Publications of the Department of Molecular Membrane Biology

Vitt, S.; Prinz, S.; Eisinger, M. L.; Ermler, U.; Buckel, W.: Purification and structural characterization of the Na⁺-translocating ferredoxin: NAD⁺ reductase (Rnf) complex of Clostridium tetanomorphum. Nature Communications 13, 6315 (2022)

Schleker, E. S. M.; Buschmann, S.; Xie, H.; Welsch, S.; Michel, H.; Reinhart, C.: Structural and functional investigation of ABC transporter STE6-2p from Pichia pastoris reveals unexpected interaction with sterol molecules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (43), e2202822119 (2022)

Mathioudaki, E.; Alifragis, Y.; Fouskaki, M.; Chochlakis, D.; Xie, H.; Psaroulaki, A.; Tsiotis, G.; Chaniotakis, N.: Electrochemical Antigenic Sensor for the Diagnosis of Chronic Q Fever. Current Research in Biotechnology 4, pp. 537 - 543 (2022)

Zöller, J.; Hong, S.; Eisinger, M. L.; Anderson, M.; Radloff, M.; Desch, K.; Gennis, R.; Langer, J. D.: Ligand binding and conformational dynamics of the E. coli nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase revealed by hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 20, pp. 5430 - 5439 (2022)

Khera, R.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Bolla, J. R.; Kahnt, J.; Welsch, S.; Ermler, U.; Münke, C.; Robinson, C. V.; Hummer, G.; Xie, H. et al.; Michel, H.: Cryo-EM structures of pentameric autoinducer-2 exporter from Escherichia coli reveal its transport mechanism. The EMBO Journal 41 (18), e109990 (2022)

Meier-Credo, J.; Preiss, L.; Wüllenweber, I.; Resemann, A.; Nordmann, C.; Zabret, J.; Suckau, D.; Michel, H.; Nowacyk, M. M.; Meier, T. et al.; Langer, J. D.: Top-Down Identification and Sequence Analysis of Small Membrane Proteins Using MALDI-MS/MS. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 33 (7), pp. 1293 - 1302 (2022)

Kayastha, K.; Katsyv, A.; Himmrich, C.; Welsch, S.; Schuller, J. M.; Ermler, U.; Müller, V.: Structure-based electron-confurcation mechanism of the Ldh-EtfAB complex. eLife 11, e77095 (2022)

Aziz, I.; Kaltwasser, S.; Kayastha, K.; Khera, R.; Vonck, J.; Ermler, U.: The molybdenum storage protein forms and deposits distinct polynuclear tungsten oxygen aggregates. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 234, 111904 (2022)

Zhao, J.; Hellwig, N.; Djahanschiri, B.; Khera, R.; Morgner, N.; Ebersberger, I.; Wang, J.; Michel, H.: Assembly and Functional Role of PACE Transporter PA2880 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology Spectrum 10 (2), e01453-21 (2022)

Weidenweber, S.; Schühle, K.; Lippert, M.-L.; Mock, J.; Seubert, A.; Demmer, U.; Ermler, U.; Heider, J.: Finis tolueni: a new type of thiolase with an integrated Zn-finger subunit catalyses the final step of anaerobic toluene metabolism. The FEBS Journal 5, 166 (2022)

Hards, K.; Cheung, C.-Y.; Waller, N.; Adolph, C.; Keighley, L.; Tee, Z. S.; Harold, L. K.; Menorca, A.; Bujaroski, R. S.; Buckley, B. J. et al.; Tyndall, J. D.A.; McNeil, M. B.; Rhee, K. Y.; Opel-Reading, H. K.; Krause, K.; Preiss, L.; Langer, J. D.; Meier, T.; Hasenoehrl, E. J.; Berney, M.; Kelso, M. J.; Cook, G. M.: An amiloride derivative is active against the F₁F_o-ATP synthase and cytochrome bd oxidase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Communications Biology 5 (1), 166 (2022)

Grund, T. N.; Radloff, M.; Wu, D.; Goojani, H. G.; Witte, L. F.; Jösting, W.; Buschmann, S.; Müller, H.; Elamri, I.; Welsch, S. et al.; Schwalbe, H.; Michel, H.; Bald, D.; Safarian, S.: Mechanistic and structural diversity between cytochrome bd isoforms of Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (50), e2114013118 (2021)

Konia, E.; Chatzicharalampous, K.; Drakonaki, A.; Münke, C.; Ermler, U.; Tsiotis, G.; Pavlidis, I. V.: Rational engineering of Luminiphilus syltensis ( R)-selective amine transaminase for the acceptance of bulky substrates. Chemical Communications 57 (96), pp. 12948 - 12951 (2021)

Radloff, M.; Elamri, I.; Grund, T. N.; Witte, L. F.; Hohmann, K. F.; Nakagaki, S.; Goojani , H. G.; Nasiri, H.; Miyoshi , H.; Bald, D. et al.; Xie, H.; Sakamoto, J.; Schwalbe, H.; Safarian, S.: Short-chain aurachin D derivatives are selective inhibitors of E. coli cytochrome bd-I and bd-II oxidases. Scientific Reports 11 (1), e23852 (2021)

Kolbe, F.; Safarian, S.; Piórek, Ż.; Welsch, S.; Müller, H.; Michel, H.: Cryo-EM structures of intermediates suggest an alternative catalytic reaction cycle for cytochrome c oxidase. Nature Communications 12, 6903 (2021)

Kung, J.; Meier, A.-K.; Willistein, M.; Weidenweber, S.; Demmer, U.; Ermler, U.; Boll, M.: Structural basis of cyclic 1,3-diene forming acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenases. Chembiochem 22 (22), pp. 3172 - 3177 (2021)

Zhao, J.; Xie, H.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Safarian, S.; Ermler, U.; Münke, C.; Thielmann, Y.; Hummer, G.; Ebersberger, I.; Wang, J. et al.; Michel, H.: The structure of the Aquifex aeolicus MATE family multidrug resistance transporter and sequence comparisons suggest the existence of a new subfamily. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (46), e2107335118 (2021)

Parey, K.; Lasham, J.; Mills, D. J.; Djurabekova, A.; Haapanen, O.; Yoga, E. G.; Xie, H.; Kühlbrandt, W.; Sharma, V.; Vonck, J. et al.; Zickermann, V.: High-resolution structure and dynamics of mitochondrial complex I-Insights into the proton pumping mechanism. Science Advances 7 (46), eabj3221 (2021)

Mathioudaki, E.; Arvaniti, K.; Münke, C.; Drakonaki, A.; Vranakis, I.; Koutantou, M.; Psaroulaki, A.; Xie, H.; Tsiotis, G.: Expression, purification and characterization of the IcmG and IcmK proteins of the Type IVB secretion system from Coxiella burnetii. Protein Expression and Purification 186, 105905 (2021)

Safarian, S.; Opel-Reading, H. K.; Wu, D.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Hards, K.; Harold, L. H.; Radloff, M.; Stewart, I.; Welsch, S.; Hummer, G. et al.; Cook, G. M.; Krause, K. L.; Michel, H.: The cryo-EM structure of the bd oxidase from M. tuberculosis reveals a unique structural framework and enables rational drug design to combat TB. Nature Communications 12 (1), 5236 (2021)