Thijs J G Ettema

Summary

Affiliation: Uppsala University
Country: Sweden

Publications

  1. ncbi The semi-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway in hyperthermophilic archaea: a re-evaluation
    Hatim Ahmed
    Department of Microbiology, University Duisburg Essen, Campus Essen, Universitätsstr 5, 45117 Essen, Germany
    Biochem J 390:529-40. 2005
  2. ncbi Comment on "A 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate autotrophic carbon dioxide assimilation pathway in Archaea"
    Thijs J G Ettema
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, S 752 36 Sweden
    Science 321:342; author reply 342. 2008
  3. ncbi An actin-based cytoskeleton in archaea
    Thijs J G Ettema
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 18C, SE 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
    Mol Microbiol 80:1052-61. 2011
  4. ncbi Independent genome reduction and phylogenetic reclassification of the oceanic SAR11 clade
    Johan Viklund
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    Mol Biol Evol 29:599-615. 2012
  5. ncbi Comparative and functional analysis of the archaeal cell cycle
    Rolf Bernander
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    Cell Cycle 9:794-806. 2010
  6. ncbi The archaeal 'TACK' superphylum and the origin of eukaryotes
    Lionel Guy
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Box 596, SE 751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
    Trends Microbiol 19:580-7. 2011
  7. ncbi A phylometagenomic exploration of oceanic alphaproteobacteria reveals mitochondrial relatives unrelated to the SAR11 clade
    Björn Brindefalk
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden
    PLoS ONE 6:e24457. 2011
  8. ncbi A unique cell division machinery in the Archaea
    Ann Christin Lindås
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 18C, SE 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:18942-6. 2008
  9. ncbi An archaeal origin for the actin cytoskeleton: Implications for eukaryogenesis
    Rolf Bernander
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden
    Commun Integr Biol 4:664-7. 2011
  10. ncbi Signature genes as a phylogenomic tool
    Bas E Dutilh
    Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Mol Biol Evol 25:1659-67. 2008

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Publications12

  1. ncbi The semi-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway in hyperthermophilic archaea: a re-evaluation
    Hatim Ahmed
    Department of Microbiology, University Duisburg Essen, Campus Essen, Universitätsstr 5, 45117 Essen, Germany
    Biochem J 390:529-40. 2005
    ..tenax and S. solfataricus. The existence of this branched ED pathway is yet another example of the versatility and flexibility of the central carbohydrate metabolic pathways in the archaeal domain...
  2. ncbi Comment on "A 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate autotrophic carbon dioxide assimilation pathway in Archaea"
    Thijs J G Ettema
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, S 752 36 Sweden
    Science 321:342; author reply 342. 2008
    ..We question the validity of the latter claim...
  3. ncbi An actin-based cytoskeleton in archaea
    Thijs J G Ettema
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 18C, SE 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
    Mol Microbiol 80:1052-61. 2011
    ..The results support a crenarchaeal origin of the eukaryotic actin cytoskeleton and, as such, have implications for theories concerning the origin of the eukaryotic cell...
  4. ncbi Independent genome reduction and phylogenetic reclassification of the oceanic SAR11 clade
    Johan Viklund
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    Mol Biol Evol 29:599-615. 2012
    ....
  5. ncbi Comparative and functional analysis of the archaeal cell cycle
    Rolf Bernander
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    Cell Cycle 9:794-806. 2010
    ..Focus is also placed upon regulatory features, including transcription factors and protein kinases inferred to be involved in the execution of specific cell cycle stages, and regulation through metabolic coupling is discussed...
  6. ncbi The archaeal 'TACK' superphylum and the origin of eukaryotes
    Lionel Guy
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Box 596, SE 751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
    Trends Microbiol 19:580-7. 2011
    ....
  7. ncbi A phylometagenomic exploration of oceanic alphaproteobacteria reveals mitochondrial relatives unrelated to the SAR11 clade
    Björn Brindefalk
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden
    PLoS ONE 6:e24457. 2011
    ..The availability of ocean metagenome data substantially increases the sampling of Alphaproteobacteria inhabiting the oxygen-containing waters of the oceans that likely resemble the originating environment of mitochondria...
  8. ncbi A unique cell division machinery in the Archaea
    Ann Christin Lindås
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 18C, SE 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:18942-6. 2008
    ....
  9. ncbi An archaeal origin for the actin cytoskeleton: Implications for eukaryogenesis
    Rolf Bernander
    Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden
    Commun Integr Biol 4:664-7. 2011
    ..Further exploration of uncharacterized archaeal lineages is necessary to find additional missing pieces in the evolutionary trajectory that ultimately gave rise to present-day organisms...
  10. ncbi Signature genes as a phylogenomic tool
    Bas E Dutilh
    Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Mol Biol Evol 25:1659-67. 2008
    ..Summarizing, signature genes can complement traditional sequence-based methods in addressing taxonomic questions...
  11. ncbi Discovering novel biology by in silico archaeology
    Thijs J G Ettema
    Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, 6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Nat Rev Microbiol 3:859-69. 2005
    ..Combined with experimental verification, bioinformatic analysis contributes to the ongoing discovery of novel metabolic conversions and control mechanisms, and as such to a better understanding of the intriguing biology of the Archaea...
  12. ncbi Identification and functional verification of archaeal-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, a missing link in archaeal central carbohydrate metabolism
    Thijs J G Ettema
    Laboratory of Microbiology, Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    J Bacteriol 186:7754-62. 2004
    ..The newly identified atPEPC, with its distinct properties, constitutes yet another example of the versatility of the enzymes of the central carbon metabolic pathways in the archaeal domain...