--- _id: '7417' abstract: - lang: eng text: Previously, we reported that the allelic de-etiolated by zinc (dez) and trichome birefringence (tbr) mutants exhibit photomorphogenic development in the dark, which is enhanced by high Zn. TRICHOME BIREFRINGENCE-LIKE proteins had been implicated in transferring acetyl groups to various hemicelluloses. Pectin O-acetylation levels were lower in dark-grown dez seedlings than in the wild type. We observed Zn-enhanced photomorphogenesis in the dark also in the reduced wall acetylation 2 (rwa2-3) mutant, which exhibits lowered O-acetylation levels of cell wall macromolecules including pectins and xyloglucans, supporting a role for cell wall macromolecule O-acetylation in the photomorphogenic phenotypes of rwa2-3 and dez. Application of very short oligogalacturonides (vsOGs) restored skotomorphogenesis in dark-grown dez and rwa2-3. Here we demonstrate that in dez, O-acetylation of non-pectin cell wall components, notably of xyloglucan, is enhanced. Our results highlight the complexity of cell wall homeostasis and indicate against an influence of xyloglucan O-acetylation on light-dependent seedling development. article_number: e1687185 article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Scott A full_name: Sinclair, Scott A id: 2D99FE6A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sinclair orcid: 0000-0002-4566-0593 - first_name: S. full_name: Gille, S. last_name: Gille - first_name: M. full_name: Pauly, M. last_name: Pauly - first_name: U. full_name: Krämer, U. last_name: Krämer citation: ama: Sinclair SA, Gille S, Pauly M, Krämer U. Regulation of acetylation of plant cell wall components is complex and responds to external stimuli. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 2020;15(1). doi:10.1080/15592324.2019.1687185 apa: Sinclair, S. A., Gille, S., Pauly, M., & Krämer, U. (2020). Regulation of acetylation of plant cell wall components is complex and responds to external stimuli. Plant Signaling & Behavior. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2019.1687185 chicago: Sinclair, Scott A, S. Gille, M. Pauly, and U. Krämer. “Regulation of Acetylation of Plant Cell Wall Components Is Complex and Responds to External Stimuli.” Plant Signaling & Behavior. Informa UK Limited, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2019.1687185. ieee: S. A. Sinclair, S. Gille, M. Pauly, and U. Krämer, “Regulation of acetylation of plant cell wall components is complex and responds to external stimuli,” Plant Signaling & Behavior, vol. 15, no. 1. Informa UK Limited, 2020. ista: Sinclair SA, Gille S, Pauly M, Krämer U. 2020. Regulation of acetylation of plant cell wall components is complex and responds to external stimuli. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 15(1), e1687185. mla: Sinclair, Scott A., et al. “Regulation of Acetylation of Plant Cell Wall Components Is Complex and Responds to External Stimuli.” Plant Signaling & Behavior, vol. 15, no. 1, e1687185, Informa UK Limited, 2020, doi:10.1080/15592324.2019.1687185. short: S.A. Sinclair, S. Gille, M. Pauly, U. Krämer, Plant Signaling & Behavior 15 (2020). date_created: 2020-01-30T10:14:14Z date_published: 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-06T15:23:04Z day: '01' department: - _id: JiFr doi: 10.1080/15592324.2019.1687185 external_id: isi: - '000494907500001' pmid: - '31696770' intvolume: ' 15' isi: 1 issue: '1' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7012154 month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version pmid: 1 publication: Plant Signaling & Behavior publication_identifier: issn: - 1559-2324 publication_status: published publisher: Informa UK Limited quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Regulation of acetylation of plant cell wall components is complex and responds to external stimuli type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 15 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '6185' abstract: - lang: eng text: For complex Wigner-type matrices, i.e. Hermitian random matrices with independent, not necessarily identically distributed entries above the diagonal, we show that at any cusp singularity of the limiting eigenvalue distribution the local eigenvalue statistics are universal and form a Pearcey process. Since the density of states typically exhibits only square root or cubic root cusp singularities, our work complements previous results on the bulk and edge universality and it thus completes the resolution of the Wigner–Dyson–Mehta universality conjecture for the last remaining universality type in the complex Hermitian class. Our analysis holds not only for exact cusps, but approximate cusps as well, where an extended Pearcey process emerges. As a main technical ingredient we prove an optimal local law at the cusp for both symmetry classes. This result is also the key input in the companion paper (Cipolloni et al. in Pure Appl Anal, 2018. arXiv:1811.04055) where the cusp universality for real symmetric Wigner-type matrices is proven. The novel cusp fluctuation mechanism is also essential for the recent results on the spectral radius of non-Hermitian random matrices (Alt et al. in Spectral radius of random matrices with independent entries, 2019. arXiv:1907.13631), and the non-Hermitian edge universality (Cipolloni et al. in Edge universality for non-Hermitian random matrices, 2019. arXiv:1908.00969). acknowledgement: Open access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology (IST Austria). The authors are very grateful to Johannes Alt for numerous discussions on the Dyson equation and for his invaluable help in adjusting [10] to the needs of the present work. article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal) article_type: original author: - first_name: László full_name: Erdös, László id: 4DBD5372-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Erdös orcid: 0000-0001-5366-9603 - first_name: Torben H full_name: Krüger, Torben H id: 3020C786-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Krüger orcid: 0000-0002-4821-3297 - first_name: Dominik J full_name: Schröder, Dominik J id: 408ED176-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Schröder orcid: 0000-0002-2904-1856 citation: ama: 'Erdös L, Krüger TH, Schröder DJ. Cusp universality for random matrices I: Local law and the complex Hermitian case. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 2020;378:1203-1278. doi:10.1007/s00220-019-03657-4' apa: 'Erdös, L., Krüger, T. H., & Schröder, D. J. (2020). Cusp universality for random matrices I: Local law and the complex Hermitian case. Communications in Mathematical Physics. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-019-03657-4' chicago: 'Erdös, László, Torben H Krüger, and Dominik J Schröder. “Cusp Universality for Random Matrices I: Local Law and the Complex Hermitian Case.” Communications in Mathematical Physics. Springer Nature, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-019-03657-4.' ieee: 'L. Erdös, T. H. Krüger, and D. J. Schröder, “Cusp universality for random matrices I: Local law and the complex Hermitian case,” Communications in Mathematical Physics, vol. 378. Springer Nature, pp. 1203–1278, 2020.' ista: 'Erdös L, Krüger TH, Schröder DJ. 2020. Cusp universality for random matrices I: Local law and the complex Hermitian case. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 378, 1203–1278.' mla: 'Erdös, László, et al. “Cusp Universality for Random Matrices I: Local Law and the Complex Hermitian Case.” Communications in Mathematical Physics, vol. 378, Springer Nature, 2020, pp. 1203–78, doi:10.1007/s00220-019-03657-4.' short: L. Erdös, T.H. Krüger, D.J. Schröder, Communications in Mathematical Physics 378 (2020) 1203–1278. date_created: 2019-03-28T10:21:15Z date_published: 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T12:54:12Z day: '01' ddc: - '530' - '510' department: - _id: LaEr doi: 10.1007/s00220-019-03657-4 ec_funded: 1 external_id: arxiv: - '1809.03971' isi: - '000529483000001' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: c3a683e2afdcea27afa6880b01e53dc2 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-11-18T11:14:37Z date_updated: 2020-11-18T11:14:37Z file_id: '8771' file_name: 2020_CommMathPhysics_Erdoes.pdf file_size: 2904574 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2020-11-18T11:14:37Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 378' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 1203-1278 project: - _id: 258DCDE6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '338804' name: Random matrices, universality and disordered quantum systems - _id: B67AFEDC-15C9-11EA-A837-991A96BB2854 name: IST Austria Open Access Fund publication: Communications in Mathematical Physics publication_identifier: eissn: - 1432-0916 issn: - 0010-3616 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '6179' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: 'Cusp universality for random matrices I: Local law and the complex Hermitian case' tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 378 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '7629' abstract: - lang: eng text: "This thesis is based on three main topics: In the first part, we study convergence of discrete gradient flow structures associated with regular finite-volume discretisations of Fokker-Planck equations. We show evolutionary I convergence of the discrete gradient flows to the L2-Wasserstein gradient flow corresponding to the solution of a Fokker-Planck\r\nequation in arbitrary dimension d >= 1. Along the argument, we prove Mosco- and I-convergence results for discrete energy functionals, which are of independent interest for convergence of equivalent gradient flow structures in Hilbert spaces.\r\nThe second part investigates L2-Wasserstein flows on metric graph. The starting point is a Benamou-Brenier formula for the L2-Wasserstein distance, which is proved via a regularisation scheme for solutions of the continuity equation, adapted to the peculiar geometric structure of metric graphs. Based on those results, we show that the L2-Wasserstein space over a metric graph admits a gradient flow which may be identified as a solution of a Fokker-Planck equation.\r\nIn the third part, we focus again on the discrete gradient flows, already encountered in the first part. We propose a variational structure which extends the gradient flow structure to Markov chains violating the detailed-balance conditions. Using this structure, we characterise contraction estimates for the discrete heat flow in terms of convexity of\r\ncorresponding path-dependent energy functionals. In addition, we use this approach to derive several functional inequalities for said functionals." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Dominik L full_name: Forkert, Dominik L id: 35C79D68-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Forkert citation: ama: Forkert DL. Gradient flows in spaces of probability measures for finite-volume schemes, metric graphs and non-reversible Markov chains. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7629 apa: Forkert, D. L. (2020). Gradient flows in spaces of probability measures for finite-volume schemes, metric graphs and non-reversible Markov chains. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7629 chicago: Forkert, Dominik L. “Gradient Flows in Spaces of Probability Measures for Finite-Volume Schemes, Metric Graphs and Non-Reversible Markov Chains.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7629. ieee: D. L. Forkert, “Gradient flows in spaces of probability measures for finite-volume schemes, metric graphs and non-reversible Markov chains,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Forkert DL. 2020. Gradient flows in spaces of probability measures for finite-volume schemes, metric graphs and non-reversible Markov chains. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Forkert, Dominik L. Gradient Flows in Spaces of Probability Measures for Finite-Volume Schemes, Metric Graphs and Non-Reversible Markov Chains. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7629. short: D.L. Forkert, Gradient Flows in Spaces of Probability Measures for Finite-Volume Schemes, Metric Graphs and Non-Reversible Markov Chains, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-04-02T06:40:23Z date_published: 2020-03-31T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:03:12Z day: '31' ddc: - '510' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: JaMa doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:7629 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: c814a1a6195269ca6fe48b0dca45ae8a content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-04-14T10:47:59Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:01Z file_id: '7657' file_name: Thesis_Forkert_PDFA.pdf file_size: 3297129 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: ceafb53f923d1b5bdf14b2b0f22e4a81 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: dernst date_created: 2020-04-14T10:47:59Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:01Z file_id: '7658' file_name: Thesis_Forkert_source.zip file_size: 1063908 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:01Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '154' project: - _id: 256E75B8-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '716117' name: Optimal Transport and Stochastic Dynamics publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jan full_name: Maas, Jan id: 4C5696CE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Maas orcid: 0000-0002-0845-1338 title: Gradient flows in spaces of probability measures for finite-volume schemes, metric graphs and non-reversible Markov chains type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8574' abstract: - lang: eng text: "This thesis concerns itself with the interactions of evolutionary and ecological forces and the consequences on genetic diversity and the ultimate survival of populations. It is important to understand what signals processes \r\nleave on the genome and what we can infer from such data, which is usually abundant but noisy. Furthermore, understanding how and when populations adapt or go extinct is important for practical purposes, such as the genetic management of populations, as well as for theoretical questions, since local adaptation can be the first step toward speciation. \r\nIn Chapter 2, we introduce the method of maximum entropy to approximate the demographic changes of a population in a simple setting, namely the logistic growth model with immigration. We show that this method is not only a powerful \r\ntool in physics but can be gainfully applied in an ecological framework. We investigate how well it approximates the real \r\nbehavior of the system, and find that is does so, even in unexpected situations. Finally, we illustrate how it can model changing environments.\r\nIn Chapter 3, we analyze the co-evolution of allele frequencies and population sizes in an infinite island model.\r\nWe give conditions under which polygenic adaptation to a rare habitat is possible. The model we use is based on the diffusion approximation, considers eco-evolutionary feedback mechanisms (hard selection), and treats both \r\ndrift and environmental fluctuations explicitly. We also look at limiting scenarios, for which we derive analytical expressions. \r\nIn Chapter 4, we present a coalescent based simulation tool to obtain patterns of diversity in a spatially explicit subdivided population, in which the demographic history of each subpopulation can be specified. We compare \r\nthe results to existing predictions, and explore the relative importance of time and space under a variety of spatial arrangements and demographic histories, such as expansion and extinction. \r\nIn the last chapter, we give a brief outlook to further research. " alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Eniko full_name: Szep, Eniko id: 485BB5A4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Szep citation: ama: Szep E. Local adaptation in metapopulations. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8574 apa: Szep, E. (2020). Local adaptation in metapopulations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8574 chicago: Szep, Eniko. “Local Adaptation in Metapopulations.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8574. ieee: E. Szep, “Local adaptation in metapopulations,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Szep E. 2020. Local adaptation in metapopulations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Szep, Eniko. Local Adaptation in Metapopulations. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8574. short: E. Szep, Local Adaptation in Metapopulations, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-09-28T07:33:38Z date_published: 2020-09-20T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:11:39Z day: '20' ddc: - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: NiBa doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:8574 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 20e71f015fbbd78fea708893ad634ed0 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-09-28T07:25:35Z date_updated: 2020-09-28T07:25:35Z file_id: '8575' file_name: thesis_EnikoSzep_final.pdf file_size: 6354833 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed checksum: a8de2c14a1bb4e53c857787efbb289e1 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: dernst date_created: 2020-09-28T07:25:37Z date_updated: 2020-09-28T07:25:37Z file_id: '8576' file_name: thesisFiles_EnikoSzep.zip file_size: 23020401 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2020-09-28T07:25:37Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '158' publication_identifier: eissn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria status: public supervisor: - first_name: Nicholas H full_name: Barton, Nicholas H id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Barton orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240 title: Local adaptation in metapopulations type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '7514' abstract: - lang: eng text: "We study the interacting homogeneous Bose gas in two spatial dimensions in the thermodynamic limit at fixed density. We shall be concerned with some mathematical aspects of this complicated problem in many-body quantum mechanics. More specifically, we consider the dilute limit where the scattering length of the interaction potential, which is a measure for the effective range of the potential, is small compared to the average distance between the particles. We are interested in a setting with positive (i.e., non-zero) temperature. After giving a survey of the relevant literature in the field, we provide some facts and examples to set expectations for the two-dimensional system. The crucial difference to the three-dimensional system is that there is no Bose–Einstein condensate at positive temperature due to the Hohenberg–Mermin–Wagner theorem. However, it turns out that an asymptotic formula for the free energy holds similarly to the three-dimensional case.\r\nWe motivate this formula by considering a toy model with δ interaction potential. By restricting this model Hamiltonian to certain trial states with a quasi-condensate we obtain an upper bound for the free energy that still has the quasi-condensate fraction as a free parameter. When minimizing over the quasi-condensate fraction, we obtain the Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless critical temperature for superfluidity, which plays an important role in our rigorous contribution. The mathematically rigorous result that we prove concerns the specific free energy in the dilute limit. We give upper and lower bounds on the free energy in terms of the free energy of the non-interacting system and a correction term coming from the interaction. Both bounds match and thus we obtain the leading term of an asymptotic approximation in the dilute limit, provided the thermal wavelength of the particles is of the same order (or larger) than the average distance between the particles. The remarkable feature of this result is its generality: the correction term depends on the interaction potential only through its scattering length and it holds for all nonnegative interaction potentials with finite scattering length that are measurable. In particular, this allows to model an interaction of hard disks." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Simon full_name: Mayer, Simon id: 30C4630A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Mayer citation: ama: Mayer S. The free energy of a dilute two-dimensional Bose gas. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7514 apa: Mayer, S. (2020). The free energy of a dilute two-dimensional Bose gas. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7514 chicago: Mayer, Simon. “The Free Energy of a Dilute Two-Dimensional Bose Gas.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:7514. ieee: S. Mayer, “The free energy of a dilute two-dimensional Bose gas,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Mayer S. 2020. The free energy of a dilute two-dimensional Bose gas. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Mayer, Simon. The Free Energy of a Dilute Two-Dimensional Bose Gas. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:7514. short: S. Mayer, The Free Energy of a Dilute Two-Dimensional Bose Gas, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-02-24T09:17:27Z date_published: 2020-02-24T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:12:42Z day: '24' ddc: - '510' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: RoSe - _id: GradSch doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:7514 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: b4de7579ddc1dbdd44ff3f17c48395f6 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-02-24T09:15:06Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:59Z file_id: '7515' file_name: thesis.pdf file_size: 1563429 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: ad7425867b52d7d9e72296e87bc9cb67 content_type: application/x-zip-compressed creator: dernst date_created: 2020-02-24T09:15:16Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:59Z file_id: '7516' file_name: thesis_source.zip file_size: 2028038 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:59Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '148' project: - _id: 25C6DC12-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '694227' name: Analysis of quantum many-body systems publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7524' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Robert full_name: Seiringer, Robert id: 4AFD0470-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Seiringer orcid: 0000-0002-6781-0521 title: The free energy of a dilute two-dimensional Bose gas tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8353' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Mrp (Multi resistance and pH adaptation) are broadly distributed secondary active antiporters that catalyze the transport of monovalent ions such as sodium and potassium outside of the cell coupled to the inward translocation of protons. Mrp antiporters are unique in a way that they are composed of seven subunits (MrpABCDEFG) encoded in a single operon, whereas other antiporters catalyzing the same reaction are mostly encoded by a single gene. Mrp exchangers are crucial for intracellular pH homeostasis and Na+ efflux, essential mechanisms for H+ uptake under alkaline environments and for reduction of the intracellular concentration of toxic cations. Mrp displays no homology to any other monovalent Na+(K+)/H+ antiporters but Mrp subunits have primary sequence similarity to essential redox-driven proton pumps, such as respiratory complex I and membrane-bound hydrogenases. This similarity reinforces the hypothesis that these present day redox-driven proton pumps are descended from the Mrp antiporter. The Mrp structure serves as a model to understand the yet obscure coupling mechanism between ion or electron transfer and proton translocation in this large group of proteins. In the thesis, I am presenting the purification, biochemical analysis, cryo-EM analysis and molecular structure of the Mrp complex from Anoxybacillus flavithermus solved by cryo-EM at 3.0 Å resolution. Numerous conditions were screened to purify Mrp to high homogeneity and to obtain an appropriate distribution of single particles on cryo-EM grids covered with a continuous layer of ultrathin carbon. A preferred particle orientation problem was solved by performing a tilted data collection. The activity assays showed the specific pH-dependent\r\nprofile of secondary active antiporters. The molecular structure shows that Mrp is a dimer of seven-subunit protomers with 50 trans-membrane helices each. The dimer interface is built by many short and tilted transmembrane helices, probably causing a thinning of the bacterial membrane. The surface charge distribution shows an extraordinary asymmetry within each monomer, revealing presumable proton and sodium translocation pathways. The two largest\r\nand homologous Mrp subunits MrpA and MrpD probably translocate one proton each into the cell. The sodium ion is likely being translocated in the opposite direction within the small subunits along a ladder of charged and conserved residues. Based on the structure, we propose a mechanism were the antiport activity is accomplished via electrostatic interactions between the charged cations and key charged residues. The flexible key TM helices coordinate these\r\nelectrostatic interactions, while the membrane thinning between the monomers enables the translocation of sodium across the charged membrane. The entire family of redox-driven proton pumps is likely to perform their mechanism in a likewise manner." acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc - _id: EM-Fac - _id: ScienComp acknowledgement: "I acknowledge the scientific service units of the IST Austria for providing resources by the Life Science Facility, the Electron Microscopy Facility and the high-performance computer cluster. Special thanks to the cryo-EM specialists Valentin Hodirnau and Daniel Johann Gütl for spending many hours with me in front of the microscope and for supporting me to collect the data presented here. I also want to thank Professor Masahiro Ito for providing plasmid DNA\r\nencoding Mrp from Anoxybacillus flavithermus WK1. I am a recipient of a DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences." alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Julia full_name: Steiner, Julia id: 3BB67EB0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Steiner orcid: 0000-0003-0493-3775 citation: ama: Steiner J. Biochemical and structural investigation of the Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8353 apa: Steiner, J. (2020). Biochemical and structural investigation of the Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8353 chicago: Steiner, Julia. “Biochemical and Structural Investigation of the Mrp Antiporter, an Ancestor of Complex I.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8353. ieee: J. Steiner, “Biochemical and structural investigation of the Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Steiner J. 2020. Biochemical and structural investigation of the Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Steiner, Julia. Biochemical and Structural Investigation of the Mrp Antiporter, an Ancestor of Complex I. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8353. short: J. Steiner, Biochemical and Structural Investigation of the Mrp Antiporter, an Ancestor of Complex I, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-09-09T14:27:01Z date_published: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:14:09Z day: '09' ddc: - '572' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:8353 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 2388d7e6e7a4d364c096fa89f305c3de content_type: application/pdf creator: jsteiner date_created: 2020-09-09T14:22:35Z date_updated: 2021-09-16T12:40:56Z file_id: '8354' file_name: Thesis_Julia_Steiner_pdfA.pdf file_size: 117547589 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: ba112f957b7145462d0ab79044873ee9 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: jsteiner date_created: 2020-09-09T14:23:25Z date_updated: 2020-09-15T08:48:37Z file_id: '8355' file_name: Thesis_Julia_Steiner.docx file_size: 223328668 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2021-09-16T12:40:56Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: None page: '191' project: - _id: 26169496-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '24741' name: Revealing the functional mechanism of Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '8284' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 title: Biochemical and structural investigation of the Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8589' abstract: - lang: eng text: The plant hormone auxin plays indispensable roles in plant growth and development. An essential level of regulation in auxin action is the directional auxin transport within cells. The establishment of auxin gradient in plant tissue has been attributed to local auxin biosynthesis and directional intercellular auxin transport, which both are controlled by various environmental and developmental signals. It is well established that asymmetric auxin distribution in cells is achieved by polarly localized PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin efflux transporters. Despite the initial insights into cellular mechanisms of PIN polarization obtained from the last decades, the molecular mechanism and specific regulators mediating PIN polarization remains elusive. In this thesis, we aim to find novel players in PIN subcellular polarity regulation during Arabidopsis development. We first characterize the physiological effect of piperonylic acid (PA) on Arabidopsis hypocotyl gravitropic bending and PIN polarization. Secondly, we reveal the importance of SCFTIR1/AFB auxin signaling pathway in shoot gravitropism bending termination. In addition, we also explore the role of myosin XI complex, and actin cytoskeleton in auxin feedback regulation on PIN polarity. In Chapter 1, we give an overview of the current knowledge about PIN-mediated auxin fluxes in various plant tropic responses. In Chapter 2, we study the physiological effect of PA on shoot gravitropic bending. Our results show that PA treatment inhibits auxin-mediated PIN3 repolarization by interfering with PINOID and PIN3 phosphorylation status, ultimately leading to hyperbending hypocotyls. In Chapter 3, we provide evidence to show that the SCFTIR1/AFB nuclear auxin signaling pathway is crucial and required for auxin-mediated PIN3 repolarization and shoot gravitropic bending termination. In Chapter 4, we perform a phosphoproteomics approach and identify the motor protein Myosin XI and its binding protein, the MadB2 family, as an essential regulator of PIN polarity for auxin-canalization related developmental processes. In Chapter 5, we demonstrate the vital role of actin cytoskeleton in auxin feedback on PIN polarity by regulating PIN subcellular trafficking. Overall, the data presented in this PhD thesis brings novel insights into the PIN polar localization regulation that resulted in the (re)establishment of the polar auxin flow and gradient in response to environmental stimuli during plant development. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc acknowledgement: I also want to thank the China Scholarship Council for supporting my study during the year from 2015 to 2019. I also want to thank IST facilities – the Bioimaging facility, the media kitchen, the plant facility and all of the campus services, for their support. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Huibin full_name: Han, Huibin id: 31435098-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Han citation: ama: Han H. Novel insights into PIN polarity regulation during Arabidopsis development. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8589 apa: Han, H. (2020). Novel insights into PIN polarity regulation during Arabidopsis development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8589 chicago: Han, Huibin. “Novel Insights into PIN Polarity Regulation during Arabidopsis Development.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8589. ieee: H. Han, “Novel insights into PIN polarity regulation during Arabidopsis development,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Han H. 2020. Novel insights into PIN polarity regulation during Arabidopsis development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Han, Huibin. Novel Insights into PIN Polarity Regulation during Arabidopsis Development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8589. short: H. Han, Novel Insights into PIN Polarity Regulation during Arabidopsis Development, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-09-30T14:50:51Z date_published: 2020-09-30T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:13:05Z day: '30' ddc: - '580' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: JiFr doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:8589 file: - access_level: closed checksum: c4bda1947d4c09c428ac9ce667b02327 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: dernst date_created: 2020-09-30T14:50:20Z date_updated: 2020-09-30T14:50:20Z file_id: '8590' file_name: 2020_Han_Thesis.docx file_size: 49198118 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 3f4f5d1718c2230adf30639ecaf8a00b content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-09-30T14:49:59Z date_updated: 2021-10-01T13:33:02Z file_id: '8591' file_name: 2020_Han_Thesis.pdf file_size: 15513963 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2021-10-01T13:33:02Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '164' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7643' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 title: Novel insights into PIN polarity regulation during Arabidopsis development type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8284' abstract: - lang: eng text: Multiple resistance and pH adaptation (Mrp) antiporters are multi-subunit Na+ (or K+)/H+ exchangers representing an ancestor of many essential redox-driven proton pumps, such as respiratory complex I. The mechanism of coupling between ion or electron transfer and proton translocation in this large protein family is unknown. Here, we present the structure of the Mrp complex from Anoxybacillus flavithermus solved by cryo-EM at 3.0 Å resolution. It is a dimer of seven-subunit protomers with 50 trans-membrane helices each. Surface charge distribution within each monomer is remarkably asymmetric, revealing probable proton and sodium translocation pathways. On the basis of the structure we propose a mechanism where the coupling between sodium and proton translocation is facilitated by a series of electrostatic interactions between a cation and key charged residues. This mechanism is likely to be applicable to the entire family of redox proton pumps, where electron transfer to substrates replaces cation movements. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac - _id: LifeSc acknowledgement: This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of IST Austria through resources provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF), the Life Science Facility (LSF) and the IST high-performance computing cluster. We thank Dr Victor-Valentin Hodirnau and Daniel Johann Gütl from IST Austria for assistance with collecting cryo-EM data. We thank Prof. Masahiro Ito (Graduate School of Life Sciences, Toyo University, Japan) for a kind provision of plasmid DNA encoding Mrp from A. flavithermus WK1. JS is a recipient of a DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences at the Institute of Science and Technology, Austria. article_number: e59407 article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Julia full_name: Steiner, Julia id: 3BB67EB0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Steiner orcid: 0000-0003-0493-3775 - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 citation: ama: Steiner J, Sazanov LA. Structure and mechanism of the Mrp complex, an ancient cation/proton antiporter. eLife. 2020;9. doi:10.7554/eLife.59407 apa: Steiner, J., & Sazanov, L. A. (2020). Structure and mechanism of the Mrp complex, an ancient cation/proton antiporter. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.59407 chicago: Steiner, Julia, and Leonid A Sazanov. “Structure and Mechanism of the Mrp Complex, an Ancient Cation/Proton Antiporter.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, 2020. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.59407. ieee: J. Steiner and L. A. Sazanov, “Structure and mechanism of the Mrp complex, an ancient cation/proton antiporter,” eLife, vol. 9. eLife Sciences Publications, 2020. ista: Steiner J, Sazanov LA. 2020. Structure and mechanism of the Mrp complex, an ancient cation/proton antiporter. eLife. 9, e59407. mla: Steiner, Julia, and Leonid A. Sazanov. “Structure and Mechanism of the Mrp Complex, an Ancient Cation/Proton Antiporter.” ELife, vol. 9, e59407, eLife Sciences Publications, 2020, doi:10.7554/eLife.59407. short: J. Steiner, L.A. Sazanov, ELife 9 (2020). date_created: 2020-08-24T06:24:04Z date_published: 2020-07-31T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:14:08Z day: '31' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.7554/eLife.59407 external_id: isi: - '000562123600001' pmid: - '32735215' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: b3656d14d5ddbb9d26e3074eea2d0c15 content_type: application/pdf creator: cziletti date_created: 2020-08-24T13:31:53Z date_updated: 2020-08-24T13:31:53Z file_id: '8289' file_name: 2020_eLife_Steiner.pdf file_size: 7320493 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2020-08-24T13:31:53Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 9' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 26169496-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 grant_number: '24741' name: Revealing the functional mechanism of Mrp antiporter, an ancestor of complex I publication: eLife publication_identifier: eissn: - 2050084X publication_status: published publisher: eLife Sciences Publications quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - description: News on IST Homepage relation: press_release url: https://ist.ac.at/en/news/mystery-of-giant-proton-pump-solved/ record: - id: '8353' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Structure and mechanism of the Mrp complex, an ancient cation/proton antiporter tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 9 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8155' abstract: - lang: eng text: "In the thesis we focus on the interplay of the biophysics and evolution of gene regulation. We start by addressing how the type of prokaryotic gene regulation – activation and repression – affects spurious binding to DNA, also known as\r\ntranscriptional crosstalk. We propose that regulatory interference caused by excess regulatory proteins in the dense cellular medium – global crosstalk – could be a factor in determining which type of gene regulatory network is evolutionarily preferred. Next,we use a normative approach in eukaryotic gene regulation to describe minimal\r\nnon-equilibrium enhancer models that optimize so-called regulatory phenotypes. We find a class of models that differ from standard thermodynamic equilibrium models by a single parameter that notably increases the regulatory performance. Next chapter addresses the question of genotype-phenotype-fitness maps of higher dimensional phenotypes. We show that our biophysically realistic approach allows us to understand how the mechanisms of promoter function constrain genotypephenotype maps, and how they affect the evolutionary trajectories of promoters.\r\nIn the last chapter we ask whether the intrinsic instability of gene duplication and amplification provides a generic alternative to canonical gene regulation. Using mathematical modeling, we show that amplifications can tune gene expression in many environments, including those where transcription factor-based schemes are\r\nhard to evolve or maintain. " acknowledgement: For the duration of his PhD, Rok was a recipient of a DOC fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Rok full_name: Grah, Rok id: 483E70DE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Grah orcid: 0000-0003-2539-3560 citation: ama: Grah R. Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints shape evolution. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155 apa: Grah, R. (2020). Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints shape evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155 chicago: Grah, Rok. “Gene Regulation across Scales – How Biophysical Constraints Shape Evolution.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155. ieee: R. Grah, “Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints shape evolution,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. ista: Grah R. 2020. Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints shape evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Grah, Rok. Gene Regulation across Scales – How Biophysical Constraints Shape Evolution. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155. short: R. Grah, Gene Regulation across Scales – How Biophysical Constraints Shape Evolution, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020. date_created: 2020-07-23T09:51:28Z date_published: 2020-07-24T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:13:27Z day: '24' ddc: - '530' - '570' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: CaGu - _id: GaTk doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:8155 file: - access_level: open_access content_type: application/pdf creator: rgrah date_created: 2020-07-27T12:00:07Z date_updated: 2020-07-27T12:00:07Z file_id: '8176' file_name: Thesis_RokGrah_200727_convertedNew.pdf file_size: 16638998 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: closed content_type: application/zip creator: rgrah date_created: 2020-07-27T12:02:23Z date_updated: 2020-07-30T13:04:55Z file_id: '8177' file_name: Thesis_new.zip file_size: 347459978 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-30T13:04:55Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '310' project: - _id: 267C84F4-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 name: Biophysically realistic genotype-phenotype maps for regulatory networks publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '7675' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7569' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public - id: '7652' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Calin C full_name: Guet, Calin C id: 47F8433E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Guet orcid: 0000-0001-6220-2052 - first_name: Gašper full_name: Tkačik, Gašper id: 3D494DCA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tkačik orcid: 0000-0002-6699-1455 title: Gene regulation across scales – how biophysical constraints shape evolution type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '7643' acknowledgement: 'This work was supported by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation Programme (ERC grant agreement number 742985), and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF, grant number I 3630-B25) to JF. HH is supported by the China Scholarship Council (CSC scholarship). ' article_processing_charge: No article_type: letter_note author: - first_name: Huibin full_name: Han, Huibin id: 31435098-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Han - first_name: Hana full_name: Rakusova, Hana id: 4CAAA450-78D2-11EA-8E57-B40A396E08BA last_name: Rakusova - first_name: Inge full_name: Verstraeten, Inge id: 362BF7FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Verstraeten orcid: 0000-0001-7241-2328 - first_name: Yuzhou full_name: Zhang, Yuzhou id: 3B6137F2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Zhang orcid: 0000-0003-2627-6956 - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 citation: ama: Han H, Rakusova H, Verstraeten I, Zhang Y, Friml J. SCF TIR1/AFB auxin signaling for bending termination during shoot gravitropism. Plant Physiology. 2020;183(5):37-40. doi:10.1104/pp.20.00212 apa: Han, H., Rakusova, H., Verstraeten, I., Zhang, Y., & Friml, J. (2020). SCF TIR1/AFB auxin signaling for bending termination during shoot gravitropism. Plant Physiology. American Society of Plant Biologists. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.20.00212 chicago: Han, Huibin, Hana Rakusova, Inge Verstraeten, Yuzhou Zhang, and Jiří Friml. “SCF TIR1/AFB Auxin Signaling for Bending Termination during Shoot Gravitropism.” Plant Physiology. American Society of Plant Biologists, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.20.00212. ieee: H. Han, H. Rakusova, I. Verstraeten, Y. Zhang, and J. Friml, “SCF TIR1/AFB auxin signaling for bending termination during shoot gravitropism,” Plant Physiology, vol. 183, no. 5. American Society of Plant Biologists, pp. 37–40, 2020. ista: Han H, Rakusova H, Verstraeten I, Zhang Y, Friml J. 2020. SCF TIR1/AFB auxin signaling for bending termination during shoot gravitropism. Plant Physiology. 183(5), 37–40. mla: Han, Huibin, et al. “SCF TIR1/AFB Auxin Signaling for Bending Termination during Shoot Gravitropism.” Plant Physiology, vol. 183, no. 5, American Society of Plant Biologists, 2020, pp. 37–40, doi:10.1104/pp.20.00212. short: H. Han, H. Rakusova, I. Verstraeten, Y. Zhang, J. Friml, Plant Physiology 183 (2020) 37–40. date_created: 2020-04-06T10:06:40Z date_published: 2020-05-08T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T13:13:04Z day: '08' department: - _id: JiFr doi: 10.1104/pp.20.00212 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000536641800018' pmid: - '32107280' intvolume: ' 183' isi: 1 issue: '5' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.20.00212 month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 37-40 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 261099A6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '742985' name: Tracing Evolution of Auxin Transport and Polarity in Plants - _id: 26538374-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: I03630 name: Molecular mechanisms of endocytic cargo recognition in plants publication: Plant Physiology publication_identifier: eissn: - 1532-2548 issn: - 0032-0889 publication_status: published publisher: American Society of Plant Biologists quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '8589' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: SCF TIR1/AFB auxin signaling for bending termination during shoot gravitropism type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 183 year: '2020' ...