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Overview

Hugo Scheer is affiliated with the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research work spans multiple fields primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and energy studies.

The scientist has contributed to the areas of photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, algal biology and biofuel production, antioxidant activity and oxidative stress, biocrusts and microbial ecology, as well as porphyrin metabolism and disorders and porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry. Their work also touches on glycosylation and glycoproteins research.

Hugo Scheer's recent publications include the following:

  • "Chlorophylls: A Personal Snapshot," 2022, published in Molecules
  • "From δ-aminolevulinic acid to chlorophylls and every step in between: in memory of Constantin (Tino) A. Rebeiz, 1936-2019," 2020, published in Photosynthesis Research
  • "Dichromic Allophycocyanin Trimer Covering a Broad Spectral Range (550-660 nm)," 2022, published in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Assembly of CpcL-phycobilisomes," 2024, published in The Plant Journal
  • "On the Pelletier and Caventou (1817, 1818) papers on chlorophyll and beyond," 2024, published in Photosynthesis Research

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Hugo Scheer include Kai-Hong Zhao, Govindjee Govindjee, Rui Guo, Yali Xu, and Jun-Xun Zhu.

Hugo Scheer's contributions have appeared notably in the journals Photosynthesis Research, Molecules, Chemistry - A European Journal, and The Plant Journal.

Best Publications

  • A Red-Shifted Chlorophyll

    Min Chen;Martin Schliep;Robert D. Willows;Zheng Li Cai

  • Observation of a bacteriochlorophyll anion radical during the primary charge separation in a reaction center

    Wolfgang Holzapfel;Ulrich Finkele;Wolfgang Kaiser;Dieter Oesterhelt

  • STRUCTURE-BASED CALCULATIONS OF THE OPTICAL SPECTRA OF THE LH2 BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL-PROTEIN COMPLEX FROM RHODOPSEUDOMONAS ACIDOPHILA

    Kenneth Sauer;Richard J. Cogdell;Steve M. Prince;Andy Freer

  • Initial electron-transfer in the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    Wolfgang Holzapfel;Ulrich Finkele;Wolfgang Kaiser;Dieter Oesterhelt

  • An Overview of Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Functions and Applications

    Hugo Scheer

  • The accessory bacteriochlorophyll: A real electron carrier in primary photosynthesis

    T Arlt;S Schmidt;W Kaiser;C Lauterwasser

  • Chlorophylls and Carotenoids

    Hugo Scheer

  • Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Functions and Applications

    Bernhard Grimm;Robert J. Porra;Wolfhart Rüdiger;Hugo Scheer

  • Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls

    Bernhard Grimm;Robert J. Porra;Wolfhart Rüdiger;Hugo Scheer

  • Biliprotein maturation: the chromophore attachment

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  • Energetics of the primary electron transfer reaction revealed by ultrafast spectroscopy on modified bacterial reaction centers

    Stefan Schmidt;Thomas Arlt;P. Hamm;H. Huber

  • Metal-enhanced fluorescence of chlorophylls in single light-harvesting complexes.

    Sebastian Mackowski;Stephan Wörmke;Andreas J. Maier;Tatas H. P. Brotosudarmo

  • Dynamical transition of protein-hydration water.

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  • MODELS FOR ANTENNA AND REACTION CENTER CHLOROPHYLLS

    James R. Norris;Hugo Scheer;Joseph J. Katz

  • B800→B850 Energy Transfer Mechanism in Bacterial LH2 Complexes Investigated by B800 Pigment Exchange

    J.L. Herek;N.J. Fraser;T. Pullerits;P. Martinsson

  • Excitation transfer in C-phycocyanin. Förster transfer rate and exciton calculations based on new crystal structure data for C-phycocyanins from Agmenellum quadruplicatum and Mastigocladus laminosus

    Kenneth Sauer;Hugo Scheer

  • CIRCULAR DICHROISM OF LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEXES FROM PURPLE PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA*

    Richard J. Cogdell;Hugo Scheer

  • Subpicosecond emission studies of bacterial reaction centers

    P. Hamm;Kevin A. Gray;Dieter Oesterhelt;R. Feick

  • Phycobilin:cystein-84 biliprotein lyase, a near-universal lyase for cysteine-84-binding sites in cyanobacterial phycobiliproteins.

    Kai-Hong Zhao;Ping Su;Jun-Ming Tu;Xing Wang

  • Temperature dependence of the primary electron transfer in photosynthetic reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides

    Christoph Lauterwasser;Ulrich Finkele;Hugo Scheer;Wolfgang Zinth

  • Size Enhancement of Transition Dipoles to One- and Two-Exciton Bands in a Photosynthetic Antenna.

    Leupold D;Stiel H;Teuchner K;Nowak F

  • The derivation of the formyl‐group oxygen of chlorophyll b in higher plants from molecular oxygen

    Robert J. Porra;Robert J. Porra;Wolfram Schäfer;Edmund Cmiel;Ingrid Katheder

  • Cyclic endoperoxides of β-carotene, potential pro-oxidants, as products of chemical quenching of singlet oxygen

    Joanna Fiedor;Leszek Fiedor;Rainer Haessner;Hugo Scheer

  • Metal-Substituted Bacteriochlorophylls. 1. Preparation and Influence of Metal and Coordination on Spectra

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland A. Fischer
Roland A. Fischer Technical University of Munich
Wolfgang Zinth
Wolfgang Zinth Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wolfhart Rüdiger
Wolfhart Rüdiger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bruno Robert
Bruno Robert University of Paris-Saclay
Christoph Bräuchle
Christoph Bräuchle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wolfgang Lubitz
Wolfgang Lubitz Max Planck Society
Dieter Oesterhelt
Dieter Oesterhelt Max Planck Society
Peter Hamm
Peter Hamm University of Zurich
Friedhelm Lendzian
Friedhelm Lendzian Technical University of Berlin
Richard J. Cogdell
Richard J. Cogdell University of Glasgow

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