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Wolfgang Nitschke

Wolfgang Nitschke

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Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
8170
World Ranking
12836
National Ranking
507

Overview

Wolfgang Nitschke is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their primary field of study is Energy, with a focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Their research also spans Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Inorganic Chemistry, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Nitschke has contributed to several scientific publications, with frequent publication venues including:

  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Life
  • Applied Clay Science
  • Electrochemical Science Advances

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nitschke are:

  • "On the why's and how's of clay minerals' importance in life's emergence" (2020) - Applied Clay Science
  • "Mineralogy, geochemistry and occurrences of fougerite in a modern hydrothermal system and its implications for the origin of life" (2021) - Earth-Science Reviews
  • "The dyad of the Y-junction- and a flavin module unites diverse redox enzymes" (2021) - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • "Aqueous electrochemistry: The toolbox for life's emergence from redox disequilibria" (2022) - Electrochemical Science Advances
  • "The Winding Road from Origin to Emergence (of Life)" (2024) - Life

Nitschke has also contributed to the book Microbial Bioenergetics, published by Frontiers Media in 2021.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nitschke include:

  • Simon Duval
  • Kilian Zuchan
  • Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet
  • Frauke Baymann
  • Orion Farr

Best Publications

  • The Qo site of cytochrome b6f complexes controls the activation of the LHCII kinase

    F. Zito;G. Finazzi;R. Delosme;W. Nitschke

  • The Drive to Life on Wet and Icy Worlds

    Michael J. Russell;Laura M. Barge;Rohit Bhartia;Dylan Bocanegra

  • Photosynthetic reaction centres: variations on a common structural theme?

    Wolfgang Nitschke;A. William Rutherford

  • Amino acid identities in the three redox center-carrying polypeptides of cytochrome bc1/b6f complexes.

    G. Hauska;W. Nitschke;R. G. Herrmann

  • A tale of two oxidation states: bacterial colonization of arsenic-rich environments.

    Daniel Muller;Claudine Médigue;Sandrine Koechler;Valérie Barbe

  • Was nitric oxide the first deep electron sink

    Anne-Lise Ducluzeau;Robert van Lis;Simon Duval;Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet

  • The influence of the quinone-iron electron acceptor complex on the reaction centre photochemistry of Photosystem II

    F.J.E. van Mieghem;W. Nitschke;P. Mathis;A.W. Rutherford

  • Arsenite Oxidase, an Ancient Bioenergetic Enzyme

    Evelyne Lebrun;Myriam Brugna;Frauke Baymann;Daniel Muller

  • On the universal core of bioenergetics

    Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet;Robert Van Lis;Ariane Atteia;Frauke Baymann

  • Early evolution of cytochrome bc complexes.

    Michael Schütz;Myriam Brugna;Evelyne Lebrun;Frauke Baymann

  • Characterization of a Unique [FeS] Cluster in the Electron Transfer Chain of the Oxygen Tolerant [NiFe] Hydrogenase From Aquifex Aeolicus

    Maria-Eirini Pandelia;Wolfgang Nitschke;Pascale Infossi;Marie-Thérèse Giudici-Orticoni

  • On the antiquity of metalloenzymes and their substrates in bioenergetics

    Wolfgang Nitschke;Shawn E. McGlynn;E. James Milner-White;Michael J. Russell

  • The redox protein construction kit: pre-last universal common ancestor evolution of energy-conserving enzymes.

    Frauke Baymann;Evelyne Lebrun;Myriam Brugna;Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet

  • Menaquinone as pool quinone in a purple bacterium

    Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet;Clément Lieutaud;Frauke Baymann;André Verméglio

  • Redox bifurcations: Mechanisms and importance to life now, and at its origin

    Wolfgang Nitschke;Michael J. Russell

  • [NiFe] hydrogenases from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus : properties, function, and phylogenetics

    Marianne Brugna-Guiral;Pascale Tron;Wolfgang Nitschke;Karl-Otto Stetter

  • Binding dynamics and electron transfer between plastocyanin and photosystem I.

    Friedel Drepper;Michael Hippler;Wolfgang Nitschke;Wolfgang Haehnel

  • The inevitable journey to being

    Michael J. Russell;Wolfgang Nitschke;Elbert Branscomb

  • Beating the acetyl coenzyme A-pathway to the origin of life

    Wolfgang Nitschke;Michael J. Russell

  • Hydrothermal Focusing of Chemical and Chemiosmotic Energy, Supported by Delivery of Catalytic Fe, Ni, Mo/W, Co, S and Se, Forced Life to Emerge

    Wolfgang Nitschke;Michael J. Russell

  • Arsenics as bioenergetic substrates.

    Robert van Lis;Wolfgang Nitschke;Simon Duval;Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet

  • Daddy, where did (PS)I come from?

    Frauke Baymann;Myriam Brugna;Ulrich Mühlenhoff;Wolfgang Nitschke

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Russell
Michael J. Russell University of Turin
David Kramer
David Kramer Michigan State University
Mireille Bruschi
Mireille Bruschi Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yohann Couté
Yohann Couté Grenoble Alpes University
Rutherford Aw
Rutherford Aw Imperial College London
Bruno Guigliarelli
Bruno Guigliarelli Aix-Marseille University
Fabrice Rappaport
Fabrice Rappaport Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Franz Lingens
Franz Lingens University of Hohenheim
Irmgard Sinning
Irmgard Sinning Heidelberg University
Michael Bott
Michael Bott Forschungszentrum Jülich

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