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Martina Pohl is affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. Their research activities primarily focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to engineering as well.

Their work encompasses several main topics including enzyme catalysis and immobilization, innovative microfluidic and catalytic techniques, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, lubricants and their additives, phosphorus compounds and reactions, peripheral neuropathies and disorders, and hereditary neurological disorders.

Frequent publication venues for Martina Pohl include:

  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
  • Microbial Cell Factories
  • RSC Advances
  • Sensors

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher are:

  • Jörg Pietruszka
  • Thomas Claßen
  • Benedikt Baumer
  • Wolfgang Wiechert
  • Lukas Muschallik

Pohl has contributed to a range of published papers, notably:

  • "Diagnosis and treatment of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in childhood and adolescence: An evidence- and consensus-based guideline", 2020, European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
  • "Efficient Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate [NADP(H)] Recycling in Closed-Loop Continuous Flow Biocatalysis", 2020, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • "Construction and comprehensive characterization of an EcLDCc-CatIB set-varying linkers and aggregation inducing tags", 2021, Microbial Cell Factories
  • "Synthesis of α-hydroxy ketones and vicinal (R,R)-diols by Bacillus clausii DSM 8716T butanediol dehydrogenase", 2020, RSC Advances
  • "Structural Analysis of a Genetically Encoded FRET Biosensor by SAXS and MD Simulations", 2021, Sensors

Their subfields of study reflect a multidisciplinary approach, with publications in molecular biology, biomedical engineering, organic chemistry, neurology, and mechanical engineering.

Best Publications

  • Improved biocatalysts by directed evolution and rational protein design.

    Uwe T Bornscheuer;Martina Pohl

  • Development of a donor-acceptor concept for enzymatic cross-coupling reactions of aldehydes: the first asymmetric cross-benzoin condensation.

    Pascal Dünkelmann;Doris Kolter-Jung;Adam Nitsche;Ayhan S. Demir

  • Stabilization of NAD-dependent formate dehydrogenase from Candida boidinii by site-directed mutagenesis of cysteine residues.

    Heike Slusarczyk;Stephan Felber;MariaâRegina Kula;Martina Pohl

  • A new perspective on thiamine catalysis.

    Martina Pohl;Georg A Sprenger;Michael Müller

  • Effect of Oxygen Limitation and Medium Composition on Escherichia coli Fermentation in Shake‐Flask Cultures

    Mario Losen;Bettina Frölich;Martina Pohl;Jochen Büchs

  • Thiamin-diphosphate-dependent enzymes: new aspects of asymmetric C-C bond formation.

    Martina Pohl;Bettina Lingen;Michael Müller

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of α‐Hydroxy Ketones via Benzaldehyde Lyase‐Catalyzed C−C Bond Formation Reaction

    Ayhan S. Demir;Özge Şeşenoglu;Elif Eren;Birsu Hosrik

  • Benzoylformate Decarboxylase from Pseudomonas putida as Stable Catalyst for the Synthesis of Chiral 2‐Hydroxy Ketones

    Hans Iding;Thomas Dünnwald;Lasse Greiner;Andreas Liese

  • Two Steps in One Pot: Enzyme Cascade for the Synthesis of Nor(pseudo)ephedrine from Inexpensive Starting Materials

    Torsten Sehl;Helen C Hailes;John M Ward;Rainer Wardenga

  • Characterization of Phenylpyruvate Decarboxylase, Involved in Auxin Production of Azospirillum brasilense

    Stijn Spaepen;Wim Versées;Dörte Gocke;Martina Pohl

  • Enantioselective synthesis of hydroxy ketones through cleavage and formation of acyloin linkage. Enzymatic kinetic resolution via C-C bond cleavage

    Ayhan S. Demir;Ayhan S. Demir;Martina Pohl;Elena Janzen;Michael Müller

  • Thiamin diphosphate in biological chemistry: exploitation of diverse thiamin diphosphate-dependent enzymes for asymmetric chemoenzymatic synthesis

    Michael Müller;Dörte Gocke;Martina Pohl

  • Structure of the branched-chain keto acid decarboxylase (KdcA) from Lactococcus lactis provides insights into the structural basis for the chemoselective and enantioselective carboligation reaction.

    Catrine L. Berthold;Dörte Gocke;Martin D. Wood;Finian J. Leeper

  • Synthetic potential of thiamin diphosphate-dependent enzymes

    Georg A. Sprenger;Martina Pohl

  • Application of α-keto acid decarboxylases in biotransformations

    H. Iding;P. Siegert;K. Mesch;M. Pohl

  • Improving the carboligase activity of benzoylformate decarboxylase from Pseudomonas putida by a combination of directed evolution and site-directed mutagenesis.

    B. Lingen;J. Grötzinger;D. Kolter;M.-R. Kula

  • CC bond formation using ThDP-dependent lyases.

    Michael Müller;Georg A Sprenger;Martina Pohl

  • Exchanging the substrate specificities of pyruvate decarboxylase from Zymomonas mobilis and benzoylformate decarboxylase from Pseudomonas putida.

    Petra Siegert;Michael J. McLeish;Martin Baumann;Hans Iding

  • Engineering stereoselectivity of ThDP‐dependent enzymes

    Helen C. Hailes;Dörte Rother;Michael Müller;Robert Westphal

  • Alteration of the substrate specificity of benzoylformate decarboxylase from Pseudomonas putida by directed evolution.

    Bettina Lingen;Doris Kolter-Jung;Pascal Dünkelmann;Ralf Feldmann

  • An R-Selective Hydroxynitrile Lyase from Arabidopsis thaliana with an α/β-Hydrolase Fold†

    Jennifer Andexer;Jan von Langermann;Annett Mell;Marco Bocola

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Müller
Michael Müller Forschungszentrum Jülich
Wolfgang Wiechert
Wolfgang Wiechert Forschungszentrum Jülich
Karl-Erich Jaeger
Karl-Erich Jaeger Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Jürgen Pleiss
Jürgen Pleiss University of Stuttgart
Jochen Büchs
Jochen Büchs RWTH Aachen University
Maria-Regina Kula
Maria-Regina Kula Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Helen C. Hailes
Helen C. Hailes University College London
Andreas Liese
Andreas Liese Hamburg University of Technology
John M. Ward
John M. Ward University College London
Joachim Grötzinger
Joachim Grötzinger Kiel University

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