Publications and communications of Raphaël Herman

vettore, N., Moray, J., Brans, A., Herman, R., Charlier, P., kumita, J., Kerff, F., Dobson, C., & Dumoulin, M. (2021). Characterisation of the structural, dynamic and aggregation properties of the W64R amyloidogenic variant of human lysozyme. Biophysical Chemistry. doi:10.1016/j.bpc.2021.106563

Boes, A., Kerff, F., Herman, R., Touze, T., Breukink, E., & Terrak, M. (2020). Biochemical and structural insights into the activation of PBP1b by the essential domain of FtsN. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/248617.

Azarkan, M., Maquoi, E., Delbrassine, F., Herman, R., M'Rabet, N., Calvo-Esposito, R., Charlier, P., & Kerff, F. (2020). Structures of the free and inhibitors-bound forms of bromelain and ananain from Ananas comosus stem and in vitro study of their cytotoxicity. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-76172-5

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

Rodríguez, M. M., Herman, R., Ghiglione, B., Kerff, F., D'Amico González, G., Bouillenne, F., Galleni, M., Handelsman, J., Charlier, P., Gutkind, G., Sauvage, E., & Power, P. (July 2017). Crystal Structure and Kinetic Analysis of the Class B3 Di-Zinc Metallo-β-Lactamase LRA-12 from an Alaskan Soil Metagenome. PLoS ONE, 12 (7), 0182043. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0182043

Ghiglione, B., Rodriguez, M. M., Herman, R., Curto, L., Dropa, M., Bouillenne, F., Kerff, F., Galleni, M., Charlier, P., Gutkind, G., Sauvage, E., & Power, P. (2015). Structural and Kinetic Insights into the "Ceftazidimase" Behavior of the Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamase CTX-M-96. Biochemistry, 54 (32), 5072-82. doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00313

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.

Power, P., Sauvage, E., Herman, R., Gutkin, G., Galleni, M., Charlier, P., & Kerff, F. (2014). The crystal structure of the carbapenemase OXA-24 in complex with tazobactam reveals evidences about the intereaction with beta-lactamase inhibitors and lysine carboxylation [Poster presentation]. 54th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Washington, United States - District of Columbia.

Ruggiero, M., Kerff, F., Herman, R., Sapunaric, F., Galleni, M., Gutkind, G., Charlier, P., Sauvage, E., & Power, P. (2014). Crystal Structure of the Extended-Spectrum β -Lactamase PER-2 and Insights into the Role of Specific Residues in the Interaction with β -Lactams and β -Lactamase Inhibitors. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 58 (10), 5994-6002. doi:10.1128/AAC.00089-14

Sauvage, E., Derouaux, A., Fraipont, C., Joris, M., Herman, R., Rocaboy, M., Schloesser, M., Dumas, J., Kerff, F., Nguyen-Distèche, M., & Charlier, P. (2014). Crystal structure of penicillin-binding protein 3 (PBP3) from Escherichia coli. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098042

Delvaux, D., Kerff, F., Murty, M. R. V. S., Lakaye, B., Czerniecki, J., Kohn, G., Wins, P., Herman, R., Gabelica, V., Heuze, F., Tordoir, X., Marée, R., Matagne, A., Charlier, P., De Pauw, E., & Bettendorff, L. (2013). Structural Determinants of Specificity and Catalytic Mechanism in mammalian 25-kDa Thiamine Triphosphatase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects, 1830, 4513-4523. doi:10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.05.014

Dzhekieva, L., Adediran, S. A., Herman, R., Kerff, F., Duez, C., Charlier, P., Sauvage, E., & Pratt, R. F. (2013). Inhibition of dd-Peptidases by a Specific Trifluoroketone: Crystal Structure of a Complex with the Actinomadura R39 dd-Peptidase. Biochemistry. doi:10.1021/bi400048s

Rocaboy, M., Herman, R., Sauvage, E., Remaut, H., Moonens, K., Terrak, M., Charlier, P., & Kerff, F. (2013). The crystal structure of the cell division amidase AmiC reveals the fold of the AMIN domain, a new peptidoglycan binding domain. Molecular Microbiology. doi:10.1111/mmi.12361

Kerff, F., Rocaboy, M., Herman, R., Sauvage, E., Moonens, K., Remaut, H., Charlier, P., & Terrak, M. (25 June 2012). Structure of the E. coli amidase AmiC and its activation by the LytM cofactor NlpD [Poster presentation]. Gordon Research Conference on bacterial Cell Surfaces, West Dover, VT, United States.

Power, P., Mercuri, P., Herman, R., Kerff, F., Gutkind, G., Dive, G., Galleni, M., Charlier, P., & Sauvage, E. (2012). Novel fragments of clavulanate observed in the structure of the class A b-lactamase from Bacillus licheniformis BS3. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 67 (10), 2379-2387. doi:10.1093/jac/dks231

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

Brown, T. J., Charlier, P., Herman, R., Schofield, C. J., & Sauvage, E. (2010). Structural basis for the interaction of lactivicins with serine beta-lactamases. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 53 (15), 5890-4. doi:10.1021/jm100437u

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

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

Sauvage, E., Zervosen, A., Dive, G., Herman, R., Amoroso, A. M., Joris, B., Fonzé, E., Pratt, R., Luxen, A., Charlier, P., & Kerff, F. (2009). Structural basis of the inhibition of class A beta-lactamases and penicillin-binding proteins by 6-beta-iodopenicillanate. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131 (42), 15262-15269. doi:10.1021/ja9051526

Kerff, F., Amoroso, A. M., Herman, R., Sauvage, E., Petrella, S., Filée, P., Charlier, P., Joris, B., Tabuchi, A., Nikolaidis, N., & Cosgrove, D. J. (2008). Crystal structure and activity of Bacillus subtilis YoaJ (EXLX1), a bacterial expansin that promotes root colonization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105 (44), 16876-81. doi:10.1073/pnas.0809382105

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

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

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

Sauvage, E., Kerff, F., Fonze, E., Herman, R., Schoot, B., Marquette, J. P., Taburet, Y., Prevost, D., Dumas, J., Stefanic, P., Coyette, J., Charlier, P., & Leonard, G. (2002). The 2.4-A crystal structure of the penicillin-resistant penicillin-binding protein PBP5fm from Enterococcus faecium in complex with benzylpenicillin. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 59 (7), 1223-32. doi:10.1007/s00018-002-8500-0

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