Publications 2002 – Molecular Membrane Biology

Barquera, B., P. Hellwig, W. Zhou, J.E. Morgan, C.C. Häse, K.K. Gosink, M. Nilges, P.J. Bruesehoff, A. Roth, C.R.D. Lancaster and R.B. Gennis: Purification and Characterization of the Recombinant Na+ - Translocating NADH: Quinone Oxidoreductase from Vibrio cholerae. Biochemistry 41, 3781-3789 (2002).

Ermler, U., C.H. Hagemeier, A. Roth, A. Schiffer, U. Demmer, W. Grabarse, E. Warkentin and J.A. Vorhott: Structure of methylene-tetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase from Methylobacterium extorquens AM1. Structure 10, 1127-1137 (2002).

Fritz, D., A. Roth, A. Schiffer, T. Buchert, G. Bourenkov, H.D. Bartunik, H. Huber, K.O. Stetter, P.M.H. Kroneck and U. Ermler: Structure of adenylylsulfate reductase from the hyperthermophilic Archaeglobus fulgidus at  1.6-A resolution. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99, 1836-1841 (2002).

Fritzsch, G., J. Koepke, R. Diem, A. Kuglstatter and L. Baciou: Charge separation induces conformational changes in the photosynthetic reaction centre of purple bacteria. Biol. Crystallogr., Acta Crystallogr. Sect. D 58, 1660-1663 (2002).

Hellwig, P., U. Pfitzner, J. Behr, B. Rost, R.P. Pesavento, W. v. Donk, R.B. Gennis, H. Michel, B. Ludwig and W. Mäntele: Vibrational Modes of Tyrosines in Cytochrome c Oxidase from Paracoccus denitrificans: FTIR and Electrochemical Studies on Tyr-D4-labeled and on Tyr280His and Tyr35Phe Mutant Enzymes. Biochemistry 41, 9116-9125 (2002).

Hövelmann, S., S.H. Hoffmann, R. Kühne, T. ter Laak, H. Reiländer and T. Beckers: Impact of Aromatic Residues within Transmembrane Helix 6 of the Human Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor upon Agonist and Antagonist Binding. Biochemistry 41, 1129-1136 (2002).

Hunte, C. and H. Michel: Crystallisation of membrane proteins mediated by antibody fragments. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 12, 503-508 (2002).

Hunte, C., S. Solmaz and C. Lange: Electron transfer between yeast cytochrome bc(1) complex and cytochrome c: a structural analysis. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1555, 21-28 (2002).

Koepke, J., E.I. Scharff, C. Lücke, H. Rüterjans and G. Fritzsch: Atomic resolution crystal structure of squid ganglion DFPase. Biol. Crystallogr., Acta Crystallogr. Sect. D 58, 1757-1759 (2002).

Kröger, A., S. Biel, J. Simon, R. Gross, G. Unden and C.R.D.  Lancaster: Fumarate respiration of Wolinella succinogenes: enzymology, energetics, and coupling mechanism. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1553, 23-38 (2002).

Lancaster, C.R.D.: A P-type pump at work. Nat. Struct. Biol. 9, 643-645 (2002).

Lancaster, C.R.D.: Succinate:quinone oxidoreductases: an overview (Editorial). Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1553, 1-6 (2002).

Lancaster, C.R.D.: Wolinella succinogenes quinol:fumarate reductase - 2.2 A resolution crystal structure and the E-pathway hypothesis of coupled transmembrane proton and electron transfer. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1565, 215-231 (2002).

Lancaster, C.R.D. and J. Simon: Succinate:quinone oxidoreductases from -protobacteria. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1553, 84-101 (2002).

Lange, C. and C. Hunte: Crystal Structure of the yeast cytochrome bc1 complex with its bound substrate cytochrome c. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99, 2800-2805 (2002).

Mamat, B., A. Roth, C. Grimm, U. Ermler, C. Tziatzios, D. Schubert, R.K. Thauer and S. Shima: Crystal structures and enzymatic properties of three formyltransferases from archaea: Environmental adaption and evolutionaly relationship. Protein Sci. 11, 2168-2178 (2002).

Psylinakis, E. G. Fritzsch and D.F. Ghanotakis: Isolation and crystallization of CP47, a Photosystem II chlorophyll binding protein. Degradation of CP47 upon dissociation from the core complex. Photosynth. Res. 72, 211-216 (2002).

Ruitenberg, M., A. Kannt, E. Bamberg, K. Fendler and H. Michel: Reduction of cytochrome c oxidase by a second electron leads to proton translocation. Nature 417, 99-102 (2002).

Shima, S., E. Warkentin, R.K. Thauer, and U. Ermler: Structure and function of enzymes involved in the methanogenic pathway utilizing carbon dioxide and molecular hydrogen (Review). J. Biosci. Bioeng. 93, 519-530 (2002).

Venturi, M., C. Seifert and C. Hunte: High level production of functional antibody Fab fragments in an oxidizing bacterial cytoplasm. J. Mol. Biol. 315, 1-8 (2002).


Habilitation

Ermler, U.: Strukturuntersuchungen an Enzymen des methanogenen Stoffwechselweges. Frankfurt 2002.


Ph.D. Theses

Klinger, A.: Erzeugung und Optimierung einer Proteinoligomerisierungsdomäne. Frankfurt 2002.

Lange, C.: Wechselwirkung des Cytochrom-bc1-Komplexes aus Saccharomyces cerevisiae mit seinen Substraten Cytochrom c und Ubichinon sowie Membranlipiden. Frankfurt 2002.

Mamat, B.: Strukturaufklärung der metallfreien Hydrogenase aus methanogenen Archaea. Frankfurt 2002.


Diploma Theses

Jost, C.: Untersuchungen zur Struktur-/Funktionsbeziehungen im Cytochrom-bc1-Komplex. Frankfurt 2002.

Juhnke, H.: Gezielter Austausch von Aminosäuren im Membrananker der Chinol:Fumarat-Reduktase von Wolinella succinogenes. Charakterisierung der Variantenenzyme. Frankfurt 2002.

Contact:

Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hartmut Michel, Managing Director
Department of Molecular Membrane Biology
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