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Overview

Luis Moroder is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research encompasses biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutics, and chemistry, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach across several fields.

The main areas of study for Moroder include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
  • Chemistry

The subfields addressed in their work incorporate:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Toxicology
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Moroder's research focuses notably on organoselenium and organotellurium chemistry, which is reflected in their exploration of the chemical synthesis and biological implications of these elements. Their primary topics include:

  • Organoselenium and organotellurium chemistry
  • Selenium in Biological Systems
  • Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins

Major publication venues for Moroder's work are:

  • Journal of Peptide Science
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Moroder include:

  • "Chemical synthesis of per-selenocysteine human epidermal growth factor," published in 2022 in the Journal of Peptide Science
  • "Ulf Diederichsen (1963-2021)," published in 2022 in the Journal of Peptide Science
  • "Unexpected diselenide metathesis in selenocysteine-substituted biologically active peptides," published in 2024 in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Toshiki Takei
  • Hironobu Hojo
  • Hideaki Tanaka
  • Nobuaki Okumura
  • Toshifumi Takao

Best Publications

  • Structure of TPR Domain–Peptide Complexes: Critical Elements in the Assembly of the Hsp70–Hsp90 Multichaperone Machine

    Clemens Scheufler;Achim Brinker;Gleb Bourenkov;Stefano Pegoraro

  • A gated channel into the proteasome core particle.

    Michael Groll;Monica Bajorek;Alwin Köhler;Luis Moroder

  • Single-Molecule Optomechanical Cycle

    Thorsten Hugel;Nolan B. Holland;Anna Cattani;Luis Moroder

  • Di-tert.-butyldicarbonat — ein vorteilhaftes Reagenz zur Einführung der tert.-Butyloxycarbonyl-Schutzgruppe

    Luis Moroder;Allan Hallett;Erich Wünsch;Oskar Keller

  • Azobenzene as conformational switch in model peptides.

    Christian Renner;Luis Moroder

  • Iodoacetamide-induced artifact mimics ubiquitination in mass spectrometry.

    Michael L Nielsen;Michiel Vermeulen;Tiziana Bonaldi;Jürgen Cox

  • Expansion of the genetic code enables design of a novel "gold'' class of green fluorescent proteins

    Jae Hyun Bae;Marina Rubini;Gregor Jung;Georg Wiegand

  • Ultrafast spectroscopy reveals subnanosecond peptide conformational dynamics and validates molecular dynamics simulation

    Sebastian Spörlein;Heiko Carstens;Helmut Satzger;Christian Renner

  • Isosteric replacement of sulfur with other chalcogens in peptides and proteins.

    Luis Moroder

  • Fluoroprolines as Tools for Protein Design and Engineering

    Christian Renner;Stefan Alefelder;Jae H. Bae;Nediljko Budisa

  • Functional Incorporation of Integrins into Solid Supported Membranes on Ultrathin Films of Cellulose: Impact on Adhesion

    Stefanie Goennenwein;Motomu Tanaka;Bin Hu;Luis Moroder

  • Toward the experimental codon reassignment in vivo: protein building with an expanded amino acid repertoire

    Nediljko Budisa;Caroline Minks;Stefan Alefelder;Waltraud Wenger

  • Transient 2D-IR spectroscopy: Snapshots of the nonequilibrium ensemble during the picosecond conformational transition of a small peptide

    Jens Bredenbeck;Jan Helbing;Raymond Behrendt;Christian Renner

  • Picosecond conformational transition and equilibration of a cyclic peptide

    Jens Bredenbeck;Jan Helbing;Arne Sieg;Tobias Schrader

  • Bioincorporation of telluromethionine into proteins: a promising new approach for X-ray structure analysis of proteins

    Nediljko Budisa;Wilhelm Karnbrock;Stefan Steinbacher;Andreas Humm

  • The Redox Potential of Selenocystine in Unconstrained Cyclic Peptides

    Dörthe Besse;Frank Siedler;Tammo Diercks;Horst Kessler

  • Oxidative folding of cystine-rich peptides vs regioselective cysteine pairing strategies.

    Luis Moroder;Dörthe Besse;Hans-Jürgen Musiol;Sabine Rudolph-Böhner

  • Mutational studies on HslU and its docking mode with HslV

    Hyun Kyu Song;Claudia Hartmann;Ravishankar Ramachandran;Matthias Bochtler;Matthias Bochtler

  • Synthesis of Peptides and Peptidomimetics

    Murray Goodman;Arthur Felix;Luis Moroder;Claudio Toniolo

  • Interaction of GRF with VIP receptors and stimulation of adenylate cyclase in rat and human intestinal epithelial membranes: Comparison with PHI and secretin

    M. Laburthe;B. Amiranoff;N. Boige;C. Rouyer-Fessard

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Toniolo
Claudio Toniolo University of Padua
Robert Huber
Robert Huber University of Duisburg-Essen
Nediljko Budisa
Nediljko Budisa University of Manitoba
Josef Wachtveitl
Josef Wachtveitl Goethe University Frankfurt
Wolfgang Zinth
Wolfgang Zinth Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Nicole Vaysse
Nicole Vaysse Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse
Michael Groll
Michael Groll Technical University of Munich
Dieter Oesterhelt
Dieter Oesterhelt Max Planck Society
Markus Kaiser
Markus Kaiser University of Duisburg-Essen
Wolfram Bode
Wolfram Bode Max Planck Society

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