Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1986 Postdoctoral Fellow, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

oxygen and light regulation of gene expression; biosynthesis of heme and chlorophyll; prokaryotic development

Kumka J. E. & C. E. Bauer (2015) Analysis of the FnrL regulon in Rhodobacter capsulatus reveals limited regulon overlap with orthologues from Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Escherichia coli. BMC Genomics 16:895 doi:10.1186/s12864-015-2162-4 Vermeulen, A., & C. E. Bauer(2015) Members of the PpaA/AerR antirepressor family bind cobalamin. ? J. Bacteriol. 197:2694-2703.? Zappa, S & C. E. Bauer (2015) Regulation of cytochrome biosynthesis. ?? In Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration; Cytochrome Complexes: Evolution, Structures, Energy Transduction, and Signaling.?? William Cramer and Toivo Kallas (editors). Springer, Dordrecht.?? In Press. Cheng, Z., K. Li, L. A. Hammond, J. A. Karty & C. E. Bauer (2014) B12 controls photosystem gene expression by light regulated binding to the antirepressor AerR. Mol. Microbiol. ?? 91:649-664 NIHMSID 550433 (This work was highlighted in a companion commentary in the same issue by G. Klug.) Zappa, S. & C. E. Bauer. (2013) The LysR-Type Transcription Factor HbrL Is A Global Regulator Of Iron Homeostasis And Porphyrin Synthesis In Rhodobacter capsulatus. Mol Microbiology. 90:1277-1292 PMC3875232 Yin, L., V. Dragnea, G. Fieldman, L. A. Hammand, J. A. Karty, C. Dann & C. E. Bauer. (2013) Redox and light control of the heme sensing activity of AppA. mBio 4: e00563-13 Yin, L, & C. E. Bauer (2013) Controlling The Delicate Balance of Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis. Phil. Trans. Royal. Soc. B. 368 no. 1622 20120253. NIHMSID # 442635 Zappa, S. & C. E. Bauer. (2013) Iron homeostasis in the Rhodobacter genus. In Genome Evolution of Photosynthetic Bacteria. Edt. T. J. Beatty. Advances in Botanical Research, 66:289-326. NIHMSID # 442638 Wu J, Cheng Z, Reddie K, Carroll K, Hammad LA, Karty JA, & Bauer CE. (2013) RegB kinase activity is repressed by oxidative formation of cysteine sulfenic acid. J. Biol. Chem. 288:4755-4762. PMID: 23306201 Yin, L, V Dragnea, & Bauer CE (2012) PpsR, a regulator of heme and bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis, is a heme-sensing protein. J. Biol Chem. 287:13850-13858. PMID: 22378778 Cheng, Z, J Wu, A Setterdahl, K Reddie, K Carroll, L A. Hammad, J A Karty & CE Bauer (2012) Activity of the tetrapyrrole regulator CrtJ is controlled by oxidation of a redox active cysteine located in the DNA binding domain. Mol. Micro. 85:734-746 PMID: PMC3418406