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R. Luise Krauth-Siegel

R. Luise Krauth-Siegel

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
9417
World Ranking
16238
National Ranking
1139

Overview

R. Luise Krauth-Siegel is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Toxicology.

The main topics covered by this scientist's research include:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
  • Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents
  • Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae

Notable recent publications by R. Luise Krauth-Siegel include:

  • A tryparedoxin-coupled biosensor reveals a mitochondrial trypanothione metabolism in trypanosomes, 2020, eLife
  • In Vitro and In Silico Analysis of New n-Butyl and Isobutyl Quinoxaline-7-carboxylate 1,4-di-N-oxide Derivatives against Trypanosoma cruzi as Trypanothione Reductase Inhibitors, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The mitochondrial peroxiredoxin displays distinct roles in different developmental stages of African trypanosomes, 2020, Redox Biology
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Natural-Product-Inspired, Aminoalkyl-Substituted 1-Benzopyrans as Novel Antiplasmodial Agents, 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include Marta Bogacz, Samantha Ebersoll, Lina M Günter, Tobias P. Dick, and Alonzo González-González.

The publication venues where Krauth-Siegel frequently publishes are:

  • eLife
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Redox Biology
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Redox control in trypanosomatids, parasitic protozoa with trypanothione-based thiol metabolism.

    R. Luise Krauth-Siegel;Marcelo A. Comini

  • Trypanosomes lacking trypanothione reductase are avirulent and show increased sensitivity to oxidative stress

    S. Krieger;W. Schwarz;M. R. Ariyanayagam;A. H. Fairlamb

  • Dithiol proteins as guardians of the intracellular redox milieu in parasites: old and new drug targets in trypanosomes and malaria-causing plasmodia.

    R. Luise Krauth-Siegel;Holger Bauer;R. Heiner Schirmer

  • 2- and 3-substituted 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives as subversive substrates of trypanothione reductase and lipoamide dehydrogenase from Trypanosoma cruzi: synthesis and correlation between redox cycling activities and in vitro cytotoxicity.

    L Salmon-Chemin;E Buisine;Yardley;S Kohler

  • Disulfide‐Reductase Inhibitors as Chemotherapeutic Agents: The Design of Drugs for Trypanosomiasis and Malaria

    R. Heiner Schirmer;Joachim G. Müller;R. Luise Krauth‐Siegel

  • Thiol-based redox metabolism of protozoan parasites

    Sylke Müller;Eva Liebau;Rolf D. Walter;R.Luise Krauth-Siegel

  • Trypanothione reductase from Trypanosoma cruzi. Purification and characterization of the crystalline enzyme.

    R. Luise Krauth-Siegel;Burkhard Enders;Graeme B. Henderson;Alan H. Fairlamb

  • Glutathione reductase from human erythrocytes. The sequences of the NADPH domain and of the interface domain.

    R. Luise Krauth-Siegel;Mansoor Saleh;Renate Untucht-Grau;R. Heiner Schirmer

  • Novel antitrypanosomal agents based on palladium nitrofurylthiosemicarbazone complexes: DNA and redox metabolism as potential therapeutic targets.

    Lucía Otero;Marisol Vieites;Lucía Boiani;Ana Denicola

  • Enzymatic reduction studies of nitroheterocycles

    Cécile Viodé;Nadir Bettache;Narimantas Cenas;R.Luise Krauth-Siegel

  • Trypanothione-dependent Synthesis of Deoxyribonucleotides by Trypanosoma brucei Ribonucleotide Reductase

    Matthias Dormeyer;Nina Reckenfelderbäumer;Heike Lüdemann;R. Luise Krauth-Siegel

  • Crystal structure of the Trypanosoma cruzi trypanothione reductase-mepacrine complex

    Elke M. Jacoby;Elke M. Jacoby;Ilme Schlichting;Christina B. Lantwin;Wolfgang Kabsch

  • Trypanosoma brucei tryparedoxin, a thioredoxin-like protein in African trypanosomes

    Heike Lüdemann;Matthias Dormeyer;Christian Sticherling;Dirk Stallmann

  • Overexpression of the putative thiol conjugate transporter TbMRPA causes melarsoprol resistance in Trypanosoma brucei.

    Sanjay K. Shahi;R. Luise Krauth-Siegel;Christine E. Clayton

  • Nitrofuran drugs as common subversive substrates of Trypanosoma cruzi lipoamide dehydrogenase and trypanothione reductase.

    Klaus Blumenstiel;Ralf Schöneck;Vanessa Yardley;Simon L. Croft

  • Interaction of a glutathione S-conjugate with glutathione reductase. Kinetic and X-ray crystallographic studies.

    Manfred Bilzer;R. Luise Krauth-Siegel;R. Heiner Schirmer;Theo P. M. Akerboom

  • Glyoxalase II of African Trypanosomes Is Trypanothione-dependent

    Thorsten Irsch;R. Luise Krauth-Siegel

  • Substrate Specificity, Localization, and Essential Role of the Glutathione Peroxidase-type Tryparedoxin Peroxidases in Trypanosoma brucei

    Tanja Schlecker;Armin Schmidt;Natalie Dirdjaja;Frank Voncken

  • A Second Class of Peroxidases Linked to the Trypanothione Metabolism

    Henning Hillebrand;Armin Schmidt;R. Luise Krauth-Siegel

  • Low-Molecular-Mass Antioxidants in Parasites

    R Luise Krauth-Siegel;Alejandro E Leroux

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Kaiser
Marcel Kaiser Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Reto Brun
Reto Brun University of Basel
R. Heiner Schirmer
R. Heiner Schirmer Heidelberg University
Emil F. Pai
Emil F. Pai University of Toronto
Christine Clayton
Christine Clayton Heidelberg University
Thomas Ruppert
Thomas Ruppert Heidelberg University
Andrea Cavalli
Andrea Cavalli Italian Institute of Technology
Maria Laura Bolognesi
Maria Laura Bolognesi University of Bologna
Barbara M. Bakker
Barbara M. Bakker University Medical Center Groningen

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