RNDr. Drahomíra Faktorová, Ph.D.

Job Position: Research Scientist - Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Protists

Contact details

Phone: +420 387775443
E-mail: dranov@paru.cas.cz
Room: PARU II, 1. patro

Curriculum vitae

Publlications before 2007:

Vališ K., Mašek T., Novotná D., Pospíšek M., Janderová B. (2006) Immunity to killer toxin K1 is connected with the Golgi-to-vacuole protein degradation pathway. Folia Microbiologica 51: 196-202.
 
Novotná D., Flegelová H., Janderová B. (2004) Different action of killer toxins K1 and K2 on the plasma membrane and the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Res. 4: 803-813.
 
Flegelová H., Chaloupka R., Novotná D., Maláč J., Gášková D., Sigler K., Janderová B. (2003) Changes in plasma membrane fluidity lower the sensitivity of S. cerevisiae to killer toxin K1. Folia Microbiologic48: 761-766.
 
Flegelová H., Novotná D., Vojtíšková K., Janderová B. (2002): Isolation and characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants with a different degree of resistance to killer toxins K1 and K2. FEMS Yeast Res2: 73-79.

Publications
Total found: 33 records
Faktorová D., Valach M., Iorillo O., Akiyoshi B., Burger G., Lukeš J. (2026) Genetic Manipulation of Paradiplonema papillatum. In: P.A. Michels, M.L. Ginger, A. Karnkowska, L.I. McCall, A.M. Silber (Eds), Euglenozoa, Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana, New York 3014 : 3–25.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-5146-9_1

Documents to download:
chapter_Faktorova_2026_Eughlenozoa_MetProt (pdf)
Prokopchuk G., Tashyreva D., Iorillo O., Akiyoshi B., Valach M., Lukeš J., Faktorová D. (2026) Preparation of Diplonemid Samples for Microscopy. In: P.A. Michels, M.L. Ginger, A. Karnkowska, L.I. McCall, A.M. Silber (Eds), Euglenozoa, Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana, New York, pp. 3013 : 41–56.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-5142-1_3

Documents to download:
chapter_Prokopchuk_2026_Eughlenozoa_MetProt (pdf)
Tashyreva D., Prokopchuk G., Iorillo O., Valach M., Škodová-Sveráková I., Shin D.-W., Letts J.A., Burger G., Lukeš J., Faktorová D. (2026) Isolation and Cultivation of Diplonemids. In: P.A. Michels, M.L. Ginger, A. Karnkowska, L.I. McCall, A.M. Silber (Eds), Euglenozoa, Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana, New York, pp. 3013 : 25–40.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-5142-1_2

Documents to download:
chapter_Tashyreva_2026_Eughlenozoa_MetProt (pdf)
Valach M., Burger G., Faktorová D., Lukeš J., Škodová-Sveráková I. (2026) Biochemistry of Diplonemids. In: P.A. Michels, M.L. Ginger, A. Karnkowska, L.I. McCall, A.M. Silber (Eds), Euglenozoa, Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana, New York, pp. 3014 : 225–248.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-5146-9_15

Documents to download:
chapter_Valach_2026_Eughlenozoa_MetProt (pdf)
Akiyoshi B., Faktorová D., Lukeš J. (2025) Discovery of unique mitotic mechanisms in Paradiplonema papillatum. Open Biology 15 : 250096.
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.250096

Documents to download:
Akiyoshi_2025_OpenBiol (pdf)
Hammond M., Iorillo O., Faktorová D., Svobodová M., Akiyoshi B., Licknack T., Poh Y.P., Lukeš J., Wideman J.G. (2025) Subcellular proteomics of the protist Paradiplonema papillatum reveals the digestive capacity of the cell membrane and the plasticity of peroxisomes across euglenozoans. PloS Biology 23 : e3003319.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003319

Documents to download:
Hammond_2025_PlosBiol (pdf)
Thakur P.K., Butenko A., Karásek F., Svobodová M., Faktorová D., Pavlisková H., Varga V., Horák A., Lukeš J., Staněk D. (2025) Splice site diversity and abundance of non-canonical introns in diplonemids (Diplonemea, Euglenozoa). RNA 31 : 1826–1840.
DOI: 10.1261/rna.080641.125

Documents to download:
Thakur_2025_RNA (pdf)
Benz C., Raas M.W.D., Tripathi P., Faktorová D., Tromer E.C., Akiyoshi B., Lukeš J. (2024) On the possibility of yet a third kinetochore system in the protist phylum Euglenozoa mBio 15 : 12.
DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02936-24

Documents to download:
Benz_2024_mBIO (pdf)
Faktorová D., Záhonová K., Benz C., Dacks J., Field M., Lukeš J. (2023) Functional differentiation of Sec13 paralog in the euglenozoan protists Open Biology 13 : 220364.
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.220364

Documents to download:
Faktorova_2023_OpenBiol (pdf)
Valach M., Benz C., Aguilar L.C., Gahura O., Faktorová D., Zíková A., Oeffinger M., Burger G., Gray M., Lukeš J. (2023) Miniature RNAs are embedded in an exceptionally protein-rich mitoribosome via an elaborate assembly pathway Nucleic Acids Research 51 : 6443–6460.
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad422

Documents to download:
Valach_2023_NucAcidRes (pdf)
Záhonová K., Valach M., Tripathi P., Benz C., Opperdoes F.R., Baráth P., Lukáčová V., Danchenko M., Faktorová D., Horváth A., Burger G., Lukeš J., Škodová-Sveráková I. (2023) Subunit composition of mitochondrial dehydrogenase complexes in diplonemid flagellates Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects 1867 : 130419.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2023.130419

Documents to download:
Zahonova_2023_BBA (pdf)
Tashyreva D., Simpson A., Prokopchuk G., Škodová-Sveráková I., Butenko A., Hammond M., George E.E., Flegontova O., Záhonová K., Faktorová D., Yabuki A., Horák A., Keeling P., Lukeš J. (2022) Diplonemids - A Review on "New" Flagellates on the Oceanic Block Protist 173 : 125868.
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2022.125868

Documents to download:
Tashyreva_2022_Protist (pdf)
Škodová-Sveráková I., Záhonová K., Juricová V., Danchenko M., Moos M., Baráth P., Prokopchuk G., Butenko A., Lukáčová V., Kohútová L., Bučková B., Horák A., Faktorová D., Horváth A., Šimek P., Lukeš J. (2021) Highly flexible metabolism of the marine euglenozoan protist /Diplonema papillatum/. BMC Biology 19 : 251.
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01186-y

Documents to download:
Skodova-Sverakova_2021_BMCBiol (pdf)
Faktorová D., Kaur B., Valach M., Graf L., Benz C., Burger G., Lukeš J. (2020) Targeted integration by homologous recombination enables in situ tagging and replacement of genes in the marine microeukaryote Diplonema papillatum Environmental Microbiology 22 : 3660–3670.
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15130

Documents to download:
Faktorová_2020_Env_Microbiology (pdf)
Faktorová D., Nisbet E.R., Kachale A., Kaur B., et al., Lukeš J. (2020) Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology Nature Methods 17 : 481–494.
DOI: 10.1038/s41592-020-0796-x

Documents to download:
Faktorova_2020_NatureMethods (pdf)
Horáková E., Faktorová D., Kraeva N., Kaur B., Van Den Abbeele J., Yurchenko V., Lukeš J. (2020) Catalase compromises the development of the insect and mammalian stages of Trypanosoma brucei FEBS Journal 287 : 964–977.
DOI: 10.1111/febs.15083

Documents to download:
Horakova_2020_FEBSJournal (pdf)
Kaur B., Záhonová K., Valach M., Faktorová D., Prokopchuk G., Burger G., Lukeš J. (2020) Gene fragmentation and RNA editing without borders: eccentric mitochondrial genomes of diplonemids Nucleic Acids Research 48 : 2694–2708.
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz1215

Documents to download:
Kaur_2020_Nucleic Acids Research (pdf)
Faktorová D., Bär A., Hashimi H., McKenney K., Horák A., Schnaufer A., Rubio M., Alfonzo J., Lukeš J. (2018) TbUTP10, a protein involved in early stages of pre-18S rRNA processing in Trypanosoma brucei Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 225 : 84–93.
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2018.09.003

Documents to download:
Faktorova_et al._2018 (pdf)
Faktorová D., Valach M., Kaur B., Burger G., Lukeš J. (2018) Mitochondrial RNA editing and processing in diplonemid protists. In: M.W. Gray and J. Cruz-Reyes (Eds.), RNA Metabolism in Mitochondria Springer 145–176.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-78190-7_6

Documents to download:
Faktorova et.al 2018_chapter_RNA Metabolism in Mitochondria (pdf)
Kaur B., Valach M., Pena Diaz C., Moreira S., Keeling P., Burger G., Lukeš J., Faktorová D. (2018) Transformation of Diplonema papillatum, the type species of the highly diverse and abundant marine micro-eukaryotes Diplonemida (Euglenozoa Environmental Microbiology 20 : 1030-1040.
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14041

Documents to download:
Kaur_et_al._Environmental Microbiology_2018 (pdf)

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Biology Centre CAS
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