Kathleen Postle

Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Kathleen Postle

Research Summary

Signal transduction and iron transport in bacteria

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Most Recent Publications

The intrinsically disordered region of ExbD is required for signal transduction

Dale R. Kopp, Kathleen Postle, 2020, Journal of Bacteriology

Characterization of Escherichia coli ExbD protein modification in vivo

Aruna Kumar, Kathleen Postle, 2020,

An ExbD Disordered Domain Peptide Inhibits TonB System Activity

Dale Kopp, Kathleen Postle, 2020,

Going outside the TonB box: Identification of novel FepA-TonB interactions in vivo

Michael G. Gresock, Kathleen Postle, 2017, Journal of Bacteriology

From homodimer to heterodimer and back: Elucidating the TonB energy transduction cycle

Michael G. Gresock, Kyle A. Kastead, Kathleen Postle, 2015, Journal of Bacteriology on p. 3433-3445

Exbb Cytoplasmic Loop Deletions Cause Immediate, Proton Motive Force-Independent Growth Arrest

Charles M. Bulathsinghala, Bimal Jana, Kristin R. Baker, Kathleen Postle, 2013, Journal of Bacteriology on p. 4580-4591

Mutations in Escherichia coli ExbB transmembrane domains identify scaffolding and signal transduction functions and exclude participation in a proton pathway

Kristin R. Baker, Kathleen Postle, 2013, Journal of Bacteriology on p. 2898-2911

The ExbD periplasmic domain contains distinct functional regions for two stages in TonB energization

Anne A. Ollis, Aruna Kumar, Kathleen Postle, 2012, Journal of Bacteriology on p. 3069-3077

Identification of functionally important TonB-exbD periplasmic domain interactions In vivo

Anne A. Ollis, Kathleen Postle, 2012, Journal of Bacteriology on p. 3078-3087

ExbD mutants define initial stages in TonB energization

Anne A. Ollis, Kathleen Postle, 2012, Journal of Molecular Biology on p. 237-247

Most-Cited Papers

From homodimer to heterodimer and back: Elucidating the TonB energy transduction cycle

Michael G. Gresock, Kyle A. Kastead, Kathleen Postle, 2015, Journal of Bacteriology on p. 3433-3445

Going outside the TonB box: Identification of novel FepA-TonB interactions in vivo

Michael G. Gresock, Kathleen Postle, 2017, Journal of Bacteriology

The intrinsically disordered region of ExbD is required for signal transduction

Dale R. Kopp, Kathleen Postle, 2020, Journal of Bacteriology