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Matthias Boll is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and conducts research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses significantly on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research covers a variety of topics including Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production, Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry, Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism, and Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants.

Matthias Boll has published several recent papers:

  • Tungstoenzymes: Occurrence, Catalytic Diversity and Cofactor Synthesis (2020) - Inorganics
  • Functional diversity of prokaryotic HdrA(BC) modules: Role in flavin-based electron bifurcation processes and beyond (2021) - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • Degradation of dibutyl phthalate by Paenarthrobacter sp. Shss isolated from Saravan landfill, Hyrcanian Forests, Iran (2021) - Biodegradation
  • Structural Evidence for a [4Fe-5S] Intermediate in the Non-Redox Desulfuration of Thiouracil (2020) - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ATP-dependent hydroxylation of an unactivated primary carbon with water (2020) - Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors of Matthias Boll include:

  • Jonathan M. Fuchs
  • Christian Jacoby
  • Carola S. Seelmann
  • Max Willistein
  • Lena Appel

The main venues where Matthias Boll has published include:

  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Nature Communications
  • mBio
  • Communications Biology

Best Publications

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

    Georg Fuchs;Matthias Boll;Johann Heider

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

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

  • Anaerobic Degradation of Benzene and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

    Rainer U. Meckenstock;Matthias Boll;Housna Mouttaki;Janina S. Koelschbach

  • Benzoyl-coenzyme A reductase (dearomatizing), a key enzyme of anaerobic aromatic metabolism. ATP dependence of the reaction, purification and some properties of the enzyme from Thauera aromatica strain K172.

    Matthias Boll;Georg Fuchs

  • Anaerobic oxidation of aromatic compounds and hydrocarbons.

    Matthias Boll;Georg Fuchs;Johann Heider

  • Gene clusters involved in anaerobic benzoate degradation of Geobacter metallireducens

    Simon Wischgoll;Dimitri Heintz;Franziska Peters;Anika Erxleben

  • Benzoyl-CoA reductase (dearomatizing), a key enzyme of anaerobic aromatic metabolism. A study of adenosinetriphosphatase activity, ATP stoichiometry of the reaction and EPR properties of the enzyme.

    Matthias Boll;Simon S. P. Albracht;Georg Fuchs

  • Anaerobic degradation of homocyclic aromatic compounds via arylcarboxyl‐coenzyme A esters: organisms, strategies and key enzymes

    Matthias Boll;Claudia Löffler;Brandon E. L. Morris;Johannes W. Kung

  • 6-Oxocyclohex-1-ene-1-carbonyl-coenzyme A hydrolases from obligately anaerobic bacteria: characterization and identification of its gene as a functional marker for aromatic compounds degrading anaerobes

    Kevin Kuntze;Yoshifumi Shinoda;Housna Moutakki;Michael J. McInerney

  • Genes coding for the benzoyl-CoA pathway of anaerobic aromatic metabolism in the bacterium Thauera aromatica.

    Klaus Breese;Matthias Boll;Juliane Alt-Mörbe;Hermann Schägger

  • Reversibility of citrate synthase allows autotrophic growth of a thermophilic bacterium

    Achim Mall;Achim Mall;Jessica Sobotta;Claudia Huber;Carolin Tschirner

  • The bzd Gene Cluster, Coding for Anaerobic Benzoate Catabolism, in Azoarcus sp. Strain CIB

    María J. López Barragán;Manuel Carmona;María Teresa Zamarro;Bärbel Thiele

  • Identification and characterization of the tungsten-containing class of benzoyl-coenzyme A reductases

    Johannes W. Kung;Claudia Löffler;Katerina Dörner;Dimitri Heintz

  • Dearomatizing benzene ring reductases.

    Matthias Boll

  • Microbial degradation of phthalates: biochemistry and environmental implications

    Matthias Boll;Robin Geiger;Madan Junghare;Bernhard Schink

  • Differential induction of enzymes involved in anaerobic metabolism of aromatic compounds in the denitrifying bacterium Thauera aromatica.

    J. Heider;M. Boll;K. Breese;S. Breinig

  • Key enzymes in the anaerobic aromatic metabolism catalysing Birch-like reductions

    Matthias Boll

  • Reversible biological Birch reduction at an extremely low redox potential.

    Johannes W. Kung;Sven Baumann;Martin von Bergen;Michael Müller

  • Selenocysteine-containing proteins in anaerobic benzoate metabolism of Desulfococcus multivorans.

    Franziska Peters;Michael Rother;Matthias Boll

  • Occurrence, genes and expression of the W/Se-containing class II benzoyl-coenzyme A reductases in anaerobic bacteria

    Claudia Löffler;Kevin Kuntze;José Ramos Vazquez;Agnieszka Rugor

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin von Bergen
Martin von Bergen Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Georg Fuchs
Georg Fuchs University of Freiburg
Ulrich Ermler
Ulrich Ermler Max Planck Society
Nico Jehmlich
Nico Jehmlich Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Johann Heider
Johann Heider Philipp University of Marburg
Michael Müller
Michael Müller Forschungszentrum Jülich
Wolfgang Buckel
Wolfgang Buckel Philipp University of Marburg
Ralf Rabus
Ralf Rabus Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Bernhard Schink
Bernhard Schink University of Konstanz
Eduardo Díaz
Eduardo Díaz Spanish National Research Council

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