Publications
Sakinc T, Kulczak P, Henne K, Gatermann SG. Cloning of an agr homologue of Staphylococcus saprophyticus. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 237(1):157-61, 2004.
Sakinc T, Woznowski M, Ebsen M, Gatermann SG. The surface-associated protein of Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a lipase. Infection and Immunity, 73(10):6419-2, 2005.
Sakinc T, Kleine B, Gatermann SG. SdrI, a serine-aspartate repeat protein identified in Staphylococcus saprophyticus strain 7108, is a collagen-binding protein. Infection and Immunity, 74(8):4615-23, 2006.
Sakinç T, Kleine B, Gatermann SG. Biochemical characterization of the surface-associated lipase of Staphylococcus saprophyticus. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 274(2):335-41, 2007.
Kaase M, Lenga S, Friedrich S, Szabados F, Sakinc T, Kleine B, Gatermann SG. Comparison of phenotypic methods for penicillinase detection in Staphylococcus aureus. Clinical Microbiology Infection, 14(6):614-6, 2008.
Szabados F, Kleine B, Anders A, Kaase M, Sakinç T, Schmitz I, Gatermann S. Staphylococcus saprophyticus ATCC 15305 is internalized into human urinary bladder carcinoma cell line 5637. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 285(2):163-9, 2008.
Baars B, Sakinc T, Opferkuch W. Die in vitro-Wirksamkeit von Antibiotika-Kombinationen auf Helicobacter pylori. Chemotherapie Journal, 17/3:100-106, 2008.
Sakinç T, Michalski N, Kleine B, Gatermann SG. The uropathogenic species Staphylococcus saprophyticus tolerates a high concentration of D-serine. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 299(1):60-4, 2009.
Sakinç T, Kleine B, Michalski N, Kaase M, Gatermann SG. SdrI of Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a multifunctional protein: localization of the fibronectin-binding site. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 301(1):28-34, 2009.
Kline KA, Ingersoll MA, Nielsen HV, Sakinc T, Henriques-Normark B, Gatermann S, Caparon MG, Hultgren SJ. Characterization of a novel murine model of Staphylococcus saprophyticus urinary tract infection reveals roles for Ssp and SdrI in virulence. Infection and Immunity, 78:1943-51, 2010.
Kleine B, Gatermann S, Sakinc T. Genotypic and phenotypic variation among Staphylococcus saprophyticus from human and animal isolates. BMC Research Notes, 3:163, 2010.
Kropec A, Sava IG, Vonend C, Sakinc T, Grohmann E, Huebner J. Identification of SagA as a Novel Vaccine Target for the Prevention of Enterococcus faecium Infections. Microbiology, 157:3429-34, 2011.
Christian Theilacker C, Kropec A, Hammer F, Sava I, Wobser D, Sakinc T, Codee J, Hogendorf W, van der Marel G, Huebner J. Protection against S. aureus by antibody to the polyglycerolphosphate backbone of heterologous lipoteichoic acid. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 205:1076-85, 2012.
Arends K, Schiwon K, Sakinc T, Huebner J, Grohmann E. A GFP-labeled monitoring tool to quantify conjugative plasmid transfer between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78:895-9, 2012.
King NP, Sakinç T, Zakour NBL, Totsika M, Heras B, Simerska P, Shepherd M, Gatermann SG, Beatson SA and Schembri MA. Characterisation of Frs, a cell wall-anchored protein of Staphylococcus saprophyticus associated with linoleic acid resistance. BMC Microbiology, 15:12:8, 2012.
Bao Y, Sakinc T, Laverde D, Wobser D, Benachour A, Theilacker C, Hartke A, Huebner J. Role of mprF1 and mprF2 in the pathogenicity of Enterococcus faecalis. PLoS One, 7(6), 2012.
Geiss-Liebisch S, Rooijakkers SH, Beczala A, Sanchez-Carballo P, Kruszynska K, Repp C, Sakinc T, Vinogradov E, Holst O, Huebner J, Theilacker C. Secondary cell wall polymers of Enterococcus faecalis are critical for resistance to complement activation via mannose-binding lectin. J Biol Chem, 287(45):37769-77, 2012.
Dalkmann P, Broszat M, Siebe C, Willaschek E, Sakinc T, Huebner J, Amelung W, Grohmann E, Siemens J. Accumulation of Pharmaceuticals, Enterococcus, and Resistance Genes in Soils Irrigated with Wastewater for Zero to 100 Years in Central Mexico. PLOS one, 7(9):e45397, 2012.
Sakinc T, Baars B, Wüppenhorst N, Kist M, Huebner J, Opferkuch W. Influence of a 23S ribosomal RNA mutation in Helicobacter pylori strains on the in vitro synergistic effect of Clarithromycin and Amoxicillin. BMC Research Notes, 5:603, 2012.
Schiwon K, Arends K, Rogowski KM, Fürch S, Prescha K, Sakinc T, Houdt RV, Werner G, Grohmann E. Comparison of antibiotic resistance, biofilm formation and conjugative transfer of staphylococcus and enterococcus isolates from international space station and antarctic research station CONCORDIA. Microbial Ecology, 65(3):638-651, 2013.
Arends K, Celik EK, Probst I, Goessweiner-Mohr N, Fercher C, Grumet L, Soellue C, Abajy MY, Sakinc T, Broszat M, Schiwon K, Koraimann G, Keller W, Grohmann E. TraG encoded by the pIP501 type IV secretion system is a two-domain peptidoglycan-degrading enzyme essential for conjugative transfer. J Bacteriol, 195(19):4436-44, 2013.
Shokoohizadeh L, Mobarez AM, Zali MR, Ranjbar R, Alebouyeh M, Sakinc T, Ali L. High frequency distribution of heterogeneous vancomycin resistant Enterococcous faecium (VREfm) in Iranian hospitals. Diagn Pathol, 8:163, 2013.
Korte-Berwanger M, Sakinc T, Kline K, Nielsen HV, Hultgren S, Gatermann SG. Significance of the D-serine-deaminase and the D-serine metabolism of Staphylococcus saprophyticus for virulence. Infect Immun, 81(12):4525-33, 2013.
Diederich AK*, Wobser D*, Spieß M, Hübner J, Sakinc T. Importance of Glycolipids in Pathogenesis of Enterococcus feacalis Urinary Tract Infection, PLoSOne, 7;9(5):e96295, 2014.
Wobser D, Ali L, Huebner J, Sakιnç T. A Novel Role for D-alanylation of Lipoteichoic Acid of Enterococcus faecalis in Urinary Tract Infection. Plos One, 8;9(10):e107827, 2014.
Soleimani N, Aganj M, Shokoohizadeh L, Liaqat Ali L, Sakinc T. Frequency of genes encoding aminoglycoside modifying enzymes in uropathogenic E. coli isolated from Iran BMC Res Notes, 25:842, 2014.
Kleine B, Ali L, Wobser D, Sakinc T. The N-terminal repeat and the ligand binding domain A of SdrI Protein is involved in hydrophobicity of S. saprophyticus. Microbiol Res, 172:88-94, 2015.
Guridi A, Diederich AK, Aguila-Arcos S, Garcia-Moreno M, Blasi R, Broszat M, Schmieder W, Clauss E, Sakinc-Gueler T, Andrade R, Alkorta I, Meyer C, Landau U, Grohmann E. A new antimicrobial contact catalyst killing antibiotic resistant clinical and waterborne pathogens. Materials Science and Engineering, 50:1-11, 2015.
Burgey C, Kern WV, Römer W, Sakinc T, Rieg S. The innate defense antimicrobial peptides hBD3 and 1 RNase7 are induced in human 2 umbilical vein endothelial cells by classical inflammatory cytokines but not Th17 3 cytokines. Microbes and Infection, 17(5):353-9, 2015.
Zischka M, Künne CT, Blom J, Wobser D, Sakinc T, Schmidt-Hohagen K, Dabrowski PW, Nitsche A, Hübner J, Hain T, Linke B, Goesmann A, Voget S, Daniel R, Schomburg D, Hauck R, Hafez HF, Tielen P, Jahn D, Nübel U, Witte W, Solheim M, Sadowy E, Larsen J, Jensen LB, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Quinones D, Werner G. Molecular, genomic and phenotypic analyses of widely distributed isolates of Enterococcus faecalis MLST ST40 did not reveal specialization or niche adaptation. PloS One, 12:16:175, 2015.
Ali L, Spiess M, Wobser D, Rodriguez M, Blum HE, Sakιnç T. Identification and functional characterization of the putative polysaccharide biosynthesis protein (CapD) of Enterococcus faecium U0317. Infect Genet Evol. 30;37:215-224. 2016.