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Overview

Johann Heider is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany and focuses primarily on research within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research topics highlight areas such as Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, Enzyme Structure and Function, Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Johann Heider has published numerous papers in various scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Tungstoenzymes: Occurrence, Catalytic Diversity and Cofactor Synthesis" (2020, Inorganics)
  • "Structure of the membrane-bound formate hydrogenlyase complex from Escherichia coli" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "ATP production from electricity with a new-to-nature electrobiological module" (2023, Joule)
  • "Biocatalytic Asymmetric Reduction of γ-Keto Esters to Access Optically Active γ-Aryl-γ-butyrolactones" (2020, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis)
  • "Determinants for Substrate Recognition in the Glycyl Radical Enzyme Benzylsuccinate Synthase Revealed by Targeted Mutagenesis" (2021, ACS Catalysis)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Maciej Szaleniec
  • Dominik Hege
  • Yvonne Gemmecker
  • Karola Schühle
  • Agnieszka Winiarska

Johann Heider's publications appear regularly in notable venues such as Nature Communications, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), ACS Catalysis, and Chemistry - A European Journal.

Best Publications

  • Microbial degradation of aromatic compounds — from one strategy to four

    Georg Fuchs;Matthias Boll;Johann Heider

  • Selenocysteine: the 21st amino acid.

    A. Böck;K. Forchhammer;J. Heider;W. Leinfelder

  • Anaerobic bacterial metabolism of hydrocarbons

    Johann Heider;Alfred M Spormann;Harry R Beller;Friedrich Widdel

  • Anaerobic Microbial Degradation of Hydrocarbons : from Enzymatic Reactions to the Environment

    Ralf Rabus;Matthias Boll;Johann Heider;Rainer U. Meckenstock

  • Selenoprotein synthesis: an expansion of the genetic code

    August Bo¨ck;Karl Forchhammer;Johann Heider;Christian Baron

  • Anaerobic Metabolism of Aromatic Compounds

    Johann Heider;Georg Fuchs

  • Evidence that anaerobic oxidation of toluene in the denitrifying bacterium Thauera aromatica is initiated by formation of benzylsuccinate from toluene and fumarate.

    Thomas Biegert;Georg Fuchs;Johann Heider

  • Biochemical and genetic characterization of benzylsuccinate synthase from Thauera aromatica: a new glycyl radical enzyme catalysing the first step in anaerobic toluene metabolism

    Birgitta Leuthner;Christina Leutwein;Henk Schulz;Patric Hörth

  • The genome sequence of an anaerobic aromatic-degrading denitrifying bacterium, strain EbN1.

    Ralf Rabus;Michael Kube;Johann Heider;Alfred Beck

  • Features of the formate dehydrogenase mRNA necessary for decoding of the UGA codon as selenocysteine.

    F Zinoni;J Heider;A Böck

  • Anaerobic oxidation of aromatic compounds and hydrocarbons.

    Matthias Boll;Georg Fuchs;Johann Heider

  • Role of the Extremolytes Ectoine and Hydroxyectoine as Stress Protectants and Nutrients: Genetics, Phylogenomics, Biochemistry, and Structural Analysis.

    Laura Czech;Lucas Hermann;Nadine Stöveken;Alexandra A Richter

  • Coding from a distance: dissection of the mRNA determinants required for the incorporation of selenocysteine into protein.

    J Heider;C Baron;A Böck

  • Adding handles to unhandy substrates: anaerobic hydrocarbon activation mechanisms.

    Johann Heider

  • Genes involved in the anaerobic degradation of toluene in a denitrifying bacterium, strain EbN1

    Michael Kube;Johann Heider;Judith Amann;Peter Hufnagel

  • Ethylbenzene Dehydrogenase, a Novel Hydrocarbon-oxidizing Molybdenum/Iron-Sulfur/Heme Enzyme

    Olaf Kniemeyer;Johann Heider

  • Nitrate-inducible formate dehydrogenase in Escherichia coli K-12. I. Nucleotide sequence of the fdnGHI operon and evidence that opal (UGA) encodes selenocysteine.

    B. L. Berg;Jing Li;J. Heider;V. Stewart

  • Initial reactions of anaerobic metabolism of alkylbenzenes in denitrifying and sulfate-reducing bacteria

    Ralf Rabus;J. Heider

  • Crystal Structure of Ethylbenzene Dehydrogenase from Aromatoleum Aromaticum

    Daniel P. Kloer;Corina Hagel;Johann Heider;Georg E. Schulz

  • A new family of CoA-transferases.

    Johann Heider

Frequent Co-Authors

August Böck
August Böck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Erhard Bremer
Erhard Bremer Philipp University of Marburg
Georg Fuchs
Georg Fuchs University of Freiburg
Matthias Boll
Matthias Boll University of Freiburg
Ralf Rabus
Ralf Rabus Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Jeroen S. Dickschat
Jeroen S. Dickschat University of Bonn
Wolfgang Buckel
Wolfgang Buckel Philipp University of Marburg
Friedrich Widdel
Friedrich Widdel Max Planck Society
Gary Sawers
Gary Sawers Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Karl Forchhammer
Karl Forchhammer University of Tübingen

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