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Sylvie Rebuffat is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Specific subfields include Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Food Science, Microbiology, and Oncology.

Their work frequently addresses the following topics:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Gut microbiota and health

Sylvie Rebuffat has contributed to major scientific journals including Frontiers in Microbiology, Natural Product Reports, FEMS Microbiology Reviews, Nature Communications, and Science Advances. The number of their publications in key venues includes four in Frontiers in Microbiology, three in Natural Product Reports, and one each in FEMS Microbiology Reviews, Nature Communications, and Science Advances.

Recent publications by Rebuffat encompass a variety of topics and appeared in high-profile journals:

  • New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering (2020, Natural Product Reports)
  • Bacteriocins as a new generation of antimicrobials: toxicity aspects and regulations (2020, FEMS Microbiology Reviews)
  • Bacteriocins to Thwart Bacterial Resistance in Gram Negative Bacteria (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • 2,6-Diaminopurine as a highly potent corrector of UGA nonsense mutations (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Molecular mechanism of SbmA, a promiscuous transporter exploited by antimicrobial peptides (2021, Science Advances)

Collaborations have been established with frequent co-authors such as Ismaïl Fliss, Séverine Zirah, Laila Ben Said, Samira Soltani, and Soufiane Telhig, reflecting ongoing partnerships in related research areas.

Overall, the scientist's research integrates molecular and biochemical approaches to investigate antimicrobial peptides, microbial biosynthesis, and antibiotic resistance, with applications relevant to microbiology and health sciences.

Best Publications

  • Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: Overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature

    Paul G. Arnison;Mervyn J. Bibb;Gabriele Bierbaum;Albert Alexander Bowers

  • New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering

    Manuel Montalbán-López;Thomas A Scott;Sangeetha Ramesh;Imran R Rahman

  • Bacteriocins as a new generation of antimicrobials: toxicity aspects and regulations

    Samira Soltani;Riadh Hammami;Paul D Cotter;Paul D Cotter;Sylvie Rebuffat

  • Microcins, gene-encoded antibacterial peptides from enterobacteria

    Sophie Duquesne;Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón;Jean Peduzzi;Sylvie Rebuffat

  • Structural changes of region 1-16 of the Alzheimer disease amyloid beta-peptide upon zinc binding and in vitro aging.

    Séverine Zirah;Sergey A. Kozin;Alexey K. Mazur;Alain Blond

  • Isolation and structural characterization of capistruin, a lasso peptide predicted from the genome sequence of Burkholderia thailandensis E264.

    Thomas A Knappe;Uwe Linne;Séverine Zirah;Sylvie Rebuffat

  • Identification of peptaibols from Trichoderma virens and cloning of a peptaibol synthetase

    Aric Wiest;Darlene Grzegorski;Bi-Wen Xu;Christophe Goulard

  • Trichogin A IV, an 11-residue lipopeptaibol from Trichoderma longibrachiatum

    Catherine Auvin-Guette;Sylvie Rebuffat;Yann Prigent;Bernard Bodo

  • Cell wall synthesis is a major target of mycoparasitic antagonism by Trichoderma harzianum.

    M Lorito;V Farkas;S Rebuffat;B Bodo

  • Isolation and Characterization of Environmental Bacteria Capable of Extracellular Biosorption of Mercury

    Fabienne François;Carine Lombard;Jean-Michel Guigner;Paul Soreau

  • Structure of an antibacterial peptide ATP-binding cassette transporter in a novel outward occluded state.

    Hassanul G. Choudhury;Zhen Tong;Indran Mathavan;Yanyan Li

  • The cyclic structure of microcin J25, a 21-residue peptide antibiotic from Escherichia coli.

    Alain Blond;Jean Péduzzi;Christophe Goulard;María J. Chiuchiolo

  • Two enzymes catalyze the maturation of a lasso peptide in Escherichia coli

    Sophie Duquesne;Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón;Séverine Zirah;Christophe Goulard

  • Siderophore peptide, a new type of post-translationally modified antibacterial peptide with potent activity.

    Xavier Thomas;Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón;Jean Peduzzi;Carlos Afonso

  • The iron–siderophore transporter FhuA is the receptor for the antimicrobial peptide microcin J25: role of the microcin Val11–Pro16 β-hairpin region in the recognition mechanism

    Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón;Sophie Duquesne;Jean Peduzzi;Christophe Goulard

  • Dissecting the maturation steps of the lasso peptide microcin J25 in vitro.

    Kok-Phen Yan;Yanyan Li;Séverine Zirah;Christophe Goulard

  • Prokaryotic Antimicrobial Peptides

    Djamel Drider;Sylvie Rebuffat

  • Microcins in action: amazing defence strategies of Enterobacteria.

    Sylvie Rebuffat

  • Zinc Binding to Alzheimer's Aβ(1–16) Peptide Results in Stable Soluble Complex

    Sergey A. Kozin;Séverine Zirah;Sylvie Rebuffat;Gaston Hui Bon Hoa

  • Isolation and Characterization of Two Members of the Siderophore-Microcin Family, Microcins M and H47

    Gaëlle Vassiliadis;Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón;Carine Lombard;Sylvie Rebuffat

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard Bodo
Bernard Bodo Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Mohamed A. Marahiel
Mohamed A. Marahiel Philipp University of Marburg
Jean-Claude Tabet
Jean-Claude Tabet Sorbonne University
Ismail Fliss
Ismail Fliss Université Laval
Paul D. Cotter
Paul D. Cotter University College Cork
Uwe Linne
Uwe Linne Philipp University of Marburg
Evelyne Bachère
Evelyne Bachère University of Montpellier
Colin Hill
Colin Hill University College Cork
R. Paul Ross
R. Paul Ross University College Cork
Konstantin Severinov
Konstantin Severinov Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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