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Overview

Wolfgang Eisenreich is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including Molecular Biology, Food Science, Materials Chemistry, Plant Science, and Ecology. Their work covers a variety of topics such as Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Gut Microbiota and Health, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Origins and Evolution of Life, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, and Enzyme Structure and Function.

Wolfgang Eisenreich's frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Life, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, The ISME Journal, and Veterinary Sciences.

Several recent papers by the scientist highlight different aspects of their research interests:

  • Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Phytogenic Substances for Optimizing Gut Health in Poultry (2022, Microorganisms)
  • High CO2 levels drive the TCA cycle backwards towards autotrophy (2021, Nature)
  • In vitro interaction network of a synthetic gut bacterial community (2021, The ISME Journal)
  • Status and Prospects of Botanical Biopesticides in Europe and Mediterranean Countries (2022, Biomolecules)
  • Algae and Their Metabolites as Potential Bio-Pesticides (2022, Microorganisms)

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Claudia Huber, Thomas Steiner, Awad A. Shehata, Shereen Basiouni, and Guillermo Téllez-Isaías. Collaborative work with these coauthors spans numerous studies, reflecting consistent partnerships in various research projects.

Best Publications

  • Biosynthesis of isoprenoids via the non-mevalonate pathway

    W. Eisenreich;A. Bacher;D. Arigoni;F. Rohdich

  • Analysis of a chemical plant defense mechanism in grasses

    Monika Frey;Paul Chomet;Erich Glawischnig;Cornelia Stettner

  • Deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway to terpenoids.

    Wolfgang Eisenreich;Felix Rohdich;Adelbert Bacher

  • The deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway of terpenoid biosynthesis in plants and microorganisms

    Wolfgang Eisenreich;Matthias Schwarz;Alain Cartayrade;Duilio Arigoni

  • Terpenoid biosynthesis from 1-deoxy-d-xylulose in higher plants by intramolecular skeletal rearrangement

    Duilio Arigoni;Silvia Sagner;Christoph Latzel;Wolfgang Eisenreich

  • Studies on the nonmevalonate terpene biosynthetic pathway: Metabolic role of IspH (LytB) protein

    Felix Rohdich;Stefan Hecht;Katrin Gärtner;Petra Adam

  • Carbon metabolism of intracellular bacterial pathogens and possible links to virulence.

    Wolfgang Eisenreich;Thomas Dandekar;Jürgen Heesemann;Werner Goebel;Werner Goebel

  • A dicarboxylate/4-hydroxybutyrate autotrophic carbon assimilation cycle in the hyperthermophilic Archaeum Ignicoccus hospitalis

    Harald Huber;Martin Gallenberger;Ulrike Jahn;Eva Eylert

  • Bacterial phenylalanine and phenylacetate catabolic pathway revealed

    R. Teufel;V. Mascaraque;W. Ismail;M. Voss

  • Cytidine 5'-triphosphate-dependent biosynthesis of isoprenoids: YgbP protein of Escherichia coli catalyzes the formation of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methylerythritol.

    Felix Rohdich;Juraithip Wungsintaweekul;Monika Fellermeier;Silvia Sagner

  • Biosynthesis of terpenoids: YgbB protein converts 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol 2-phosphate to 2C-methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate.

    Stefan Herz;Juraithip Wungsintaweekul;Christoph A. Schuhr;Stefan Hecht

  • Studies on the biosynthesis of taxol: the taxane carbon skeleton is not of mevalonoid origin

    Wolfgang Eisenreich;Birgitta Menhard;Peter J. Hylands;Meinhart H. Zenk

  • Biosynthesis of terpenoids: YchB protein of Escherichia coli phosphorylates the 2-hydroxy group of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2C-methyl-D-erythritol.

    Holger Lüttgen;Felix Rohdich;Stefan Herz;Juraithip Wungsintaweekul

  • A Possible Primordial Peptide Cycle

    Claudia Huber;Wolfgang Eisenreich;Stefan Hecht;Günter Wächtershäuser

  • Studies on the nonmevalonate pathway to terpenes: The role of the GcpE (IspG) protein

    Stefan Hecht;Wolfgang Eisenreich;Petra Adam;Sabine Amslinger

  • Lipid transfer from plants to arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi

    Andreas Keymer;Priya Pimprikar;Vera Wewer;Claudia Huber

  • The deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis: Studies on the mechanisms of the reactions catalyzed by IspG and IspH protein

    Felix Rohdich;Ferdinand Zepeck;Petra Adam;Stefan Hecht

  • An optomechanical transducer in the blue light receptor phototropin from Avena sativa

    Michael Salomon;Wolfgang Eisenreich;Harald Dürr;Erik Schleicher

  • The non-mevalonate pathway of isoprenoids: genes, enzymes and intermediates.

    Felix Rohdich;Klaus Kis;Adelbert Bacher;Wolfgang Eisenreich

  • Structural basis of fosmidomycin action revealed by the complex with 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate synthase (IspC) - Implications for the catalytic mechanism and anti-malaria drug development

    Stefan Steinbacher;Johannes Kaiser;Wolfgang Eisenreich;Robert Huber

Frequent Co-Authors

Adelbert Bacher
Adelbert Bacher Technical University of Munich
Felix Rohdich
Felix Rohdich Technical University of Munich
Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer Universität Hamburg
Michael Groll
Michael Groll Technical University of Munich
Georg Fuchs
Georg Fuchs University of Freiburg
Meinhart H. Zenk
Meinhart H. Zenk Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Werner Goebel
Werner Goebel University of Würzburg
Karl-Heinz Engel
Karl-Heinz Engel Technical University of Munich
Stefan Hecht
Stefan Hecht Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Markus Fischer
Markus Fischer University of Bern

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