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Roderich D. Süssmuth

Roderich D. Süssmuth

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Chemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
24621
World Ranking
3228
National Ranking
238

Overview

Roderich D. Süssmuth is affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with significant contributions to molecular biology, pharmacology, genetics, organic chemistry, and spectroscopy.

The scientist's principal topics of work include:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Rabies epidemiology and control
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Roderich D. Süssmuth has authored numerous scientific papers published in various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of Proteome Research
  • Scientific Reports

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering" (2020), published in Natural Product Reports
  • "A community resource for paired genomic and metabolomic data mining" (2021), published in Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Peptidomics" (2023), published in Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Self-Assembled Monolayer Epitope Bridges for Molecular Imprinting and Cancer Biomarker Sensing" (2020), published in Analytical Chemistry
  • "Old World Vipers-A Review about Snake Venom Proteomics of Viperinae and Their Variations" (2021), published in Toxins

Frequent collaborators of Süssmuth include:

  • Simone Kosol
  • Andi Mainz
  • Maik Damm
  • Maria Seidel
  • Tam Dang

Their work reflects a multidisciplinary approach integrating biochemical characterization, chemical synthesis, and the study of venomous animal envenomation, supported by extensive research in molecular biology and related biomedical fields.

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

  • Comparative analysis of the complete genome sequence of the plant growth-promoting bacterium Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42.

    Xiao Hua Chen;Alexandra Koumoutsi;Romy Scholz;Andreas Eisenreich

  • Nonribosomal Peptide Synthesis-Principles and Prospects.

    Roderich D. Süssmuth;Andi Mainz

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering

    Manuel Montalbán-López;Thomas A Scott;Sangeetha Ramesh;Imran R Rahman

  • Characterization of the N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity involved in the biosynthesis of the Staphylococcus epidermidis polysaccharide intercellular adhesin.

    Christiane Gerke;Angelika Kraft;Roderich Süßmuth;Oliver Schweitzer

  • Genome analysis of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 reveals its potential for biocontrol of plant pathogens.

    X.H. Chen;A. Koumoutsi;R. Scholz;K. Schneider

  • Isolation, Structure Elucidation, and Synthesis of a Macrophage Stimulatory Lipopeptide from Mycoplasma fermentans Acting at Picomolar Concentration

    Peter F. Mühlradt;Michael Kieß;Holger Meyer;Roderich Süßmuth

  • Structural and Functional Characterization of Three Polyketide Synthase Gene Clusters in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB 42

    Xiao-Hua Chen;Joachim Vater;Jörn Piel;Peter Franke

  • Abyssomicin C-a polycyclic antibiotic from a marine Verrucosispora strain as an inhibitor of the p-aminobenzoic acid/tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis pathway

    Bojan Bister;Daniel Bischoff;Markus Ströbele;Julia Riedlinger

  • Abyssomicins, inhibitors of the para-aminobenzoic acid pathway produced by the marine Verrucosispora strain AB-18-032.

    Julia Riedlinger;Andreas Reicke;Hans Zähner;Bernhard Krismer

  • Labyrinthopeptins: A New Class of Carbacyclic Lantibiotics

    Kathrin Meindl;Timo Schmiederer;Kathrin Schneider;Andreas Reicke

  • Identification and Analysis of the Balhimycin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster and Its Use for Manipulating Glycopeptide Biosynthesis in Amycolatopsis mediterranei DSM5908

    S. Pelzer;R. Süßmuth;D. Heckmann;J. Recktenwald

  • Plantazolicin, a Novel Microcin B17/Streptolysin S-Like Natural Product from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42

    Romy Scholz;Katie J. Molohon;Jonny Nachtigall;Joachim Vater

  • The structure of salmochelins: C-glucosylated enterobactins of Salmonella enterica.

    Bojan Bister;Daniel Bischoff;Graeme J Nicholson;Marianne Valdebenito

  • Macrolactin is the polyketide biosynthesis product of the pks2 cluster of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42.

    Kathrin Schneider;Xiao-Hua Chen;Joachim Vater;Peter Franke

  • A Regioselective Tryptophan 5-Halogenase Is Involved in Pyrroindomycin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces rugosporus LL-42D005

    Susanne Zehner;Alexander Kotzsch;Bojan Bister;Roderich D. Süssmuth

  • Inhibition of virulence factor expression in Staphylococcus aureus by the Staphylococcus epidermidis agr pheromone and derivatives.

    Michael Otto;Roderich Süßmuth;Cuong Vuong;Günther Jung

  • Crystal Structure of OxyB, a Cytochrome P450 Implicated in an Oxidative Phenol Coupling Reaction during Vancomycin Biosynthesis

    Katja Zerbe;Olena Pylypenko;Francesca Vitali;Weiwen Zhang

  • Structure of the pheromone peptide of the Staphylococcus epidermidis agr system

    Michael Otto;Roderich Süßmuth;Günther Jung;Friedrich Götz

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Peter Fiedler
Hans-Peter Fiedler University of Tübingen
Graeme J. Nicholson
Graeme J. Nicholson University of Tübingen
Daniel Petras
Daniel Petras University of California, Riverside
Wolfgang Wohlleben
Wolfgang Wohlleben University of Tübingen
Günther Jung
Günther Jung University of Tübingen
Johannes F. Imhoff
Johannes F. Imhoff GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Michael Goodfellow
Michael Goodfellow Newcastle University
Elke Dittmann
Elke Dittmann University of Potsdam
George M. Sheldrick
George M. Sheldrick University of Göttingen

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