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Karl Forchhammer

Karl Forchhammer

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
72
Citations
14801
World Ranking
1788
National Ranking
132

Overview

Karl Forchhammer is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and conducts research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their publication record includes 128 works in this broad area, with particular focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Ecology, Biochemistry, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research encompasses multiple topics related to photosynthesis, microbial ecology, and metabolism. Key areas include:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Algal Biology and Biofuel Production
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology

Frequent venues for publishing their research are diverse and include notable journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • FEBS Journal
  • Microbial Physiology
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Preprints.org

Karl Forchhammer has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, with whom multiple publications have been produced. These frequent collaborators include Martin Hagemann, Khaled A. Selim, Séamus J. Martin, Dublin Chair, and Andrey Abramov.

Among recent publications, several stand out based on their year of release and publication venue:

  • Maximizing PHB content in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: a new metabolic engineering strategy based on the regulator PirC, 2020, Microbial Cell Factories
  • Glycolytic Shunts Replenish the Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle as Anaplerotic Reactions in Cyanobacteria, 2020, Molecular Plant
  • The novel P II -interactor PirC identifies phosphoglycerate mutase as key control point of carbon storage metabolism in cyanobacteria, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • microbeMASST: a taxonomically informed mass spectrometry search tool for microbial metabolomics data, 2024, Nature Microbiology
  • Magnetic Bead-Based Immunoassay Allows Rapid, Inexpensive, and Quantitative Detection of Human SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies, 2021, ACS Sensors

Best Publications

  • Selenocysteine: the 21st amino acid.

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

  • Selenoprotein synthesis: an expansion of the genetic code

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

  • Protein post-translational modifications in bacteria.

    Boris Macek;Karl Forchhammer;Julie Hardouin;Eilika Weber-Ban

  • Identification of a novel translation factor necessary for the incorporation of selenocysteine into protein

    Karl Forchhammer;Walfred Leinfelder;August Böck

  • Global carbon/nitrogen control by PII signal transduction in cyanobacteria: from signals to targets.

    Karl Forchhammer

  • Acclimation of unicellular cyanobacteria to macronutrient deficiency: emergence of a complex network of cellular responses.

    Rakefet Schwarz;Karl Forchhammer

  • Selenocysteine synthase from Escherichia coli. Analysis of the reaction sequence.

    K Forchhammer;A Böck

  • In vitro synthesis of selenocysteinyl-tRNA(UCA) from seryl-tRNA(UCA): involvement and characterization of the selD gene product.

    W Leinfelder;K Forchhammer;B Veprek;E Zehelein

  • Regulatory links between carbon and nitrogen metabolism

    Fabian M Commichau;Karl Forchhammer;Jörg Stülke

  • PII signal transducers: novel functional and structural insights

    Karl Forchhammer

  • Carbon/nitrogen homeostasis control in cyanobacteria.

    Karl Forchhammer;Khaled A Selim

  • Nitrogen starvation-induced chlorosis in Synechococcus PCC 7942. Low-level photosynthesis as a mechanism of long-term survival.

    Jörg Sauer;Ulrich Schreiber;Roland Schmid;Uwe Völker

  • The PII protein in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 is modified by serine phosphorylation and signals the cellular N-status.

    K Forchhammer;N Tandeau de Marsac

  • Ammonia Triggers Photodamage of Photosystem II in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803

    Miriam Drath;Nicole Kloft;Alfred Batschauer;Kay Marin

  • Nitrogen-starvation-induced chlorosis in Synechococcus PCC 7942: adaptation to long-term survival.

    Margit Görl;Jörg Sauer;Tina Baier;Karl Forchhammer

  • Interaction network in cyanobacterial nitrogen regulation: PipX, a protein that interacts in a 2-oxoglutarate dependent manner with PII and NtcA

    Javier Espinosa;Karl Forchhammer;Sergio Burillo;Asunción Contreras

  • Awakening of a Dormant Cyanobacterium from Nitrogen Chlorosis Reveals a Genetically Determined Program

    Alexander Klotz;Jens Georg;Lenka Bučinská;Lenka Bučinská;Satoru Watanabe

  • Functional analysis of the phosphoprotein PII (glnB gene product) in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942.

    K Forchhammer;N Tandeau de Marsac

  • Requirement of the nitrogen starvation-induced protein Sll0783 for polyhydroxybutyrate accumulation in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.

    Maximilian Schlebusch;Karl Forchhammer

  • The Synechococcus elongatus PII signal transduction protein controls arginine synthesis by complex formation with N‐acetyl‐l‐glutamate kinase

    Annette Heinrich;Mani Maheswaran;Ulrike Ruppert;Karl Forchhammer

  • Selenocysteine synthase from Escherichia coli. Nucleotide sequence of the gene (selA) and purification of the protein.

    K Forchhammer;W Leinfelder;K Boesmiller;B Veprek

Frequent Co-Authors

August Böck
August Böck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Martin Hagemann
Martin Hagemann University of Rostock
Fábio O. Pedrosa
Fábio O. Pedrosa Federal University of Paraná
Emanuel M. Souza
Emanuel M. Souza Federal University of Paraná
Francisco J. Florencio
Francisco J. Florencio University of Seville
Gary Sawers
Gary Sawers Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Johann Heider
Johann Heider Philipp University of Marburg
Subhash G. Vasudevan
Subhash G. Vasudevan Australian National University
Enrique Flores
Enrique Flores Spanish National Research Council

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