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Overview

Lars-Oliver Essen is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The main subfields of their work include Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Materials Chemistry, and Biotechnology.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Light effects on plants
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Enzyme structure and function
  • Bacterial genetics and biotechnology
  • Polysaccharides and plant cell walls

They have published multiple papers in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • Functional spectrum and specificity of mitochondrial ferredoxins FDX1 and FDX2, 2022, Nature Chemical Biology
  • Visualizing the DNA repair process by a photolyase at atomic resolution, 2023, Science
  • Serial crystallography captures dynamic control of sequential electron and proton transfer events in a flavoenzyme, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • Structural base for the transfer of GPI-anchored glycoproteins into fungal cell walls, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Kin discrimination in social yeast is mediated by cell surface receptors of the Flo11 adhesin family, 2020, eLife

Their frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Biology, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Collaborations have often been with a consistent group of coauthors, notably Marian Samuel Vogt, Lukas Korf, Po-Hsun Wang, Martin Saft, and Mohamed Watad. These collaborations reflect ongoing research themes across molecular biology and microbial genetics.

Best Publications

  • The Cryptochromes: Blue Light Photoreceptors in Plants and Animals

    Inês Chaves;Richard Pokorny;Martin Byrdin;Nathalie Hoang

  • Crystal structure of a mammalian phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C delta.

    Lars-Oliver Essen;Olga Perisic;Robert Cheung;Matilda Katan

  • Structure of the Light-Driven Chloride Pump Halorhodopsin at 1.8 Å Resolution

    Michael Kolbe;Hüseyin Besir;Lars-Oliver Essen;Dieter Oesterhelt

  • Lipid patches in membrane protein oligomers: Crystal structure of the bacteriorhodopsin-lipid complex

    L.-O. Essen;R. Siegert;W. D. Lehmann;D. Oesterhelt

  • The structure of a complete phytochrome sensory module in the Pr ground state.

    Lars-Oliver Essen;Jo Mailliet;Jon Hughes

  • Crystal Structure of a Photolyase Bound to a CPD-Like DNA Lesion After in Situ Repair

    Alexandra Mees;Tobias Klar;Petra Gnau;Ulrich Hennecke

  • Crystal Structure of the Termination Module of a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase

    Alan Tanovic;Stefan A. Samel;Lars-Oliver Essen;Mohamed A. Marahiel

  • A LOV2 Domain-Based Optogenetic Tool to Control Protein Degradation and Cellular Function

    Christian Renicke;Daniel Schuster;Svetlana Usherenko;Lars-Oliver Essen

  • Group II chaperonins: new TRiC(k)s and turns of a protein folding machine

    Irina Gutsche;Lars-Oliver Essen;Wolfgang Baumeister

  • Structurally Sophisticated Octahedral Metal Complexes as Highly Selective Protein Kinase Inhibitors

    Li Feng;Yann Geisselbrecht;Sebastian Blanck;Alexander Wilbuer

  • Light-driven DNA repair by photolyases

    Lars-Oliver Essen;Tobias Klar

  • Recognition and Repair of Uv Lesions in Loop Structures of Duplex DNA by Dash-Type Cryptochrome.

    Richard Pokorny;Tobias Klar;Ulrich Hennecke;Thomas Carell

  • Structural and functional insights into a peptide bond-forming bidomain from a nonribosomal peptide synthetase.

    Stefan A. Samel;Georg Schoenafinger;Thomas A. Knappe;Mohamed A. Marahiel

  • Structure of the Substrate Binding Domain of the Thermosome, an Archaeal Group II Chaperonin

    Martin Klumpp;Wolfgang Baumeister;Lars-Oliver Essen

  • A ternary metal binding site in the C2 domain of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C-delta1.

    Lars-Oliver Essen;Olga Perisic;Denise E. Lynch;Matilda Katan

  • The Thioesterase Domain of the Fengycin Biosynthesis Cluster: A Structural Base for the Macrocyclization of a Non-ribosomal Lipopeptide

    Stefan A. Samel;Björn Wagner;Mohamed A. Marahiel;Lars-Oliver Essen

  • Structural mapping of the catalytic mechanism for a mammalian phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C.

    Lars-Oliver Essen;Olga Perisic;Matilda Katan;Yiqin Wu

  • Functional spectrum and specificity of mitochondrial ferredoxins FDX1 and FDX2

    Unknown

  • Structural basis of flocculin-mediated social behavior in yeast

    Maik Veelders;Stefan Brückner;Dimitri Ott;Carlo Unverzagt

  • Duplex Structure of a Minimal Nucleic Acid

    Mark K. Schlegel;Lars-Oliver Essen;Eric Meggers

  • Structural and Mechanistic Comparison of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Phosphoinositide-specific Phospholipases C

    Dirk W. Heinz;Lars-Oliver Essen;Roger L. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohamed A. Marahiel
Mohamed A. Marahiel Philipp University of Marburg
Alfred Batschauer
Alfred Batschauer Philipp University of Marburg
Uwe Linne
Uwe Linne Philipp University of Marburg
Dieter Oesterhelt
Dieter Oesterhelt Max Planck Society
Eric Meggers
Eric Meggers Philipp University of Marburg
Wolfgang Baumeister
Wolfgang Baumeister Max Planck Society
Wolfgang Gärtner
Wolfgang Gärtner Leipzig University
Thomas Carell
Thomas Carell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Roger L. Williams
Roger L. Williams University of Cambridge
Sonja-Verena Albers
Sonja-Verena Albers University of Freiburg

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