Publications

Epasto LM, Che K, Kozak F, Selimovic A, Kaderavek P, Kurzbach D. Toward protein NMR at physiological concentrations by hyperpolarized water-Finding and mapping uncharted conformational spaces. Science Advances. 2022 Aug 5;8(31):eabq5179. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abq5179

Hering A, Emidio NB, Muttenthaler M. Expanding the versatility and scope of the oxime ligation: rapid bioconjugation to disulfide-rich peptides. Chemical Communications. 2022 Jul 26;58(65):9100-9103. doi: 10.1039/d2cc03752a

Kouhnavardi S, Ecevitoglu A, Dragacevic V, Sanna F, Arias-Sandoval E, Kalaba P et al. A Novel and Selective Dopamine Transporter Inhibitor, (S)-MK-26, Promotes Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity and Restores Effort-Related Motivational Dysfunctions. Biomolecules. 2022 Jul;12(7):881. doi: 10.3390/biom12070881

Liu H, Muttenthaler M. High Oxytocin Receptor Expression Linked to Increased Cell Migration and Reduced Survival in Patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Biomedicines. 2022 Jul;10(7):1595. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10071595

Hering A, Jieu B, Jones A, Muttenthaler M. Approaches to Improve the Quantitation of Oxytocin in Human Serum by Mass Spectrometry. Frontiers in Chemistry. 2022 Jun 9;10:889154. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2022.889154

Negroni M, Guarin D, Che K, Epasto LM, Turhan E, Selimovic A et al. Inversion of Hyperpolarized ¹³C NMR Signals through Cross-Correlated Cross-Relaxation in Dissolution DNP Experiments. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2022 Jun 8;126(24):4599-4610. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c03375

Kulkarni SS, Watson EE, Maxwell JWC, Niederacher G, Johansen-Leete J, Huhmann S et al. Expressed Protein Selenoester Ligation. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition). 2022 May 9;61(20):e202200163. doi: 10.1002/anie.202200163

Hilty C, Kurzbach D, Frydman L. Hyperpolarized water as universal sensitivity booster in biomolecular NMR. Nature Protocols. 2022 May;17(7):1621-1657. doi: 10.1038/s41596-022-00693-8

Kremsmayr T, Aljnabi A, Blanco-Canosa JB, Tran HNT, Emidio NB, Muttenthaler M. On the Utility of Chemical Strategies to Improve Peptide Gut Stability. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2022 Apr 28;65(8):6191-6206. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00094

Hanna C, Kriegesmann J, Dowman L, Becker C, Payne RJ. Chemical Synthesis and Semisynthesis of Lipidated Proteins. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition). 2022 Apr 4;61(15):e202111266. doi: 10.1002/anie.202111266

Klein K, Garkov D, Rütschlin S, Böttcher T, Schreiber F. QSDB—a graphical Quorum Sensing Database. Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation. 2021 Nov 26;2021:baab058. doi: 10.1093/database/baab058

Böttcher T, Nguyen THN, Szamosvari D. Synthesis of bacterial 2-alkyl-4(1H)-quinolone derivatives. ARKIVOC. 2021 Nov 12;2021(9):218-239. doi: 10.24820/ark.5550190.p011.547

Muratspahic E, Retzl B, Dürrauer L, Freissmuth M , Becker CFW, Gruber CW. Genome Mining-Based Discovery of Blenny Fish-Derived Peptides Targeting the Mouse κ-Opioid Receptor. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2021 Oct 22;12:773029. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.773029

Negroni M, Kurzbach D. Residue-resolved monitoring of protein hyperpolarization at sub-second time resolution. Communications Chemistry. 2021 Oct 22;4(1):147. doi: 10.1038/s42004-021-00587-y

Bialas F, Reichinger D, Becker CFW. Biomimetic and biopolymer-based enzyme encapsulation. Enzyme and microbial Technology. 2021 Oct;150:109864. doi: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2021.109864

Baumgartner M, Lang M, Holley H, Crepaz D, Hausmann B, Pjevac P et al. Mucosal Biofilms Are an Endoscopic Feature of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Ulcerative Colitis. Gastroenterology. 2021 Oct;161(4):1245-1256. Epub 2021 Jun 16. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.06.024

Bialas F, Becker CFW. Biomimetic Silica Encapsulation of Lipid Nanodiscs and β-Sheet-Stabilized Diacylglycerol Kinase. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2021 Aug 18;32(8):1742-1752. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00260

Vogl DP, Conibear AC, Becker CFW. Segmental and site-specific isotope labelling strategies for structural analysis of posttranslationally modified proteins. RSC Chemical Biology. 2021 Aug;2(5):1441-1461. doi: 10.1039/d1cb00045d

Epasto LM, Georges T, Selimovic A, Guigner JM, Azais T, Kurzbach D. Formation and Evolution of Nanoscale Calcium Phosphate Precursors under Biomimetic Conditions. Analytical Chemistry. 2021 Jul 27;93(29):10204-10211. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c01561

Emidio NB, Meli R, Tran HNT, Baik H, Morisset-Lopez S, Elliott AG et al. Chemical Synthesis of TFF3 Reveals Novel Mechanistic Insights and a Gut-Stable Metabolite. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2021 Jul 18;64(13):9484-9495. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00767

Emidio NB, Tran HNT, Andersson A, Dawson PE, Albericio F, Vetter I et al. Improving the Gastrointestinal Stability of Linaclotide. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2021 Jun 24;64(12):8384-8390. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00380

Jancheva M, Boettcher T. A Metabolite of Pseudomonas Triggers Prophage-Selective Lysogenic to Lytic Conversion in Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2021 Jun 9;143(22):8344-8351. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c01275

Kress T, Che K, Epasto LM, Kozak F, Negroni M, Olsen GL et al. A novel sample handling system for dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization experiments. Magnetic Resonance. 2021 Jun 4;2(1):387–394. doi: 10.5194/mr-2-387-2021

Prothiwa M, Filz V, Oehler S, Boettcher T. Inhibiting quinolone biosynthesis of Burkholderia. Chemical Science. 2021 May 28;12(20):6908-6912. doi: 10.1039/d0sc06167k

Ray RM, Hansen AH, Taskova M, Jandl B, Hansen J, Soemardy C et al. Enhanced target cell specificity and uptake of lipid nanoparticles using RNA aptamers and peptides. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2021 Apr 26;17:891-907. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.17.75

Muttenthaler M, King GF, Adams DJ, Alewood PF. Trends in peptide drug discovery. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 2021 Apr 1;20(4):309-325. doi: 10.1038/s41573-020-00135-8

Niederacher G, Urwin D, Dijkwel Y, Tremethick DJ, Rosengren KJ, Becker CFW et al. Site-specific modification and segmental isotope labelling of HMGN1 reveals long-range conformational perturbations caused by posttranslational modifications. RSC Chemical Biology. 2021 Apr;2(2):537-550. doi: 10.1039/d0cb00175a

Dekan Z, Kremsmayr T, Keov P, Godin M, Teakle N, Durrauer L et al. Nature-inspired dimerization as a strategy to modulate neuropeptide pharmacology exemplified with vasopressin and oxytocin. Chemical Science. 2021 Mar 21;12(11):4057-4062. doi: 10.1039/d0sc05501h

Penalver L, Schmid P, Szamosvari D, Schildknecht S, Globisch C, Sawade K et al. A Ligand Selection Strategy Identifies Chemical Probes Targeting the Proteases of SARS-CoV-2. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition). 2021 Mar 15;60(12):6799-6806. doi: 10.1002/anie.202016113

Balana AT, Levine PM, Craven TW, Mukherjee S, Pedowitz NJ, Moon SP et al. O-GlcNAc modification of small heat shock proteins enhances their anti-amyloid chaperone activity. Nature Chemistry. 2021 Mar 15;13:441–450. doi: 10.1038/s41557-021-00648-8

Fruehwirth S, Egger S, Kurzbach D, Windisch J, Jirsa F, Flecker T et al. Ingredient-Dependent Extent of Lipid Oxidation in Margarine. Antioxidants. 2021 Jan 13;10(1):1-17. 105. doi: 10.3390/antiox10010105

Hackl S, Ng XW, Lu D, Wohland T, Becker CFW. Cytoskeleton-dependent clustering of membrane-bound prion protein on the cell surface. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2021 Jan 1;296:100359. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100359

Che K, Muttenthaler M , Kurzbach D. Conformational selection of vasopressin upon V_1a receptor binding. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 2021 Jan;19:5826-5833. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.10.024

Kozak F, Kurzbach D. How to assess the structural dynamics of transcription factors by integrating sparse NMR and EPR constraints with molecular dynamics simulations. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 2021;19:2097-2105. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.04.020

Kalra J, Dasari D, Bhat A, Mangali S, Goyal SG, Jadhav KB et al. PKR inhibitor imoxin prevents hypertension, endothelial dysfunction and cardiac and vascular remodelling in L-NAME-treated rats. Life Sciences. 2020 Dec 1;262:118436. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118436

Dey A, Charrier B, Martineau E, Deborde C, Gandriau E, Moing A et al. Hyperpolarized NMR Metabolomics at Natural 13C Abundance. Analytical Chemistry. 2020 Nov 17;92(22):14867-14871. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c03510

Peschel A, Cardoso FC, Walker AA, Durek T, Stone MRL, Emidio NB et al. Two for the Price of One: Heterobivalent Ligand Design Targeting Two Binding Sites on Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels Slows Ligand Dissociation and Enhances Potency. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2020 Nov 12;63(21):12773-12785. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01107

Sicoli G, Kress T, Vezin H, Ledolter K, Kurzbach D. A Switch between Two Intrinsically Disordered Conformational Ensembles Modulates the Active Site of a Basic-Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2020 Nov 5;11(21):8944-8951. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02242

Mendel HC, Kaas Q, Muttenthaler M. Neuropeptide signalling systems - An underexplored target for venom drug discovery. Biochemical Pharmacology. 2020 Nov;181:114129. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114129

Touchard A, Mendel HC, Boulogne I, Herzig V, Braga Emidio N, King GF et al. Heterodimeric Insecticidal Peptide Provides New Insights into the Molecular and Functional Diversity of Ant Venoms. ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science. 2020 Oct 6;3(6):1211–1224. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.0c00119

Reithofer M, Karacs J, Strobl J, Kitzmueller C, Polak D, Seif K et al. Alum triggers infiltration of human neutrophils ex vivo and causes lysosomal destabilization and mitochondrial membrane potential-dependent NET-formation. The FASEB Journal. 2020 Oct;34(10):14024-14041. doi: 10.1096/fj.202001413R

Liu H, Gruber CW, Alewood PF, Moller A, Muttenthaler M. The oxytocin receptor signalling system and breast cancer: a critical review. Oncogene: including Oncogene Reviews. 2020 Sept 10;39(37):5917-5932. doi: 10.1038/s41388-020-01415-8

Braga Emidio N, Brierley SM, Schroeder CI, Muttenthaler M. Structure, Function, and Therapeutic Potential of the Trefoil Factor Family in the Gastrointestinal Tract. ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science. 2020 Aug 14;3(4):583-597. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.0c00023

Hakala TA, Bialas F, Toprakcioglu Z, Breuer B, Baumann KN, Levin A et al. Continuous Flow Reactors from Microfluidic Compartmentalization of Enzymes within Inorganic Microparticles. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2020 Jul 22;12(29):32951-32960. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c09226

Mangali S, Bhat A, Jadhav K, Kalra J, Sriram D, Venuganti VVK et al. Upregulation of PKR pathway mediates glucolipotoxicity induced diabetic cardiomyopathy in vivo in wistar rats and in vitro in cultured cardiomyocytes. Biochemical Pharmacology. 2020 Jul;177:113948. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.113948

Gorka M, Zerko S, Konrat R, Kozminski W, Kurzbach D. ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N backbone resonance assignment of BRCA1 fragment 219–504. Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 2020 Jun 24;14:289–293. doi: 10.1007/s12104-020-09963-6

Emidio NB, Baik H, Lee D, Stuermer R, Heuer J, Elliott AG et al. Chemical synthesis of human trefoil factor 1 (TFF1) and its homodimer provides novel insights into their mechanisms of action. Chemical Communications. 2020 Jun 14;56(47):6420-6423. doi: 10.1039/d0cc02321c

Szamosvari D, Prothiwa M, Dieterich CL, Boettcher T. Profiling structural diversity and activity of 2-alkyl-4(1H)-quinolone N-oxides of Pseudomonas and Burkholderia. Chemical Communications. 2020 Jun 14;56(47):6328-6331. doi: 10.1039/d0cc02498h

Weber EMM, Kress T, Abergel D, Sewsurn S, Azais T, Kurzbach D. Assessing the Onset of Calcium Phosphate Nucleation by Hyperpolarized Real-Time NMR. Analytical Chemistry. 2020 Jun 2;92(11):7666-7673. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00516

Szekely O, Olsen GL, Novakovic M, Rosenzweig R, Frydman L. Assessing Site-Specific Enhancements Imparted by Hyperpolarized Water in Folded and Unfolded Proteins by 2D HMQC NMR. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2020 May 20;142(20):9267-9284. doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c00807

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