Publications 2009 – Molecular Membrane Biology

Baier, J., M. Gabrielsen, S. Oellerich, H. Michel, M. van Heel, R.J. Cogdell, J. Köhler: Spectral Diffusion and Electron-Phonon Coupling of the B800 BChl a Molecules in LH2 Complexes from Three Different Species of Purple Bacteria. Biophys. J. 97, 2604-2612 (2009).

Boesecke, P., J.M. Bois, Th. Crépin, C. Hunte, R. Kahn, W.-Ch. Kao, L. Nauton, A.-M. Lund Winther, J. Moller, P. Nissen, H. Nury, C. Olesen, E. Pebay-Peyroula, J. Vicat and H. Stuhrmann: A first low-resolution difference Fourier map of phosphorus in a membrane protein from near-edge anomalous diffraction. J. Synchrotron Rad. 16, 658-665 (2009).

Ceh, K., U. Demmer, E. Warkentin, J. Moll, R.K. Thauer, S. Shima and U. Ermler: Structural Basis of the Hydride Transfer Mechanism in F-420-Dependent Methylenetetrahydromethanopterin Dehydrogenase. Biochemistry 48, 10098-10105 (2009).

Džafić, E., O. Klein, E. Screpanti, C. Hunte, W. Mäntele: Flexibility and dynamics of NhaA Na+/H+-antiporter of Escherichia coli studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta A 72, 102-109 (2009).

Fraas, S., A.K. Steinbach, A. Tabbert, J. Harder, U. Ermler, K. Tittmann, A. Meyer and P.M.H. Kroneck: Cyclohexane-1,2-dione hydrolase: A new tool to degrade alicyclic compounds. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 61, 47-49 (2009).

Hielscher R., T. Wenz, C. Hunte and P. Hellwig: Monitoring the redox and protonation dependent contributions of cardiolipin in electrochemically induced FTIR difference spectra of the cytochrome bc1 complex from yeast. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1787, 617-625 (2009).

Hiromoto, T., E. Warkentin, J. Moll, U. Ermler and S. Shima: The Crystal Structure of an [Fe]-Hydrogenase-Substrate Complex Reveals the Framework for H2 Activation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48, 6457-6460 (2009).

Hiromoto, T., K. Ataka, O. Pilak, S. Vogt, M.S. Stagni, W. Meyer-Klaucke, E. Warkentin, R.K. Thauer, S. Shima and U. Ermler: The crystal structure of C176A mutated [Fe]-hydrogenase suggests an acyl- iron ligation in the active site iron complex. FEBS Letters 583, 585-590 (2009).

Juhnke, H.D., H. Hiltscher, H.R. Nasiri, H. Schwalbe, and C.R.D. Lancaster: Production, characterization and determination of the real catalytic properties of the putative ‘succinate dehydrogenase’ from Wolinella succinogenes. Mol. Microbiology 71, 1088-1101 (2009).

Koepke, J., E. Olkhova, H. Angerer, H. Müller, G. Peng and H. Michel: High resolution crystal structure of Paracoccus denitrificans cytochrome c oxidase: New insights into the active site and the proton transfer pathways. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1787, 635-645 (2009).

Madej, M.G., F.G. Müller, J. Ploch and C.R.D. Lancaster: Limited reversibility of transmembrane proton transfer assisting transmembrane electron transfer in a dihaem-containing succinate:quinone oxidoreductase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1787, 593-600 (2009).

Marcia, M., U. Ermler, G. Peng and H. Michel: The structure of Aquifex aeolicus sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase, a basis to understand sulfide detoxification and respiration. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106, 9625-9630 (2009).

Marino, S.F.: High-level production and characterization of a G-protein coupled receptor signaling complex. FEBS J. 276, 4515-4528 (2009).

Nasiri, H.R., R. Panisch, M.G. Madej, J.W. Bats, C.R.D. Lancaster and H. Schwalbe: The correlation of cathodic peak potentials of vitamin K3 derivatives and their calculated electron affinities. The role of hydrogen bonding and conformational changes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1787, 601-608 (2009).

Olkhova, E., L. Kozachkov, E. Padan and H. Michel: Combined computational and biochemical study reveals the importance of electrostatic interactions between the ‘‘pH sensor’’ and the cation binding site of the sodium/proton antiporter NhaA of Escherichia coli. Proteins-Structure Function and Bioinformatics 76, 548-559 (2009).

Sreeramulu, S., H.R.A. Jonker, T. Langer, Ch. Richter, C.R.D. Lancaster and H. Schwalbe: The Human Cdc37·Hsp90 Complex Studied by Heteronuclear NMR Spectroscopy. J. Biol. Chem. 284, 3885-3896 (2009).

Wenz, T., R. Hielscher, P. Hellwig, H. Schägger, S. Richers and C. Hunte: Role of phospholipids in respiratory cytochrome bc1 complex catalysis and supercomplex formation. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1787, 609-616 (2009).

Ph.D. Theses

Angerer, H.: Functional and structural studies on the atmungsferment cytochrome c oxidase from Paracoccus denitrificans. Frankfurt 2009.

Ceh, K.: Bindung des C1-Carriers Tetrahydromethanopterin und seiner Derivate an Enzyme des Energiestoffwechselweges Methanbildender Archaeen. Frankfurt 2009.

Diploma Theses

Arlinghaus, F.: Phage display evolution of high affinity antibody fragments against the adenosine A2A receptor. Frankfurt 2009

Kathrey, D.: Biochemische und kristallographische Untersuchungen neuartiger Enzyme des anaeroben Kohlenwasserstoff-Abbaus. Technische Universität Darmstadt 2009.

Contact:

Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hartmut Michel, Managing Director
Department of Molecular Membrane Biology
Secretary: S. McCormack

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E-mail: secretariat.michel(at)biophys.mpg.de