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Christian Obinger

Christian Obinger

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Chemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
12900
World Ranking
8508
National Ranking
53

Overview

Christian Obinger is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and contributes primarily to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Immunology, Materials Chemistry, and Water Science and Technology.

Their work addresses a range of topics such as:

  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact
  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders
  • Fluoride Effects and Removal
  • Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection

Recent publications by Christian Obinger include:

  • Engineering AvidCARs for combinatorial antigen recognition and reversible control of CAR function, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A conformation-specific ON-switch for controlling CAR T cells with an orally available drug, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • X-ray-induced photoreduction of heme metal centers rapidly induces active-site perturbations in a protein-independent manner, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Understanding molecular enzymology of porphyrin-binding α + β barrel proteins - One fold, multiple functions, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics
  • Actinobacterial Coproheme Decarboxylases Use Histidine as a Distal Base to Promote Compound I Formation, 2020, ACS Catalysis

Frequent collaborators in their research include Paul G. Furtmüller, Stefan Hofbauer, Vera Pfanzagl, Daniel Schmidt, and Sabine Van Doorslaer. Christian Obinger publishes often in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biochemistry
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • FEBS Journal

Best Publications

  • Evolution of Catalases from Bacteria to Humans

    Marcel Zamocky;Paul G. Furtmüller;Christian Obinger

  • Myeloperoxidase: a target for new drug development?

    E Malle;P G Furtmüller;W Sattler;C Obinger

  • Active site structure and catalytic mechanisms of human peroxidases.

    Paul G. Furtmüller;Martina Zederbauer;Walter Jantschko;Jutta Helm

  • Reaction of myeloperoxidase compound I with chloride, bromide, iodide, and thiocyanate.

    Paul Georg Furtmüller;Ursula Burner;Christian Obinger

  • Independent evolution of four heme peroxidase superfamilies

    Marcel Zámocký;Marcel Zámocký;Stefan Hofbauer;Irene Schaffner;Bernhard Gasselhuber

  • Mechanism of reaction of myeloperoxidase with nitrite.

    Ursula Burner;Paul G. Furtmüller;Anthony J. Kettle;Willem H. Koppenol

  • Mechanisms of catalase activity of heme peroxidases.

    Jutta Vlasits;Christa Jakopitsch;Margit Bernroitner;Marcel Zamocky;Marcel Zamocky

  • The peroxidase–cyclooxygenase superfamily: Reconstructed evolution of critical enzymes of the innate immune system

    Marcel Zamocky;Christa Jakopitsch;Paul G. Furtmüller;Christophe Dunand

  • Molecular evolution of hydrogen peroxide degrading enzymes.

    Marcel Zámocký;Bernhard Gasselhuber;Paul G. Furtmüller;Christian Obinger

  • Occurrence, phylogeny, structure, and function of catalases and peroxidases in cyanobacteria

    Margit Bernroitner;Marcel Zamocky;Paul G. Furtmüller;Günter A. Peschek

  • Protein-based radicals in the catalase-peroxidase of synechocystis PCC6803: a multifrequency EPR investigation of wild-type and variants on the environment of the heme active site.

    Anabella Ivancich;Christa Jakopitsch;Markus Auer;Sun Un

  • Spectral and Kinetic Studies on the Formation of Eosinophil Peroxidase Compound I and Its Reaction with Halides and Thiocyanate

    Paul Georg Furtmüller;Ursula Burner;and Günther Regelsberger;Christian Obinger

  • Reaction of lactoperoxidase compound I with halides and thiocyanate.

    Paul Georg Furtmüller;Walter Jantschko;Günther Regelsberger;Christa Jakopitsch

  • Mechanism of reaction of myeloperoxidase with hydrogen peroxide and chloride ion

    Paul G. Furtmüller;Christian Obinger;Yuchiong Hsuanyu;H. Brian Dunford

  • Probing the structure and bifunctionality of catalase-peroxidase (KatG).

    Giulietta Smulevich;Christa Jakopitsch;Enrica Droghetti;Christian Obinger

  • Mechanism of interaction of betanin and indicaxanthin with human myeloperoxidase and hypochlorous acid.

    Mario Allegra;Paul Georg Furtmüller;Walter Jantschko;Martina Zederbauer

  • Interactions of hydrogen sulfide with myeloperoxidase.

    Zoltán Pálinkás;Paul G Furtmüller;Attila Nagy;Christa Jakopitsch

  • Redox properties of the couples compound I/compound II and compound II/native enzyme of human myeloperoxidase.

    Paul Georg Furtmüller;Jürgen Arnhold;Walter Jantschko;Hans Pichler

  • Phylogenetic distribution of catalase-peroxidases: Are there patches of order in chaos?

    Filippo Passardi;Marcel Zamocky;Marcel Zamocky;Jocelyne Favet;Christa Jakopitsch

  • Heme to protein linkages in mammalian peroxidases: impact on spectroscopic, redox and catalytic properties

    Martina Zederbauer;Paul G. Furtmüller;Silvia Brogioni;Christa Jakopitsch

  • Redox properties of the couple compound I/native enzyme of myeloperoxidase and eosinophil peroxidase

    Jürgen Arnhold;Paul G. Furtmüller;Günther Regelsberger;Christian Obinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul G. Furtmüller
Paul G. Furtmüller BOKU University
Giulietta Smulevich
Giulietta Smulevich University of Florence
Chris Oostenbrink
Chris Oostenbrink BOKU University
Holger Daims
Holger Daims University of Vienna
Anthony J. Kettle
Anthony J. Kettle University of Otago
Martine Raes
Martine Raes University of Namur
Peter C. Loewen
Peter C. Loewen University of Manitoba
Friedrich Altmann
Friedrich Altmann BOKU University
Dietmar Haltrich
Dietmar Haltrich BOKU University
Ernst Malle
Ernst Malle Medical University of Graz

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