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Overview

Wolfram Welte is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including Materials Science, Neuroscience, and Immunology and Microbiology.

The subfields in which they have contributed include Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Immunology. Their work focuses on several main topics:

  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms

Welte's recent publication is titled Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the C-type lectin domain of the spicule matrix protein SM50 from Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Corrigendum, published in 2022 in Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Welte include:

  • Rebecca Ebenhoch
  • Puneet Juneja
  • Ashit Rao
  • Helmut Cölfen
  • Kay Diederichs

The primary publication venue for their work recorded is Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications.

Best Publications

  • Siderophore-mediated iron transport: crystal structure of FhuA with bound lipopolysaccharide.

    Andrew D. Ferguson;Eckhard Hofmann;James W. Coulton;Kay Diederichs

  • Molecular Architecture and Electrostatic Properties of a Bacterial Porin

    M. S. Weiss;U. Abele;J. Weckesser;W. Welte

  • Structural Basis of Light Harvesting by Carotenoids: Peridinin-Chlorophyll-Protein from Amphidinium carterae

    Eckhard Hofmann;Pamela M. Wrench;Frank P. Sharples;Roger G. Hiller

  • Complexes between kinases, mitochondrial porin and adenylate translocator in rat brain resemble the permeability transition pore

    Gisela Beutner;Alexander Rück;Birgit Riede;Wolfram Welte

  • Structure of the rotor ring of F-Type Na+-ATPase from Ilyobacter tartaricus.

    Thomas Meier;Patrick Polzer;Patrick Polzer;Kay Diederichs;Kay Diederichs;Wolfram Welte;Wolfram Welte

  • The structure of porin from Rhodobacter capsulatus at 1.8 Å resolution

    M.S. Weiss;A. Kreusch;E. Schiltz;U. Nestel

  • Crystal structure of MalK, the ATPase subunit of the trehalose/maltose ABC transporter of the archaeon Thermococcus litoralis

    Kay Diederichs;Joachim Diez;Gerhard Greller;Christian Müller

  • Structure of the sucrose-specific porin ScrY from Salmonella typhimurium and its complex with sucrose.

    Doris Forst;Wolfram Welte;Thomas Wacker;Kay Diederichs

  • Structural basis of multivalent binding to wheat germ agglutinin.

    David Schwefel;Caroline Maierhofer;Johannes G. Beck;Sonja Seeberger

  • The x-ray structure of d-amino acid oxidase at very high resolution identifies the chemical mechanism of flavin-dependent substrate dehydrogenation

    Stephan Umhau;Loredano Pollegioni;Gianluca Molla;Kay Diederichs

  • A conserved structural motif for lipopolysaccharide recognition by procaryotic and eucaryotic proteins

    Andrew D Ferguson;Andrew D Ferguson;Wolfram Welte;Eckhard Hofmann;Buko Lindner

  • Structure and interactions of NCAM Ig1-2-3 suggest a novel zipper mechanism for homophilic adhesion.

    Vladislav Soroka;Kateryna Kolkova;Jette S Kastrup;Kay Diederichs

  • Crystal structure of the antibiotic albomycin in complex with the outer membrane transporter FhuA.

    Andrew D. Ferguson;Volkmar Braun;Hans-Peter Fiedler;James W. Coulton

  • Heme uptake across the outer membrane as revealed by crystal structures of the receptor–hemophore complex

    Stefanie Krieg;Frédéric Huché;Kay Diederichs;Nadia Izadi-Pruneyre

  • The Crystal Structure of the Ligand Binding Module of Axonin-1/TAG-1 Suggests a Zipper Mechanism for Neural Cell Adhesion

    Jörg Freigang;Karl Proba;Lukas Leder;Kay Diederichs

  • Amphiphilic properties of synthetic glycolipids based on amide linkages. I: Electron microscopic studies on aqueous gels

    Beate Pfannemüller;Wolfram Welte

  • Cation-pi interactions as determinants for binding of the compatible solutes glycine betaine and proline betaine by the periplasmic ligand-binding protein ProX from Escherichia coli.

    André Schiefner;Jason Breed;Linda Bösser;Susanne Kneip

  • Yeast D-Amino acid oxidase : structural basis of its catalytic properties

    Loredano Pollegioni;Kay Diederichs;Gianluca Molla;Stephan Umhau

  • KlenTaq polymerase replicates unnatural base pairs by inducing a Watson-Crick geometry.

    Karin Betz;Denis A Malyshev;Thomas Lavergne;Wolfram Welte

  • Crystal structure of Omp32, the anion-selective porin from Comamonas acidovorans, in complex with a periplasmic peptide at 2.1 A resolution.

    Kornelius Zeth;Kay Diederichs;Wolfram Welte;Harald Engelhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Kay Diederichs
Kay Diederichs University of Konstanz
Andreas Marx
Andreas Marx University of Konstanz
Winfried Boos
Winfried Boos University of Konstanz
Michael Przybylski
Michael Przybylski University of Konstanz
Erhard Bremer
Erhard Bremer Philipp University of Marburg
Roger G. Hiller
Roger G. Hiller Macquarie University
Sandro Ghisla
Sandro Ghisla University of Konstanz
Loredano Pollegioni
Loredano Pollegioni University of Insubria
Anthony P. Pugsley
Anthony P. Pugsley Institut Pasteur
Hendrik Küpper
Hendrik Küpper Czech Academy of Sciences

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