(2011)
Pyomelanin formation in Aspergillus fumigatus requires HmgX and the transcriptional activator HmgR but is dispensable for virulence.
PLOS One 6(10),
e26604.

Dr. Thorsten Heinekamp
Molecular and Applied Microbiology +49 3641 532-1095 thorsten.heinekamp@leibniz-hki.dePublications
(2011)
A dedicated glutathione S-transferase mediates carbon-sulfur bond formation in gliotoxin biosynthesis.
J Am Chem Soc 133(32),
12322-12325.
(2011)
Conidial dihydroxynaphthalene melanin of the human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus interferes with the host endocytosis pathway.
Front Microbiol / Fungi and their interactions 2,
96.
(2011)
Secretome analysis of Aspergillus fumigatus reveals Asp-hemolysin as a major secreted protein.
Int J Med Microbiol 301(7),
602-611.
(2010)
Production of extracellular traps against Aspergillus fumigatus in vitro and in infected lung tissue is dependent on invading neutrophils and influenced by hydrophobin RodA.
PLOS Pathog 6(4),
e1000873.
(2010)
Heptahelical receptors GprC and GprD of Aspergillus fumigatus are essential regulators of colony growth, hyphal morphogenesis, and virulence.
Appl Environ Microbiol 76(12),
3989-3998.
(2010)
Transannular disulfide formation in gliotoxin biosynthesis and its role in self-resistance of the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus.
J Am Chem Soc 132(29),
10136-10141.
(2010)
HapX-mediated adaption to iron starvation is crucial for virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus.
PLOS Pathog 6(9),
e1001124-e1001124.
(2009)
Production of pyomelanin, a second type of melanin, via the tyrosine degradation pathway in Aspergillus fumigatus.
Appl Environ Microbiol 75(2),
493-503.
(2009)
The MpkA MAP kinase module regulates cell wall integrity signaling and pyomelanin formation in Aspergillus fumigatus.
Fungal Genet Biol 46(12),
909-918.