Allison Williams, PhD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Cellular Molecular Pharmacology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address600 16th St, #S572B
San Francisco CA 94158
Phone415-502-4641
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-0726-141X Additional info
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    Institut Pasteur2013Pasteur Maladies Infectieuses fellowship
    Institut Pasteur2010  - 2013EMBO Long Term Fellowship
    St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital2007  - 2010 The Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Post-Doctoral Award

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    1. Acetylation regulates the oligomerization state and activity of RNase J, the Helicobacter pylori major ribonuclease. Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 06; 14(1):8072. Tejada-Arranz A, Lulla A, Bouilloux-Lafont M, Turlin E, Pei XY, Douché T, Matondo M, Williams AH, Raynal B, Luisi BF, De Reuse H. PMID: 38057323; PMCID: PMC10700544.
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    2. The mechanistic landscape of Lytic transglycosylase as targets for antibacterial therapy. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2022 Oct 27; 77:102480. Martinez-Bond EA, Soriano BM, Williams AH. PMID: 36323133.
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    3. eLife Digest. Defective enzyme weakens cell wall. 2020. Allison Hillary Williams et al. . View Publication.
    4. Defective lytic transglycosylase disrupts cell morphogenesis by hindering cell wall de-O-acetylation in Neisseria meningitidis. Elife. 2020 02 05; 9. Williams AH, Wheeler R, Deghmane AE, Santecchia I, Schaub RE, Hicham S, Moya Nilges M, Malosse C, Chamot-Rooke J, Haouz A, Dillard JP, Robins WP, Taha MK, Gomperts Boneca I. PMID: 32022687; PMCID: PMC7083599.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    5. The cryo-electron microscopy supramolecular structure of the bacterial stressosome unveils its mechanism of activation. Nat Commun. 2019 07 08; 10(1):3005. Williams AH, Redzej A, Rolhion N, Costa TRD, Rifflet A, Waksman G, Cossart P. PMID: 31285450; PMCID: PMC6614362.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    6. Structure guided design of an antibacterial peptide that targets UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase. Sci Rep. 2019 03 08; 9(1):3947. Dangkulwanich M, Raetz CRH, Williams AH. PMID: 30850651; PMCID: PMC6408518.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    7. Author Correction: N-terminomics identifies Prli42 as a membrane miniprotein conserved in Firmicutes and critical for stressosome activation in Listeria monocytogenes. Nat Microbiol. 2018 Aug; 3(8):962. Impens F, Rolhion N, Radoshevich L, Bécavin C, Duval M, Mellin J, García Del Portillo F, Pucciarelli MG, Williams AH, Cossart P. PMID: 29941881; PMCID: PMC7028393.
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    8. A step-by-step in crystallo guide to bond cleavage and 1,6-anhydro-sugar product synthesis by a peptidoglycan-degrading lytic transglycosylase. J Biol Chem. 2018 04 20; 293(16):6000-6010. Williams AH, Wheeler R, Rateau L, Malosse C, Chamot-Rooke J, Haouz A, Taha MK, Boneca IG. PMID: 29483188; PMCID: PMC5912472.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    9. Bulgecin A: The Key to a Broad-Spectrum Inhibitor  That Targets Lytic Transglycosylases. Antibiotics (Basel). 2017 Feb 22; 6(1). Williams AH, Wheeler R, Thiriau C, Haouz A, Taha MK, Boneca IG. PMID: 28241458; PMCID: PMC5372988.
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    10. N-terminomics identifies Prli42 as a membrane miniprotein conserved in Firmicutes and critical for stressosome activation in Listeria monocytogenes. Nat Microbiol. 2017 Feb 13; 2:17005. Impens F, Rolhion N, Radoshevich L, Bécavin C, Duval M, Mellin J, García Del Portillo F, Pucciarelli MG, Williams AH, Cossart P. PMID: 28191904; PMCID: PMC5802382.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 34     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    11. Visualization of a substrate-induced productive conformation of the catalytic triad of the Neisseria meningitidis peptidoglycan O-acetylesterase reveals mechanistic conservation in SGNH esterase family members. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2014 Oct; 70(Pt 10):2631-9. Williams AH, Veyrier FJ, Bonis M, Michaud Y, Raynal B, Taha MK, White SW, Haouz A, Boneca IG. PMID: 25286847; PMCID: PMC4188005.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    12. The dynamics of peptidoglycan structure and function: conference report on the 3rd Great Wall Symposium. Res Microbiol. 2014 Jan; 165(1):60-7. Williams AH, Boneca IG, Burrows LL, Bugg TD. PMID: 24239960.
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    13. De-O-acetylation of peptidoglycan regulates glycan chain extension and affects in vivo survival of Neisseria meningitidis. Mol Microbiol. 2013 Mar; 87(5):1100-12. Veyrier FJ, Williams AH, Mesnage S, Schmitt C, Taha MK, Boneca IG. PMID: 23373517.
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    14. Atg8 transfer from Atg7 to Atg3: a distinctive E1-E2 architecture and mechanism in the autophagy pathway. Mol Cell. 2011 Nov 04; 44(3):451-61. Taherbhoy AM, Tait SW, Kaiser SE, Williams AH, Deng A, Nourse A, Hammel M, Kurinov I, Rock CO, Green DR, Schulman BA. PMID: 22055190; PMCID: PMC3277881.
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    15. Structural basis for the sugar nucleotide and acyl-chain selectivity of Leptospira interrogans LpxA. Biochemistry. 2009 Jul 07; 48(26):6191-201. Robins LI, Williams AH, Raetz CR. PMID: 19456129; PMCID: PMC2710806.
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    16. Structural basis for the acyl chain selectivity and mechanism of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Aug 21; 104(34):13543-50. Williams AH, Raetz CR. PMID: 17698807; PMCID: PMC1959417.
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    17. Structure of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase with a bound antibacterial pentadecapeptide. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jul 18; 103(29):10877-82. Williams AH, Immormino RM, Gewirth DT, Raetz CR. PMID: 16835299; PMCID: PMC1544142.
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    18. Enzymatic synthesis of lipid A molecules with four amide-linked acyl chains. LpxA acyltransferases selective for an analog of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine in which an amine replaces the 3"-hydroxyl group. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jun 11; 279(24):25411-9. Sweet CR, Williams AH, Karbarz MJ, Werts C, Kalb SR, Cotter RJ, Raetz CR. PMID: 15044493; PMCID: PMC2597548.
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