Publications of Camilo Perez

Perez, C.; Faust, B.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Francesconi, K. A.; Forrest, L. R.; Ziegler, C.: Substrate-bound outward-open state of the betaine transporter BetP provides insights into Na⁺ coupling. Nature Communications 5, 4231 (2014)

Koshy, C.; Schweikhard, E. S.; Gärtner, R. M.; Perez, C.; Yildiz, Ö.; Ziegler, C.: Structural evidence for functional lipid interactions in the betaine transporter BetP. The EMBO Journal 32 (23), pp. 3096 - 3105 (2013)

Perez, C.; Ziegler, C.: Mechanistic aspects of sodium-binding sites in LeuT-like fold symporters. Biological Chemistry 394 (5), pp. 641 - 648 (2013)

Khafizov, K.; Perez, C.; Koshy, C.; Quick, M.; Fendler, K.; Ziegler, C.; Forrest, L. R.: Investigation of the sodium binding sites in the betaine transporter BetP. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109 (44), pp. E3035 - E3045 (2012)

Perez, C.; Koshy, C.; Yildiz, Ö.; Ziegler, C.: Alternating-access mechanism in conformationally asymmetric trimers of the betaine transporter BetP. Nature 490, pp. 126 - 130 (2012)

Gärtner, R. M.; Perez, C.; Koshy, C.; Ziegler, C.: Role of Bundle Helices in a Regulatory Crosstalk in the Trimeric Betaine Transporter BetP. Journal of Molecular Biology 414 (3), pp. 327 - 336 (2011)

Ge, L.; Perez, C.; Waclawska, I.; Ziegler, C.; Muller, D. J.: Locating an extracellular K⁺-dependent interaction site that modulates betaine-binding of the Na⁺-coupled betaine symporter BetP. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108 (43), pp. E890 - E898 (2011)

Perez, C.; Khafizov, K.; Forrest, L. R.; Krämer, R.; Ziegler, C.: The role of trimerization in the osmoregulated betaine transporter BetP. EMBO Reports 12 (8), pp. 804 - 810 (2011)

Perez, C.; Koshy, C.; Ressl, S.; Nicklisch, S.; Krämer, R.; Ziegler, C.: Substrate specificity and ion coupling in the Na⁺/betaine symporter BetP. EMBO Journal 30, pp. 1221 - 1229 (2011)

Khafizov, K.; Perez, C.; Tsai, C.-J.; Ziegler, C.; Forrest, L. R.: Computational and Experimental Studies of Substrate Binding, Conformational Change and Importance of the Trimeric State in the Glycine Betaine Transporter BetP. Biophysical Journal (Annual Meeting Abstracts) 100 (3, Supplement 1), p. 132a - 132a (2011)

Perez, C.: Structural and functional studies on the osmoregulated trimeric Na⁺/betaine symporter BetP from Corynebacterium glutamicum. Dissertation, 272 pp., Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main (2012)