Publications and communications of Jean-Marie Frère

Frère, J.-M., Verlaine, O., & Matagne, A. (12 September 2023). The measurement of true initial rates is not always absolutely necessary to estimate enzyme kinetic parameters. Scientific Reports, 13 (1), 15053. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-41805-y

Radwanska, M., De Lemos Esteves, F., Linsen, L., Coltel, N., Cencig, S., Widart, J., Massart, A.-C., Colson, S., Di Paolo, A., Percier, P., Ait Djebbara, S., Guillonneau, F., Flamand, V., De Pauw, E., Frère, J.-M., Carlier, Y., & Truyens, C. (23 March 2023). Macrophage-infectivity potentiator of Trypanosoma cruzi (TcMIP) is a new pro-type 1 immuno-stimulating protein for neonatal human cells and vaccines in mice. Frontiers in Immunology, 14, 1138526. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2023.1138526

Lupo, V., Mercuri, P., Frère, J.-M., Joris, B., Galleni, M., Baurain, D.* , & Kerff, F.*. (2022). An Extended Reservoir of Class-D Beta-Lactamases in Non-Clinical Bacterial Strains. Microbiology Spectrum, 10 (2), 0031522. doi:10.1128/spectrum.00315-22

Terrak, M., & Frère, J.-M. (2021). β‐Lactam Antibiotics. In S. Offermanns & W. Rosenthal (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Molecular Pharmacology (3rd ed. Encyclopedia of Molecular Pharmacology). Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-21573-6_29-1

Guillerm, J., Frère, J.-M., Meersman, F., & Matagne, A. (2021). The Right-Handed Parallel β-Helix Topology of Erwinia chrysanthemi Pectin Methylesterase Is Intimately Associated with Both Sequential Folding and Resistance to High Pressure. Biomolecules, 11 (8), 1083. doi:10.3390/biom11081083

Frère, J.-M., Bogaerts, P., Huang, T.-D., Stefanic, P., Moray, J., Bouillenne, F., & Brans, A. (2020). Interactions between Avibactam and Ceftazidime-Hydrolyzing Class D β-Lactamases. Biomolecules, 10 (3). doi:10.3390/biom10030483

Frère, J.-M., & Verlaine, O. (2020). First-order Kinetics in the Study of Enzymes: Applications to the Reporter Substrate Method and to the Estimation of kcat/Km. Current Biotechnology.

Gavara, L., Sevaille, L., De Luca, F., Mercuri, P., Bebrone, C., Feller, G., Legru, A., Cerboni, G., Tanfoni, S., Baud, D., Cutolo, G., Bestgen, B., Chelini, G., Verdirosa, F., Sannio, F., Pozzi, C., Benvenuti, M., Kwapien, K., Fischer, M., ... Hernandez, J.-F. (2020). 4-Amino-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione-derived Schiff bases as metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 208, 112720. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112720

Mack, A. R., Barnes, M. D., Taracila, M. A., Hujer, A. M., Hujer, K. M., Cabot, G., Feldgarden, M., Haft, D. H., Klimke, W., Van Den Akker, F., Vila, A. J., Smania, A., Haider, S., Papp-Wallace, K. M., Bradford, P. A., Rossolini, G. M., Docquier, J.-D., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., ... Bonomo, R. A. (2020). A standard numbering scheme for class C β-lactamases. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 64 (3). doi:10.1128/AAC.01841-19

Renders, M., Dumbre, S., Abramov, M., Kestemont, D., Margamuljana, L., Largy, E., Cozens, C., Vandenameele, J., Pinheiro, V. B., Toye, D., Frère, J.-M., & Herdewijn, P. (2019). Kinetic analysis of N-alkylaryl carboxamide hexitol nucleotides as substrates for evolved polymerases. Nucleic Acids Research, 47 (5), 2160-2168. doi:10.1093/nar/gkz008

Renders, M., Frère, J.-M., Toye, D., & Herdewijn, P. (2019). Full Pre-Steady-State Kinetic Analysis of Single Nucleotide Incorporation by DNA Polymerases. Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry, 78 (1), 98. doi:10.1002/cpnc.98

Amisano, F., Silvestri, M., Mercuri, P., Gagliardi, A., Bini, L., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (17 June 2017). Study of the outer membrane permeability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to ß-lactam antibiotics [Poster presentation]. 13th Beta lactamase meeting, Santo Stefano di Sessanio, Italy.

Sevaille, L., Gavara, L., Bebrone, C., De Luca, F., Nauton, L., Achard, M., Mercuri, P., Tanfoni, S., Borgianni, L., Guyon, C., Lonjon, P., Turan-Zitouni, G., Dzieciolowski, J., Becker, K., Bénard, L., Condon, C., Maillard, L., Martinez, J., Frère, J.-M., ... Hernandez, J.-F. (2017). 1,2,4-Triazole-3-thione Compounds as Inhibitors of Dizinc Metallo-β-lactamases. ChemMedChem, 12, 972-985. doi:10.1002/cmdc.201700186

Abboud, M., Damblon, C., Brem, J., Smargiasso, N., Mercuri, P., Gilbert, B., Rydzik, A., Claridge, T., Schofield, C., & Frère, J.-M. (September 2016). Interaction of Avibactam with Class B Metallo-β-Lactamases. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60, 5655-6. doi:10.1128/AAC.00897-16

Lefurgy, S. T., Malashkevich, V. N., Aguilan, J. T., Nieves, E., Mundorff, E. C., Biju, B., Noel, M. A., Toro, R., Baiwir, D., Papp-Wallace, K. M., Almo, S. C., Frère, J.-M., Bou, G., & Bonomo, R. A. (February 2016). Analysis of the Structure and Function of FOX-4 Cephamycinase. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60 (2), 717-728. doi:10.1128/AAC.01887-15

Baurain, D., Wilmotte, A., & Frère, J.-M. (2016). Gram-Negative Bacteria: "Inner" vs. "Cytoplasmic" or "Plasma Membrane": A Question of Clarity rather than Vocabulary. Journal of Microbial and Biochemical Technology, 8 (4), 325-326. doi:10.4172/1948-5948.1000305

Fernea, A., Galleni, M., & Frère, J.-M. (2016). Kinetics of the Interaction between BAL29880 and LK157 and the Class C β-Lactamase CHE-1. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60, 1747-1750. doi:10.1128/AAC.02062-15

Frère, J.-M., & Rigali, S. (2016). The alarming increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Drug Target Review.

Frère, J.-M., Sauvage, E., & Kerff, F. (2016). From "an enzyme able to destroy penicillin" to Carbapenemases: 70 Years of Beta-lactamase Misbehaviour. Current Drug Targets. doi:10.2174/1389450116666151001112859

Jourdan, S.* , Francis, I.* , Kim, M., Salazar, J., Planckaert, S., Frère, J.-M., Matagne, A., Kerff, F., Devreese, B., Loria, R., & Rigali, S. (2016). The CebE/MsiK Transporter is a Doorway to the Cello-oligosaccharide-mediated Induction of Streptomyces scabies Pathogenicity. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/srep27144

Fernea, A., Galleni, M., & Frère, J.-M. (2015). Kinetics of the interaction between avibactam and the CHE-1 class C beta-lactamase. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70 (3), 951-953. doi:10.1093/jac/dku442

Kerff, F., El Ghachi, M., Herman, R., Sauvage, E., Frère, J.-M., & Charlier, P. (06 September 2014). Structures of the Carbapenemase OXA-24 in Complex with the β-lactamase Inhibitor Avibactam [Poster presentation]. 54th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Washington, United States - District of Columbia.

Frère, J.-M., & Page, M. G. P. (2014). Penicillin-binding proteins: evergreen drug targets. Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 18, 112-9. doi:10.1016/j.coph.2014.09.012

Dumez, M.-E., Herman, J., Campisi, V., Bouaziz, A., Rosu, F., Luxen, A., Vandenberghe, I., De Pauw, E., Frère, J.-M., Matagne, A., Chevigne, A., & Galleni, M. (2013). The proline-rich motif of the proDer p 3 allergen propeptide is crucial for protease-protease interaction. PLoS ONE, 8 (9), 68014. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068014

Sauvage, E., & Frère, J.-M. (2013). Actinomadura R39 d-Ala-d-Ala Carboxypeptidase. In Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (pp. 3480-3484). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-382219-2.00771-7

Zervosen, A., Zapun, A., & Frère, J.-M. (January 2013). Inhibition of Streptococcus pneumoniae pencillin-binding protein 2x and Actinomadura R39 DD-peptidase activities by ceftaroline. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 57 (1), 661-663. doi:10.1128/AAC.01593-12

Docquier, J.-D., Rossolini, G. M., Nikaido, H., & Frère, J.-M. (2012). Interplay between beta-lactamase activity, outer membrane and active efflux system. In J.-M. Frère, Beta-Lactamases (pp. 401-418). New York, United States: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Kupper, M., Bauvois, C., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., & Bebrone, C. (January 2012). The CphAII protein from Aquifex aeolicus exhibits a metal-dependent phosphodiesterase activity. Extremophiles: Life Under Extreme Conditions, 16(1), 45-55. doi:10.1007/s00792-011-0404-1

Moineaux, L., Laurent, S., Reniers, J., Dolusic, E., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., Masereel, B., Frederick, R., & Wouters, J. (2012). Synthesis, crystal structures and electronic properties of isomers of chloro-pyridinylvinyl-1H-indoles. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 54, 95-102. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2012.04.033

Zervosen, A., Sauvage, E., Frère, J.-M., Charlier, P., & Luxen, A. (2012). Development of new drugs for an old target — the penicillin binding proteins. Molecules, 17 (11), 12478-505. doi:10.3390/molecules171112478

Zervosen, A., Herman, R., Kerff, F., Herman, A., Bouillez, A., Prati, F., Pratt, R. F., Frère, J.-M., Joris, B., Luxen, A., Charlier, P., & Sauvage, E. (2011). Unexpected tricovalent binding mode of boronic acids within the active site of a penicillin binding protein. Journal of the American Chemical Society. doi:10.1021/ja200696y

Horsfall, L., Izougarhane, Y., Lassaux, P., Selevsek, N., Liénard, B., Poirel, L., Kupper, M., Hoffmann, K., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., & Bebrone, C. (April 2011). Broad antibiotic resistance profile of the subclass B3 metallo-β-lactamase GOB-1, a di-zinc enzyme. FEBS Journal, 278(8), 1252-1263. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08046.x

Bebrone, C., Kupper, M. B., Dehareng, D., Frère, J.-M., Hoffmann, K., & Galleni, M. (2011). The CphAII protein from Aquifex aeolicus possesses a metal-dependent phosphodiesterase activity [Poster presentation]. 11th β-lactamase meeting, Leonessa, Italy.

Derouaux, A., Turk, S., Olrichs, N. K., Gobec, S., Breukink, E., Amoroso, A. M., Offant, J., Bostock, J., Mariner, K., Chopra, I., Vernet, T., Zervosen, A., Joris, B., Frère, J.-M., Nguyen Van, M., & Terrak, M. (2011). Small molecule inhibitors of peptidoglycan synthesis targeting the lipid II precursor. Biochemical Pharmacology, 81 (9), 1098-105. doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2011.02.008

Dolusic, E., Larrieu, P., Blanc, S., Sapunaric, F., Norberg, B., Moineaux, L., Colette, D., Stroobant, V., Pilotte, L., Colau, D., Ferain, T., Fraser, G., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., Masereel, B., Van den Eynde, B., Wouters, J., & Frederick, R. (2011). Indol-2-yl ethanones as novel indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitors. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 19 (4), 1550-61. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2010.12.032

Dolusic, E., Larrieu, P., Blanc, S., Sapunaric, F., Pouyez, J., Moineaux, L., Colette, D., Stroobant, V., Pilotte, L., Colau, D., Ferain, T., Fraser, G., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., Masereel, B., Van den Eynde, B., Wouters, J., & Frederick, R. (2011). Discovery and preliminary SARs of keto-indoles as novel indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 46 (7), 3058-65. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.02.049

Lassaux, P., Traoré, D., Loisel, E., Favier, A., Docquier, J.-D., Sohier, J., Laurent, C., Bebrone, C., Frère, J.-M., Ferrer, J.-L., & Galleni, M. (2011). Biochemical and structural characterization of the subclass B1 metallo-β-lactamase VIM-4. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. doi:10.1128/AAC.01486-09

Vandevenne, M., Campisi, V., Freichels, A., Gillard, C., Gaspard, G., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., & Filée, P. (2011). Comparative functional analysis of the human macrophage chitotriosidase. Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society. doi:10.1002/pro.676

Vandevenne, M., GASPARD, G., Belgsir, E. M., Ramnath, M., Cenatiempo, Y., Delneuville, D., Dumoulin, M., Frère, J.-M., Matagne, A., Galleni, M., & Filee, P. (2011). Effects of monopropanediamino-beta-cyclodextrin on the denaturation process of the hybrid protein BlaPChBD. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. doi:10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.05.007

Vercheval, L., Di Paolo, A., Borel, F., Ferrer, J.-L., Sauvage, E., Matagne, A., Frère, J.-M., Charlier, P., Galleni, M., & Kerff, F. (25 November 2010). Three factors that modulate the activity of class D β-lactamases and interfere with the post-translational carboxylation of Lys 70. Biochemical Journal, 432 (3), 495-504. doi:10.1042/BJ20101122

Weide, T., Saldanha, S. A., Minond, D., Spicer, T., Fotsing, J., Spaargaren, M., Frère, J.-M., Bebrone, C., Sharpless, B., Hodder, P., & Fokin, V. (July 2010). NH-1,2,3-Triazole-based Inhibitors of the VIM-2 Metallo-β- Lactamase: Synthesis and Structure-Activity Studies. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 1(4), 150-154.

Borgianni, L., Vandenameele, J., Matagne, A., Bini, L., Bonomo, R. A., Frère, J.-M., Rossolini, G. M., & Docquier, J.-D. (2010). Mutational analysis of VIM-2 reveals an essential determinant for metallo-beta-lactamase stability and folding. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 54 (8), 3197-204. doi:10.1128/AAC.01336-09

Kerff, F., Petrella, S., Mercier, F., Sauvage, E., Herman, R., Pennartz, A., Zervosen, A., Luxen, A., Frère, J.-M., Joris, B., & Charlier, P. (2010). Specific Structural Features of the N-Acetylmuramoyl-l-Alanine Amidase AmiD from Escherichia coli and Mechanistic Implications for Enzymes of This Family. Journal of Molecular Biology, 397, 249-259. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.038

Lassaux, P., Hamel, M., Gulea, M., Delbrück, H., Mercuri, P., Horsfall, L., Dehareng, D., Kupper, M., Frère, J.-M., Hoffmann, K., Galleni, M., & Bebrone, C. (2010). Mercaptophosphonate Compounds as Broad-Spectrum Inhibitors of the Metallo-β-lactamases. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 53, 4862–4876. doi:10.1021/jm100213c

Mercier, F., Zervosen, A., Teller, N., Frère, J.-M., Herman, R., Pennartz, A., Joris, B., & Luxen, A. (2010). 1,6-AnhMurNAc derivatives for assay development of amidase AmiD. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 18 (21), 7422-31. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2010.09.010

Phichith, D., Bun, S., Padiolleau-Lefevre, S., Guellier, A., Banh, S., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., Thomas, D., Friboulet, A., & Avalle, B. (2010). Novel peptide inhibiting both TEM-1 beta-lactamase and penicillin-binding proteins. FEBS Journal, 277 (23), 4965-72. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07906.x

Vandenameele, J., Lejeune, A., Di Paolo, A., Brans, A., Frère, J.-M., Schmid, F. X., & Matagne, A. (2010). Folding of class A beta-lactamases is rate-limited by peptide bond isomerization and occurs via parallel pathways. Biochemistry, 49 (19), 4264-75. doi:10.1021/bi100369d

Zervosen, A., Frère, J.-M., & Zapun, A. (May 2009). Enzymatic Inhibition of Streptococcus pneumoniae PBP2x transpeptidase activity by ceftaroline [Poster presentation]. 19th ECCMID, Helsinki, Finland.

Baurin, S., Vercheval, L., Bouillenne, F., Falzone, C., Brans, A., Jacquamet, L., Ferrer, J.-L., Sauvage, E., Dehareng, D., Frère, J.-M., Charlier, P., Galleni, M., & Kerff, F. (2009). Critical role of tryptophan 154 for the activity and stability of class D beta-lactamases. Biochemistry, 48 (47), 11252-63. doi:10.1021/bi901548c

Bebrone, C., Delbrück, H., Kupper, M., Schlömer, P., Willmann, C., Frère, J.-M., Fisher, R., Galleni, M., & Hoffmann, K. (2009). The structure of the di-zinc subclass B2 metallo-beta-lactamase CphA reveals that the second inhibitory zinc ion binds in the "histidine" site. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. doi:10.1128/AAC.00288-09

Bebrone, C., Delbrück, H., Wilmann, C., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., & Hoffmann, K. (2009). The structure of the di-zinc form of the subclass B2 CphA metallo-β-lactamase reveals that the second zinc ion binds in the Histidine site [Poster presentation]. “Penicillin-recognizing enzymes: from enzyme kinetics to protein folding” symposium, Liège, Belgium.

Duez, C., Zervosen, A., Teller, N., Melkonian, R., Banzubazé, E., Bouillenne, F., Luxen, A., & Frère, J.-M. (2009). Characterization of the proteins encoded by the Bacillus subtilis yoxA-dacC operon. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 300, 42-47. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01761.x

Jacquin, O., Balbeur, D., Damblon, C., Marchot, P., De Pauw, E., Roberts, G. C. K., Frère, J.-M., & Matagne, A. (2009). Positively Cooperative Binding of Zinc Ions to Bacillus cereus 569/H/9 beta-Lactamase II Suggests that the Binuclear Enzyme Is the Only Relevant Form for Catalysis. Journal of Molecular Biology, 392 (5), 1278-1291. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.092

Zeba, B., De Luca, F., Dubus, A., Delmarcelle, M., Simporé, J., Nacoulma, O. G., Rossolini, G. M., Frère, J.-M., & Docquier, J.-D. (2009). IND-6, a Highly Divergent IND-type Metallo-{beta}-lactamase from Chryseobacterium indologenes strain 597 isolated in Burkina Faso. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. doi:10.1128/AAC.01607-08

Lejeune, A., Pain, R. H., Charlier, P., Frère, J.-M., & Matagne, A. (29 January 2008). Tem-1 Beta-Lactamase Folds in a Nonhierarchical Manner with Transient Non-Native Interactions Involving the C-Terminal Region. Biochemistry, 47 (4), 1186-93. doi:10.1021/bi701927y

Bebrone, C., Anne, C., Kerff, F., Garau, G., De Vriendt, K., Lantin, R., Devreese, B., Van Beeumen, J., Dideberg, O., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (2008). Mutational analysis of the zinc- and substrate-binding sites in the CphA metallo-beta-lactamase from Aeromonas hydrophila. Biochemical Journal, 414 (1), 151-9. doi:10.1042/BJ20080375

Bebrone, C., Delbrück, H., Kupper, M. B., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., & Hoffmann, K. (2008). The structure of the di-zinc form of the subclass B2 CphA metallo-β-lactamase reveals that the second zinc binds in the Histidine site [Poster presentation]. International congress on Biocatalysis BIOCAT, Hambourg, Germany.

Dumez, M.-E., Teller, N., Mercier, F., Tanaka, T., Vandenberghe, I., Vandenbranden, M., Devreese, B., Luxen, A., Frère, J.-M., Matagne, A., Jacquet, A., Galleni, M., & Chevigne, A. (2008). Activation mechanism of recombinant Der p 3 allergen zymogen - Contribution of cysteine protease Der p 1 and effect of propeptide glycosylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283 (45), 30606-30617. doi:10.1074/jbc.M803041200

Hubert, S., Rigali, S., Bebrone, C., Kupper, M. B., Hoffmann, K., Vanhulle, S., & Frère, J.-M. (2008). Analysis of the enzymatic component of ligninolytic system of Pycnoporus sanguineus PS7 [Poster presentation]. International congress on Biocatalysis BIOCAT, Hambourg, Germany.

Lienard, B. M. R., Garau, G., Horsfall, L., Karsisiotis, A. I., Damblon, C., Lassaux, P., Papamicael, C., Roberts, G. C. K., Galleni, M., Dideberg, O., Frère, J.-M., & Schofield, C. J. (2008). Structural basis for the broad-spectrum inhibition of metallo-beta-lactamases by thiols. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 6 (13), 2282-2294. doi:10.1039/b802311e

Lienard, B. M. R., Huting, R., Lassaux, P., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., & Schofield, C. J. (2008). Dynamic combinatorial mass spectrometry leads to metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 51 (3), 684-8. doi:10.1021/jm070866g

Michaux, C., Massant, J., Kerff, F., Frère, J.-M., Docquier, J.-D., Vandenberghe, I., Samyn, B., Pierrard, A., Feller, G., Charlier, P., Van Beeumen, J., & Wouters, J. (2008). Crystal structure of a cold-adapted class C beta-lactamase. FEBS Journal, 275 (8), 1687-97. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06324.x

Ruth, N., Quinting, B., Mainil, J., Hallet, B., Frère, J.-M., Huygen, K., & Galleni, M. (2008). Creating hybrid proteins by insertion of exogenous peptides into permissive sites of a class A beta-lactamase. FEBS Journal, 275, 5151-5160. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06646.x

Stoczko, M., Frère, J.-M., Rossolini, G. M., & Docquier, J.-D. (2008). Functional diversity among metallo-β-lactamases: Characterization of the CAR-1 enzyme of Erwinia carotovora. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 52 (7), 2473-2479. doi:10.1128/AAC.01062-07

Vandevenne, M., Gaspard, G., Yilmaz, N., Giannotta, F., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., & Filée, P. (2008). Rapid and easy development of versatile tools to study protein/ligand interactions. Protein Engineering, Design and Selection. doi:10.1093/protein/gzn021

Chevigné, A., Barumandzadeh, R., Groslambert, S., Cloes, B., Dehareng, D., Filée, P., Marx, J.-C., Frère, J.-M., Matagne, A., Jacquet, A., & Galleni, M. (16 November 2007). Relationship between propeptide pH unfolding and inhibitory ability during ProDer p 1 activation mechanism. Journal of Molecular Biology, 374 (1), 170-185. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.08.025

Faure, E., Halusiak, E., Ruth, N., Gabriel, S., Filée, P., Giannotta, F., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., Jérôme, C., & Jérôme, R. (31 August 2007). Biosensors based on electrochemically prepared polyanilines and bifunctional hybrid proteins [Poster presentation]. Polymers: Last achievements and prospects, in honour of Professor Jérôme, Liège, Belgium.

Sauvage, E., Duez, C., Herman, R., Kerff, F., Petrella, S., Anderson, J. W., Adediran, S. A., Pratt, R. F., Frère, J.-M., & Charlier, P. (10 August 2007). Crystal structure of the Bacillus subtilis penicillin-binding protein 4a, and its complex with a peptidoglycan mimetic peptide. Journal of Molecular Biology, 371 (2), 528-539. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.071

Cornaglia, G., Akova, M., Amicosante, G., Canton, R., Cauda, R., Docquier, J.-D., Edelstein, M., Frère, J.-M., Fuzi, M., Galleni, M., Giamarellou, H., Gniadkowski, M., Koncan, R., Libisch, B., Luzzaro, F., Miriagou, V., Navarro, F., Nordmann, P., Pagani, L., ... Rossolini, G. M. (April 2007). Metallo-beta-lactamases as emerging resistance determinants in Gram-negative pathogens: open issues. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 29 (4), 380-388. doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.10.008

Chevigné, A., Yilmaz, N., Gaspard, G., Giannotta, F., François, J.-M., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., & Filée, P. (30 March 2007). Use of bifunctional hybrid beta-lactamases for epitope mapping and immunoassay development. Journal of Immunological Methods, 320 (1-2), 81-93. doi:10.1016/j.jim.2006.12.009

Lienard, B. M. R., Horsfall, L. E., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., & Schofield, C. J. (15 February 2007). Inhibitors of the FEZ-1 metallo-beta-lactamase. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 17 (4), 964-968. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.11.053

Ishii, Y., Galleni, M., Ma, L., Frère, J.-M., & Yamaguchi, K. (February 2007). Biochemical characterisation of the CTX-M-14 beta-lactamase. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 29 (2), 159-164. doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.09.005

Gangoue Pieboji, J., Baurin, S., Frère, J.-M., Ngassam, P., Ngameni, B., Azebaze, A., Pegnyemb, D. E., Watchueng, J., Goffin, C., & Galleni, M. (2007). Screening of some medicinal plants from cameroon for beta-lactamase inhibitory activity. Phytotherapy Research, 21 (3), 284-7. doi:10.1002/ptr.2001

Lassaux, P., Hamel, M., Gulea, M., Mercuri, P., Horsfall, L., Bebrone, C., Gaumont, A.-C., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (2007). Mercapto-phosphonate compounds as broad-spectrum inhibitors of the metallo-beta-lactamases. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 29 (Supplément 2), 95.

Vandevenne, M., Filée, P., Scarafone, N., Cloes, B., Gaspard, G., Yilmaz, N., Dumoulin, M., François, J.-M., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (2007). The Bacillus licheniformis BlaP beta-lactamase as a model protein scaffold to study the insertion of protein fragments. Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society, 16 (10), 2260-71. doi:10.1110/ps.072912407

Giannotta, Filée, P., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., Joris, B., Brans, A., & Ruth, N. (25 October 2006). Hybrid proteins of active-site serine beta-lactamase.

chouchani, C., Berlemont, R., masmoudi, A., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., belhadj, O., & ben-mahrez, K. (September 2006). A novel extended-spectrum TEM-type beta-lactamase, TEM-138, from Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 50 (9), 3183-5. doi:10.1128/AAC.00388-06

Fraipont, C., Sapunaric, F., Zervosen, A., Auger, G., Devreese, B., Lioux, T., Blanot, D., Mengin-Lecreulx, D., Herdewijn, P., Van Beeumen, J., Frère, J.-M., & Nguyen-Distèche, M. (28 March 2006). Glycosyl transferase activity of the Escherichia coli penicillin-binding protein 1b: Specificity profile for the substrate. Biochemistry, 45 (12), 4007-4013. doi:10.1021/bi051055m

Zawadzka-Skomial, J., Markiewicz, Z., Nguyen-Distèche, M., Devreese, B., Frère, J.-M., & Terrak, M. (March 2006). Characterization of the bifunctional glycosyltransferase/acyltransferase penicillin-binding protein 4 of Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of Bacteriology, 188 (5), 1875-1881. doi:10.1128/JB.188.5.1875-1881.2006

De Vriendt, K., Van Driessche, G., Devreese, B., Bebrone, C., Anne, C., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., & Van Beeumen, J. (February 2006). Monitoring the zinc affinity of the metallo-beta-lactamase CphA by automated nanoESI-MS. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 17 (2), 180-188. doi:10.1016/j.jasms.2005.10.007

Sauvage, E., Fonze, E., Quinting, B., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., & Charlier, P. (2006). Crystal structure of the Mycobacterium fortuitum class A beta-lactamase: structural basis for broad substrate specificity. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 50 (7), 2516-21. doi:10.1128/AAC.01226-05

Stoczko, M., Frère, J.-M., Rossolini, G. M., & Docquier, J.-D. (2006). Postgenomic scan of metallo-β-lactamase homologues in rhizobacteria: Identification and characterization of BJP-1, a subclass B3 ortholog from Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 50 (6), 1973-1981. doi:10.1128/AAC.01551-05

Trovaslet, M., Bebrone, C., Enaud, E., Hubert, S., Nouaimeh, N., Pamplona, M., Lorenzini, B., Bols, C.-M., Frère, J.-M., & Corbisier, A.-M. (2006). Kinetic activation of Pycnoporus sanguineus laccase in presence of dyes [Poster presentation]. 3rd European Meeting in Oxizymes, Oeiras, Portugal.

Rhazi, N., Delmarcelle, M., Sauvage, E., Jacquemotte, F., Devriendt, K., Tallon, V., Ghosez, L., & Frère, J.-M. (November 2005). Specificity and reversibility of the transpeptidation reaction catalyzed by the Streptomyces R61 D-Ala-D-Ala peptidase. Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society, 14 (11), 2922-2928. doi:10.1110/ps.051641005

Moreira, P. R., Duez, C., Dehareng, D., Antunes, A., Almeida-Vara, E., Frère, J.-M., Malcata, F. X., & Duarte, J. C. (10 September 2005). Molecular characterisation of a versatile peroxidase from a Bjerkandera strain. Journal of Biotechnology, 118 (4), 339-352. doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2005.05.014

Bebrone, C., Anne, C., De Vriendt, K., Devreese, B., Rossolini, G. M., Van Beeumen, J., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (05 August 2005). Dramatic broadening of the substrate profile of the Aeromonas hydrophila CphA metallo-beta-lactamase by site-directed mutagenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280 (31), 28195-28202. doi:10.1074/jbc.M414052200

Deleu, M., Brasseur, R., Paquot, M., Legros, H., Dufour, S., Jacques, P., Destain, J., Thonart, P., Brans, A., Joris, B., & Frère, J.-M. (11 May 2005). Novel use of lipopeptide preparations.

Ruth, N., Mainil, J., Roupie, V., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., & Huygen, K. (May 2005). DNA vaccination for the priming of neutralizing antibodies against non-immunogenic STa enterotoxin from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. Vaccine, 23 (27), 3618-3627. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.11.080

De Lemos Esteves, F., Gouders, T., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., Rigali, S., & Frère, J.-M. (February 2005). Improving the alkalophilic performances of the Xyl1 xylanase from Streptomyces sp S38: Structural comparison and mutational analysis. Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society, 14 (2), 292-302. doi:10.1110/ps.04978705

Garau, G., Bebrone, C., Anne, C., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., & Dideberg, O. (28 January 2005). A metallo-beta-lactamase enzyme in action: Crystal structures of the monozinc carbapenemase CphA and its complex with biapenem. Journal of Molecular Biology, 345 (4), 785-795. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2004.10.070

Bauvois, C., Ibuka, A. S., Celso, A., Alba, J., Ishii, Y., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (2005). Kinetic properties of four plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamases. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 49 (10), 4240-6. doi:10.1128/AAC.49.10.4240-4246.2005

Delmarcelle, M., Boursoit, M.-C., Filée, P., Baurin, S. L., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (2005). Specificity inversion of Ochrobactrum anthropi D-aminopeptidase to a D,D-carboxypeptidase with new penicillin binding activity by directed mutagenesis. Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society, 14, 2296-2303. doi:10.1110/ps.051475305

Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., Bush, K., & Dideberg, O. (2005). Is it necessary to change the classification of ß-lactamases? Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 55 (6), 1051-1053. doi:10.1093/jac/dki155

Llinas, A., Ahmed, N., Cordaro, M., Laws, A. P., Frère, J.-M., Delmarcelle, M., Silvaggi, N. R., Kelly, J. A., & Page, M. I. (2005). Inactivation of bacterial DD-peptidase by beta-sultams. Biochemistry, 44 (21), 7738-46. doi:10.1021/bi050110o

Michaux, C., Charlier, P., Frère, J.-M., & Wouters, J. (2005). Crystal structure of BRL 42715, C6-(N1-methyl-1,2,3-triazolylmethylene)penem, in complex with Enterobacter cloacae 908R beta-lactamase: evidence for a stereoselective mechanism from docking studies. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127 (10), 3262-3. doi:10.1021/ja0426241

Sauvage, E., Herman, R., Petrella, S., Duez, C., Bouillenne, F., Frère, J.-M., & Charlier, P. (2005). Crystal structure of the Actinomadura R39 DD-peptidase reveals new domains in penicillin-binding proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280 (35), 31249-56. doi:10.1074/jbc.M503271200

De Lemos Esteves, F., Ruelle, V., Gouders, T., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., Quinting, B., Rigali, S., & Frère, J.-M. (December 2004). On the way of understanding the adaptation to extreme pH of family 11 xylanases: Structural comparison and mutational analysis [Poster presentation]. Bioforum, Liège, Belgium.

Vreuls, C., Filée, P., Van Melckebeke, H., Aerts, T., De Deyn, P., Llabres, G., Matagne, A., Simorre, J. P., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (15 November 2004). Guanidinium chloride denaturation of the dimeric Bacillus licheniformis Blal repressor highlights an independent domain unfolding pathway. Biochemical Journal, 384 (Pt 1), 179-190. doi:10.1042/BJ20040658

Mercuri, P., Garcia-Saez, I., De Vriendt, K., Thamm, I., Devreese, B., Van Beeumen, J., Dideberg, O., Rossolini, G. M., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (06 August 2004). Probing the specificity of the subclass B3 FEZ-1 metallo-beta-lactamase by site-directed mutagenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279 (32), 33630-33638. doi:10.1074/jbc.M403671200

Garau, G., Garcia-Saez, I., Bebrone, C., Anne, C., Mercuri, P., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., & Dideberg, O. (July 2004). Update of the standard numbering scheme for class B beta-lactamases. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 48 (7), 2347-2349. doi:10.1128/AAC.48.7.2347-2349.2004

Dreesen, L., Sartenaer, Y., Humbert, C., Caudano, Y., Volcke, C., Mani, A. A., Peremans, A., Thiry, P., Hanique, S., & Frère, J.-M. (June 2004). Two-color-sum-frequency generation characterization of a protein monolayer adsorbed on a metallic substrate [Poster presentation]. 11 th International Conference on Vibrations at Surfaces, Bar Harbor, United States.

Dreesen, L., Sartenaer, Y., Humbert, C., Caudano, Y., Volcke, C., Mani, A. A., Peremans, A., Thiry, P., Hanique, S., & Frère, J.-M. (25 May 2004). Two-color-sum-frequency generation characterization of a protein monolayer adsorbed on a metallic substrate [Poster presentation]. Belgian Physical Society Meeting, Mons, Belgium.

Tsang, W. Y., Dhanda, A., Schofield, C. J., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., & Page, M. I. (05 April 2004). The inhibition of metallo-beta-lactamase by thioxo-cephalosporin derivatives. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 14 (7), 1737-1739. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.01.047

Hanique, S., Colombo, M.-L., Goormaghtigh, E., Soumillion, P., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (02 April 2004). Evidence of an intramolecular interaction between the two domains of the BlaR1 penicillin receptor during the signal transduction. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279 (14), 14264-14272. doi:10.1074/jbc.M313488200

Zervosen, A., Lu, W.-P., Chen, Z., White, R. E., Demuth, T. P., & Frère, J.-M. (March 2004). Interactions between penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) and two novel classes of PBP inhibitors, arylalkylidene rhodanines and arylalkylidene iminothiazolidin-4-ones. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 48 (3), 961-969. doi:10.1128/AAC.48.3.961-969.2004

Colombo, M.-L., Hanique, S., Baurin, S. L., Bauvois, C., De Vriendt, K., Van Beeumen, J. J., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (February 2004). The ybxI gene of Bacillus subtilis 168 encodes a class D beta-lactamase of low activity. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 48 (2), 484-490. doi:10.1128/AAC.48.2.484-490.2004

De Lemos Esteves, F., Ruelle, V., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., Quinting, B., & Frère, J.-M. (01 February 2004). Acidophilic adaptation of family 11 endo--1,4-xylanases: Modeling and mutational analysis. Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society, 13 (5), 1209–1218. doi:10.1110/ps.03556104

Deleu, M., Brans, A., Brasseur, R., Destain, J., Dufour, S., Frère, J.-M., Jacques, P., Joris, B., Legros, H., Paquot, M., & Thonart, P. (2004). Novel use of lipopeptide preparations.

Docquier, J.-D., Lopizzo, T., Liberatori, S., Prenna, M., Thaller, M. C., Frère, J.-M., & Rossolini, G. M. (2004). Biochemical characterization of the THIN-B metallo-β-lactamase of Janthinobacterium lividum. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 48 (12), 4778-4783. doi:10.1128/AAC.48.12.4778-4783.2004

Dreesen, L., Humbert, C., Sartenaer, Y., Caudano, Y., Volcke, C., Mani, A. A., Peremans, A., Thiry, P. A., Hanique, S., & Frère, J.-M. (2004). Electronic and Molecular Properties of an Adsorbed Protein Monolayer Probed by Two-Color Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy. Langmuir, 20 (17), 7201-7207. doi:10.1021/la0488001

Genereux, C., Dehareng, D., Devreese, B., Van Beeumen, J., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (01 January 2004). Mutational analysis of the catalytic centre of the Citrobacter freundii AmpD N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase. Biochemical Journal, 377 (Pt 1), 111-120. doi:10.1042/BJ20030862

Ghuysen, J.-M., & Frère, J.-M. (2004). B-Lactam Antibiotics. In Encyclopedic Reference of Molecular Pharmacology (pp. 679-683). Springer.

Grisart, B., Farnir, F., Karim, L., Cambisano, N., Kim, J.-J., Kvasz, A., Mni, M., Simon, P., Frère, J.-M., Coppieters, W., & Georges, M. (2004). Genetic and functional confirmation of the causality of the DGAT1 K232A quantitative trait nucleotide in affecting milk yield and composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101 (8), 2398-2403. doi:10.1073/pnas.0308518100

Kerff, F., Charlier, P., Colombo, M. L., Sauvage, E., Brans, A., Frère, J.-M., Joris, B., & Fonze, E. (11 November 2003). Crystal structure of the sensor domain of the BlaR penicillin receptor from Bacillus licheniformis. Biochemistry, 42 (44), 12835-12843. doi:10.1021/bi034976a

Ibuka, A. S., Ishii, Y., Galleni, M., Ishiguro, M., Yamaguchi, K., Frère, J.-M., Matsuzawa, H., & Sakai, H. (16 September 2003). Crystal structure of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase Toho-1: Insights into the molecular mechanism for catalytic reaction and substrate specificity expansion. Biochemistry, 42 (36), 10634-10643. doi:10.1021/bi0342822

Alba, J., Bauvois, C., Ishii, Y., Galleni, M., Masuda, K., Ishiguro, M., Ito, M., Frère, J.-M., & Yamaguchi, K. (29 August 2003). A detailed kinetic study of Mox-1, a plasmid-encoded class C beta-lactamase. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 225 (2), 183-188. doi:10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00448-8

Anderson, J. W., Adediran, S. A., Charlier, P., Nguyen-Distèche, M., Frère, J.-M., Nicholas, R. A., & Pratt, R. F. (01 August 2003). On the substrate specificity of bacterial DD-peptidases: evidence from two series of peptidoglycan-mimetic peptides. Biochemical Journal, 373 (Part 3), 949-955. doi:10.1042/BJ20030217

Wouters, J., Fonze, E., Vermeire, M., Frère, J.-M., & Charlier, P. (August 2003). Crystal structure of Enterobacter cloacae 908R class C beta-lactamase bound to iodo-acetamido-phenyl boronic acid, a transition-state analogue. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 60 (8), 1764-1773. doi:10.1007/s00018-003-3189-2

Garcia-Saez, I., Hopkins, J., Papamicael, C., Franceschini, N., Amicosante, G., Rossolini, G. M., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., & Dideberg, O. (27 June 2003). The 1.5-angstrom structure of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum zinc beta-lactamase in complex with the inhibitor, D-captopril. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278 (26), 23868-23873.

Duval, V., Swinnen, M., Lepage, S., Brans, A., Granier, B., Franssen, C., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (June 2003). The kinetic properties of the carboxy terminal domain of the Bacillus licheniformis 749/I BlaR penicillin-receptor shed a new light on the derepression of beta-lactamase synthesis. Molecular Microbiology, 48 (6), 1553-1564. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03520.x

Filée, P., Vreuls, C., Herman, R., Thamm, I., Aerts, T., De Deyn, P. P., Frère, J.-M., & Joris, B. (May 2003). Dimerization and DNA binding properties of the Bacillus licheniformis 749/I BlaI repressor. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278 (19), 16482-16487. doi:10.1074/jbc.M210887200

Moali, C., Anne, C., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., Groslambert, S., Devreese, B., Van Beeumen, J., Galleni, M., & Frère, J.-M. (April 2003). Analysis of the importance of the metallo-beta-lactamase active site loop in substrate binding and catalysis. Chemistry and Biology, 10 (4), 319-329. doi:10.1016/S1074-5521(03)00070-X

Rhazi, N., Charlier, P., Dehareng, D., Engher, D., Vermeire, M., Frère, J.-M., Nguyen-Distèche, M., & Fonze, E. (18 March 2003). Catalytic mechanism of the Streptomyces K15 DD-transpeptidase/penicillin-binding protein probed by site-directed mutagenesis and structural analysis. Biochemistry, 42 (10), 2895-2906. doi:10.1021/bi027256x

Docquier, J.-D., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., Galleni, M., Amicosante, G., Frère, J.-M., & Rossolini, G. M. (February 2003). On functional and structural heterogeneity of VIM-type metallo-beta-lactamases. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 51 (2), 257-266. doi:10.1093/jac/dkg067

Garcia-Saez, I., Mercuri, P., Papamicael, C., Kahn, R., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., Rossolini, G. M., & Dideberg, O. (24 January 2003). Three-dimensional structure of FEZ-1, a monomeric subclass B3 metallo-beta-lactamase from Fluoribacter gormanii, in native form and in complex with D-captopril. Journal of Molecular Biology, 325 (4), 651-660. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01271-8

Vanhove, M., Zakhem, M., Devreese, B., Franceschini, N., Anne, C., Bebrone, C., Amicosante, G., Rossolini, G. M., Van Beeumen, J., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (2003). Role of Cys221 and Asn116 in the zinc-binding sites of the Aeromonas hydrophila metallo-beta-lactamase. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 60 (11), 2501-9. doi:10.1007/s00018-003-3092-x

Lakaye, B., Dubus, A., Joris, B., & Frère, J.-M. (September 2002). Method for estimation of low outer membrane permeability to beta-lactam antibiotics. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 46 (9), 2901-2907. doi:10.1128/AAC.46.9.2901-2907.2002

Wommer, S., Rival, S., Heinz, U., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., Franceschini, N., Amicosante, G., Rasmussen, B., Bauer, R., & Adolph, H. W. (05 July 2002). Substrate-activated zinc binding of metallo-beta-lactamases - Physiological importance of the mononuclear enzymes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277 (27), 24142-24147. doi:10.1074/jbc.M202467200

Docquier, J.-D., Pantanella, F., Giuliani, F., Thaller, M. C., Amicosante, G., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., Bush, K., & Rossolini, G. M. (June 2002). CAU-1, a subclass B3 metallo-beta-lactamase of low substrate affinity encoded by an ortholog present in the Caulobacter crescentus chromosome. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 46 (6), 1823-1830. doi:10.1128/AAC.46.6.1823-1830.2002

Vessillier, S., Docquier, J.-D., Rival, S., Frère, J.-M., Galleni, M., Amicosante, G., Rossolini, G. M., & Franceschini, N. (June 2002). Overproduction and biochemical characterization of the Chryseobacterium meningosepticum BlaB metallo-beta-lactamase. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 46 (6), 1921-1927. doi:10.1128/AAC.46.6.1921-1927.2002

De Seny, D., Prosperi, C., Bebrone, C., Rossolini, G. M., Page, M. I., Noel, P., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (01 May 2002). Mutational analysis of the two zinc-binding sites of the Bacillus cereus 569/H/9 metallo-beta-lactamase. Biochemical Journal, 363 (Pt 3), 687-696. doi:10.1042/bj3630687

Filée, P., Benlafya, K., Delmarcelle, M., Moutzourelis, G., Frère, J.-M., Brans, A., & Joris, B. (May 2002). The fate of the Blal repressor during the induction of the Bacillus licheniformis BlaP beta-lactamase. Molecular Microbiology, 44 (3), 685-694. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02888.x

Fonzé, E., Vanhove, M., Dive, G., Sauvage, E., Frère, J.-M., & Charlier, P. (February 2002). Crystal structures of the Bacillus licheniformis BS3 class A beta-lactamase and of the acyl-enzyme adduct formed with cefoxitin. Biochemistry, 41 (6), 1877-1885. doi:10.1021/bi015789k

Matagne, A., Galleni, M., Laraki, N., Amicosante, G., Rossolini, G., & Frère, J.-M. (2002). Beta-lactamases, an old but ever renascent problem. In A. van Broekhoven (Ed.), Novel Frontiers in the Production of Compounds for Biomedical Use. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Mercuri, P., Ishii, Y., Ma, L., Rossolini, G. M., Luzzaro, F., Amicosante, G., Franceschini, N., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (2002). Clonal diversity and metallo-beta-lactamase production in clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Microbial Drug Resistance: Mechanism, Epidemiology, and Disease, 8 (3), 193-200. doi:10.1089/107662902760326904

De Seny, D., Heinz, U., Wommer, S., Kiefer, M., Meyer-Klaucke, W., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., Bauer, R., & Adolph, H. W. (30 November 2001). Metal Ion Binding and Coordination Geometry for Wild Type and Mutants of Metallo-Beta -Lactamase from Bacillus Cereus 569/H/9 (Bcii): A Combined Thermodynamic, Kinetic, and Spectroscopic Approach. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276 (48), 45065-78. doi:10.1074/jbc.M106447200

Lejeune, A., Vanhove, M., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., Pain, R. H., Frère, J.-M., & Matagne, A. (August 2001). Quantitative Analysis of the Stabilization by Substrate of Staphylococcus Aureus Pc1 Beta-Lactamase. Chemistry and Biology, 8 (8), 831-42. doi:10.1016/S1074-5521(01)00053-9

Vilar, M., Galleni, M., Solmajer, T., Turk, B., Frère, J.-M., & Matagne, A. (August 2001). Kinetic Study of Two Novel Enantiomeric Tricyclic Beta-Lactams Which Efficiently Inactivate Class C Beta-Lactamases. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 45 (8), 2215-23. doi:10.1128/AAC.45.8.2215-2223.2001

Zervosen, A., Valladares, M. H., Devreese, B., Prosperi, C., Adolph, H.-W., Mercuri, P., Vanhove, M., Amicosante, G., van Beeumen, J., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (July 2001). Inactivation of Aeromonas Hydrophila Metallo-Beta-Lactamase by Cephamycins and Moxalactam. European Journal of Biochemistry, 268 (13), 3840-50. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02298.x

Bebrone, C., Moali, C., Mahy, F., Rival, S., Docquier, J.-D., Rossolini, G. M., Fastrez, J., Pratt, R. F., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (June 2001). Centa as a Chromogenic Substrate for Studying Beta-Lactamases. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 45 (6), 1868-71. doi:10.1128/AAC.45.6.1868-1871.2001

Mercuri, P., Bouillenne, F., Boschi, L., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., Amicosante, G., Devreese, B., van Beeumen, J., Frère, J.-M., Rossolini, G. M., & Galleni, M. (April 2001). Biochemical Characterization of the Fez-1 Metallo-Beta-Lactamase of Legionella Gormanii Atcc 33297t Produced in Escherichia Coli. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 45 (4), 1254-62. doi:10.1128/AAC.45.4.1254-1262.2001

Duez, C., Vanhove, M., Gallet, X., Bouillenne, F., Docquier, J.-D., Brans, A., & Frère, J.-M. (March 2001). Purification and Characterization of Pbp4a, a New Low-Molecular-Weight Penicillin-Binding Protein from Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology, 183 (5), 1595-9. doi:10.1128/JB.183.5.1595-1599.2001

Galleni, M., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., Rossolini, G. M., Spencer, J., Dideberg, O., & Frère, J.-M. (March 2001). Standard Numbering Scheme for Class B Beta-Lactamases. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 45 (3), 660-3. doi:10.1128/AAC.45.3.660-663.2001

Bebrone, C., Fastrez, J., Frère, J.-M., & Galleni, M. (2001). Centa as a chromogenic substrate for the study of β-lactamases [Poster presentation]. Bioforum, Liège, Belgium.

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Franceschini, N., Boschi, L., Pollini, S., Herman, R., Perilli, M., Galleni, M., Frère, J.-M., Amicosante, G., & Rossolini, G. M. (2001). Characterization of OXA-29 from Legionella (Fluoribacter) gormanii: molecular class D beta-lactamase with unusual properties. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 45 (12), 3509-16. doi:10.1128/AAC.45.12.3509-3516.2001

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