2024

Batebi, H., Perez-Hernandez, G., Rahman, S.N., Lan, B., Kamprad, A., Shi, M., Speck, D., Tiemann, J.K.S., Guixa-Gonzalez, R., Reinhardt, F., Stadler, P.F., Papasergi-Scott, M.M., Skiniotis, G., Scheerer, P., Kobilka, B.K., Mathiesen, J.M., Liu, X. and Hildebrand, P.W. (2024). Mechanistic insights into G-protein coupling with an agonist-bound G-protein-coupled receptor. Nat Struct Mol Biol. doi: 10.1038/s41594-024-01334-2.

Bell, D., Lindemann, F., Gerland, L., Aucharova, H., Klein, A., Friedrich, D., Hiller, M., Grohe, K., Meier, T., van Rossum, B., Diehl, A., Hughes, J., Mueller, L.J., Linser, R., Miller, A.F. and Oschkinat, H. (2024). Sedimentation of large, soluble proteins up to 140 kDa for ¹H-detected MAS NMR and ¹³C DNP NMR - practical aspects. J Biomol NMR, 78, 3: 179-192. doi: 10.1007/s10858-024-00444-9.

Blain-Hartung, M., Johannes von Sass, G., Plaickner, J., Katz, S., Tu Hoang, O., Mroginski, A.M., Esser, N., Budisa, N., Forest, K.T. and Hildebrandt, P. (2024). On the Role of a Conserved Tryptophan in the Chromophore Pocket of Cyanobacteriochrome. J Mol Biol, 436, 5: 168227. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168227.

Dalton, B.A. and Netz, R.R. (2024). pH Modulates Friction Memory Effects in Protein Folding. Physical Review Letters, 133, 18: doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.188401.

Dekmak, M.Y., Mausle, S.M., Brandhorst, J., Simon, P.S. and Dau, H. (2024). Tracking the first electron transfer step at the donor side of oxygen-evolving photosystem II by time-resolved infrared spectroscopy. Photosynth Res. doi: 10.1007/s11120-023-01057-3.

Fellows, A.P., Duque, A.D., Balos, V., Lehmann, L., Netz, R.R., Wolf, M. and Thamer, M. (2024). How Thick is the Air-Water Interface? - A Direct Experimental Measurement of the Decay Length of the Interfacial Structural Anisotropy. Langmuir, 40, 35: 18760-18772. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c02571.

Fischer, P., Schiewer, E., Broser, M., Busse, W., Spreen, A., Grosse, M., Hegemann, P. and Bartl, F. (2024). The Functionality of the DC Pair in a Rhodopsin Guanylyl Cyclase from Catenaria anguillulae. J Mol Biol, 436, 5: 168375. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168375.

Göbel, M., Ramuglia, A.R., Zhartovska, E., Budhija, V., Ly, K.H., Mroginski, M.A., Schwalbe, M. and Weidinger, I.M. (2024). Protonation of Pendant Pyridine Substituents in an Iron Porphyrin Hangman Complex: Influence on Spectral Visibility and Electrocatalysis. J Phys Chem C, 128, 18: 7624-7634. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c01357.

Gonzalez, B.D., Forbrig, E., Yao, G., Kielb, P., Mroginski, M.A., Hildebrandt, P. and Kozuch, J. (2024). Cation Dependence of Enniatin B/Membrane-Interactions Assessed Using Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption (SEIRA) Spectroscopy. Chempluschem, 89, 8: e202400159. doi: 10.1002/cplu.202400159.

Hughes, J. and Winkler, A. (2024). New Insight Into Phytochromes: Connecting Structure to Function. Annu Rev Plant Biol, 75, 1: 153-183. doi: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-070623-110636.

Hussein, R., Graca, A., Forsman, J., Aydin, A.O., Hall, M., Gaetcke, J., Chernev, P., Wendler, P., Dobbek, H., Messinger, J., Zouni, A. and Schröder, W.P. (2024). Cryo-electron microscopy reveals hydrogen positions and water networks in photosystem II. Science, 384, 6702: 1349-1355. doi: 10.1126/science.adn6541.

Katz, S., Phan, H.T., Rieder, F., Seifert, F., Pietzsch, M., Laufer, J., Schmitt, F.J. and Hildebrandt, P. (2024). High Fluorescence of Phytochromes Does Not Require Chromophore Protonation. Molecules, 29, 20: doi: 10.3390/molecules29204948.

Kirsh, J.M., Weaver, J.B., Boxer, S.G. and Kozuch, J. (2024). Critical Evaluation of Polarizable and Nonpolarizable Force Fields for Proteins Using Experimentally Derived Nitrile Electric Fields. J Am Chem Soc, 146, 10: 6983-6991. doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c14775.

Mackintosh, M.J., Hoischen, D., Martin, H.D., Schapiro, I. and Gärtner, W. (2024). Merocyanines form bacteriorhodopsins with strongly bathochromic absorption maxima. Photochem Photobiol Sci, 23, 1: 31-53. doi: 10.1007/s43630-023-00496-0.

Mäusle, S.M., Agarwala, N., Eichmann, V.G., Dau, H., Nürnberg, D.J. and Hastings, G. (2024). Nanosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy for the study of electron transfer in photosystem I. Photosynth Res, 159, 2-3: 229-239. doi:10.1007/s11120-023-01035-9.

Müh, F., Bothe, A. and Zouni, A. (2024). Towards understanding the crystallization of photosystem II: influence of poly(ethylene glycol) of various molecular sizes on the micelle formation of alkyl maltosides. Photosynth Res. doi:10.1007/s11120-024-01079-5.

Nguyen, A.D., Michael, N., Sauthof, L., von Sass, J., Hoang, O.T., Schmidt, A., La Greca, M., Schlesinger, R., Budisa, N., Scheerer, P., Mroginski, M.A., Kraskov, A. and Hildebrandt, P. (2024). Hydrogen Bonding and Noncovalent Electric Field Effects in the Photoconversion of a Phytochrome. J Phys Chem B. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c06419.

Oldemeyer, S., La Greca, M., Langner, P., Lê Công, K.L., Schlesinger, R. and Heberle, J. (2024). Nanosecond Transient IR Spectroscopy of Halorhodopsin in Living Cells. J Am Chem Soc, 146, 28: 19118-19127. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c03891.

Oppermann, J., Rozenberg, A., Fabrin, T., Gonzalez-Cabrera, C., Parker, R., Beja, O., Prigge, M. and Hegemann, P. (2024). Robust optogenetic inhibition with red-light-sensitive anion-conducting channelrhodopsins. Elife, 12. doi:10.7554/eLife.90100.

Podoliak, E., Lamm, G.H.U., Marin, E., Schellbach, A.V., Fedotov, D.A., Stetsenko, A., Asido, M., Maliar, N., Bourenkov, G., Balandin, T., Baeken, C., Astashkin, R., Schneider, T.R., Bateman, A., Wachtveitl, J., Schapiro, I., Busskamp, V., Guskov, A., Gordeliy, V., Alekseev, A. and Kovalev, K. (2024). A subgroup of light-driven sodium pumps with an additional Schiff base counterion. Nat Commun, 15, 1: 3119. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47469-0.

Poverlein, M.C., Hulm, A., Dietschreit, J.C.B., Kussmann, J., Ochsenfeld, C. and Kaila, V.R.I. (2024). QM/MM Free Energy Calculations of Long-Range Biological Protonation Dynamics by Adaptive and Focused Sampling. J Chem Theory Comput, 20, 13: 5751-5762. doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.4c00199.

Scalfi, L., Lehmann, L., Dos Santos, A.P., Becker, M.R. and Netz, R.R. (2024). Propensity of hydroxide and hydronium ions for the air-water and graphene-water interfaces from ab initio and force field simulations. J Chem Phys, 161, 14: doi:10.1063/5.0226966.

Shenkutie, S.M., Nagano, S. and Hughes, J. (2024). Expression, purification and crystallization of the photosensory module of phytochrome B (phyB) from Sorghum bicolor. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun, 80, Pt 3: 59-66. doi: 10.1107/S2053230X24000827.

Sirohiwal, A., Gamiz-Hernandez, A.P. and Kaila, V.R.I. (2024). Mechanistic Principles of Hydrogen Evolution in the Membrane-Bound Hydrogenase. J Am Chem Soc, 146, 26: 18019-18031. doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c04476.

Vogt, A., Paulat, R., Parthier, D., Just, V., Szczepek, M., Scheerer, P., Xu, Q., Moglich, A., Schmitz, D., Rost, B.R. and Wenger, N. (2024). Simultaneous spectral illumination of microplates for high-throughput optogenetics and photobiology. Biol Chem. doi: 10.1515/hsz-2023-0205.