host plant DNA.

    N. S. Yadav;K. Postle;R. K. Saiki;M. F. Thomashow

  • Escherichia coli TonB protein is exported from the cytoplasm without proteolytic cleavage of its amino terminus.

    K Postle;J T Skare

  • The conserved proline-rich motif is not essential for energy transduction by Escherichia coli TonB protein.

    Ray A. Larsen;Gwendolyn E. Wood;Kathleen Postle

  • Recombination between higher plant DNA and the Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

    M. F. Thomashow;R. Nutter;K. Postle;M.-D. Chilton

  • Characterization of the exbBD operon of Escherichia coli and the role of ExbB and ExbD in TonB function and stability.

    B. M. M. Ahmer;M. G. Thomas;R. A. Larsen;K. Postle

  • Touch and go: tying TonB to transport: tying TonB to transport

    Robert J. Kadner;Kathleen Postle

Frequent Co-Authors

William S. Reznikoff
William S. Reznikoff Marine Biological Laboratory
Mary-Dell Chilton
Mary-Dell Chilton Washington University in St. Louis
Michael F. Thomashow
Michael F. Thomashow Michigan State University
Eugene W. Nester
Eugene W. Nester University of Washington
Milton P. Gordon
Milton P. Gordon University of Washington
Robert J. Kadner
Robert J. Kadner University of Virginia
Steven J. Rothstein
Steven J. Rothstein University of Guelph
Richard A. Jorgensen
Richard A. Jorgensen University of Arizona

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