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Norbert A. Dencher is affiliated with the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany and focuses on research primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Spectroscopy, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The research topics Norbert A. Dencher engages with include:

  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

Recent publications by Dencher cover several aspects of molecular biology and biochemistry, highlighting specific studies in cellular function and disease mechanisms. These papers include:

  • ATP synthase FOF1 structure, function, and structure-based drug design, 2022, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Role of Mitochondrial Protein Import in Age-Related Neurodegenerative and Cardiovascular Diseases, 2021, Cells
  • All-d-Enantiomeric Peptide D3 Designed for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Dynamically Interacts with Membrane-Bound Amyloid-β Precursors, 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Native DIGE for Quantitative and Functional Analysis of Protein Interactomes, 2022, Methods in molecular biology
  • I-Shaped Dimers of a Plant Chloroplast FOF1-ATP Synthase in Response to Changes in Ionic Strength, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The following venues have been frequently chosen for publishing by Norbert A. Dencher:

  • Biophysics and Physicobiology
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Cells
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Methods in molecular biology

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Dencher's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Valentin Gordeliy
  • I.S. Okhrimenko
  • A.V. Vlasov
  • Stepan D. Osipov
  • Vladimir N. Uversky

Best Publications

  • Proton-powered turbine of a plant motor

    Holger Seelert;Ansgar Poetsch;Norbert A. Dencher;Andreas Engel

  • Cardiolipin: a proton trap for oxidative phosphorylation.

    Thomas H Haines;Norbert A Dencher

  • Proton migration along the membrane surface and retarded surface to bulk transfer

    Joachim Heberle;Jens Riesle;Gerd Thiedemann;Dieter Oesterhelt

  • Structural changes in bacteriorhodopsin during proton translocation revealed by neutron diffraction.

    N A Dencher;D Dresselhaus;G Zaccai;G Büldt

  • Architecture of Active Mammalian Respiratory Chain Supercomplexes

    Eva Schäfer;Holger Seelert;Nicole H. Reifschneider;Frank Krause

  • Two photosystems controlling behavioural responses of Halobacterium halobium.

    Eilo Hildebrand;Norbert Dencher

  • Interactions of Hydration Water and Biological Membranes Studied by Neutron Scattering

    J. Fitter;R. E. Lechner;Norbert A. Dencher

  • Time-resolved X-ray diffraction study of structural changes associated with the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin.

    M. H. J. Koch;N. A. Dencher;D. Oesterhelt;H.-J. Plohn

  • Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) of membrane proteins and non-covalent complexes

    Burkhard Rosinke;Kerstin Strupat;Franz Hillenkamp;Jürg Rosenbusch

  • Surface-bound optical probes monitor protein translocation and surface potential changes during the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle.

    Joachim Heberle;Norbert A. Dencher

  • Three-dimensional structure of the respiratory chain supercomplex I1III2IV1 from bovine heart mitochondria.

    Eva Schäfer;Norbert A. Dencher;Janet Vonck;David N. Parcej

  • Photocurrents generated by bacteriorhodopsin on planar bilayer membranes

    E. Bamberg;H. J. Apell;N. A. Dencher;W. Sperling

  • Defining the mitochondrial proteomes from five rat organs in a physiologically significant context using 2D blue-native/SDS-PAGE

    Nicole H. Reifschneider;Sataro Goto;Hideko Nakamoto;Ryoya Takahashi

  • Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I is inactivated by NADPH oxidase Nox4

    Rafał Kozieł;Haymo Pircher;Manuela Kratochwil;Barbara Lener

  • Internal molecular motions of bacteriorhodopsin: hydration-induced flexibility studied by quasielastic incoherent neutron scattering using oriented purple membranes

    J Fitter;R E Lechner;G Buldt;N A Dencher

  • Ageing alters the supramolecular architecture of OxPhos complexes in rat brain cortex.

    Monika Frenzel;Hans Rommelspacher;Michiru D. Sugawa;Michiru D. Sugawa;Norbert A. Dencher

  • “Respirasome”-like Supercomplexes in Green Leaf Mitochondria of Spinach

    Frank Krause;Nicole H. Reifschneider;Dirk Vocke;Holger Seelert

  • Lipid--protein interactions in bacteriorhodopsin--dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles.

    Maarten P. Heyn;Richard J. Cherry;Norbert A. Dencher

  • Active oligomeric ATP synthases in mammalian mitochondria

    Frank Krause;Nicole H. Reifschneider;Sataro Goto;Norbert A. Dencher

  • The tertiary structural changes in bacteriorhodopsin occur between M states: X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

    H.J. Sass;I.W. Schachowa;G. Rapp;M.H.J. Koch

  • Flash photometric experiments on the photochemical cycle of bacteriorhodopsin

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Frequent Co-Authors

Maarten P. Heyn
Maarten P. Heyn Freie Universität Berlin
Dieter Oesterhelt
Dieter Oesterhelt Max Planck Society
Joachim Heberle
Joachim Heberle Freie Universität Berlin
Heinz D. Osiewacz
Heinz D. Osiewacz Goethe University Frankfurt
Sataro Goto
Sataro Goto Juntendo University
Andreas Engel
Andreas Engel University of Basel
Marie-Claire Bellissent-Funel
Marie-Claire Bellissent-Funel University of Paris-Saclay
Alan K. Soper
Alan K. Soper Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Kell Mortensen
Kell Mortensen University of Copenhagen

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