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Günther Daum is a researcher affiliated with Graz University of Technology in Austria. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular contributions to Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Food Science.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Biochemical effects in animals
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
  • Cellular transport and secretion

Günther Daum has contributed to numerous publications, with recent papers spanning various aspects of yeast biology and lipid metabolism. Selected recent publications include:

  • "A subcellular proteome atlas of the yeast Komagataella phaffii", 2020, FEMS Yeast Research
  • "TORC1 ensures membrane trafficking of Tat2 tryptophan permease via a novel transcriptional activator Vhr2 in budding yeast", 2020, Cellular Signalling
  • "Molecular characterization of phosphatidylserine decarboxylase 1 from yeast", 2022, TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)
  • "Phosphatidylethanolamine, a key lipid in mitochondria", 2022, TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)
  • "Regulation of steryl ester metabolism in the yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae", 2022, TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • TUGraz OPEN Library (Graz University of Technology)
  • FEMS Yeast Research
  • Cellular Signalling

Günther Daum collaborates often with several researchers, including:

  • Susanne E. Horvath
  • Minoska Valli
  • Karlheinz Grillitsch
  • Clemens Grünwald-Gruber
  • Nadine E. Tatto

Best Publications

  • Import of proteins into mitochondria. Cytochrome b2 and cytochrome c peroxidase are located in the intermembrane space of yeast mitochondria.

    G Daum;P C Böhni;G Schatz

  • Lipids of mitochondria

    Günther Daum

  • Lipids of mitochondria.

    Susanne E. Horvath;Günther Daum

  • Phospholipid synthesis and lipid composition of subcellular membranes in the unicellular eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    E. Zinser;C. D. M. Sperka-Gottlieb;E.-V. Fasch;S. D. Kohlwein

  • Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology of Lipids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Gunther Daum;Norman D. Lees;Martin Bard;Robert Dickson

  • Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry (Esi-Ms/Ms) Analysis of the Lipid Molecular Species Composition of Yeast Subcellular Membranes Reveals Acyl Chain-Based Sorting/Remodeling of Distinct Molecular Species En Route to the Plasma Membrane

    Roger Schneiter;Britta Brügger;Roger Sandhoff;Guenther Zellnig

  • Phosphatidic acid, a key intermediate in lipid metabolism.

    Karin Athenstaedt;Günther Daum

  • Import of proteins into mitochondria. Energy-dependent uptake of precursors by isolated mitochondria.

    S M Gasser;G Daum;G Schatz

  • Isolation and biochemical characterization of organelles from the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Erwin Zinser;Günther Daum

  • A novel mechanism for the biogenesis of outer membrane vesicles in Gram-negative bacteria

    Sandro Roier;Franz G. Zingl;Fatih Cakar;Sanel Durakovic

  • Intracellular lipid particles of eukaryotic cells

    Dagmar Zweytick;Karin Athenstaedt;Günther Daum

  • Identification and Characterization of Major Lipid Particle Proteins of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Karin Athenstaedt;Dagmar Zweytick;Anita Jandrositz;Sepp Dieter Kohlwein

  • Sterol composition of yeast organelle membranes and subcellular distribution of enzymes involved in sterol metabolism.

    E Zinser;F Paltauf;G Daum

  • The life cycle of neutral lipids: synthesis, storage and degradation.

    Karin Athenstaedt;Günther Daum

  • Yeast lipid metabolism at a glance

    Lisa Klug;Günther Daum

  • Association between the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria of yeast facilitates interorganelle transport of phospholipids through membrane contact.

    Georg Achleitner;Barbara Gaigg;A. Krasser;Elvira Kainersdorfer

  • Import of lipids into mitochondria.

    Günther Daum;Jean E. Vance

  • Characterization of lipid particles of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Regina Maria Leber;E Zinser;G Zellnig;F Paltauf

  • A subfraction of the yeast endoplasmic reticulum associates with the plasma membrane and has a high capacity to synthesize lipids.

    Harald Pichler;Barbara Gaigg;Claudia Hrastnik;Georg Achleitner

  • Roles of Phosphatidylethanolamine and of Its Several Biosynthetic Pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Ruth Birner;Maria Bürgermeister;Roger Schneiter;Günther Daum

Frequent Co-Authors

Fritz Paltauf
Fritz Paltauf Graz University of Technology
Roger Schneiter
Roger Schneiter University of Fribourg
Ivo Feussner
Ivo Feussner University of Göttingen
Albin Hermetter
Albin Hermetter Graz University of Technology
Thomas Becker
Thomas Becker Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Sepp D. Kohlwein
Sepp D. Kohlwein University of Graz
Friedrich Altmann
Friedrich Altmann BOKU University
Diethard Mattanovich
Diethard Mattanovich BOKU University
Brigitte Gasser
Brigitte Gasser BOKU University
Michael Karas
Michael Karas Goethe University Frankfurt

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