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Karimi, K.; Zöller, J.; Hofmann, T.; Zangl, R.; Schulte, J.; Langer, J. D.; Schmidt, C.; Morgner, N.: MS SIEVE – Pushing the Limits for Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 36 (1), pp. 91 - 99 (2025)
Sennett, C.; Jia, W.; Khalil, J. S.; Hindle, M. S.; Coupland, C.; Calaminus, S. D. J.; Langer, J. D.; Frost, S.; Naseem, K. M.; Rivero, F.et al.; Ninkina, N.; Buchman, V.; Aburima, A.: α-Synuclein Deletion Impairs Platelet Function: A Role for SNARE Complex Assembly. Cells 13 (24), 2089 (2024)
Herhaus, L.; Gestal-Mato, U.; Eapen, V. V.; Mačinković, I.; Bailey, H. J.; Prieto-Garcia, C.; Misra, M.; Jacomin, A.-C.; Ammanath, A. V.; Bagarić, I.et al.; Michaelis, J.; Vollrath, J.; Bhaskara, R. M.; Bündgen, G.; Covarrubias-Pinto, A.; Husnjak, K.; Zöller, J.; Gikandi, A.; Ribičić, S.; Bopp, T.; van der Heden van Noort, G. J.; Langer, J. D.; Weigert, A.; Harper, J. W.; Mancias, J. D.; Đikić, I.: IRGQ-mediated autophagy in MHC class I quality control promotes tumor immune evasion. Cell 187 (7), pp. 7285 - 7302 (2024)
Laub, V.; Nan, E.; Elias, L.; Donaldson, I. J.; Bentsen, M.; Rusling, L. A.; Schupp, J.; Lun, J. H.; Plate, K. H.; Looso, M.et al.; Langer, J. D.; Günther, S.; Bobola, N.; Schulte, D.: Integrated multi-omics analysis of PBX1 in mouse adult neural stem- and progenitor cells identifies a transcriptional module that functionally links PBX1 to TCF3/4. Nucleic Acids Research 52 (20), gkae864, pp. 12262 - 12280 (2024)
Kuhn, B. T.; Zöller, J.; Zimmermann, I.; Gemeinhardt, T.; Özkul, D. H.; Langer, J. D.; Seeger, M. A.; Geertsma, E. R.: Interdomain-linkers control conformational transitions in the SLC23 elevator transporter UraA. Nature Communications 15, 7518 (2024)
Adolph, C.; Cheung, C.-Y.; McNeil, M. B.; Jowsey, W. J.; Williams, Z. C.; Hards, K.; Harold, L. K.; Aboelela, A.; Bujaroski, R. S.; Buckley, B. J.et al.; Tyndall, J. D. A.; Li, Z.; Langer, J. D.; Preiss, L.; Meier, T.; Steyn, A. J. C.; Rhee, K. Y.; Berney, M.; Kelso, M. J.; Cook, G. M.: A dual-targeting succinate dehydrogenase and F1Fo-ATP synthase inhibitor rapidly sterilizes replicating and non-replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Cell Chemical Biology 31, pp. 683 - 698.e7 (2024)
van Oostrum, M.; Blok, T. M.; Giandomenico, S. L.; tom Dieck, S.; Tushev, G.; Fürst, N.; Langer, J. D.; Schuman, E. M.: The proteomic landscape of synaptic diversity across brain regions and cell types. Cell 186 (24), pp. 5411 - 5427.e23 (2023)
Meier-Credo, J.; Heiniger, B.; Schori, C.; Rupprecht, F.; Michel, H.; Ahrens, C. A.; Langer, J. D.: Detection of Known and Novel Small Proteins in Pseudomonas stutzeri Using a Combination of Bottom-Up and Digest-Free Proteomics and Proteogenomics. Analytical Chemistry 95, pp. 11892 - 11900 (2023)
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)
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)
Desch, K.; Schuman, E. M.; Langer, J. D.: Quantifying phosphorylation dynamics in primary neuronal cultures using LC-MS/MS. STAR Protocols 3 (1), 101063 (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 F1Fo-ATP synthase and cytochrome bd oxidase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Communications Biology 5 (1), 166 (2022)
Ahrens, C. H.; Wade, J. T.; Champion, M. M.; Langer, J. D.: A Practical Guide to Small Protein Discovery and Characterization using Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Bacteriology 204 (1), e0035321 (2022)
Luciano, V.; Proschak, E.; Langer, J. D.; Knapp, S.; Heering, J.; Marschalek, R.: Closantel is an allosteric inhibitor of human Taspase1. iScience 24 (12), e103524 (2021)
Fusco, C. M.; Desch, K.; Dörrbaum, A. R.; Wang, M.; Staab, A.; Chan, I. C. W.; Vail, E.; Villeri, V.; Langer, J. D.; Schuman, E. M.: Neuronal ribosomes exhibit dynamic and context-dependent exchange of ribosomal proteins. Nature Communications 12 (1), 6127 (2021)
Desch, K.; Langer, J. D.; Schuman, E. M.: Dynamic bi-directional phosphorylation events associated with the reciprocal regulation of synapses during homeostatic up- and down-scaling. Cell Reports 36 (8), 109583 (2021)
Ross, A. B.; Langer, J. D.; Jovanovic, M.: Proteome Turnover in the Spotlight: Approaches, Applications, and Perspectives. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics 20, 100016 (2021)
Neuhaus, A.; Selvaraj, M.; Salzer, R.; Langer, J. D.; Kruse, K.; Kirchner, L.; Sanders, K.; Daum, B.; Averhoff, B.; Gold, V.: Cryo-electron microscopy reveals two distinct type IV pili assembled by the same bacterium. Nature Communications 11, 2231 (2020)
Altincekic, N.; Löhr, F.; Meier-Credo, J.; Langer, J. D.; Hengesbach, M.; Richter, C.; Schwalbe, H.: Site-Specific Detection of Arginine Methylation in Highly Repetitive Protein Motifs of Low Sequence Complexity by NMR. Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (16), pp. 7647 - 7654 (2020)
Dörrbaum, A. R.; Alvarez-Castelao, B.; Nassim-Assir, B.; Langer, J. D.; Schuman, E. M.: Proteome dynamics during homeostatic scaling in cultured neurons. eLife 9, e52939 (2020)
Wang, X.; You, X.; Langer, J. D.; Hou, J.; Rupprecht, F.; Vlatkovic, I.; Quedenau, C.; Tushev, G.; Epstein, I.; Schaefke, B.et al.; Sun , W.; Fang, L.; Li, G.; Hu , Y.; Schuman, E. M.; Chen, W.: Full-length transcriptome reconstruction reveals a large diversity of RNA and protein isoforms in rat hippocampus. Nature Communications 10, 5009 (2019)
Langebeck-Jensen, K.; Shahar, O. D.; Schuman, E. M.; Langer, J. D.; Soojin, R.: Larval Zebrafish Proteome Regulation in Response to an Environmental Challenge. Proteomics 19 (14), 1900028 (2019)
Alvarez-Castelao, B.; Schanzenbächer, C. T.; Langer, J. D.; Schuman, E. M.: Cell-type-specific metabolic labeling, detection and identification of nascent proteomes in vivo. Nature Protocols 14 (2), pp. 556 - 575 (2019)
Reiter, S.; Hülsdunk, P.; Woo, T.; Eberle, J. S.; Akay, L. A.; Longo, A.; Meier-Credo, J.; Kretschmer, F.; Langer, J. D.; Kaschube, M.et al.; Laurent, G.: Elucidating the control and development of skin patterning in cuttlefish. Nature 562 (7727), pp. 361 - 366 (2018)
Dörrbaum, A. R.; Kochen, L.; Langer, J. D.; Schuman, E. M.: Local and global influences on protein turnover in neurons and glia. eLife 7, e34202 (2018)
Sousa, J. S.; Calisto, F.; Langer, J. D.; Mills, D. J.; Refojo, P. N.; Teixeira, M.; Kühlbrandt, W.; Vonck, J.; Pereira, M. M.: Structural basis for energy transduction by respiratory alternative complex III. Nature Communications 9, 1728 (2018)
Eisinger, M. L.; Nie, L.; Dörrbaum, A. R.; Langer, J. D.; Michel, H.: The Xenobiotic Extrusion Mechanism of the MATE Transporter NorM_PS from Pseudomonas stutzeri. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 430 (9), pp. 1311 - 1323 (2018)
Groß, A. S.; Schulz, C.; Kolb, J.; Koster, J.; Wehner, S.; Czaplinski, S.; Khilan, A.; Rohrer, H.; Harter, P. N.; Klingebiel, T.et al.; Langer, J. D.; Geerts, D.: Tumorigenic and Antiproliferative Properties of the TALE-Transcription Factors MEIS2D and MEIS2A in Neuroblastoma. Cancer research: an official organ of the American Association for Cancer Research 78 (8), pp. 1935 - 1947 (2018)
Schanzenbächer, C. T.; Langer, J. D.; Schuman, E. M.: Time- and polarity-dependent proteomic changes associated with homeostatic scaling at central synapses. eLife 7, e33322 (2018)
Eisinger, M. L.; Dörrbaum, A. R.; Michel, H.; Padan, E.; Langer, J. D.: Ligand-induced conformational dynamics of the Escherichia coli Na+/H+ antiporter NhaA revealed by hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114 (44), pp. 11691 - 11696 (2017)
Hau, A.-C.; Grebbin, B. M.; Agoston, Z.; Anders-Maurer, M.; Müller, T.; Groß, A.; Kolb, J.; Langer, J. D.; Döring, C.; Schulte, D.: MEIS homeodomain proteins facilitate PARP1/ARTD1-mediated eviction of histone H1. The Journal of Cell Biology: JCB 216 (9), pp. 2715 - 2729 (2017)
Kohlstädt, M.; Buschmann, S.; Langer, J. D.; Xie, H.; Michel, H.: Subunit CcoQ is involved in the assembly of the Cbb3-type cytochrome c oxidases from Pseudomonas stutzeri ZoBell but not required for their activity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Bioenergetics 1858 (3), pp. 231 - 238 (2017)
Demmer, J. K.; Rupprecht, F. A.; Eisinger, M. L.; Ermler, U.; Langer, J. D.: Ligand binding and conformational dynamics in a flavin-based electron-bifurcating enzyme complex revealed by Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry. FEBS Letters 590 (24), pp. 4472 - 4479 (2016)
Brandt, K.; Müller, D. B.; Hoffmann, J.; Langer, J. D.; Brutschy, B.; Morgner, N.; Müller, V.: Stoichiometry and deletion analyses of subunits in the heterotrimeric F-ATP synthase c ring from the acetogenic bacterium Acetobacterium woodii. The FEBS Journal 283 (3), pp. 510 - 520 (2016)
Joedicke, L.; Trenker, R.; Langer, J. D.; Michel, H.; Preu, J.: Cell-free synthesis of isotopically labelled peptide ligands for the functional characterization of G protein-coupled receptors. FEBS Open Bio 6 (1), pp. 90 - 102 (2016)
Fischer, F.; Langer, J. D.; Osiewacz, H. D.: Identification of potential mitochondrial CLPXP protease interactors and substrates suggests its central role in energy metabolism. Scientific Reports 5, e18375 (2015)
Mayer, F.; Lim, J. K.; Langer, J. D.; Kang, S. G.; Müller, V.: Na+ Transport by the A1AO-ATP Synthase Purified from Thermococcus onnurineus and Reconstituted into Liposomes. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 290 (11), pp. 6994 - 7002 (2015)
Preiss, L.; Langer, J. D.; Yildiz, Ö.; Eckhardt-Strelau, L.; Guillemont, J. E. G.; Koul, A.; Meier, T.: Structure of the mycobacterial ATP synthase Fo rotor ring in complex with the anti-TB drug bedaquiline. Science Advances 1 (4), pp. 1 - 8 (2015)
Preiss, L.; Langer, J. D.; Hicks, D. B.; Liu, J.; Yildiz, Ö.; Krulwich, T. A.; Meier, T.: The c-ring ion binding site of the ATP synthase from Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4 is adapted to alkaliphilic lifestyle. Molecular Microbiology 92 (5), pp. 973 - 984 (2014)
Xie, H.; Buschmann, S.; Langer, J. D.; Ludwig, B.; Michel, H.: Biochemical and Biophysical Characterization of the Two Isoforms of cbb3-Type Cytochrome c Oxidase from Pseudomonas stutzeri. Journal of Bacteriology (Washington, DC) 196 (2), pp. 472 - 482 (2014)
Zhang, C.; Allegretti, M.; Vonck, J.; Langer, J.; Marcia, M.; Peng, G.; Michel, H.: Production of fully assembled and active Aquifex aeolicus F1FO ATP synthase in Escherichia coli. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects 1840 (1), pp. 34 - 40 (2014)
Zhang, C.; Marcia, M.; Langer, J. D.; Peng, G.; Michel, H.: Role of the N-terminal signal peptide in the membrane insertion of Aquifex aeolicus F1F0 ATP synthase c-subunit. The FEBS Journal 280 (14), pp. 3425 - 3435 (2013)
Wang, T.; Langer, J. D.; Peng, G.; Michel, H.: Isolation, functional characterization and crystallization of Aq_1259, an outer membrane protein with porin features, from Aquifex aeolicus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Proteins and Proteomics 1824 (12), pp. 1358 - 1365 (2012)
Mayer, F.; Leone, V.; Langer, J. D.; Faraldo-Gómez, J. D.; Müller, V.: A c Subunit with Four Transmembrane Helices and One Ion (Na+)-binding Site in an Archaeal ATP Synthase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 287 (47), pp. 39327 - 39337 (2012)
Burkhardt, J.; Vonck, J.; Langer, J. D.; Salzer, R.; Averhoff, B.: Unusual N-terminal ααβαββα Fold of PilQ from Thermus thermophilus Mediates Ring Formation and Is Essential for Piliation. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 287 (11), pp. 8484 - 8494 (2012)
Kliefoth, M.; Langer, J. D.; Matschiavelli, N.; Oelgeschläger, E.; Rother, M.: Genetic analysis of MA4079, an aldehyde dehydrogenase homolog, in Methanosarcina acetivorans. Archives of Microbiology 194 (2), pp. 75 - 85 (2012)
Popoff, V.; Langer, J. D.; Reckmann, I.; Hellwig, A.; Khan, R. A.; Brügger, B.; Wieland, F. T.: Several ADP-ribosylation Factor (Arf) Isoforms Support COPI Vesicle Formation. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 (41), pp. 35634 - 35642 (2011)
Langer, J. D.; Roth, C. M.; Béthune, J.; Stoops, E. H.; Brügger, B.; Herten, D.-P.; Wieland, F. T.: A Conformational Change in the α‐subunit of Coatomer Induced by Ligand Binding to γ‐COP Revealed by Single‐pair FRET. Traffic 9 (4), pp. 597 - 607 (2008)
Langer, J. D.; Stoops, E. H.; Béthune, J.; Wieland, F. T.: Conformational changes of coat proteins during vesicle formation. FEBS Letters 581 (11), pp. 2083 - 2088 (2007)
Dörrbaum , A. R.; Schuman, E. M.; Langer, J. D.: Dynamic SILAC to Determine Protein Turnover in Neurons and Glia. In: SILAC: Methods and Protocols, Vol. 2603, pp. 1 - 18 (Ed. Luque-Garcia, J. L.). Springer, New York, NY (2023)
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics and the University of Cologne developed a new optical tool to study ferroptosis, a form of iron-driven cell death. Better understanding of how it spreads could open doors to new therapies.
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The fellow program promotes cooperation between Max Planck Institutes and outstanding professors at universities. From March 2024, Müller-McNicoll will lead a small research group at the MPI in Frankfurt for five years to investigate RNA, the carrier of genetic information in the cell, and its regulation.