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Gotthard Kunze

Gotthard Kunze

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
6525
World Ranking
18150
National Ranking
1246

Overview

Gotthard Kunze is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering. Their work covers various scientific domains with a primary emphasis on molecular biology and biomedical engineering.

The scientist has contributed to multiple topics, including:

  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals

Gotthard Kunze's recent publications illustrate diverse interests in microbial processes, plant biology, and environmental applications, including:

  • Multifarious pretreatment strategies for the lignocellulosic substrates for the generation of renewable and sustainable biofuels: A review, 2020, Renewable Energy
  • Biotransformation of bisphenol A analogues by the biphenyl-degrading bacterium Cupriavidus basilensis - a structure-biotransformation relationship, 2020, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhization on Fruit Quality in Industrialized Tomato Production, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The Jacalin-Related Lectin HvHorcH Is Involved in the Physiological Response of Barley Roots to Salt Stress, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Characterization of Catechol-1,2-Dioxygenase (Acdo1p) From Blastobotrys raffinosifermentans and Investigation of Its Role in the Catabolism of Aromatic Compounds, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology

Gotthard Kunze often publishes in the following journals:

  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Renewable Energy
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • FEMS Yeast Research

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include:

  • Rüdiger Bode
  • Marion Rauter
  • Hans-Peter Mock
  • Falko Matthes
  • Uwe Wegner

Best Publications

  • New yeast expression platforms based on methylotrophic Hansenula polymorpha and Pichia pastoris and on dimorphic Arxula adeninivorans and Yarrowia lipolytica – A comparison

    Gerd Gellissen;Gotthard Kunze;Claude Gaillardin;James M. Cregg

  • Yeast biotechnology : diversity and applications

    T. Satyanarayana;Gotthard Kunze

  • Yeast expression platforms

    Erik Böer;Gerhard Steinborn;Gotthard Kunze;Gerd Gellissen

  • Different legumin protein domains act as vacuolar targeting signals.

    Gerhard Saalbach;Rudolf Jung;Gotthard Kunze;Isolde Saalbach

  • Multifarious pretreatment strategies for the lignocellulosic substrates for the generation of renewable and sustainable biofuels: A review

    Anil Kumar;Alexander Rapoport;Gotthard Kunze

  • Amperometric measurement of copper ions with a deputy substrate using a novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae sensor.

    Matthias Lehmann;Klaus Riedel;Klaus Adler;Gotthard Kunze

  • Atan1p—an extracellular tannase from the dimorphic yeast Arxula adeninivorans: molecular cloning of the ATAN1 gene and characterization of the recombinant enzyme

    Erik Böer;Rüdiger Bode;Hans-Peter Mock;Michael Piontek

  • Amperometric detection of Cu2+ by yeast biosensors using flow injection analysis (FIA)

    Kristina Tag;Klaus Riedel;Hans-Jürgen Bauer;Gerold Hanke

  • Comparative analysis of the grain proteome fraction in barley genotypes with contrasting salinity tolerance during germination.

    Katja Witzel;Annette Weidner;Giridara-Kumar Surabhi;Rajeev K. Varshney

  • Developments in biochemical aspects and biotechnological applications of microbial phytases

    Bijender Singh;Gotthard Kunze;T. Satyanarayana

  • Designing an amperometric thick-film microbial BOD sensor.

    Chiyui Chan;Matthias Lehmann;Kinman Chan;Puiyee Chan

  • Characterization of Arxula adeninivorans strains from different habitats.

    Gotthard Kunze;Irene Kunze

  • Integrative transformation of the dimorphic yeast arxula adeninivorans LS3 based on hygromycin B resistance.

    Harald Rösel;G. Kunze

  • Genetic transformation and biotechnological application of the yeast Arxula adeninivorans.

    T. Wartmann;G. Kunze

  • Characterisation of yeast microbial fuel cell with the yeast Arxula adeninivorans as the biocatalyst.

    Nicholas D. Haslett;Frankie J. Rawson;Frèdèric Barriëre;Gotthard Kunze

  • Measurement of biodegradable substances using the salt-tolerant yeast Arxula adeninivorans for a microbial sensor immobilized with poly(carbamoyl) sulfonate (PCS) Part I: Construction and characterization of the microbial sensor.

    Chiyui Chan;Matthias Lehmann;Kristina Tag;Maria Lung

  • High-level production and secretion of recombinant proteins by the dimorphic yeast Arxula adeninivorans

    Thomas Wartmann;Erik Böer;Almudena Huarto Pico;Heike Sieber

  • Integration of heterologous genes in several yeast species using vectors containing a Hansenula polymorpha-derived rDNA-targeting element.

    Jens Klabunde;Gotthard Kunze;Gerd Gellissen;Cornelis P Hollenberg

  • Transformation of the industrially important yeasts Candida maltosa and Pichia guilliermondii

    G. Kunze;C. Petzoldt;R. Bode;I. A. Samsonova

  • A novel estrogen sensor based on recombinant Arxula adeninivorans cells.

    Thomas Hahn;Kristina Tag;Klaus Riedel;Steffen Uhlig

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Peter Mock
Hans-Peter Mock Leibniz Association
Tulasi Satyanarayana
Tulasi Satyanarayana University of Delhi
Michael Hecker
Michael Hecker University of Greifswald
Goetz Hensel
Goetz Hensel Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences
Martin Mascher
Martin Mascher Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Uwe Scholz
Uwe Scholz Leibniz Association
Twan Rutten
Twan Rutten Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Claude Gaillardin
Claude Gaillardin Agro ParisTech
Pablo E. Hernández
Pablo E. Hernández Complutense University of Madrid
Cornelis P. Hollenberg
Cornelis P. Hollenberg Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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