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Terrak Mohammed

Département des sciences de la vie > Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines (CIP)

Département des sciences de la vie

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ORCID
0000-0003-3837-6778
Main Referenced Co-authors
Breukink, Eefjan (18)
Derouaux, Adeline  (13)
Distèche, Martine  (11)
Kerff, Frédéric  (9)
Boes, Adrien  (8)
Main Referenced Keywords
peptidoglycan (7); Amino Acid Sequence (5); Models, Molecular (5); Molecular Sequence Data (5); Animals (4);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
CIP - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines - ULiège [BE] (3)
Laboratoire de spectroscopie biomédicale, CORD (1)
d‐BRU - Dental Biomaterials Research Unit - ULiège [BE] (1)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology (49)
Microbiology (10)
Pharmacy, pharmacology & toxicology (1)
Physics (1)

Publications (total 60)

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Dumbre, S., Derouaux, A., Lescrinier, E., Piette, A., Joris, B., Terrak, M., & Herdewijn, P. (2012). Synthesis of Modified Peptidoglycan Precursor Analogues for the Inhibition of Glycosyltransferase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. doi:10.1021/ja302099u https://hdl.handle.net/2268/124207

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922 citations (Scopus®)

Sauvage, E.* , Kerff, F.* , Terrak, M., Ayala, J. A., & Charlier, P. (March 2008). The Penicillin-Binding Proteins: Structure and Role in Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 32 (2), 234-58. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00105.x https://hdl.handle.net/2268/15052

Dhehibi, A., Terrak, M., Seddik, M.-M., Hammadi, M., & Salhi, I. (March 2024). Development of a bispecific Nanobody anti-F17 fimbria as a potential therapeutic tool. Protein Expression and Purification, 215, 106411. doi:10.1016/j.pep.2023.106411
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Dhehibi, A., Allaoui, A., Raouafi, A., Terrak, M., Bouhaouala-Zahar, B., Hammadi, M., Raouafi, N., & Salhi, I. (20 February 2023). Nanobody-Based Sandwich Immunoassay for Pathogenic Escherichia coli F17 Strain Detection. Biosensors, 13 (2), 299. doi:10.3390/bios13020299
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Li, Y.* , Boes, A.* , Cui, Y., Zhao, S., Liao, Q., Gong, H., Breukink, E., Lutkenhaus, J., Terrak, M.* , & Du, S.*. (2022). Identification of the potential active site of the septal peptidoglycan polymerase FtsW. PLoS Genetics, 18 (1), 1009993. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1009993
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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
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Boes, A., Brunel, J. M., Derouaux, A., Kerff, F., Bouhss, A., Touze, T., Breukink, E., & Terrak, M. (2020). Squalamine and Aminosterol Mimics Inhibit the Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase Activity of PBP1b. Antibiotics. doi:10.3390/antibiotics9070373
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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.

Boes, A., Kerff, F., Herman, R., Touze, T., Breukink, E., & Terrak, M. (2020). The bacterial cell division protein fragment (E)FtsN binds to and activates the major peptidoglycan synthase PBP1b. The Journal of biological chemistry, 295 (52), 18256-18265. doi:10.1074/jbc.RA120.015951
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Boes, A., Olatunji, S., Mohammadi, T., Breukink, E., & Terrak, M. (2020). Fluorescence anisotropy assays for high throughput screening of compounds binding to lipid II, PBP1b, FtsW and MurJ. Scientific Reports, 10 (1), 6280. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-63380-2
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Pazos, M., Peters, K., Boes, A., Safaei, Y., Kenward, C., Caveney, N. A., Laguri, C., Breukink, E., Strynadka, N. C. J., Simorre, J.-P., Terrak, M., & Vollmer, W. (2020). SPOR Proteins Are Required for Functionality of Class A Penicillin-Binding Proteins in Escherichia coli. MBio, 11 (6). doi:10.1128/mBio.02796-20
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Boes, A., & Terrak, M. (December 2019). Biochemical and structural insights into the activation of PBP1b by the essential domain of FtsN [Poster presentation]. Symposium Currents trends in membrane protein biophysics.

Boes, A., Terrak, M., Kerff, F., Touzé, T., & Breukink, E. (15 November 2019). Biochemical and structural insights into the interaction of the essential domain of FtsN with PBP1b [Poster presentation]. SFMBBM.

Terrak, M. (11 June 2019). Regulation of the peptidoglycan synthases PBPs within the divisome [Paper presentation]. EMBO Workshop Bacterial cell division: Closing the gap, Lund, Sweden.

Boes, A., olatunji, S., Breukink, E., & Terrak, M. (08 January 2019). Regulation of the Peptidoglycan Polymerase Activity of PBP1b by Antagonist Actions of the Core Divisome Proteins FtsBLQ and FtsN. MBio, 10. doi:10.1128/mBio.01912-18
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Terrak, M. (2019). Bacterial cell wall biosynthesis and regulation [Paper presentation]. Invitation de UM6P, Ben Guerir, Morocco.

Boes, A., & Terrak, M. (November 2018). Interaction and activities regulation within the septal peptidoglycan enzymatic core in E. coli [Poster presentation]. SFMBBM.

Dahmane, I., Montagner, C., Matagne, A., Dumbre, S., Herdewijn, P., & Terrak, M. (2018). Peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase-ligand binding assay based on tryptophan fluorescence quenching. Biochimie. doi:10.1016/j.biochi.2018.06.010
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Boes, A., & Terrak, M. (December 2017). Study of the interactions and activities within the enzymatic core of the E. coli divisome [Paper presentation]. IPROS meeting.

Boes, A., & Terrak, M. (25 September 2017). Antagonist activities of the FtsQLB complex and FtsN on peptidoglycan synthesis suggests a regulation mechanism of the divisome [Poster presentation]. Greatwall symposium 2017.

Olatunji, S., & Terrak, M. (15 May 2017). Identification and characterization of interactions between MurJ (MviN) and proteins of bacterial division and elongation machineries in E. coli [Poster presentation]. Membrane Proteins: Structure & Function. Suzhou, China. May 15-19, 2017.

Leclercq, S., Derouaux, A., Olatunji, S., Fraipont, C., Egan, A. J. F., Vollmer, W., Breukink, E., & Terrak, M. (24 February 2017). Interplay between Penicillin-binding proteins and SEDS proteins promotes bacterial cell wall synthesis. Scientific Reports, 7, 43306. doi:10.1038/srep43306
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Collienne, S., Mouithys-Mickalad, A., Terrak, M., & Hoebeke, M. (20 May 2016). Electron paramagnetic resonance and fluorescence studies on potential anticancer properties of two Ru(II) complexes [Poster presentation]. 24th Benelux EPR society Meeting, Liège, Belgium.

Sauvage, E., & Terrak, M. (17 February 2016). Glycosyltransferases and Transpeptidases/Penicillin-Binding Proteins: Valuable Targets for New Antibacterials. Antibiotics, 5 (1). doi:10.3390/antibiotics5010012
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Sosic, I., Anderluh, M., Sova, M., Gobec, M., Mlinaric Rascan, I., Derouaux, A., Amoroso, A. M., Terrak, M., Breukink, E., & Gobec, S. (2015). Structure-Activity Relationships of Novel Tryptamine-Based Inhibitors of Bacterial Transglycosylase. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01482
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Leclercq, S., Olatunji, S., Derouaux, A., Breukink, E., & Terrak, M. (September 2015). In vitro reconstitution of multi-proteins complexes of the peptidoglycan synthesis machinery of Escherichia coli [Poster presentation]. 4th Great Wall Symposium, Florence, Italy.

Collienne, S., Terrak, M., Mouithys-Mickalad, A., Delaude, L., & Hoebeke, M. (22 May 2015). Electron paramagnetic resonance and fluorescence studies on potential anticancer properties of two new Ru(II) complexes : preliminary results [Poster presentation]. 23rd Benelux EPR Society Meeting, Ghent, Belgium.

Bury, D., Dahmane, I., Derouaux, A., Dumbre, S., Herdewijn, P., Matagne, A., Breukink, E., Mueller-Seitz, E., Petz, M., & Terrak, M. (2015). Positive cooperativity between acceptor and donor sites of the peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase. Biochemical Pharmacology, 93 (2), 141-50. doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2014.11.003
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Derouaux, A., Terrak, M., Den Blaauwen, T., & Vollmer, W. (2014). Bacterial cell wall growth, shape and division. In Bacterial Membranes: Structural and Molecular Biology. Horizon Scientific Press.
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Leclercq, S., Derouaux, A., & Terrak, M. (23 September 2013). Study of the activities of PBP3/PBP1b from Escherichia coli and the effect of the immediate divisome partners [Poster presentation]. The 3rd Great Wall Symposium “The Dynamics of Peptidoglycan Structure and Function: New Insights into the 'Great Wall', Paris, France.

Derouaux, A., Sauvage, E., & Terrak, M. (2013). Peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase substrate mimics as templates for the design of new antibacterial drugs. Frontiers in Immunology, 4, 78. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2013.00078
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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
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Arguelles Arias, A., Ongena, M., Devreese, B., Terrak, M., Joris, B., & Fickers, P. (2013). Characterization of amylolysin, a novel lantibiotic from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens GA1. PLoS ONE, 8 (12). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083037
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Terrak, M. (11 December 2012). Exploration of the Glycosyltransferases as new antibacterial target [Paper presentation]. Invited conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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.

Banzhaf, M., van den Berg van Saparoea, B., Terrak, M., Fraipont, C., Egan, A., Philippe, J., Zapun, A., Breukink, E., Nguyen-Distèche, M., den Blaauwen, T., & Vollmer, W. (2012). Cooperativity of peptidoglycan synthases active in bacterial cell elongation. Molecular Microbiology, 85 (1), 179-94. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08103.x
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Dumbre, S., Derouaux, A., Lescrinier, E., Piette, A., Joris, B., Terrak, M., & Herdewijn, P. (2012). Synthesis of Modified Peptidoglycan Precursor Analogues for the Inhibition of Glycosyltransferase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. doi:10.1021/ja302099u
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Terrak, M., Herdewijn, & Bumbre, S. (29 September 2011). Specificity of E. coli PBP1b for the substrate and inhibition of its GT activity [Paper presentation]. The 2d Great Wall Symposium “The Dynamics of Peptidoglycan Structure and Function: New Insights into the 'Great Wall', Lisbon, Portugal.

Terrak, M., Breukink, E., Gobec, S., Chopra, I., & Vernet, T. (26 May 2011). Tryptamine-derived compounds as antibacterial agents.

Reed, P., Veiga, H., Jorge, A. M., Terrak, M., & Pinho, M. G. (2011). Monofunctional transglycosylases are not essential for Staphylococcus aureus cell wall synthesis. Journal of Bacteriology, 193 (10), 2549-56. doi:10.1128/JB.01474-10
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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
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Offant, J., Terrak, M., Derouaux, A., Breukink, E., Nguyen Van, M., Zapun, A., & Vernet, T. (2010). Optimization of conditions for the glycosyltransferase activity of penicillin-binding protein 1a from Thermotoga maritima. FEBS Journal, 277 (20), 4290-8. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07817.x
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Derouaux, A., Turk, S., Offant, J., Amoroso, A. M., Breukink, E., Bostock, J., Chopra, I., Zervosen, A., Joris, B., Nguyen Van, M., Vernet, T., Gobec, S., & Terrak, M. (November 2009). Identification and characterization of novel peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase inhibitors with antibacterial activity [Poster presentation]. Exploration and exploitation of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis, Warwick, United Kingdom.

Terrak, M. (15 December 2008). Penicillin-binding proteins: function in the bacterial cell wall assembly and their targeting with antibacterial agents [Paper presentation]. Invited conference, Varese, Italy.

Sauvage, E.* , Kerff, F.* , Terrak, M., Ayala, J. A., & Charlier, P. (March 2008). The Penicillin-Binding Proteins: Structure and Role in Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 32 (2), 234-58. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00105.x
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* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Derouaux, A., Wolf, B., Fraipont, C., Breukink, E., Nguyen-Distèche, M., & Terrak, M. (March 2008). The Monofunctional Glycosyltransferase of Escherichia Coli Localizes to the Cell Division Site and Interacts with Penicillin-Binding Protein 3, FtsW, and FtsN. Journal of Bacteriology, 190 (5), 1831-4. doi:10.1128/JB.01377-07
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Terrak, M. (2008). Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase Inhibition: New Perspectives for An Old Target. Anti-Infective Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. doi:10.2174/187152108784911241
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Terrak, M., Sauvage, E., Derouaux, A., Dehareng, D., Bouhss, A., Breukink, E., Jeanjean, S., & Nguyen-Distèche, M. (2008). Importance of the conserved residues in the peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase module of the class A penicillin-binding protein 1b of Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283 (42), 28464-70. doi:10.1074/jbc.M803223200
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Muller, P., Ewers, C., Bertsche, U., Anstett, M., Kallis, T., Breukink, E., Fraipont, C., Terrak, M., Nguyen-Distèche, M., & Vollmer, W. (14 December 2007). The essential cell division protein FtsN interacts with the murein (peptidoglycan) synthase PBP1B in Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282 (50), 36394-36402. doi:10.1074/jbc.M706390200
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Terrak, M. (March 2007). Bacterial cell wall biosynthesis [Paper presentation]. The first international fungal/plant cell wall meeting: cell wall polysaccharides of fungi and plants, Biaritz, France.

Terrak, M., & Nguyen-Distèche, M. (April 2006). Kinetic characterization of the monofunctional glycosyltransferase from Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Bacteriology, 188 (7), 2528-2532. doi:10.1128/JB.188.7.2528-2532.2006
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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
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Terrak, M., Rebowski, G., Lu, R. C., Grabarek, Z., & Dominguez, R. (2005). Structure of the light chain-binding domain of myosin V. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102 (36), 12718-23. doi:10.1073/pnas.0503899102
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Terrak, M.* , Kerff, F.* , Langsetmo, K., Tao, T., & Dominguez, R. (2004). Structural basis of protein phosphatase 1 regulation. Nature, 429 (6993), 780-4. doi:10.1038/nature02582
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Terrak, M., Kerff, F., Langsetmo, K., Gong, B. J., Tao, T., & Dominguez, R. (2004). PP1 targeting and regulation as revealed by the structure of a PP1 delta-MYPT1 complex. Biophysical Journal, 86 (1), 172A-172.
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Terrak, M., Staford, W., & Lu, R. (2004). The neck domain of myosin V. Biophysical Journal, 86, 572A-572.
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Rebowski, Terrak, M., Lu, R. C., Dominguez, R., & Grabarek. (January 2004). The Iq motif defines the conformation of the interacting calmodullin. Biophysical Journal, 86, 571A-571.
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Terrak, M., Wu, G., Stafford, W. F., Lu, R. C., & Dominguez, R. (2003). Two distinct myosin light chain structures are induced by specific variations within the bound IQ motifs-functional implications. EMBO Journal, 22 (3), 362-71. doi:10.1093/emboj/cdg058
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Terrak, M., Otterbein, L. R., Wu, G., Palecanda, L. A., Lu, R. C., & Dominguez, R. (2002). Crystallization, X-ray characterization and selenomethionine phasing of Mlc1p bound to IQ motifs from myosin V. Acta Crystallographica. Section D, Biological Crystallography, 58 (Pt 10 Pt 2), 1882-5. doi:10.1107/S0907444902013951
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Terrak, M. (2000). Structure-function relationship of the Escherichia coli PBP1B modules [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/188950

Terrak, M., Ghosh, T. K., van Heijenoort, J., Van Beeumen, J., Lampilas, M., Aszodi, J., Ayala, J. A., Ghuysen, J.-M., & Nguyen-Distèche, M. (October 1999). The Catalytic, Glycosyl Transferase and Acyl Transferase Modules of the Cell Wall Peptidoglycan-Polymerizing Penicillin-Binding Protein 1b of Escherichia Coli. Molecular Microbiology, 34 (2), 350-364. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01612.x
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Goffin, C., Fraipont, C., Ayala, J., Terrak, M., Nguyen-Distèche, M., & Ghuysen, J.-M. (September 1996). The non-penicillin-binding module of the tripartite penicillin-binding protein 3 of Escherichia Coli is required for folding and/or stability of the penicillin-binding module and the membrane-anchoring module confers cell septation activity on the folded structure. Journal of Bacteriology, 178 (18), 5402-5409. doi:10.1128/jb.178.18.5402-5409.1996
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