Publications

Nattermann, M.; Zwahlen, S. M.; Danquah, E. Y.; Szafranska, H. M.; Rangan, K. J.; Reck-Peterson, S. L.: Climate change and cell biology – five ways cells can help us solve planetary problems. Journal of Cell Science 139 (1), jcs264588 (2026)

Bakker, J.; Boinot, M.; Schann, K.; Kahnt, J.; Glatter, T.; Erb, T. J.; Nattermann, M.; Wenk, S.: Evolution-assisted engineering of formate assimilation via the formyl phosphate route in Escherichia coli. Metabolic Engineering 93, pp. 208 - 217 (2026)

Wichmann, P.; Cox-Fermandois, A.; Küffner, A. M.; Linne, U.; Erb, T. J.; Nattermann, M.: Engineering a formic acid reductase. ACS Catalysis, pp. 20485 - 20495 (2025)

Satanowski, A.; Marchal, D. G.; Perret, A.; Petit, J.-L.; Bouzon, M.; Döring, V.; Dubois, I.; He, H.; Smith, E. N.; Pellouin, V. et al.; Petri, H. M.; Rainaldi, V.; Nattermann, M.; Burgener, S.; Paczia, N.; Zarzycki, J.; Heinemann, M.; Bar-Even, A.; Erb, T. J.: Design and implementation of aerobic and ambient CO₂-reduction as an entry-point for enhanced carbon fixation. Nature Communications 16 (1), 3134 (2025)

Bakker, J.; Boinot, M.; Schann, K.; Kahnt, J.; Glatter, T.; Erb, T. J.; Nattermann, M.; Wenk, S.: Evolution-assisted engineering of formate assimilation via the formyl phosphate route in Escherichia coli. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.10.13.681875 (2025)

Bakker, J.; Boinot, M.; Schann, K.; Kahnt, J.; Glatter, T.; Erb, T. J.; Nattermann, M.; Wenk, S.: Evolution-assisted engineering of formate assimilation via the formyl phosphate route in Escherichia coli. Metabolic Engineering 93, pp. 208 - 217 (2025)

Schulz-Mirbach, H.; Wichmann, P.; Satanowski, A.; Meusel, H.; Wu, T.; Nattermann, M.; Burgener, S.; Paczia, N.; Bar-Even, A.; Erb, T. J.: New-to-nature CO₂-dependent acetyl-CoA assimilation enabled by an engineered B₁₂-dependent acyl-CoA mutase. Nature Communications 15 (1), 10235 (2024)

Schann, K.; Bakker, J.; Boinot, M.; Kuschel, P.; He, H.; Nattermann, M.; Paczia, N.; Erb, T. J.; Bar-Even, A.; Wenk, S.: Design, construction and optimization of formaldehyde growth biosensors with broad application in biotechnology. Microbial Biotechnology 17 (7), e14527 (2024)

Kim, Y.; Lee, S. H.; Gade, P.; Nattermann, M.; Maltseva, N.; Endres, M.; Chen, J.; Wichmann, P.; Hu, Y.; Marchal, D. G. et al.; Yoshikuni, Y.; Erb, T. J.; Gonzalez, R.; Michalska, K.; Joachimiak, A.: Revealing reaction intermediates in one-carbon elongation by thiamine diphosphate/CoA-dependent enzyme family. Communications Chemistry 7 (1) (2024)

Joachimiak, A.; Kim, Y.; Lee, S. H.; Gade, P.; Nattermann, M.; Maltseva, N.; Endres, M.; Chen, J.; Wichmann, P.; Hu, Y. et al.; Marchal, D. G.; Yoshikuni, Y.; Erb, T. J.; Gonzalez, R.; Michalska, K.: Revealing reaction intermediates in one-carbon elongation ThDP/CoA dependent enzyme family. Research Square (2024)

Nattermann, M.; Wenk, S.; Pfister, P.; He, H.; Lee, S.H.; Szymanski, W.; Guntermann, N.; Zhu, F.; Nickel, L.; Wallner, C. et al.; Zarzycki, J.; Paczia, N.; Gaißert, N.; Franciò, G.; Leitner, W.; Gonzalez, R.; Erb, T. J.: Engineering a new-to-nature cascade for phosphate-dependent formate to formaldehyde conversion in vitro and in vivo. Nature Communications 14 (1), 2682 (2023)

Lee, S. H.; Chou, A.; Nattermann, M.; Zhu, F.; Clomburg, J. M.; Paczia, N.; Erb, T. J.; Gonzalez, R.: Identification of 2-Hydroxyacyl-CoA synthases with high acyloin condensation activity for orthogonal one-carbon bioconversion. ACS Catalysis 13 (18), pp. 12007 - 12020 (2023)

Schann, K.; Bakker, J.; Boinot, M.; Kuschel, P.; He, H.; Nattermann, M.; Erb, T. J.; Bar-Even, A.; Wenk, S.: Design, construction and optimization of formaldehyde growth biosensors with broad application in biotechnology. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2023.06.29.547045 (2023)

Bierbaumer, S.; Nattermann, M.; Schulz, L.; Zschoche, R.; Erb, T. J.; Winkler, C. K.; Tinzl, M.; Glueck, S. M.: Enzymatic conversion of CO₂: From natural to artificial utilization. Chemical Reviews 123 (9), pp. 5702 - 5754 (2023)

Nattermann, M.: Enzymatic systems for synthetic formate assimilation. Dissertation, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg (2023)

Pandi, A.; Diehl, C.; Yazdizadeh Kharrazi, A.; Scholz, S. A.; Bobkova, E.; Faure, L.; Nattermann, M.; Adam, D.; Chapin, N.; Foroughijabbari, Y. et al.; Moritz, C.; Paczia, N.; Cortina, N. S.; Faulon, J. L.; Erb, T. J.: A versatile active learning workflow for optimization of genetic and metabolic networks. Nature Communications 13 (1), 3876 (2022)

Nattermann, M.; Burgener, S.; Pfister, P.; Chou, A.; Schulz, L.; Lee, S. H.; Paczia, N.; Zarzycki, J.; Gonzalez, R.; Erb, T. J.: Engineering a highly efficient carboligase for synthetic one-carbon metabolism. ACS Catalysis 11 (9), pp. 5396 - 5404 (2021)