Search Results - "Gerwert, Klaus"
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Channelrhodopsin reveals its dark secrets
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (24-11-2017)“…A high-resolution structure of channelrhodopsin 2 provides key insights for optogenetics A key element of information processing in the brain is the flow of…”
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Proton transfer via a transient linear water-molecule chain in a membrane protein
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (12-07-2011)“…High-resolution protein ground-state structures of proton pumps and channels have revealed internal protein-bound water molecules. Their possible active…”
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The role of protein-bound water molecules in microbial rhodopsins
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-05-2014)“…Protein-bound internal water molecules are essential features of the structure and function of microbial rhodopsins. Besides structural stabilization, they act…”
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Functional waters in intraprotein proton transfer monitored by FTIR difference spectroscopy
Published in Nature (05-01-2006)“…Much progress has been made in our understanding of water molecule reactions on surfaces, proton solvation in gas-phase water clusters and proton transfer…”
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Amyloid blood biomarker detects Alzheimer's disease
Published in EMBO molecular medicine (01-05-2018)“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is currently incurable, but there is general agreement that a minimally invasive blood biomarker for screening in preclinical stages…”
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Early Formation of the Ion-Conducting Pore in Channelrhodopsin-2
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (13-04-2015)“…Channelrhodopsins (ChRs) are light‐gated ion channels that are widely used in optogenetics. They allow precise control of neuronal activity with light, but a…”
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Unifying photocycle model for light adaptation and temporal evolution of cation conductance in channelrhodopsin-2
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (07-05-2019)“…Although channelrhodopsin (ChR) is a widely applied light-activated ion channel, important properties such as light adaptation, photocurrent inactivation, and…”
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The subcellular arrangement of alpha-synuclein proteoforms in the Parkinson’s disease brain as revealed by multicolor STED microscopy
Published in Acta neuropathologica (01-09-2021)“…Various post-translationally modified (PTM) proteoforms of alpha-synuclein (aSyn)—including C-terminally truncated (CTT) and Serine 129 phosphorylated…”
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Aβ and tau structure-based biomarkers for a blood- and CSF-based two-step recruitment strategy to identify patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease
Published in Alzheimer's & dementia : diagnosis, assessment & disease monitoring (01-12-2019)“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis requires invasive CSF analysis or expensive brain imaging. Therefore, a minimal-invasive reliable and cost-effective blood…”
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The dynamics of the catalytic site in small GTPases, variations on a common motif
Published in FEBS letters (27-06-2013)“…Small GTPases control many cellular processes. Their catalytic downregulation by GTPase activating proteins (GAP) is essential. Many structural models of…”
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Raman Microspectroscopic Evidence for the Metabolism of a Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, Neratinib, in Cancer Cells
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (11-06-2018)“…Tyrosine kinase receptors are one of the main targets in cancer therapy. They play an essential role in the modulation of growth factor signaling and thereby…”
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Estimation of Protein–Ligand Unbinding Kinetics Using Non-Equilibrium Targeted Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Published in Journal of chemical information and modeling (23-12-2019)“…We here report on nonequilibrium targeted molecular dynamics simulations as a tool for the estimation of protein–ligand unbinding kinetics. Correlating…”
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A Delocalized Proton-Binding Site within a Membrane Protein
Published in Biophysical journal (01-07-2014)“…The role of protein-bound water molecules in protein function and catalysis is an emerging topic. Here, we studied the solvation of an excess proton by…”
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Label-free imaging of drug distribution and metabolism in colon cancer cells by Raman microscopy
Published in Analyst (London) (01-01-2014)“…Targeted cancer therapies block cancer growth and spread using small molecules. Many molecular targets for an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)…”
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Ras and GTPase-activating protein (GAP) drive GTP into a precatalytic state as revealed by combining FTIR and biomolecular simulations
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (18-09-2012)“…Members of the Ras superfamily regulate many cellular processes. They are down-regulated by a GTPase reaction in which GTP is cleaved into GDP and P ᵢ by…”
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Update on CSF Biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease
Published in Biomolecules (Basel, Switzerland) (18-02-2022)“…Progress in developing disease-modifying therapies in Parkinson's disease (PD) can only be achieved through reliable objective markers that help to identify…”
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Label-free, automated classification of microsatellite status in colorectal cancer by infrared imaging
Published in Scientific reports (23-06-2020)“…Challenging histopathological diagnostics in cancer include microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) colorectal cancer (CRC), which occurs in 15% of early-stage…”
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Integrated Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging and Proteomics for Identification of a Candidate Histochemical Biomarker in Bladder Cancer
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-03-2019)“…Histopathological differentiation between severe urocystitis with reactive urothelial atypia and carcinoma in situ (CIS) can be difficult, particularly after a…”
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Infrared spectral marker bands characterizing a transient water wire inside a hydrophobic membrane protein
Published in The Journal of chemical physics (14-12-2014)“…Proton conduction along protein-bound "water wires" is an essential feature in membrane proteins. Here, we analyze in detail a transient water wire, which…”
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Lamprey Parapinopsin (“UVLamP”): a Bistable UV‐Sensitive Optogenetic Switch for Ultrafast Control of GPCR Pathways
Published in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology (02-03-2020)“…Optogenetics uses light‐sensitive proteins, so‐called optogenetic tools, for highly precise spatiotemporal control of cellular states and signals. The major…”
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