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46
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6471
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19001
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1299

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Horst Kleinkauf was affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. Their academic career involved engagement in scientific research and education at this institution.

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The scientist is recorded as deceased, and therefore all references to their work and contributions are presented in past tense.

Best Publications

  • A Nonribosomal System of Peptide Biosynthesis

    Horst Kleinkauf;Hans von Döhren

  • Nonribosomal Biosynthesis of Peptide Antibiotics

    Horst Kleinkauf;Hans von Döhren

  • Biosynthesis of Peptide Antibiotics

    H Kleinkauf;H von Döhren

  • delta-(L-alpha-aminoadipyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine synthetase from Aspergillus nidulans. The first enzyme in penicillin biosynthesis is a multifunctional peptide synthetase.

    H van Liempt;H von Döhren;H Kleinkauf

  • Purification and characterization of eucaryotic alanine racemase acting as key enzyme in cyclosporin biosynthesis.

    K Hoffmann;E Schneider-Scherzer;H Kleinkauf;R Zocher

  • Enniatin synthetase, a novel type of multifunctional enzyme catalyzing depsipeptide synthesis in Fusarium oxysporum

    Rainer Zocher;Ullrich Keller;Horst Kleinkauf

  • PEPTIDYL TRANSFERS IN GRAMICIDIN S BIOSYNTHESIS FROM ENZYME-BOUND THIOESTER INTERMEDIATES

    Wieland Gevers;Horst Kleinkauf;Fritz Lipmann

  • The activation of amino acids for biosynthesis of gramicidin S.

    Wieland Gevers;Horst Kleinkauf;Fritz Lipmann

  • Inhibition of prolactin secretion by histidyl-proline-diketopiperazine.

    Bauer K;Gräf Kj;Faivre-Bauman A;Beier S

  • Tyrocidine biosynthesis by three complementary fractions from Bacillus brevis (ATCC 8185)

    Fritz Lipmann;Robert Roskoski;Wieland Gevers;Horst Kleinkauf

  • Biosynthesis of cyclosporin A: partial purification and properties of a multifunctional enzyme from Tolypocladium inflatum.

    Rainer Zocher;Takuya Nihira;Edith Paul;Norbert Madry

  • Cell-free biosynthesis of new cyclosporins.

    Lawen A;Traber R;Geyl D;Zocher R

  • Expression of an active adenylate-forming domain of peptide synthetases corresponding to acyl-CoA-synthetases

    Ralf Dieckmann;Yoen-Ok Lee;Henk van Liempt;Hans von Döhren

  • Mechanism of cyclosporin A biosynthesis. Evidence for synthesis via a single linear undecapeptide precursor.

    J. Dittmann;R.M. Wenger;H. Kleinkauf;A. Lawen

  • Biosynthesis of PF1022A and Related Cyclooctadepsipeptides

    W. Weckwerth;K. Miyamoto;K. Iinuma;M. Krause

  • Biological role of gramicidin S in spore functions. Studies on gramicidin-S-negative mutants of Bacillus brevis ATCC9999.

    Mohamed A. Marahiel;Wolf Danders;Michael Krause;Horst Kleinkauf

  • Catabolism of Thyroliberin by Rat Adenohypophyseal Tissue Extract

    Karl Bauer;Horst Kleinkauf

  • Delta-(L-alpha-aminoadipyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine synthetase, the multienzyme integrating the four primary reactions in beta-lactam biosynthesis, as a model peptide synthetase.

    Y Aharonowitz;J Bergmeyer;J M Cantoral;J M Cantoral;G Cohen

  • Specificity of a Serum Peptidase Hydrolyzing Thyroliberin at the Pyroglutamyl‐Histidine Bond

    Karl Bauer;Peter Nowak;Horst Kleinkauf

  • Synthesis of beauvericin by a multifunctional enzyme.

    Hugo Peeters;Rainer Zocher;Horst Kleinkauf

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohamed A. Marahiel
Mohamed A. Marahiel Philipp University of Marburg
Bernd Hamprecht
Bernd Hamprecht University of Tübingen
Detlev Riesner
Detlev Riesner Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Hiroshi Tomoda
Hiroshi Tomoda Kitasato University
François Vaillant
François Vaillant Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Arnold L. Demain
Arnold L. Demain Drew University
David A. Hopwood
David A. Hopwood John Innes Centre
Wolfram Weckwerth
Wolfram Weckwerth University of Vienna
Paul C. Zamecnik
Paul C. Zamecnik Harvard University
Heinz G. Floss
Heinz G. Floss University of Washington

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