Publications

Richter I, Uzum Z, Wein P, Molloy EM, Moebius N, Stinear TP, Pidot SJ, Hertweck C (2023) Transcription activator-like effectors from endosymbiotic bacteria control the reproduction of their fungal host. mBio 14(6), e0182423.
Richter I, Wein P, Uzum Z, Stanley CE, Krabbe J, Molloy EM, Moebius N, Ferling I, Hillmann F, Hertweck C (2023) Transcription activator-like effector protects bacterial endosymbionts from entrapment within fungal hyphae. Curr Biol 33(13), 2646-2656.e4..
Wein P, Dornblut K, Herkersdorf S, Krüger T, Molloy EM, Brakhage AA, Hoffmeister D, Hertweck C (2023) Bacterial secretion systems contribute to rapid tissue decay in button mushroom soft rot disease. mBio 14(4), e0078723.
Gude F, Molloy EM, Horch T, Dell M, Dunbar KL, Krabbe J, Groll M, Hertweck C (2022) A specialized polythioamide-binding protein confers antibiotic self-resistance in anaerobic bacteria. Angew Chem Int Ed 61(37), e202206168.
Horch T, Molloy EM, Bredy F, Haensch VG, Scherlach K, Dunbar KL, Franke J, Hertweck C (2022) Alternative benzoxazole assembly discovered in anaerobic bacteria provides access to privileged heterocyclic scaffold. Angew Chem Int Ed 61(32), e202205409.
Sharma G, Islam ST, Rahi P, Silby MW, Giovannelli D, Welander PV, Ehling-Schulz M, Chaudhry V, Molloy E, Hertweck C, Mundra S, Kalia VC, Lal R, Singh Y, Ruby E, Weigel C, Kolter R (2022) Reply to Oren et al., "New phylum names harmonize prokaryotic nomenclature". mBio 13(5), e0232322. (Review)
Molloy EM, Dell M, Haensch VG, Dunbar KL, Feldmann R, Oberheide A, Seyfarth L, Kumpfmüller J, Horch T, Arndt HD, Hertweck C (2021) Enzyme-primed native chemical ligation produces autoinducing cyclopeptides in clostridia. Angew Chem Int Ed 60(19), 10670-10679.
Dunbar KL, Dell M, Molloy EM, Büttner H, Kumpfmüller J, Hertweck C (2020) An unexpected split-merge pathway to the symmetric nonribosomal peptide antibiotic closthioamide. Angew Chem Int Ed 60(8), 4104-4109.
Dunbar KL, Dell M, Molloy EM, Kloss F, Hertweck C (2019) Reconstitution of iterative thioamidation in closthioamide biosynthesis reveals a novel nonribosomal peptide backbone-tailoring strategy. Angew Chem Int Ed 58(37), 13014-13018.
Molloy EM, Dell M, Hertweck C (2019) Discovery of amidotemplated natural product assembly. Biochemistry 58(46), 4583-4584. (Review)