Publications and communications of Georges Feller

Collins, T., & Feller, G. (2023). Psychrophilic enzymes: strategies for cold-adaptation. Essays in Biochemistry. doi:10.1042/EBC20220193

Legru, A.* , Verdirosa, F.* , Vo-Hoang, Y., Tassone, G., Vascon, F., Thomas, C. A., Sannio, F., Corsica, G., Benvenuti, M., Feller, G., Coulon, R., Marcoccia, F., Devente, S. R., Bouajila, E., Piveteau, C., Leroux, F., Deprez-Poulain, R., Deprez, B., Licznar-Fajardo, P., ... Gavara, L.*. (30 November 2022). Optimization of 1,2,4-Triazole-3-thiones toward Broad-Spectrum Metallo-β-lactamase Inhibitors Showing Potent Synergistic Activity on VIM- and NDM-1-Producing Clinical Isolates. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 65, 16392-16419. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01257
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Legru, A., Gavara L., Verdirosa F., Vo-Hoang Y., Tassone G., Corsica G., Vascone F., Thomas C., Feller, G., Crowder M., Cendron L., Pozzi C., Mangani S., Docquier, J.-D., & Hernandez J.-F. (04 September 2022). 1,2,4-TRIAZOLE-3-THIONE COMPOUNDS POTENTLY INHIBIT VIM AND NDM-1 METALLO-b-LACTAMASES AND RE-SENSITIZE MULTI-RESISTANT CLINICAL ISOLATES TO MEROPENEM [Poster presentation]. International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Nice, France.

Mandelman, D., Ballut, L., Wolff, D. A., Feller, G., Gerday, C., Haser, R., & Aghajari, N. (2019). Structural determinants increasing flexibility confer cold adaptation in psychrophilic phosphoglycerate kinase. Extremophiles: Life Under Extreme Conditions, 23, 495-506. doi:10.1007/s00792-019-01102-x

Azarkan, M., Feller, G., Vandenameele, J., Herman, R., El Mahyaoui, R., Sauvage, E., Vanden Broeck, A., Matagne, A., Charlier, P., & Kerff, F. (2018). Biochemical and structural characterization of a mannose binding jacalin-related lectin with two-sugar binding sites from pineapple (Ananas comosus) stem. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-29439-x

Da Lage, J.-L., Bonneau, M., Gondim de Sá, E., Robineau, I., & Feller, G. (2018). Evolution of an enzyme in a multigene family: the enigmatic role of Amyrel, a paralog of alpha-amylases in flies [Poster presentation]. II Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Montpellier, France.

Feller, G. (2018). Protein folding at extreme temperatures: current issues. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 84, 129-137. doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.09.003

Barroca, M., Santos, G., Johansson, B., Gillotin, F., Feller, G., & Collins, T. (2017). Deciphering the factors defining the pH-dependence of a commercial glycoside hydrolase family 8 enzyme. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 96, 163-169. doi:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2016.10.011

Feller, G. (2017). Cryosphere and psychrophiles: insights into a cold origin of life? Life, 7 (25). doi:10.3390/life7020025

Abrashev, R., Feller, G., Kostadinova, N., Krumova, E., Alexieva, Z., Gerginova, M., Spasova, B., Miteva-Staleva, J., Vassilev, S., & Angelova, M. (2016). Production, purification and characterization of a novel cold-active superoxide dismutase from the Antarctic strain Aspergillus glaucus 363. Fungal Biology, 120, 679-689. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2016.03.002

Claisse, G., Feller, G., Bonneau, M., & Da Lage, J. L. (2016). A single amino acid substitution toggles chloride dependence of the alpha-amylase paralog Amyrel in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila virilis species. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 75, 70-77. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.06.003

Roulling, F., Godin, A., Cipolla, A., Collins, T., Miyazaki, K., & Feller, G. (2016). Activity-stability relationships revisited in blue oxidases catalyzing electron transfer at extreme temperatures. Extremophiles: Life Under Extreme Conditions, 20, 621-629. doi:10.1007/s00792-016-0851-9

Bagarolo, Porcelli, M., Martino, Feller, G., & Cacciapuoti, G. (2015). Multiple disulfide bridges modulate conformational stability and flexibility in hyperthermophilic archaeal purine nucleoside phosphorylase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 1854, 1458-1465. doi:10.1016/j.bbapap.2015.06.010

Papa, R., Selan, L., Parrilli, E., Tilotta, M., Sannino, F., Feller, G., Tutino, M. L., & Artini, M. (2015). Anti-biofilm activities from marine cold adapted bacteria against staphylococci and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01333. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01333

Godin, A., Schmidpeter, P., Schmid, F. X., & Feller, G. (2014). Functional adaptations of the bacterial chaperone trigger factor to extreme environmental temperatures [Poster presentation]. Extremophiles 2014, St Petersbourg, Russia.

Commin, C., Aumont-Nicaise, M., Claisse, G., Feller, G., & Da Lage, J.-L. (2013). Enzymatic characterization of recombinant alpha-amylase in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup: is there an effect of specialization on digestive enzyme? Genes and Genetic Systems, 88, 251-259. doi:10.1266/ggs.88.251

Feller, G. (2013). Psychrophilic enzymes: from folding to function and biotechnology. Scientifica, 2013 (Article ID 512840), 1-28. doi:10.1155/2013/512840

Godin, A., Schmidpeter, P., Schmid, F. X., & Feller, G. (2013). Thermal adaptation of the ribosomal chaperone trigger factor [Poster presentation]. Bioforum 2013, Liège, Belgium.

Pauwels, K., Sanchez del Pino, M. M., Feller, G., & Van Gelder, P. (2012). Decoding the folding of Burkholderia glumae lipase: folding intermediates en route to kinetic stability. PLoS ONE, 7 (5), 36999. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036999

Piette, F., Struvay, C., Godin, A., Cipolla, A., & Feller, G. (2012). Life in the cold: proteomics of the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis. In J. L. Heazlewood & C. J. Petzold (Eds.), Proteomic Applications in Biology (pp. 93-114). Rijeka, Croatia: InTech.

Struvay, C., & Feller, G. (2012). Optimization to low temperature activity in psychrophilic enzymes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13 (9), 11643-11665. doi:10.3390/ijms130911643

Berlemont, R., Pipers, Delsaute, M., Angiono, F., Feller, G., Galleni, M., & Power, P. (2011). Exploring the Antarctic soil metagenome as a source of novel cold-adapted enzymes and genetic mobile elements. Revista Argentina de Microbiologia.

Piette, F., Struvay, C., & Feller, G. (2011). The protein folding challenge in psychrophiles: facts and current issues. Environmental Microbiology, 13, 1924-1933. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02436.x

Wilmes, B., Kock, H., Glagla, S., Albrecht, D., Voigt, B., Markert, S., Gardebrecht, A., Bode, R., Danchin, A., Feller, G., Hecker, C., & Schweder, T. (2011). Cytoplasmic and Periplasmic Proteomic Signatures of Exponentially Growing Cells of the Psychrophilic Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77 (4), 1276-1283. doi:10.1128/AEM.01750-10

Koutsioulis, D., Lyskowski, A., Maki, S., Guthrie, E., Feller, G., Bouriotis, V., & Heikinheimo, P. (2010). Coordination sphere of the third metal site is essential to the activity and metal selectivity of alkaline phosphatases. Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society, 19 (1), 75-84. doi:10.1002/pro.284

Piette, F., D'Amico, S., Struvay, C., Mazzucchelli, G., Renaut, J., Tutino, M. L., Danchin, A., Leprince, P., & Feller, G. (2010). Proteomics of life at low temperatures: trigger factor is the primary chaperone in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125. Molecular Microbiology, 76 (1), 120-132. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07084.x

Berlemont, R., Delsaute, M., Pipers, D., D'Amico, S., Feller, G., Galleni, M., & Power, P. (2009). Insights into bacterial cellulose biosynthesis by functional metagenomics on Antarctic soil samples. ISME Journal, 3 (9), 1070-1081. doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.48

Bauvois, C., Jacquamet, L., Huston, A. L., Borel, F., Feller, G., & Ferrer, J.-L. (2008). Crystal structure of the cold-active aminopeptidase from Colwellia psychrerythraea, a close structural homologue of the human bifunctional leukotriene A4 hydrolase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283 (34), 23315-25. doi:10.1074/jbc.M802158200

Koutsioulis, D., Wang, E., Tzanodaskalaki, M., Nikiforaki, D., Deli, A., Feller, G., Heikinheimo, P., & Bouriotis, V. (2008). Directed evolution on the cold adapted properties of TAB5 alkaline phosphatase. Protein Engineering, Design and Selection, 21 (5), 319-27. doi:10.1093/protein/gzn009

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

D'Amico, S., Collins, T., Marx, J. C., Feller, G., & Gerday, C. (April 2006). Psychrophilic microorganisms: challenges for life. EMBO Reports, 7 (4), 385-389. doi:10.1038/sj.embor.7400662

Zecchinon, L., Oriol, A., Netzel, U., Svennberg, J., Gerardin-Otthiers, N., & Feller, G. (16 December 2005). Stability domains, substrate-induced conformational changes, and hinge-bending motions in a psychrophilic phosphoglycerate kinase: A microcalorimetric study. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280 (50), 41307-41314. doi:10.1074/jbc.M506464200

Medigue, C., Krin, E., Pascal, G., Barbe, V., Bernsel, A., Bertin, P. N., Cheung, F., Cruveiller, S., D'Amico, S., Duilio, A., Fang, G., Feller, G., Ho, C., Mangenot, S., Marino, G., Nilsson, J., Parrilli, E., Rocha, E. P. C., Rouy, Z., ... Danchin, A. (October 2005). Coping with cold: The genome of the versatile marine Antarctica bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125. Genome Research, 15 (10), 1325-1335. doi:10.1101/gr.4126905

Siddiqui, K. S., Feller, G., D'Amico, S., Gerday, C., Giaquinto, L., & Cavicchioli, R. (September 2005). The active site is the least stable structure in the unfolding pathway of a multidomain cold-adapted alpha-amylase. Journal of Bacteriology, 187 (17), 6197-6205. doi:10.1128/JB.187.17.6197-6205.2005

Siddiqui, K. S., Poljak, A., Guilhaus, M., Feller, G., D'Amico, S., Gerday, C., & Cavicchioli, R. (September 2005). Role of disulfide bridges in the activity and stability of a cold-active alpha-amylase. Journal of Bacteriology, 187 (17), 6206-6212. doi:10.1128/JB.187.17.6206-6212.2005

Collins, T., Gerday, C., & Feller, G. (January 2005). Xylanases, xylanase families and extremophilic xylanases. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 29 (1), 3-23. doi:10.1016/j.femsre.2004.06.005

Garsoux, G., Lamotte, J., Gerday, C., & Feller, G. (01 December 2004). Kinetic and structural optimization to catalysis at low temperatures in a psychrophilic cellulase from the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis. Biochemical Journal, 384 (Pt 2), 247-253. doi:10.1042/BJ20040325

Hoyoux, A., Blaise, V., Collins, T., D'Amico, S., Gratia, E., Huston, A. L., Marx, J. C., Sonan, G., Zeng, Y., Feller, G., & Gerday, C. (November 2004). Extreme catalysts from low-temperature environments. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 98 (5), 317-330. doi:10.1016/S1389-1723(04)00290-7

Georlette, D., Blaise, V., Bouillenne, F., Damien, B., Thorbjarnardottir, S. H., Depiereux, E., Gerday, C., Uversky, V. N., & Feller, G. (February 2004). Adenylation-dependent conformation and unfolding pathways of the NAD(+)-dependent DNA ligase from the thermophile Thermus scotoductus. Biophysical Journal, 86 (2), 1089-1104. doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74184-3

Georlette, D., Blaise, V., Collins, T., D'Amico, S., Gratia, E., Hoyoux, A., Marx, J. C., Sonan, G., Feller, G., & Gerday, C. (February 2004). Some like it cold: biocatalysis at low temperatures. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 28 (1), 25-42. doi:10.1016/j.femsre.2003.07.003

Albenne, C., Skov, L. K., Mirza, O., Gajhede, M., Feller, G., D'Amico, S., Andre, G., Potocki-Veronese, G., van der Veen, B. A., Monsan, P., & Remaud-Simeon, M. (02 January 2004). Molecular basis of the amylose-like polymer formation catalyzed by Neisseria polysaccharea amylosucrase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279 (1), 726-734. doi:10.1074/jbc.M309891200

Georlette, D., Blaise, V., Dohmen, C., Bouillenne, F., Damien, B., Depiereux, E., Gerday, C., Uversky, V. N., & Feller, G. (12 December 2003). Cofactor binding modulates the conformational stabilities and unfolding patterns of NAD(+)-dependent DNA ligases from Escherichia coli and Thermus scotoductus. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278 (50), 49945-49953. doi:10.1074/jbc.M307761200

Georlette, D., Damien, B., Blaise, V., Depiereux, E., Uversky, V. N., Gerday, C., & Feller, G. (26 September 2003). Structural and functional adaptations to extreme temperatures in psychrophilic, mesophilic, and thermophilic DNA ligases. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278 (39), 37015-37023. doi:10.1074/jbc.M305142200

Xu, Y., Feller, G., Gerday, C., & Glansdorff, N. (September 2003). Moritella cold-active dihydrofolate reductase: Are there natural limits to optimization of catalytic efficiency at low temperature? Journal of Bacteriology, 185 (18), 5519-5526. doi:10.1128/JB.185.18.5519-5526.2003

Mavromatis, K., Feller, G., Kokkinidis, M., & Bouriotis, V. (July 2003). Cold adaptation of a psychrophilic chitinase: a mutagenesis study. Protein Engineering, 16 (7), 497-503. doi:10.1093/protein/gzg069

Xu, Y., Feller, G., Gerday, C., & Glansdorff, N. (April 2003). Metabolic enzymes from psychrophilic bacteria: Challenge of adaptation to low temperatures in ornithine carbamoyltransferase from Moritella abyssi. Journal of Bacteriology, 185 (7), 2161-2168. doi:10.1128/JB.185.7.2161-2168.2003

D'Amico, S., Marx, J. C., Gerday, C., & Feller, G. (07 March 2003). Activity-stability relationships in extremophilic enzymes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278 (10), 7891-7896. doi:10.1074/jbc.M212508200

Van Petegem, F., Collins, T., Meuwis, M.-A., Gerday, C., Feller, G., & Van Beeumen, J. (28 February 2003). The structure of a cold-adapted family 8 xylanase at 1.3 angstrom resolution - Structural adaptations to cold and investigation of the active site. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278 (9), 7531-7539. doi:10.1074/jbc.M206862200

D'Amico, S., Gerday, C., & Feller, G. (29 November 2002). Dual effects of an extra disulfide bond on the activity and stability of a cold-adapted alpha-amylase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277 (48), 46110-46115. doi:10.1074/jbc.M207253200

Tutino, M. L., Parrilli, E., Giaquinto, L., Duilio, A., Sannia, G., Feller, G., & Marino, G. (October 2002). Secretion of alpha-amylase from Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAB23: Two different pathways in different hosts. Journal of Bacteriology, 184 (20), 5814-5817. doi:10.1128/JB.184.20.5814-5817.2002

Collins, T., Meuwis, M.-A., Stals, I., Claeyssens, M., Feller, G., & Gerday, C. (20 September 2002). A novel family 8 xylanase, functional and physicochemical characterization. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277 (38), 35133-35139. doi:10.1074/jbc.M204517200

D'Amico, S., Claverie, P., Collins, T., Georlette, D., Gratia, E., Hoyoux, A., Meuwis, M.-A., Feller, G., & Gerday, C. (29 July 2002). Molecular basis of cold adaptation. Philosophical Transactions. Biological Sciences, 357 (1423), 917-924. doi:10.1098/rstb.2002.1105

Aghajari, N., Feller, G., Gerday, C., & Haser, R. (June 2002). Structural basis of alpha-amylase activation by chloride. Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society, 11 (6), 1435-1441. doi:10.1110/ps.0202602

D'Amico, S., Gerday, C., & Feller, G. (13 July 2001). Structural Determinants of Cold Adaptation and Stability in a Large Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 276 (28), 25791-6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M102741200

Hoyoux, A., Jennes, I., Dubois, P., Genicot, S., Dubail, F., François, J.-M., Baise, E., Feller, G., & Gerday, C. (April 2001). Cold-Adapted Beta-Galactosidase from the Antarctic Psychrophile Pseudoalteromonas Haloplanktis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67 (4), 1529-35. doi:10.1128/AEM.67.4.1529-1535.2001

Bentahir, M., Feller, G., Aittaleb, M., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., Himri, T., Chessa, J.-P., & Gerday, C. (14 April 2000). Structural, Kinetic, and Calorimetric Characterization of the Cold-Active Phosphoglycerate Kinase from the Antarctic Pseudomonas Sp. Tacii18. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275 (15), 11147-53. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.15.11147

Feller, G., D'Amico, S., Benotmane, A. M., Joly, F., Van Beeumen, J., & Gerday, C. (11 May 1998). Characterization of the C-Terminal Propeptide Involved in Bacterial Wall Spanning of Alpha-Amylase from the Psychrophile Alteromonas Haloplanctis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 273 (20), 12109-15. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.20.12109

Feller, G., Le Bussy, O., & Gerday, C. (March 1998). Expression of Psychrophilic Genes in Mesophilic Hosts: Assessment of the Folding State of a Recombinant Alpha-Amylase. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 64 (3), 1163-5. doi:10.1128/aem.64.3.1163-1165.1998

Aghajari, N., Feller, G., Gerday, C., & Haser, R. (1998). Crystal structures of the psychrophilic a-amylase from Alteromonas haloplanctis in its native form and complexed with an inhibitor. Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society, 7 (6), 564-572. doi:10.1002/pro.5560070304

Feller, G., & Gerday, C. (October 1997). Psychrophilic Enzymes: Molecular Basis of Cold Adaptation. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 53 (10), 830-41. doi:10.1007/s000180050103

Feller, G., Zekhnini, Z., Lamotte-Brasseur, J., & Gerday, C. (10 February 1997). Enzymes from Cold-Adapted Microorganisms. The Class C Beta-Lactamase from the Antarctic Psychrophile Psychrobacter Immobilis A5. European Journal of Biochemistry, 244 (1), 186-91. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00186.x

Aghajari, N., Feller, G., Gerday, C., & Haser, R. (1996). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of a-amylase from the antarctic psychrophile Alteromonas haloplanctis A23. Protein Science: A Publication of the Protein Society, 5 (10), 2128-2129. doi:10.1002/pro.5560051021

Feller, G., Sonnet, P., & Gerday, C. (December 1995). The Beta-Lactamase Secreted by the Antarctic Psychrophile Psychrobacter Immobilis A8. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 61 (12), 4474-6. doi:10.1128/aem.61.12.4474-4476.1995

Davail, S., Feller, G., Narinx, E., & Gerday, C. (01 July 1994). Cold Adaptation of Proteins. Purification, Characterization, and Sequence of the Heat-Labile Subtilisin from the Antarctic Psychrophile Bacillus Ta41. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 269 (26), 17448-53.

Feller, G., Payan, F., Theys, F., Qian, M., Haser, R., & Gerday, C. (01 June 1994). Stability and Structural Analysis of Alpha-Amylase from the Antarctic Psychrophile Alteromonas Haloplanctis A23. European Journal of Biochemistry, 222 (2), 441-7. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb18883.x

Feller, G., Lonhienne, T., Deroanne, C., Libioulle, C., Van Beeumen, J., & Gerday, C. (15 March 1992). Purification, Characterization, and Nucleotide Sequence of the Thermolabile Alpha-Amylase from the Antarctic Psychrotroph Alteromonas Haloplanctis A23. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 267 (8), 5217-21.

Feller, G., Thiry, M., & Gerday, C. (June 1991). Nucleotide Sequence of the Lipase Gene Lip2 from the Antarctic Psychrotroph Moraxella Ta144 and Site-Specific Mutagenesis of the Conserved Serine and Histidine Residues. DNA and Cell Biology, 10 (5), 381-8. doi:10.1089/dna.1991.10.381

Feller, G., Thiry, M., & Gerday, C. (11 November 1990). Sequence of a Lipase Gene from the Antarctic Psychrotroph Moraxella Ta144. Nucleic Acids Research, 18 (21), 6431. doi:10.1093/nar/18.21.6431

Feller, G., Gerday, C., Sluse-Goffart, C., & Sluse, F. (1989). Bioenergetic peculiarity of heart mitochondria from the hemoglobin-and myoglobin-free antartic icefish. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Bioenergetics, 977, 233-236.