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Axel Zeeck is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, Zeeck has contributed to subfields such as Pharmacology, Materials Chemistry, Biotechnology, Aquatic Science, and Endocrinology.

The main topics of Zeeck's work include:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Zeeck has published research in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on natural products chemistry and biosynthesis. Notable publications are:

  • The Structure of Cyclodecatriene Collinolactone, its Biosynthesis, and Semisynthetic Analogues: Effects of Monoastral Phenotype and Protection from Intracellular Oxidative Stress, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Genome-Driven Discovery of Antiviral Atralabdans A-C from the Soil-Dwelling Streptomyces atratus, 2024, Journal of Natural Products
  • Die Struktur des Cyclodecatriens Collinolacton, seine Biosynthese und semisynthetische Derivate: monopolare Spindeln und Schutz vor intrazellulärem oxidativem Stress, 2021, Angewandte Chemie
  • CCDC 2006674: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2021, The Cambridge Structural Database

Axel Zeeck frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors that includes Julian C. Schmid, Kerstin Frey, Matthias Scheiner, Jaime Felipe Guerrero Garzón, and Luise Stafforst. Each of these collaborators has contributed to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Big effects from small changes: Possible ways to explore nature's chemical diversity

    Helge Björn Bode;Barbara Bethe;Regina Höfs;Axel Zeeck

  • Concanamycin A, the specific inhibitor of V-ATPases, binds to the V(o) subunit c.

    Markus Huss;Gudrun Ingenhorst;Simone König;Michael Gaßel

  • The structures of antioxidant and cytotoxic agents from natural source: anthraquinones and tannins from roots of Rumex patientia.

    L.Ömür Demirezer;Ayse Kuruüzüm-Uz;Isabelle Bergere;H.-J. Schiewe

  • METABOLIC PRODUCTS OF MICROORGANISMS. 234 URDAMYCINS, NEW ANGUCYCLINE ANTIBIOTICS FROM STREPTOMYCES FRADIAE

    Hannelore Drautz;Hans Zähner;Jürgen Rohr;Axel Zeeck

  • Archazolid and apicularen : novel specific V-ATPase inhibitors

    Markus Huss;Florenz Sasse;Brigitte Kunze;Rolf Jansen

  • Secondary metabolites by chemical screening. 8. Decarestrictines, a new family of inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis from Penicillium. I. Strain description, fermentation, isolation and properties.

    Susanne Grabley;Ernold Granzer;Klaus Hütter;Dieter Ludwig

  • Secondary metabolites by chemical screening. 20. Decarestrictines, a new family of inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis from Penicillium: III. Decarestrictines E to M.

    Susanne Grabley;Peter Hammann;Klaus Hütter;Reinhard Kirsch

  • Chinikomycins A and B: isolation, structure elucidation, and biological activity of novel antibiotics from a marine Streptomyces sp. isolate M045.

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  • Purification and characterization of a pyranose oxidase from the basidiomycete Peniophora gigantea and chemical analyses of its reaction products.

    Hans-Jürgen Danneel;Ellen Rössner;Axel Zeeck;Friedrich Giffhorn

  • Secondary metabolites by chemical screening. 9. Decarestrictines, a new family of inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis from Penicillium. II. Structure elucidation of the decarestrictines A to D.

    Axel Göhrt;Axel Zeeck;Klaus Hütter;Reinhard Kirsch

  • Insights into the Biosynthesis of Hormaomycin, An Exceptionally Complex Bacterial Signaling Metabolite

    Ivonne Höfer;Max Crüsemann;Markus Radzom;Bernadette Geers

  • Endophenazines A∼D, new phenazine antibiotics from the arthropod associated endosymbiont Streptomyces anulatus. I. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation and biological activities

    Klaus Gebhardt;Judith Schimana;Philipp Krastel;Konrad Dettner

  • Enterobactin: the characteristic catecholate siderophore of Enterobacteriaceae is produced by Streptomyces species

    Hans-Peter Fiedler;Philipp Krastel;Johannes Müller;Klaus Gebhardt

  • Secondary Metabolites by Chemical Screening, 34. – Aspinolides and Aspinonene/Aspyrone Co‐Metabolites, New Pentaketides Produced by Aspergillus ochraceus

    Jens Fuchser;Axel Zeeck

  • The manumycin-group metabolites

    Isabel Sattler;Ralf Thiericke;Axel Zeeck

  • Screening for biologically active metabolites with endosymbiotic bacilli isolated from arthropods.

    Klaus Gebhardt;Judith Schimana;Johannes Müller;Hans-Peter Fiedler

  • Simocyclinones, novel cytostatic angucyclinone antibiotics produced by Streptomyces antibioticus Tü 6040. I. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation and biological activities

    Judith Schimana;Hans-Peter Fiedler;Ingrid Groth;Roderick Submuth

  • Physiological and Chemical Investigations into Microbial Degradation of Synthetic Poly(cis-1,4-isoprene)

    Helge B. Bode;Axel Zeeck;Kirsten Plückhahn;Dieter Jendrossek

  • Metabolic products of microorganisms. 243. Pyridazomycin, a new antifungal antibiotic produced by Streptomyces violaceoniger.

    Ralph Grote;Yongle Chen;Axel Zeeck;Zengxiang Chen

  • Glucosides from Vitex agnus-castus.

    Ayşe Kuruüzüm-Uz;Karsten Ströch;L.Ömür Demirezer;Axel Zeeck

  • Römpp encyclopedia natural products.

    Günter Adam;Heidrun Anke;Wilhelm Boland;Martina Breiling

  • Metabolic products of microorganisms. 240. Urdamycins, new angucycline antibiotics from Streptomyces fradiae. II. Structural studies of urdamycins B to F.

    Jürgen Rohr;Axel Zeeck

  • Secondary Metabolites by Chemical Screening, 22. Gabosines, New Carba-sugars From Streptomyces

    Gabriela Bach;Sabine Breiding-Mack;Susanne Grabley;Peter Hammann

  • Hexacyclinic acid, a Polyketide fromStreptomyces with a Novel Carbon Skeleton

    Regina Höfs;Martina Walker;Axel Zeeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Zähner
Hans Zähner University of Tübingen
Hans-Peter Fiedler
Hans-Peter Fiedler University of Tübingen
Jürgen Rohr
Jürgen Rohr University of Kentucky
Helge B. Bode
Helge B. Bode Goethe University Frankfurt
Hans Brockmann
Hans Brockmann University of Göttingen
Heinz G. Floss
Heinz G. Floss University of Washington
Mathias Noltemeyer
Mathias Noltemeyer University of Göttingen
Wilfried A. König
Wilfried A. König Universität Hamburg
George M. Sheldrick
George M. Sheldrick University of Göttingen
Armin de Meijere
Armin de Meijere University of Göttingen

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