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Overview

Adelbert Bacher is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany, focusing on research that intersects biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agricultural and biological sciences, and neuroscience. Their work extensively covers molecular biology and plant science, with additional interests in cellular and molecular neuroscience, materials chemistry, and pharmacology.

The scientist has authored numerous papers studying light effects on plants, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, DNA and nucleic acid chemistry, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, photochemistry, and electron transfer studies. Their main research topics include:

  • Light effects on plants
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Adelbert Bacher include:

  • Excited State Vibrations of Isotopically Labeled FMN Free and Bound to a Light-Oxygen-Voltage (LOV) Protein, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Non-classical disproportionation revealed by photo-chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization NMR, 2021, Magnetic Resonance
  • Completing the Picture: Determination of 13C Hyperfine Coupling Constants of Flavin Semiquinone Radicals by Photochemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Spectroscopy, 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Expanding Reaction Horizons: Evidence of the 5-Deazaflavin Radical Through Photochemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Selective 13C labelling reveals the electronic structure of flavocoenzyme radicals, 2021, Scientific Reports

Publications by Adelbert Bacher have appeared frequently in several scientific journals, including:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist often collaborates with various researchers. Frequent co-authors include Boris Illarionov, Markus Fischer, Stefan Weber, Sabrina Panter, and Jakob Wörner.

Best Publications

  • Biosynthesis of isoprenoids via the non-mevalonate pathway

    W. Eisenreich;A. Bacher;D. Arigoni;F. Rohdich

  • Analysis of a chemical plant defense mechanism in grasses

    Monika Frey;Paul Chomet;Erich Glawischnig;Cornelia Stettner

  • Deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway to terpenoids.

    Wolfgang Eisenreich;Felix Rohdich;Adelbert Bacher

  • The deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway of terpenoid biosynthesis in plants and microorganisms

    Wolfgang Eisenreich;Matthias Schwarz;Alain Cartayrade;Duilio Arigoni

  • Terpenoid biosynthesis from 1-deoxy-d-xylulose in higher plants by intramolecular skeletal rearrangement

    Duilio Arigoni;Silvia Sagner;Christoph Latzel;Wolfgang Eisenreich

  • Studies on the nonmevalonate terpene biosynthetic pathway: Metabolic role of IspH (LytB) protein

    Felix Rohdich;Stefan Hecht;Katrin Gärtner;Petra Adam

  • Cytidine 5'-triphosphate-dependent biosynthesis of isoprenoids: YgbP protein of Escherichia coli catalyzes the formation of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methylerythritol.

    Felix Rohdich;Juraithip Wungsintaweekul;Monika Fellermeier;Silvia Sagner

  • Biosynthesis of vitamin b2 (riboflavin).

    A. Bacher;S. Eberhardt;M. Fischer;K. Kis

  • Biosynthesis of terpenoids: YgbB protein converts 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol 2-phosphate to 2C-methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate.

    Stefan Herz;Juraithip Wungsintaweekul;Christoph A. Schuhr;Stefan Hecht

  • Studies on the biosynthesis of taxol: the taxane carbon skeleton is not of mevalonoid origin

    Wolfgang Eisenreich;Birgitta Menhard;Peter J. Hylands;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Biosynthesis of terpenoids: YchB protein of Escherichia coli phosphorylates the 2-hydroxy group of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol.

    Holger Lüttgen;Felix Rohdich;Stefan Herz;Juraithip Wungsintaweekul

  • Studies on the nonmevalonate pathway to terpenes: The role of the GcpE (IspG) protein

    Stefan Hecht;Wolfgang Eisenreich;Petra Adam;Sabine Amslinger

  • The deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis: Studies on the mechanisms of the reactions catalyzed by IspG and IspH protein

    Felix Rohdich;Ferdinand Zepeck;Petra Adam;Stefan Hecht

  • An optomechanical transducer in the blue light receptor phototropin from Avena sativa

    Michael Salomon;Wolfgang Eisenreich;Harald Dürr;Erik Schleicher

  • X-ray structure analysis and crystallographic refinement of lumazine synthase from the hyperthermophile Aquifex aeolicus at 1.6 A resolution: determinants of thermostability revealed from structural comparisons.

    Xiaofeng Zhang;Winfried Meining;Winfried Meining;Markus Fischer;Adelbert Bacher

  • The non-mevalonate pathway of isoprenoids: genes, enzymes and intermediates.

    Felix Rohdich;Klaus Kis;Adelbert Bacher;Wolfgang Eisenreich

  • Structural basis of fosmidomycin action revealed by the complex with 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate synthase (IspC) - Implications for the catalytic mechanism and anti-malaria drug development

    Stefan Steinbacher;Johannes Kaiser;Wolfgang Eisenreich;Robert Huber

  • Biosynthesis of terpenes: Studies on 1-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-(E)-butenyl 4-diphosphate reductase

    Petra Adam;Stefan Hecht;Wolfgang Eisenreich;Johannes Kaiser

  • Biosynthesis of cannabinoids

    Monika Fellermeier;Wolfgang Eisenreich;Adelbert Bacher;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Biosynthesis of flavocoenzymes

    Markus Fischer;Adelbert Bacher

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Eisenreich
Wolfgang Eisenreich Technical University of Munich
Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer Universität Hamburg
Felix Rohdich
Felix Rohdich Technical University of Munich
Mark Cushman
Mark Cushman Purdue University West Lafayette
Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer University of Bern
Robert Huber
Robert Huber University of Duisburg-Essen
Rudolf Ladenstein
Rudolf Ladenstein Karolinska Institute
Meinhart H. Zenk
Meinhart H. Zenk Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Heinz G. Floss
Heinz G. Floss University of Washington
Georg Fuchs
Georg Fuchs University of Freiburg

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