Publications

2025

FapR regulates HssRS-mediated heme homeostasis in Bacillus anthracis
Pi H, Burroughs O, Carlin S, Beavers W, Hillebrand G, Krystofiak E, Stauff D, Skaar E. FapR regulates HssRS-mediated heme homeostasis in Bacillus anthracis. MBio 2025, 16: e02057-24. PMID: 40407322, PMCID: PMC12153329, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02057-24.
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The extracytoplasmic sigma factor σX supports biofilm formation and increases biocontrol efficacy in Bacillus velezensis 118
Cai Y, Tao H, Gaballa A, Pi H, Helmann J. The extracytoplasmic sigma factor σX supports biofilm formation and increases biocontrol efficacy in Bacillus velezensis 118. Scientific Reports 2025, 15: 5315. PMID: 39939707, PMCID: PMC11822112, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-89284-7.
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BPS2025 - Molecular mechanism of ferrosome formation
Sun R, Mao Z, Pi H, Mei J, Luo F, Skaar E, Zhou Q. BPS2025 - Molecular mechanism of ferrosome formation. Biophysical Journal 2025, 124: 67a. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.11.430.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2023

Clostridioides difficile ferrosome organelles combat nutritional immunity
Pi H, Sun R, McBride J, Kruse A, Gibson-Corley K, Krystofiak E, Nicholson M, Spraggins J, Zhou Q, Skaar E. Clostridioides difficile ferrosome organelles combat nutritional immunity. Nature 2023, 623: 1009-1016. PMID: 37968387, PMCID: PMC10822667, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06719-9.
Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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2022

2021

DnaJ and ClpX Are Required for HitRS and HssRS Two-Component System Signaling in Bacillus anthracis
Laut C, Leasure C, Pi H, Carlin S, Chu M, Hillebrand G, Lin H, Yi X, Stauff D, Skaar E. DnaJ and ClpX Are Required for HitRS and HssRS Two-Component System Signaling in Bacillus anthracis. Infection And Immunity 2021, 90: e00560-21. PMID: 34748369, PMCID: PMC8788696, DOI: 10.1128/iai.00560-21.
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The Listeria monocytogenes Fur‐regulated virulence protein FrvA is an Fe(II) efflux P1B4‐type ATPase
Pi H, Patel S, Argüello J, Helmann J. The Listeria monocytogenes Fur‐regulated virulence protein FrvA is an Fe(II) efflux P1B4‐type ATPase. Molecular Microbiology 2016, 100: 1066-1079. PMID: 26946370, PMCID: PMC4914386, DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13368.
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