Publications of the Ermler Research Group

Kayastha, K.; Vitt, S.; Buckel, W.; Ermler, U.: Flavins in the electron bifurcation process. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 701, 108796 (2021)

Appel, L.; Willistein, M.; Dahl, C.; Ermler, U.; Boll, M.: Functional diversity of prokaryotic HdrA(BC) modules: Role in flavin-based electron bifurcation processes and beyond. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Bioenergetics 1862 (4), 148379 (2021)

Ernst, C.; Kayastha, K.; Koch , T.; Venceslau, S. S.; Pereira, I. A.C.; Demmer, U.; Ermler, U.; Dahl, C.: Structural and spectroscopic characterization of a HdrA‐like subunit from Hyphomicrobium denitrificans. The FEBS Journal 288 (5), pp. 1664 - 1678 (2021)

Vitt, S.; Prinz, S.; Hellwig, N.; Morgner, N.; Ermler, U.; Buckel, W.: Molecular and Low-Resolution Structural Characterization of the Na+-Translocating Glutaconyl-CoA Decarboxylase From Clostridium symbiosum. Frontiers in Microbiology 11, 480 (2020)

Huang, G.; Wagner, T.; Demmer, U.; Warkentin, E.; Ermler, U.; Shima, S.: The Hydride Transfer Process in NADP-dependent Methylene-tetrahydromethanopterin Dehydrogenase. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 432 (7), pp. 2042 - 2054 (2020)

Huang, G.; Wagner, T.; Ermler, U.; Shima, S.: Methanogenesis involves direct hydride transfer from H₂ to an organic substrate. Nature Reviews Chemistry 4 (2), pp. 213 - 221 (2020)

Brünle, S.; Eisinger, M. L.; Poppe, J.; Mills, D. J.; Langer, J. D.; Vonck, J.; Ermler, U.: Molybdate pumping into the molybdenum storage protein via an ATP-powered piercing mechanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 52 (116), pp. 26497 - 26504 (2019)

Huang, G.; Wagner, T.; Wodrich, M. D.; Ataka, K.; Bill, E.; Ermler, U.; Hu, X.; Shima, S.: The atomic-resolution crystal structure of activated [Fe]-hydrogenase. Nature Catalysis 2 (6), pp. 537 - 543 (2019)

Willistein, M.; Bechtel, D. F.; Müller, C. S.; Demmer, U.; Heimann, L.; Kayastha, K.; Schünemann, V.; Pierik, A. J.; Ullmann, G. M.; Ermler, U. et al.; Boll, M.: Low potential enzymatic hydride transfer via highly cooperative and inversely functionalized flavin cofactorsLow potential enzymatic hydride transfer via highly cooperative and inversely functionalized flavin cofactors. Nature Communications 10, 2074 (2019)

Watanabe, T.; Wagner, T.; Huang, G.; Kahnt, J.; Ataka, K.; Ermler, U.; Shima, S.: The Bacterial [Fe]‐Hydrogenase Paralog HmdII Uses Tetrahydrofolate Derivatives as Substrates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 58 (11), pp. 3506 - 3510 (2019)

Poppe, J.; Brünle, S.; Hail, R.; Wiesemann, K.; Schneider, K.; Ermler, U.: The Molybdenum Storage Protein: A soluble ATP hydrolysis‐dependent molybdate pump. The FEBS Journal 285 (24), pp. 4602 - 4616 (2018)

Brünle, S.; Poppe, J.; Hail, R.; Demmer, U.; Ermler, U.: The molybdenum storage protein - A bionanolab for creating experimentally alterable polyoxomolybdate clusters. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 189 (12), pp. 172 - 179 (2018)

Wagner , T.; Huang, G.; Ermler, U.; Shima, S.: How [Fe]-Hydrogenase from Methanothermobacter is Protected Against Light and Oxidative Stress. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 57 (46), pp. 15056 - 15059 (2018)

Huang, G.; Wagner, T.; Ermler, U.; Bill, E.; Ataka, K.; Shima, S.: Dioxygen Sensitivity of [Fe]‐Hydrogenase in the Presence of Reducing Substrates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 57 (18), pp. 4917 - 4920 (2018)

Demmer, J. K.; Bertsch, J.; Öppinger, C.; Wohlers, H.; Kayastha, K.; Demmer, U.; Ermler, U.; Müller, V.: Molecular basis of the flavin‐based electron‐bifurcating caffeyl‐CoA reductase reaction. FEBS Letters 592 (3), pp. 332 - 342 (2018)

Demmer, J. K.; Chowdhury, N. P.; Selmer, T.; Ermler, U.; Buckel, W.: The semiquinone swing in the bifurcating electron transferring flavoprotein/butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase complex from Clostridium difficile. Nature Communications 8, 1577 (2017)

Warkentin, E.; Weidenweber, S.; Schühle, K.; Demmer, U.; Heider, J.; Ermler, U.: A rare polyglycine type II-like helix motif in naturally occurring proteins. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 85 (11), pp. 2017 - 2023 (2017)

Weinert, T.; Olieric, N.; Cheng, R.; Brünle, S.; James, D.; Ozerov, D.; Gashi, D.; Vera, L.; Marsh, M.; Jaeger, K. et al.; Dworkowski, F.; Panepucci, E.; Basu, S.; Skopintsev, P.; Dorè, A. S.; Geng, T.; Cooke, R. M.; Liang, M.; Prota, A. E.; Paneels, V.; Nogly, P.; Ermler, U.; Schertler, G.; Hennig, M.; Steinmetz, M. O.; Wang, M.; Standfuss, J.: Serial millisecond crystallography for routine room-temperature structure determination at synchrotrons. Nature Communications 8, 542 (2017)

Bai, L.; Wagner, T.; Xu, T.; Hu, X.; Ermler, U.; Shima, S.: A Water-Bridged H-Bonding Network Contributes to the Catalysis of the SAM-Dependent C-Methyltransferase HcgC. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English 56 (36), pp. 10806 - 10809 (2017)

Wagner, T.; Koch, J.; Ermler, U.; Shima, S.: Methanogenic heterodisulfide reductase (HdrABC-MvhAGD) uses two noncubane [4Fe-4S] clusters for reduction. Science 357 (6352), pp. 699 - 703 (2017)