Koník, P, Skotnicová, P, Gupta, S, Tichý, M, Sharma, S, Komenda, J, Sobotka, R, Krynická, V*: The cyanobacterial FtsH4 protease controls accumulation of protein factorsinvolved in the biogenesis of photosystem I. BBA - Bioenergetics 1865(1), 149017, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2023.149017

Skotnicová, P, Srivastava, A, Aggarwal, D, Talbot, J, Karlínová, I, Moos, M, Mareš, J, Koník, P, Šimek, P, Tichý, M, Sobotka, R*: A thylakoid biogenesis BtpA protein is required for the initial step of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in cyanobacteria. New Phytologist 241(3), 1236-1249, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19397

Schwark, M, Yerena, JAM, Röhrborn, K, Hrouzek, P, Divoká, P, Štenclová, L, Delawská, K, Enke, H, Vorreiter, C, Wiley, F, Sippl, W, Sobotka, R, Saha, S, Wilde, SB, Mareš, J*, Niedermeyer, THJ*: More than just an eagle killer: The freshwater cyanobacterium Aetokthonos hydrillicola produces highly toxic dolastatin derivatives. PNAS 120(40), e2219230120, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2219230120

Kiss, É, Talbot, J, Adams, NBP, Opekar, S, Moos, M, Pilný, J, Kvasov, T, Schneider, E, Koník, P, Šimek, P, Sobotka, R*: Chlorophyll biosynthesis under the control of arginine metabolism. Cell Reports 42(2), 113265, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113265

Hitchcock, A*, Proctor, MS, Sobotka, R: Coordinating plant pigment production: A green role for ORANGE family proteins. Molecular Plant 16(9), 1366-1369, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.08.006

Zhao, Z, Vercellino, I, Knoppová, J, Sobotka, R, Murray, JW, Nixon, PJ*, Sazanov, LA*, Komenda, J*: The Ycf48 accessory factor occupies the site of the oxygen-evolving manganese cluster during photosystem II biogenesis. Nature Communications 14, 4681, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40388-6

Alvarenga-Lucius, L*, Linhartová, M*, Schubert, H, Maaß, S, Becher, D, Hess, WR, Sobotka, R, Hagemann, M: The high-light-induced protein SliP4 binds to NDH1 and photosystems facilitating cyclic electron transport and state transition in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. New Phytologist 239(3), 1083-1097, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18987

Masuda, T, Bečková, M, Turóczy, Z, Pilný, J, Sobotka, R, Trinugroho, JP, Nixon, PJ, Prášil, O*, Komenda, J*: Accumulation of Cyanobacterial Photosystem II Containing the 'Rogue' D1 Subunit Is Controlled by FtsH Protease and Synthesis of the Standard D1 Protein. Plant and Cell Physiology 64(6), 660-673, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcad027

Nisler, J*, Kučerová, Z, Koprna, R, Sobotka, R, Slivková, J, Rossall, S, Špundová, M, Husičková, A, Pilný, J, Tarkowská, D, Novák, O, Škrabišová, M, Strnad, M: Urea derivative MTU improves stress tolerance and yield in wheat by promoting cyclic electron flow around PSI. Frontiers in Plant Science 14, 1131326, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1131326

Horáková, E, Lecordier, L, Cunha, P, Sobotka, R, Changmai, P, Langedijk, CJM, Den Abbeele, JV, Vanhollebeke, B, Lukeš, J*: Heme-deficient metabolism and impaired cellular differentiation as an evolutionary trade-off for huma infectivity in Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. Nature Communications 13(1), 7075, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34501-4

Knoppová, J, Sobotka, R, Yu, J, Bečková, M, Pilný, J, Trinugroho, JP, Csefalvay, L, Bína, D, Nixon, PJ, Komenda, J*: Assembly of D1/D2 complexes of photosystem II: Binding of pigments and a network of auxiliary proteins. Plant Physiology 189(2), 790-804, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac045

Sedláček, I*, Holochová, P, Busse, HJ, Koublová, V, Králová, S, Švec, P, Sobotka, R, Staňková, E, Pilný, J, Šedo, O, Smolíková, J, Sedlář, K: Characterisation of Waterborne Psychrophilic Massilia Isolates with Violacein Production and Description of Massilia antarctica sp. nov. Microorganisms 10(4), 704, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10040704

Hitchcock, A, Hunter, CN, Sobotka, R, Komenda, J, Dann, M, Leister, D*: Redesigning the photosynthetic light reactions to enhance photosynthesis – the PhotoRedesign consortium. Plant Journal 109(1), 23-34, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15552

Konert, MM*, Wysocka, A, Koník, P, Sobotka, R: High-light-inducible proteins HliA and HliB: pigment binding and protein-protein interactions. Photosynthesis Research 152(3), 317-332, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-022-00904-z

Qian, P*, Gardiner, AT, Šímová, I, Naydenova, K, Croll, TI, Jackson, PJ, Nupur, Kloz, M, Čubáková, P, Kuzma, M, Zeng, Y, Castro-Hartmann, P, van Knippenberg, B, Goldie, KN, Kaftan, D, Hrouzek, P, Hájek, J, Agirre, J, Siebert, CA, Bína, D, Sader, K, Stahlberg, H, Sobotka, R, Russo, CJ, Polívka, T, Hunter, CN, Koblížek, M*: 2.4-Å structure of the double-ring Gemmatimonas phototrophica photosystem. Science Advances 8(7), eabk3139, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk3139

Bečková, M, Sobotka, R, Komenda, J*: Photosystem II antenna modules CP43 and CP47 do not form a stable ‘no reaction centre complex’ in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Photosynthesis Research 152(3), 363-371, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-022-00896-w

Skotnicová, P, Staleva-Musto, H, Kuznetsova, V, Bína, D, Konert, MM, Lu, S, Polívka, T*, Sobotka, R*: Plant LHC-like proteins show robust folding and static non-photochemical quenching. Nature Communications 12, 6890, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27155-1

Linhartová, M, Skotnicová, P, Hakkila, K, Tichý, M, Komenda, J, Knoppová, J, Gilabert, JF, Guallar, V, Tyystjärvi, T, Sobotka, R*: Mutations Suppressing the Lack of Prepilin Peptidase Provide Insights Into the Maturation of the Major Pilin Protein in Cyanobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 756912, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.756912

Sedláček, I*, Holochová, P, Sobotka, R, Busse, HJ, Švec, P, Králová, S, Šedo, O, Pilný, J, Staňková, E, Koublová, V, Sedlář, K: Classification of a Violacein-Producing Psychrophilic Group of Isolates Associated with Freshwater in Antarctica and Description of Rugamonas violacea sp. nov. Microbiology Spectrum 9(1), e00452-21, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1128/Spectrum.00452-21 

Pascual-Aznar, G, Konert, G, Bečková, M, Kotabová, E, Gardian, Z, Knoppová, J, Bučinská, L, Kaňa, R, Sobotka, R, Komenda, J*: Psb35 Protein Stabilizes the CP47 Assembly Module and Associated High-Light Inducible Proteins during the Biogenesis of Photosystem II in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. Plant and Cell Physiology 62(1), 178-190, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaa148