Background

Dr Javier Abellon-Ruiz is a Research Associate in the Institute for Cell & Molecular Biosciences at Newcastle University.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION

• 2012 (March) - PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology University of Murcia (Spain) 
• 2008 - MSc Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Doctorate courses) University of Murcia
• 2006- BSc Biology University of Murcia

Area of expertise

• Molecular Microbiology.
• Gram negative bacteria.

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Publications

• Articles

  • Al-Jourani O, Benedict ST, Ross J, Layton AJ, van der Peet P, Marando VM, Bailey NP, Heunis T, Manion J, Mensitieri F, Franklin A, Abellon-Ruiz J, Oram SL, Parsons L, Cartmell A, Wright GSA, Basle A, Trost M, Henrissat B, Munoz-Munoz J, Hirt RP, Kiessling LL, Lovering AL, Williams SJ, Lowe EC, Moynihan PJ. Identification of D-arabinan-degrading enzymes in mycobacteria. Nature communications 2023, 14(1), 2233-.
  • Abellon-Ruiz J. Forward or backward, that is the question: phospholipid trafficking by the Mla system. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences 2023, 7(1), 125-135.
  • Abellon-Ruiz J, Jana K, Silale A, Frey AM, Baslé A, Trost M, Kleinekathöfer U, van den Berg B. BtuB TonB-dependent transporters and BtuG surface lipoproteins form stable complexes for vitamin B₁₂ uptake in gut Bacteroides. Nature Communications 2023, 14, 4714.
  • Putnam EE, Abellon-Ruiz J, Killinger BJ, Rosnow JJ, Wexler AG, Folta-Stogniew E, Wright AT, van den Berg B, Goodman AL. Gut Commensal Bacteroidetes Encode a Novel Class of Vitamin B12-Binding Proteins. mBio 2022, 13(2), e02845-21.
  • Bernal-Bernal D, Abellón-Ruiz J, Iniesta AA, Pajares-Martínez E, Bastida-Martínez E, Fontes M, Padmanabhan S, Elías-Arnanz M. Multifactorial control of the expression of a CRISPR-Cas system by an extracytoplasmic function σ/anti-σ pair and a global regulatory complex. Nucleic Acids Research 2018, 46(13), 6726-6745.
  • Abellon-Ruiz J, Zahn M, Basle A, van den Berg B. Crystal structure of the Acinetobacter baumannii outer membrane protein Omp33. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural Biology 2018, 74(9), 852-860.
  • Abellón-Ruiz J, Kaptan SS, Baslé A, Claudi B, Bumann D, Kleinekathöfer U, van den Berg B. Structural basis for maintenance of bacterial outer membrane lipid asymmetry. Nature Microbiology 2017, 2, 1616-1623.
  • Abellon-Ruiz J, Ishino S, Ishino Y, Connolly BA. Archaeal DNA Polymerase-B as a DNA Template Guardian: Links between Polymerases and Base/Alternative Excision Repair Enzymes in Handling the Deaminated Bases Uracil and Hypoxanthine. Archaea 2016, 2016, 1510938.
  • Abellón-Ruiz J, Waldron KJ, Connolly BA. Archaeoglobus Fulgidus DNA Polymerase D: A Zinc-Binding Protein Inhibited by Hypoxanthine and Uracil. Journal of Molecular Biology 2016, 428(14), 2805-2813.
  • Abellon-Ruiz J, Bernal-Bernal D, Abellan M, Fontes M, Padmanabhan S, Murillo FJ, Elias-Arnanz M. The CarD/CarG regulatory complex is required for the action of several members of the large set of Myxococcus xanthus extracytoplasmic function σ factors. Environmental Microbiology 2014, 16(8), 2475-2490.
  • García-Heras F, Abellón-Ruiz JO, Murillo FJ, Padmanabhan SO, Elías-Arnanz MO. High-Mobility-Group A-Like CarD Binds to a DNA Site Optimized for Affinity and Position and to RNA Polymerase To Regulate a Light-Inducible Promoter in Myxococcus xanthus. Journal of Bacteriology 2013, 195(2), 378-388.
  • Iniesta AA, García-Heras F, Abellón-Ruiz J, Gallego-García A, Elías-Arnanz M. Two Systems for Conditional Gene Expression in Myxococcus xanthus Inducible by Isopropyl-β-d-Thiogalactopyranoside or Vanillate. Journal of Bacteriology 2012, 194(21), 5875-5885.
  • García-Moreno D, Abellón-Ruiz J, García-Heras F, Murillo FJ, Padmanabhan S, Elías-Arnanz M. CdnL, a member of the large CarD-like family of bacterial proteins, is vital for Myxococcus xanthus and differs functionally from the global transcriptional regulator CarD. Nucleic Acids Research 2010, 38(14), 4589-4598.