Publications of the Department of Molecular Membrane Biology

Lancaster, C. R. D.; Bibikova, M.; Sabatino, P.; Oesterhelt, D.; Michel, H.: Structural basis of the drastically increased initial electron transfer rate in the reaction center from a Rhodopseudomonas viridis mutant described at 2.00-A resolution. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 275 (50), pp. 39364 - 39368 (2000)

Roth, A.; Fritz, G.; Büchert, T.; Huber, H.; Stetter, K. O.; Ermler, U.; Kroneck, P. M.H.: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of adenylylsulfate reductase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Acta Crystallographica. Section D: Biological Crystallography (Copenhagen) D56 (12), pp. 1673 - 1675 (2000)

Lancaster, C. R. D.; Groß, R.; Haas, A.; Ritter, M.; Mäntele, W.; Simon, J.; Kröger, A.: Essential role of Glu-C66 for menaquinol oxidation indicates transmembrane electrochemical potential generation by Wolinella succinogenes fumarate reductase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97 (24), pp. 13051 - 13056 (2000)

Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.; Durchschlag, H.; Tziatzios, .; Schubert, D.: A mutation affecting the dimer/tetramer association equilibrium of formyltransferase from the hyperthermophilic Methanopyrus kandleri in relation to the activity and thermostability of the enzyme. European Journal of Biochemistry 267 (22), pp. 6619 - 6623 (2000)

Grabarse, W.; Mahlert, F.; Shima , S.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Comparison of three methyl-coenzyme M reductases from phylogenetically distant organisms: unusual amino acid modification, conservation and adaptation. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 303 (2), pp. 329 - 344 (2000)

Michel, H.: Allowing gene patents could be an expensive mistake for the US. Nature 407, p. 285 - 285 (2000)

Nett, J. H.; Hunte, C.; Trumpower, B. L.: Changes to the length of the flexible linker region of the Rieske protein impair the interaction of ubiquinol with the cytochrome bc₁ complex. European Journal of Biochemistry 267 (18), pp. 5777 - 5782 (2000)

Lancaster, C. R. D.; Kröger, A.: Succinate: quinone oxidoreductases: new insights from X-ray crystal structures. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Bioenergetics 1459 (2-3), pp. 422 - 431 (2000)

Shima, S.; Warkentin, E.; Grabarse, W.; Sordel, M.; Wicke, M.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Structure of coenzyme F₄₂₀ dependent methylenetetrahydromethanopterin reductase from two methanogenic archaea. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 300 (4), pp. 935 - 950 (2000)

Hoffmann, S.; ter Laak , T.; Kühne, R.; Reiländer, H.; Beckers, T.: Residues within Transmembrane Helices 2 and 5 of the Human Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Contribute to Agonist and Antagonist Binding. Molecular Endocrinology 14 (7), pp. 1099 - 1115 (2000)

Hunte, C.; Koepke, J.; Lange, C.; Roßmanith, T.; Michel, H.: Structure at 2.3 Å resolution of the cytochrome bc₁ complex from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae co-crystallized with an antibody Fv fragment. Structure 8 (6), pp. 669 - 684 (2000)

Pfitzner, U.; Hoffmeier, K.; Harrenga, A.; Kannt, A.; Michel, H.; Bamberg, E.; Ludwig, B.: Tracing the D-Pathway in Reconstituted Site-Directed Mutants of Cytochrome c Oxidase from Paracoccus denitrificans. Biochemistry 39 (23), pp. 6756 - 6762 (2000)

Rengers, J.-U.; Touchard, G.; Decourt, C.; Deret, S.; Michel, H.; Cogné, M.: Heavy and light chain primary structures control IgG3 nephritogenicity in an experimental model for cryocrystalglobulinemia. Blood 95 (11), pp. 3467 - 3472 (2000)

Koepke, J.; Ermler, U.; Warkentin, E.; Wenzl, G.; Flecker, P.: Crystal structure of cancer chemopreventive Bowman-Birk inhibitor in ternary complex with bovine trypsin at 2.3 å resolution. Structural basis of Janus-faced serine protease inhibitor specificity. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 298 (3), pp. 477 - 491 (2000)

Ruitenberg, M.; Kannt, A.; Bamberg, E.; Ludwig, Bernd; Michel, H.; Fendler, K.: Single-electron reduction of the oxidized state is coupled to proton uptake via the K pathway in Paracoccus denitrificans cytochrome c oxidase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97 (9), pp. 4632 - 4636 (2000)

Kuglstatter, A.; Miksovska, J.; Sebban, P.; Fritzsch, G.: Structure of the photosynthetic reaction centre from Rhodobacter sphaeroides reconstituted with anthraquinone as primary quinone Q_A. FEBS Letters (1), pp. 114 - 116 (2000)

Chen, I.-P.; Mathis, P.; Koepke, J.; Michel, H.: Uphill Electron Transfer in the Tetraheme Cytochrome Subunit of the Rhodopseudomonas viridis Photosynthetic Reaction Center:  Evidence from Site-Directed Mutagenesis. Biochemistry 39 (13), pp. 3592 - 3602 (2000)

Arslan, E.; Kannt, A.; Thöny-Meyer, L.; Hennecke, H.: The symbiotically essential cbb₃-type oxidase of Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a proton pump. FEBS Letters 470 (1), pp. 7 - 10 (2000)

Charnock, J. M.; Dreusch, A.; Körner, H.; Neese, F.; Nelson, J.; Kannt, A.; Michel, H.; Garner, C. D.; Kroneck, P. M.H.; Zumft, W. G.: Structural investigations of the Cu_A centre of nitrous oxide reductase from Pseudomonas stutzeri by site-directed mutagenesis and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. European Journal of Biochemistry 267 (5), pp. 1368 - 1381 (2000)

Venturi, M.; Rimons, A.; Gerchman, Y.; Hunte, C.; Padan, E.; Michel, H.: The Monoclonal Antibody 1F6 Identifies a pH-dependent Conformational Change in the Hydrophilic NH₂ Terminus of NhaA Na⁺/H⁺ Antiporter of Escherichia coli. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 271 (7), pp. 4734 - 4742 (2000)