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  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ross E. Dalbey is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States and specializes in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research focuses primarily on molecular biology, genetics, endocrinology, molecular medicine, and cell biology, with particular attention to bacterial genetics and biotechnology, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and protein structure and dynamics.

Dalbey's recent publications include several papers across prominent journals, reflecting ongoing research in protein translocation and membrane biology. Notable recent works include:

  • Bacterial Signal Peptides- Navigating the Journey of Proteins, 2022, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Membrane translocation of folded proteins, 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • A hydrophilic microenvironment in the substrate-translocating groove of the YidC membrane insertase is essential for enzyme function, 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • YidC as a potential antibiotic target, 2022, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
  • Polarity/charge as a determinant of translocase requirements for membrane protein insertion, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes

Dalbey frequently publishes in journals such as the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Frontiers in Physiology, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. There is also a record of publishing in Scientific Reports.

Collaborations have been significant in Dalbey's work. Frequent co-authors include Andreas Kühn, Sharbani Kaushik, Haoze He, Balasubramani Hariharan, and Eva Proß.

Dalbey's work spans multiple topics in molecular biology and biotechnology, including:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Machine Learning in Bioinformatics
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

An award recognizing Dalbey's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • YidC mediates membrane protein insertion in bacteria.

    James C. Samuelson;Minyong Chen;Fenglei Jiang;Ines Möller

  • Crystal structure of a bacterial signal peptidase in complex with a beta-lactam inhibitor.

    Mark Paetzel;Ross E. Dalbey;Natalie C. J. Strynadka

  • Leader peptidase catalyzes the release of exported proteins from the outer surface of the Escherichia coli plasma membrane.

    R E Dalbey;W Wickner

  • Unconventional serine proteases: variations on the catalytic Ser/His/Asp triad configuration.

    Özlem Doğan Ekici;Mark Paetzel;Ross E. Dalbey

  • The chemistry and enzymology of the type I signal peptidases

    RE Dalbey;MO Lively;S Bron;van Jan Maarten Dijl

  • Signal peptidases in prokaryotes and eukaryotes - a new protease family

    Ross E. Dalbey;Gunnar von Heijne

  • Escherichia coli YidC is a membrane insertase for Sec-independent proteins

    Justyna Serek;Gabriele Bauer-Manz;Gabriele Struhalla;Lambertus van den Berg

  • Sec-dependent membrane protein insertion: sequential interaction of nascent FtsQ with SecY and YidC.

    Malene L Urbanus;Pier A Scotti;Linda Fröderberg;Annika Sääf

  • YidC, an assembly site for polytopic Escherichia coli membrane proteins located in immediate proximity to the SecYE translocon and lipids

    Konstanze Beck;Gottfried Eisner;Dorothea Trescher;Ross E Dalbey

  • Assembly of bacterial inner membrane proteins.

    Ross E Dalbey;Peng Wang;Andreas Kuhn

  • The structure and mechanism of bacterial type I signal peptidases: A novel antibiotic target

    Mark Paetzel;Ross E Dalbey;Natalie C.J Strynadka

  • Protein translocation into and across the bacterial plasma membrane and the plant thylakoid membrane.

    Ross E Dalbey;Colin Robinson

  • Function of YidC for the Insertion of M13 Procoat Protein inEscherichia coli TRANSLOCATION OF MUTANTS THAT SHOW DIFFERENCES IN THEIR MEMBRANE POTENTIAL DEPENDENCE AND Sec REQUIREMENT

    James C. Samuelson;Fenglei Jiang;Liang Yi;Minyong Chen

  • Catalytic hydroxyl/amine dyads within serine proteases.

    Mark Paetzel;Ross E. Dalbey

  • Direct interaction of YidC with the Sec-independent Pf3 coat protein during its membrane protein insertion.

    Minyong Chen;James C. Samuelson;Fenglei Jiang;Matthias Muller

  • The Alb3/Oxa1/YidC protein family: membrane-localized chaperones facilitating membrane protein insertion?

    Andreas Kuhn;Rosemary Stuart;Ralph Henry;Ross E. Dalbey

  • Membrane proteases in the bacterial protein secretion and quality control pathway

    Ross E. Dalbey;Peng Wang;Jan Maarten van Dijl

  • Positively charged residues are important determinants of membrane protein topology.

    Ross E. Dalbey

  • A serine and a lysine residue implicated in the catalytic mechanism of the Escherichia coli leader peptidase.

    W. R. Tschantz;Meesook Sung;V. M. Delgado-Partin;R. E. Dalbey

  • Sec-translocase mediated membrane protein biogenesis.

    Ross E. Dalbey;Minyong Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Kuhn
Andreas Kuhn University of Hohenheim
Natalie C. J. Strynadka
Natalie C. J. Strynadka University of British Columbia
William Wickner
William Wickner Dartmouth College
Gunnar von Heijne
Gunnar von Heijne Stockholm University
Shi Yuan Cheng
Shi Yuan Cheng Northwestern University
Jan-Willem de Gier
Jan-Willem de Gier Stockholm University
Dehua Pei
Dehua Pei The Ohio State University
Stephen H. White
Stephen H. White University of California, Irvine
Martin Wiedmann
Martin Wiedmann Cornell University
Jan Maarten van Dijl
Jan Maarten van Dijl University Medical Center Groningen

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