Browsing Fakultät für Chemie (inkl. GAUSS) by Advisor "Diederichsen, Ulf Prof. Dr."
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Probing SNARE-Induced Membrane Fusion Using Peptidic Model Fusogens
(2022-11-10)In this thesis, SNARE analogues with artificial recognition units made of either coiled-coil sequences or peptide nucleic acid (PNA) oligomers were synthesized. By applying FRET-based liposome fusion assays, the fusogenic ... -
Synthesis of Orotidine-5'-monophosphate modifications for the study of the catalytic activity of the enzyme Orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase
(2022-01-27)In this thesis, the synthesis of OMPD substrate analogs was investigated to further elucidate the mechanism of the OMPD. As inhibiting molecules, 6-thioamido UMP, OMP methyl ester, reduced OMP, and nonpolar substituted ... -
Synthesis of β-Peptides for the Organization as Helix Bundles in Lipid Membranes
(2021-12-03)In this work, syntheses and analyses of transmembrane β-peptides were performed. On the one hand, a novel β-peptidic molecular ruler was designed which enables the measurement of near-membrane ion concentrations. On the ... -
Synthesis of new, rigid and conformation stabilizing spin labels for analysis of the orientation of transmembrane domains
(2021-11-15)Lipid-peptide interactions are involved in many essential processes of living organisms, such as cell fusion or transport processes and are therefore, in the center of research interest. One efficient technique to analyze ... -
Prebiotic Synthesis of Inorganic Pyrophosphate (PPi) Driven by a Geochemical Redox Reaction
(2021-10-21)In all extant organisms adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the energy carrier and transmitter of free energy from exergonic to endergonic processes. Since ATP is a complex molecule, it was unlikely available on prebiotic ... -
Investigation of Peptidic Templates for Bioorthogonal Ligations
(2021-08-16)One of the biggest challenges for biochemical researchers in the postgenomic era remains the elucidation of structure-activity relationships in proteins. While many proteins can be routinely produced by recombinant protein ... -
Synthesis of Modified Biomolecules to Investigate Neuronal Processes
(2021-04-30)Action potentials are an essential process for signal transmission in excitable cells. At chemical synapses, the action potential triggers the release of neurotransmitters from synaptic vesicles to transmit the signal to ... -
Investigation of the Linker Region of Coiled Coil SNARE-Analoga and Membrane Composition on Vesicle Fusion
(2021-03-09)SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive-factor attachment receptor) proteins play a major role in membrane fusion processes in many organisms. As these proteins form a sophisticated tetrameric coiled coil complex, many ... -
Design and synthesis of multifunctional ligands to study and prevent aggregation processes in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis proteins
(2021-02-22)Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable lethal disease that affects motor neurons and its heterogeneity is reflected in various mutations among the sporadic ALS (sALS) and familial ALS (fALS) disease types. ... -
Modification of transmembrane peptides to probe SNARE-induced membrane fusion and cross-presentation of membrane-buried epitopes
(2021-02-19)Membrane proteins play an important role in cellular function as receptors, transporters, anchors, and catalysts. Despite constituting 20-30% of the human proteome only 3 % of all characterized proteins are membrane proteins ... -
Synthesis of rare nucleobases and artificial nucleotides for investigation of catalytic enzyme activity
(2019-10-25)Enzymes are involved in replication, transcription and translation of DNA, as well as the synthesis of nucleobases. The roles and mechanisms for many of these enzymes stay broadly unknown until today. The herein presented ... -
Self-Organization of β-Peptide Nucleic Acid Helices for Membrane Scaffolding
(2019-08-06)In a vast number of cellular processes interactions between membranes and proteins are essential, resulting in the lipid bilayer being interspersed immensely with proteins. Apart from catalytic or signaling functions, a ... -
Synthesis, characterisation and sensor-functionalisation of transmembrane β-peptides
(2019-07-31)Membrane proteins represent an important class of proteins as they are encoded in up to 30 % of the open reading frame. More than 50 % of currently available drugs target membrane proteins, emphasising the importance of ... -
Beta-Peptide Helices As Transmembrane Domains: Aggregation, Recognition and Lipid-Peptide Interaction
(2019-01-25)Plasma membranes are considered as the primary regulatory unit essential for efficient functioning of a cell. These membranes separate the inner part of the cell from the extracellular world as well as acts as a barrier ... -
Synthesis of Rigid Spin Labels for the Investigation of Transmembrane Peptides by EPR Spectroscopy
(2018-04-27)Transmembrane model peptides enable the investigation of complex protein-lipid interactions since the specific structure of proteins is influenced by the lipid environment. Herein, the synthesis of nitroxide spin labels ... -
Hybrids of SNARE Transmembrane Domains and Artificial Recognition Motifs as Membrane Fusion Inducing Model Peptides
(2018-03-13)Protein mediated fusion of membranes is a crucial biological process. For instance, SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF) attachment protein receptor) proteins are involved in neuronal exocytosis. However, ... -
Dynamics, Intermolecular Interactions, and Organization of Transmembrane β-Peptides
(2018-02-01)Cellular membranes contain a vast variety of proteins, which are practically required for every vital mechanism, such as selective transportation of ions and organic molecules, cell-cell recognition and signal transduction.[1] ... -
Synthesis of Modified and Labelled Lipids for Analysis of Enzyme Mechanisms and Membrane Interactions
(2017-11-21)Communication is key. The development of language represents a milestone in human evolution history. Long before verbal communication evolved, other, more essential forms of information transfer have arisen. The necessity ... -
Development of Zinc-Finger-Based Artificial Restriction Endonucleases and Fluorescent Peptidyl Metal Sensors
(2016-11-17)Zinc finger proteins are ubiquitous in the cellular environment having an excessive diversity and performing variable tasks. Their outstanding capability to develop a sequence-specific bond to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) ... -
Organisation and Recognition of Artificial Transmembrane Peptides
(2016-11-15)A various number of cellular key functions such as signalling and transport are mediated by membrane proteins, which are either adhesively bound to the membrane surface or exhibit transmembrane domains. Many transmembrane ...