TY  - JOUR
A1  - Martins, Berta M.
A1  - Blaser, Martin
A1  - Feliks, Mikolaj
A1  - Ullmann, Matthias G.
A1  - Buckel, Wolfgang
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
T1  - Structural basis for a Kolbe-type decarboxylation catalyzed by a glycyl radical enzyme
JF  - Journal of the American Chemical Society
Y1  - 2011
N1  - Just accepted manuscript
SP  - 1
EP  - 33
PB  - ACS Publications
CY  - Washington, DC
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kasper, Katharina
A1  - Schiffels, Johannes
A1  - Krafft, Simone
A1  - Kuperjans, Isabel
A1  - Elbers, Gereon
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
T1  - Biogas Production on Demand Regulated by Butyric Acid Addition
T2  - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Bd. 32
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/32/1/012009
SN  - 1755-1315
N1  - ICARET 2016, International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy and Technologies, Putrajaya, MY, Feb 23-25, 2016
VL  - 32
SP  - 012009/1
EP  - 012009/4
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kaspar, K.
A1  - Groebel, Simone
A1  - Kuperjans, Isabel
A1  - Dielmann, Klaus-Peter
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
T1  - Charakterisierung der Biozönose von Biogasfermentern in Abhängigkeit verschiedener Substrate
T2  - Biogas 2013 : 6. Innovationskongress, 23. - 24.05.2013, Osnabrück, Tagungsband
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 978-3-9813776-3-7
SP  - 69
EP  - 74
PB  - Profair Consult+Project
CY  - Hildesheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Schiffels, Johannes
A1  - Herrera, Cony N.
A1  - Schelden, Maximilian
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Baumann, Marcus
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Metabolic responses of Escherichia coli upon glucose pulses captured by a capacitive field-effect sensor
JF  - Physica Status Solidi (A)
N2  - Living cells are complex biological systems transforming metabolites taken up from the surrounding medium. Monitoring the responses of such cells to certain substrate concentrations is a challenging task and offers possibilities to gain insight into the vitality of a community influenced by the growth environment. Cell-based sensors represent a promising platform for monitoring the metabolic activity and thus, the “welfare” of relevant organisms. In the present study, metabolic responses of the model bacterium Escherichia coli in suspension, layered onto a capacitive field-effect structure, were examined to pulses of glucose in the concentration range between 0.05 and 2 mM. It was found that acidification of the surrounding medium takes place immediately after glucose addition and follows Michaelis–Menten kinetic behavior as a function of the glucose concentration. In future, the presented setup can, therefore, be used to study substrate specificities on the enzymatic level and may as well be used to perform investigations of more complex metabolic responses. Conclusions and perspectives highlighting this system are discussed.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201200900
SN  - 0031-8965
VL  - 210
IS  - 5
SP  - 926
EP  - 931
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heine, A.
A1  - Herrmann, G.
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
A1  - Terwesten, F.
A1  - Buckel, W.
A1  - Reuter, K.
T1  - High resolution crystal structure of clostridium propionicum β-Alanyl-CoA:Ammonia Lyase, a new member of the "Hot Dog Fold" protein superfamily
JF  - Proteins
N2  - Clostridium propionicum is the only organism known to ferment β-alanine, a constituent of coenzyme A (CoA) and the phosphopantetheinyl prosthetic group of holo-acyl carrier protein. The first step in the fermentation is a CoA-transfer to β-alanine. Subsequently, the resulting β-alanyl-CoA is deaminated by the enzyme β-alanyl-CoA:ammonia lyase (Acl) to reversibly form ammonia and acrylyl-CoA. We have determined the crystal structure of Acl in its apo-form at a resolution of 0.97 Å as well as in complex with CoA at a resolution of 1.59 Å. The structures reveal that the enyzme belongs to a superfamily of proteins exhibiting a so called “hot dog fold” which is characterized by a five-stranded antiparallel β-sheet with a long α-helix packed against it. The functional unit of all “hot dog fold” proteins is a homodimer containing two equivalent substrate binding sites which are established by the dimer interface. In the case of Acl, three functional dimers combine to a homohexamer strongly resembling the homohexamer formed by YciA-like acyl-CoA thioesterases. Here, we propose an enzymatic mechanism based on the crystal structure of the Acl·CoA complex and molecular docking. Proteins 2014; 82:2041–2053. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prot.24557
SN  - 1097-0134 (E-Journal); 0887-3585 (Print)
VL  - 82
IS  - 9
SP  - 2041
EP  - 2053
PB  - Wiley-Liss
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Groebel, Simone
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Jörres, Niklas
A1  - Jansen, F.
A1  - Kasper, Katharina
A1  - Schiffels, Johannes
A1  - Sprenger, B.
A1  - Baumann, Marcus
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
T1  - Entwicklung einer Sensor-Überwachung für Biogasanlagen auf Basis von Prozessdaten einer Parallelanlage
T2  - 10. Dresdner Sensor-Symposium : Dresden, 5. - 7. Dezember 2011 ; miniaturisierte analytische Verfahren, Hochtemperatur-Sensoren, Sensoren für Bioprozess- und Verfahrenstechnik, Sensoren für die Medizin, Chemische Verfahrenstechnik, Lebensmittelanalytik, innovative Sensorlösungen, Sensoren für die Wasserqualität, Selbstüberwachung / Gerald Gerlach ... (Hg.)
N2  - Beim Ausbau nachhaltiger, regenerativer Energieversorgung hat die Umwandlung von organischer Biomasse in Biogas ein großes Potential. Der zugrundeliegende, komplexe biologische Prozess wird noch immer unzureichend verstanden und bedarf systematischer Untersuchungen der Prozessparameter, um einen hohen Ertrag bei guter Gasqualität zu ermöglichen. Die Fragestellungen zur Entschlüsselung des Prozesses sind sowohl verfahrenstechnischer als auch mikrobiologischer Natur. Aus mikrobiologischer Sicht ist die Kenntnis der tatsächlich beteiligten prozesstragenden Mikroorganismen von erheblicher Bedeutung, aus verfahrenstechnischer Sicht die Kenntnis der physikalischen und chemischen Faktoren, welche die mikrobiologischen Prozesse und kontrollieren. Im Zusammenspiel aller dieser Parameter wird die Biogasbildung befördert oder behindert, bis zum Abbruch des Prozesses.
Eine mögliche Kontrollmethode ist die Messung der metabolischen Aktivität prozesstragender Organismen.
Diese soll, beruhend auf fundierten Prozessdaten, gewonnen durch eine Parallelanlage, mit einem lichtadressierbaren potentiometrischen Sensor-System (LAPS) realisiert werden. Dieser Sensor ist in der Lage, pH-Wert-änderungen zu detektieren, die durch den Stoffwechsel der auf dem Chip immobilisierten Organismen hervorgerufen werden, um eine Online-Überwachung von Biogasanlagen zu ermöglichen.
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 978-3-942710-53-4
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5162/10dss2011/4.3
N1  - Dresdner Beiträge zur Sensorik 43 ;
Dresdner Sensor-Symposium ; 10 ; 2011 ; Dresden ; Forschungsgesellschaft für Messtechnik, Sensorik und Medizintechnik ; Zehntes Dresdner Sensor-Symposium ; Dresdner Sensor-Symposium ; (10 ; 2011.12.05-07 ; Dresden)
SP  - 81
EP  - 84
PB  - TUDpress
CY  - Dresden
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Demmer, Julius K.
A1  - Chowdhury, Nilanjan Pal
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
A1  - Ermler, Ulrich
A1  - Buckel, Wolfgang
T1  - The semiquinone swing in the bifurcating electron transferring flavoprotein/butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase complex from Clostridium difficile
JF  - Nature Communications
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01746-3
SN  - 2041-1723
N1  - Article number 1577
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dantism, Shahriar
A1  - Röhlen, Desiree
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Quantitative differential monitoring of the metabolic activity of Corynebacterium glutamicum cultures utilizing a light-addressable potentiometric sensor system
JF  - Biosensors and Bioelectronics
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2019.111332
VL  - 139
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Balakrishnan, Karthikeyan
A1  - Andrei-Selmer, Luminita-Cornelia
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
A1  - Bacher, Michael
A1  - Dodel, Richard
T1  - Comparison of Intravenous Immunoglobulins for Naturally Occurring Autoantibodies against Amyloid-β
JF  - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Y1  - 2010
SN  - 1387-2877
VL  - 20
IS  - 1
SP  - 135
EP  - 143
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Abulnaga, El-Hussiny
A1  - Pinkenburg, Olaf
A1  - Schiffels, Johannes
A1  - E-Refai, Ahmed
A1  - Buckel, Wolfgang
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
T1  - Effect of an Oxygen-Tolerant Bifurcating Butyryl Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase/Electron-Transferring Flavoprotein Complex from Clostridium difficile on Butyrate Production in Escherichia coli
JF  - Journal of bacteriology
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1098-5530 [E-Journal]
SN  - 0021-9193 [Print]
VL  - 195
IS  - 16
SP  - 3704
EP  - 3713
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Aboulnaga, E. H.
A1  - Pinkenburg, O.
A1  - Schiffels, Johannes
A1  - El-Refai, A.
A1  - Buckel, W.
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
T1  - Butyrate production in Escherichia coli: Exploitation of an oxygen tolerant bifurcating butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase/electron transferring flavoprotein complex from Clostridium difficile
JF  - Journal of bacteriology. June 14, 2013
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1098-5530 (E-Journal) ; 0021-9193 (Print)
SP  - Epub ahead of print
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Aboulnaga, E. A.
A1  - Zou, H.
A1  - Selmer, Thorsten
A1  - Xian, M.
T1  - Development of a plasmid-based, tunable, tolC-derived expression system for application in Cupriavidus necator H16
JF  - Journal of Biotechnology
N2  - Cupriavidus necator H16 gains increasing attention in microbial research and biotechnological application due to its diverse metabolic features. Here we present a tightly controlled gene expression system for C. necator including the pBBR1-vector that contains hybrid promoters originating from C. necator native tolC-promoter in combination with a synthetic tetO-operator. The expression of the reporter gene from these plasmids relies on the addition of the exogenous inducer doxycycline (dc). The novel expression system offers a combination of advantageous features as; (i) high and dose-dependent recombinant protein production, (ii) tight control with a high dynamic range (On/Off ratio), which makes it applicable for harmful pathways or for toxic protein production, (iii) comparable cheap inducer (doxycycline, dc), (iv) effective at low inducer concentration, that makes it useful for large scale application, (v) rapid, diffusion controlled induction, and (vi) the inducer does not interfere within the cell metabolism. As applications of the expression system in C. necator H16, the growth ability on glycerol was enhanced by constitutively expressing the E. coli glpk gene-encoding for glycerol kinase. Likewise, we used the system to overcome the expression toxicity of mevalonate pathway in C. necator H16. With this system, the mevalonate-genes were successfully introduced in the host and the recombinant strains could produce about 200 mg/l mevalonate.
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2018.03.007
SN  - 0168-1656
VL  - 274
SP  - 15
EP  - 27
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -