Publications of Ulrich Ermler

Gehl, M.; Demmer, U.; Ermler, U.; Shima, S.: Crystal structure of FAD-independent methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase from Mycobacterium hassiacum. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 91, pp. 1329 - 1340 (2023)

Khera, R.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Bolla, J. R.; Kahnt, J.; Welsch, S.; Ermler, U.; Münke, C.; Robinson, C. V.; Hummer, G.; Xie, H. et al.; Michel, H.: Cryo-EM structures of pentameric autoinducer-2 exporter from Escherichia coli reveal its transport mechanism. The EMBO Journal, e109990 (2022)

Huang, G.; Wagner, T.; Demmer, U.; Warkentin, E.; Ermler, U.; Shima, S.: The Hydride Transfer Process in NADP-dependent Methylene-tetrahydromethanopterin Dehydrogenase. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 432 (7), pp. 2042 - 2054 (2020)

Vitt, S.; Ma, K.; Warkentin, E.; Moll, J.; Pierik, A. J.; Shima, S.; Ermler, U.: The F₄₂₀-Reducing [NiFe]-Hydrogenase Complex from Methanothermobacter marburgensis, the First X-ray Structure of a Group 3 Family Member. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 426 (15), pp. 2813 - 2826 (2014)

Acharya, P.; Warkentin, E.; Ermler, U.; Thauer, R. K.; Shima, S.: The structure of a Formylmethanofuran: Tetrahydromethanopterin Formyltransferase in Complex with its Coenzymes. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 357 (3), pp. 870 - 879 (2006)

Aufhammer, S. W.; Warkentin, E.; Berk, H.; Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Coenzyme binding in F₄₂₀-dependent secondary alcohol dehydrogenase, a member of the bacterial luciferase family. Structure 12 (3), pp. 361 - 370 (2004)

Warkentin, E.; Mamat, B.; Sordel-Klippert, M.; Wicke, M.; Thauer, R. K.; Iwata, M.; Iwata, S.; Ermler, U.; Shima, S.: Structures of F₄₂₀H²:NADP⁺ oxidoreductase with and without its substrates bound. The EMBO Journal 20 (23), pp. 6561 - 6569 (2001)

Grabarse, W.; Mahlert, F.; Duin, E. C.; Goubeaud, M.; Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Lamzin, V.; Ermler, U.: On the mechanism of biological methane formation: structural evidence for conformational changes in methyl-coenzyme M reductase upon substrate binding. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 309 (1), pp. 315 - 330 (2001)

Grabarse, W.; Mahlert, F.; Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Comparison of three methyl-coenzyme M reductases from phylogenetically distant organisms: unusual amino acid modification, conservation and adaptation. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 303 (2), pp. 329 - 344 (2000)

Shima, S.; Warkentin, E.; Grabarse, W.; Sordel, M.; Wicke, M.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Structure of coenzyme F₄₂₀ dependent methylenetetrahydromethanopterin reductase from two methanogenic archaea. Journal of Molecular Biology (London) 300 (4), pp. 935 - 950 (2000)

Selmer, T.; Kahnt, J.; Goubeaud, M.; Shima, S.; Grabarse, W.; Ermler, U.; Thauer, R. K.: The Biosynthesis of Methylated Amino Acids in the Active Site Region of Methyl-coenzyme M Reductase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 275 (6), pp. 3755 - 3760 (2000)

Grabarse, W.; Vaupel, M.; Vorholt, J. A.; Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Wittershagen, A.; Bourenkov, G.; Bartunik, H. D.; Ermler, U.: The crystal structure of methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanopyrus kandleri. Structure 7 (10), pp. 1257 - 1268 (1999)

Ermler, U.; Grabarse, W.; Shima, S.; Goubeaud, M.; Thauer, R. K.: Active sites of transition-metal enzymes with a focus on nickel. Current Opinion in Structural Biology 8 (6), pp. 749 - 758 (1998)

Shima, S.; Tziatzios, C.; Schubert, D.; Fukada, H.; Takahashi, K.; Ermler, U.; Thauer, R. K.: Lyotropic‐salt‐induced changes in monomer/dimer/tetramer association equilibrium of formyltransferase from the hyperthermophilic Methanopyrus kandleri in relation to the activity and thermostability of the enzyme. European Journal of Biochemistry 258 (1), pp. 85 - 92 (1998)

Ermler, U.; Grabarse, W.; Shima, S.; Goubeaud, M.; Thauer, R. K.: Crystal structure of methyl-coenzyme M reductase: the key enzyme of biological methane formation. Science 278 (5342), pp. 1457 - 1462 (1997)

Ermler, U.; Merckel, M. C.; Thauer, R. K.; Shima, S.: Formylmethanofuran: tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase from Methanopyrus kandleri — new insights into salt-dependence and thermostability. Structure 5 (5), pp. 635 - 646 (1997)

Shima, S.; Goubeaud, M.; Vinzenz, D.; Thauer, R. K.; Ermler, U.: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of methyl-coenzyme M reductase from methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Journal of Biochemistry 121 (5), pp. 829 - 830 (1997)

Shima, S.; Thauer, R. K.; Michel, H.; Ermler, U.: Crystallization and preliminary X‐ray diffraction studies of formylmethanofuran: Tetrahydromethanopterin formyltransferase from Methanopyrus kandleri. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 26 (1), pp. 118 - 120 (1996)

Ermler, U.; Grabarse, W.; Shima, S.; Goubeaud, M.; Thauer, R. K.: Mechanismus der mikrobiellen Methanbildung. (1998)