Dr Roman Mortuza

2022

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Ireton, K., Dowd, G. C., Mortuza, R., Herath, T. U. B., Roy, A., & Gianfelice, A. (2022, August). The bacterial pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Shigella flexneri exploit host polarized exocytosis to enhance cell-to-cell spread. Verbal presentation at the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2021

Journal - Research Other

Ireton, K., Mortuza, R., Gyanwali, G. C., Gianfelice, A., & Hussain, M. (2021). Role of internalin proteins in pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes. Molecular Microbiology, 116, 1407-1419. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14836

Dowd, G. C., Mortuza, R., & Ireton, K. (2021). Molecular mechanisms of intercellular dissemination of bacterial pathogens. Trends in Microbiology, 29(2), 127-141. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.06.008

2020

Journal - Research Article

Dowd, G. C., Mortuza, R., Bhalla, M., Ngo, H. V., Li, Y., Rigano, L. A., & Ireton, K. (2020). Listeria monocytogenes exploits host exocytosis to promote cell-to-cell spread. PNAS, 117(7), 3789-3796. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1916676117

2019

Journal - Research Article

Opel-Reading, H. K., Mortuza, R., & Krause, K. L. (2019). Detection of D-glutamate production from the dual function enzyme, 4-amino-4-deoxychorismate lyase/D-amino acid transaminase, in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Bio-protocol, 9(1), e3135. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3135

2018

Journal - Research Article

Mortuza, R., Aung, H. L., Taiaroa, G., Opel-Reading, H. K., Kleffmann, T., Cook, G. M., & Krause, K. L. (2018). Overexpression of a newly identified d-amino acid transaminase in Mycobacterium smegmatis complements glutamate racemase deletion. Molecular Microbiology, 107(2), 198-213. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13877

2017

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Mortuza, R. (2017). Phenotypic and molecular analysis of the alanine and glutamate racemases of Mycobacteria (PhD). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7501

2015

Journal - Research Article

Lee, A. C. C., Quaiyum, M. A., Mullany, L. C., Mitra, D. K., Labrique, A., Ahmed, P., … for the Projahnmo Study Group, including Mortuza, R. (2015). Screening and treatment of maternal geniturinary tract infections in early pregnancy to prevent preterm birth in rural Sylhet, Bangladesh: A cluster randomized trial. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 15, 326. doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0724-8

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Krause, K., Poen, S., Mortuza, R., Nakatani, Y., Aung, H., Opel-Reading, H., & Cook, G. (2015). Glutamate racemase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: New genetic and structural insights into a target for antituberculosis drug design. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2(Suppl. 1), 881. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofv133.598

2014

Journal - Research Article

Li, Y., Mortuza, R., Milligan, D. L., Tran, S. L., Strych, U., Cook, G. M., & Krause, K. L. (2014). Investigation of the essentiality of glutamate racemase in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Journal of Bacteriology, 196(24), 4239-4244. doi: 10.1128/jb.02090-14

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Krause, K. L., Poen, S., Mortuza, R., Li, Y., Aung, H., Milligan, D., Robson, J., Opel-Reading, H., … Cook, G. M. (2014). Glutamate racemase as a target for antibiotic design in tuberculosis. Proceedings of the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). Retrieved from http://www.asm.org/index.php/meetings

2011

Journal - Research Article

Meem, M., Modak, J. K., Mortuza, R., Morshed, M., Islam, M. S., & Saha, S. K. (2011). Biomarkers for diagnosis of neonatal infections: A systematic analysis of their potential as a point-of-care diagnostics. Journal of Global Health, 1(2), 201-209.