Search Results - "Kretschmer, Simon"
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Advances in the Computational Design of Small-Molecule-Controlled Protein-Based Circuits for Synthetic Biology
Published in Proceedings of the IEEE (01-05-2022)“…Synthetic biology approaches living systems with an engineering perspective and promises to deliver solutions to global challenges in healthcare and…”
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Pattern formation on membranes and its role in bacterial cell division
Published in Current opinion in cell biology (01-02-2016)“…Bacterial cell division is arguably one of the most central processes in biology. Despite the identification of many important molecular players, surprisingly…”
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Design, Synthesis, and Structure–Activity Relationship Studies of Dual Inhibitors of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase and 5‑Lipoxygenase
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (22-10-2020)“…Inhibition of multiple enzymes of the arachidonic acid cascade leads to synergistic anti-inflammatory effects. Merging of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) and soluble…”
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MinE conformational switching confers robustness on self-organized Min protein patterns
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (01-05-2018)“…Protein patterning is vital for many fundamental cellular processes. This raises two intriguing questions: Can such intrinsically complex processes be reduced…”
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Large-scale modulation of reconstituted Min protein patterns and gradients by defined mutations in MinE's membrane targeting sequence
Published in PloS one (16-06-2017)“…The E. coli MinDE oscillator is a paradigm for protein self-organization and gradient formation. Previously, we reconstituted Min protein wave patterns on flat…”
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Synthetic cell division via membrane-transforming molecular assemblies
Published in BMC biology (24-05-2019)“…Reproduction, i.e. the ability to produce new individuals from a parent organism, is a hallmark of living matter. Even the simplest forms of reproduction…”
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Non‐Equilibrium Large‐Scale Membrane Transformations Driven by MinDE Biochemical Reaction Cycles
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (15-03-2021)“…The MinDE proteins from E. coli have received great attention as a paradigmatic biological pattern‐forming system. Recently, it has surfaced that these…”
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Defined chromosome structure in the genome-reduced bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Published in Nature communications (08-03-2017)“…DNA-binding proteins are central regulators of chromosome organization; however, in genome-reduced bacteria their diversity is largely diminished. Whether the…”
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Multi-dimensional target profiling of N,4-diaryl-1,3-thiazole-2-amines as potent inhibitors of eicosanoid metabolism
Published in European journal of medicinal chemistry (12-09-2014)“…Eicosanoids like leukotrienes and prostaglandins play a considerable role in inflammation. Produced within the arachidonic acid (AA) cascade, these lipid…”
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Optical Control of a Biological Reaction–Diffusion System
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (23-02-2018)“…Patterns formed by reaction and diffusion are the foundation for many phenomena in biology. However, the experimental study of reaction–diffusion (R–D) systems…”
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Increasing MinD's Membrane Affinity Yields Standing Wave Oscillations and Functional Gradients on Flat Membranes
Published in ACS synthetic biology (21-05-2021)“…The formation of large-scale patterns through molecular self-organization is a basic principle of life. Accordingly, the engineering of protein patterns and…”
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Michael acceptor containing drugs are a novel class of 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor targeting the surface cysteines C416 and C418
Published in Biochemical pharmacology (01-02-2017)“…[Display omitted] Recently, we published that nitro-fatty acids (NFA) are potent electrophilic molecules which inhibit 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) by interacting…”
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Stationary Patterns in a Two-Protein Reaction-Diffusion System
Published in ACS synthetic biology (18-01-2019)“…Patterns formed by reaction-diffusion mechanisms are crucial for the development or sustenance of most organisms in nature. Patterns include dynamic waves, but…”
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Characterization of the molecular mechanism of 5-lipoxygenase inhibition by 2-aminothiazoles
Published in Biochemical pharmacology (01-01-2017)“…[Display omitted] 5-Lipoxygenase (5-LO, EC1.13.11.34) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and immune diseases. Recently, aminothiazole…”
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Development of novel aminothiazole-comprising 5-LO inhibitors
Published in Future medicinal chemistry (01-01-2016)“…Leukotrienes are pivotal lipid mediators in various immune and inflammatory reactions. Herein, 5-LO is a validated target. 2-Aminothiazoles, as a privileged…”
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Toward Spatially Regulated Division of Protocells: Insights into the E. coli Min System from in Vitro Studies
Published in Life (Basel, Switzerland) (11-12-2014)“…For reconstruction of controlled cell division in a minimal cell model, or protocell, a positioning mechanism that spatially regulates division is…”
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Design, Synthesis and Cellular Characterization of a Dual Inhibitor of 5-Lipoxygenase and Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (01-01-2017)“…The arachidonic acid cascade is a key player in inflammation, and numerous well-established drugs interfere with this pathway. Previous studies have suggested…”
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Exploring the Chemical Space of Multitarget Ligands Using Aligned Self-Organizing Maps
Published in ACS medicinal chemistry letters (12-12-2013)“…Design of multitarget drugs and polypharmacological compounds has become popular during the past decade. However, the main approach to design such compounds is…”
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Reverse and forward engineering of protein pattern formation
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (26-05-2018)“…Living systems employ protein pattern formation to regulate important life processes in space and time. Although pattern-forming protein networks have been…”
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Reverse and forward engineering of protein pattern formation
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (26-05-2018)“…Living systems employ protein pattern formation to regulate important life processes in space and time. Although pattern-forming protein networks have been…”
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