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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2004 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Biochemistry and Biophysics

Overview

Mohamed A. Marahiel is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany and has contributed to fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans subfields such as Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, focusing on topics including Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Biochemical and Structural Characterization, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Marahiel's recent publication record includes a paper titled Communication Breakdown: Dissecting the COM Interfaces between the Subunits of Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases, published in 2021 in the journal ACS Catalysis.

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Marahiel include:

  • Christopher D. Fage
  • Simone Kosol
  • Matthew Jenner
  • Carl Öster
  • Angelo Gallo

Publication venues where Marahiel has contributed work include:

  • ACS Catalysis

The scientific areas of Marahiel's work encompass:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields of study are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmacology

Main research topics covered by Marahiel's publications:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Marahiel was recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften in 2004 for contributions to Biochemistry and Biophysics.

Best Publications

  • Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: Overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature

    Paul G. Arnison;Mervyn J. Bibb;Gabriele Bierbaum;Albert Alexander Bowers

  • Siderophore-Based Iron Acquisition and Pathogen Control

    Marcus Miethke;Mohamed A. Marahiel

  • The specificity-conferring code of adenylation domains in nonribosomal peptide synthetases

    Torsten Stachelhaus;Henning D Mootz;Mohamed A Marahiel

  • Modular Peptide Synthetases Involved in Nonribosomal Peptide Synthesis

    Mohamed A. Marahiel;Torsten Stachelhaus;Henning D. Mootz

  • Biosynthesis of nonribosomal peptides1.

    Robert Finking;Mohamed A Marahiel

  • A new enzyme superfamily — the phosphopantetheinyl transferases

    Ralph H. Lambalot;Amy M. Gehring;Roger S. Flugel;Peter Zuber

  • Structural basis for the activation of phenylalanine in the non-ribosomal biosynthesis of gramicidin S.

    Elena Conti;Torsten Stachelhaus;Mohamed A. Marahiel;Peter Brick

  • Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerases, a superfamily of ubiquitous folding catalysts

    S. F. Göthel;M. A. Marahiel

  • Nonribosomal peptides: from genes to products

    Dirk Schwarzer;Robert Finking;Mohamed A. Marahiel

  • Molecular mechanisms underlying nonribosomal peptide synthesis: approaches to new antibiotics.

    Stephan A Sieber;Mohamed A Marahiel

  • A superfamily of proteins that contain the cold-shock domain

    Peter L. Graumann;Mohamed A. Marahiel

  • Nonribosomal peptide synthetases: structures and dynamics.

    Matthias Strieker;Alan Tanović;Mohamed A Marahiel

  • Ways of Assembling Complex Natural Products on Modular Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases

    Henning D. Mootz;Dirk Schwarzer;Mohamed A. Marahiel

  • The dhb Operon of Bacillus subtilisEncodes the Biosynthetic Template for the Catecholic Siderophore 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoate-Glycine-Threonine Trimeric Ester Bacillibactin

    Jürgen J. May;Thomas M. Wendrich;Mohamed A. Marahiel

  • Universal nucleic acid-binding domain revealed by crystal structure of the B. subtilis major cold-shock protein.

    Hermann Schindelin;Mohamed A. Marahiel;Udo Heinemann

  • Peptide bond formation in nonribosomal peptide biosynthesis. Catalytic role of the condensation domain.

    Torsten Stachelhaus;Henning D. Mootz;Veit Bergendahl;Mohamed A. Marahiel

  • Peptide cyclization catalysed by the thioesterase domain of tyrocidine synthetase

    John W. Trauger;Rahul M. Kohli;Henning D. Mootz;Mohamed A. Marahiel

  • The tyrocidine biosynthesis operon of Bacillus brevis: complete nucleotide sequence and biochemical characterization of functional internal adenylation domains.

    H D Mootz;M A Marahiel

  • Lasso Peptides: An Intriguing Class of Bacterial Natural Products

    Julian D. Hegemann;Marcel Zimmermann;Xiulan Xie;Mohamed A. Marahiel

  • Rational Design of Peptide Antibiotics by Targeted Replacement of Bacterial and Fungal Domains

    Torsten Stachelhaus;Axel Schneider;Mohamed A. Marahiel

  • Extremely rapid protein folding in the absence of intermediates.

    Thomas Schindler;Michael Herrler;Mohamed A. Marahiel;Franz X. Schmid

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Linne
Uwe Linne Philipp University of Marburg
Xiulan Xie
Xiulan Xie Philipp University of Marburg
Stephan A. Sieber
Stephan A. Sieber Technical University of Munich
Christopher T. Walsh
Christopher T. Walsh Stanford University
Dirk Schwarzer
Dirk Schwarzer Max Planck Society
Lars-Oliver Essen
Lars-Oliver Essen Philipp University of Marburg
Peter L. Graumann
Peter L. Graumann Philipp University of Marburg
Sylvie Rebuffat
Sylvie Rebuffat Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Peter Zuber
Peter Zuber Oregon Health & Science University
Horst Kleinkauf
Horst Kleinkauf Technical University of Berlin

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