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Wulf Blankenfeldt

Professor in Structural Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research & TU Braunschweig
Verified email at helmholtz-hzi.de
Cited by 6856

Phenazine Compounds in Fluorescent Pseudomonas Spp. Biosynthesis and Regulation

DV Mavrodi, W Blankenfeldt… - Annu. Rev …, 2006 - annualreviews.org
The phenazines include upward of 50 pigmented, heterocyclic nitrogen-containing secondary
metabolites synthesized by some strains of fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. and a few …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in the isolation, biological function, biosynthesis, and synthesis of phenazine natural products

N Guttenberger, W Blankenfeldt… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2017 - Elsevier
Phenazines are natural products which are produced by bacteria or by archaeal
Methanosarcina species. The tricyclic ring system enables redox processes, which producing …

[PDF][PDF] Of two make one: the biosynthesis of phenazines

…, R Breinbauer, LS Thomashow, W Blankenfeldt - …, 2009 - researchgate.net
Physicians of the 19th century were familiar with the conspicuous occurrence of “blue pus”,
which they sometimes observed in patients with severe purulent wounds. Even older are …

The Legionella Effector Protein DrrA AMPylates the Membrane Traffic Regulator Rab1b

MP Müller, H Peters, J Blümer, W Blankenfeldt… - Science, 2010 - science.org
In the course of Legionnaires’ disease, the bacterium Legionella pneumophila affects the
intracellular vesicular trafficking of infected eukaryotic cells by recruiting the small guanosine …

Diversity and evolution of the phenazine biosynthesis pathway

…, S Mazurier, L Heide, W Blankenfeldt… - Applied and …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Phenazines are versatile secondary metabolites of bacterial origin that function in biological
control of plant pathogens and contribute to the ecological fitness and pathogenicity of the …

[HTML][HTML] The structural basis of the catalytic mechanism and regulation of glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase (RmlA)

W Blankenfeldt, M Asuncion, JS Lam… - The EMBO journal, 2000 - embopress.org
The synthesis of deoxy-thymidine di-phosphate (dTDP)–L-rhamnose, an important component
of the cell wall of many microorganisms, is a target for therapeutic intervention. The first …

Analysis of the eukaryotic prenylome by isoprenoid affinity tagging

…, C Deraeve, B Fränzel, RS Bon, W Blankenfeldt… - Nature Chemical …, 2009 - nature.com
Protein prenylation is a widespread phenomenon in eukaryotic cells that affects many
important signaling molecules. We describe the structure-guided design of engineered protein …

[PDF][PDF] RabGDI displacement by DrrA from Legionella is a consequence of its guanine nucleotide exchange activity

S Schoebel, LK Oesterlin, W Blankenfeldt, RS Goody… - Molecular cell, 2009 - cell.com
Prenylated Rab proteins exist in the cytosol as soluble, high-affinity complexes with GDI that
need to be disrupted for membrane attachment and targeting of Rab proteins. The …

[HTML][HTML] Structures of the dual bromodomains of the P-TEFb-activating protein Brd4 at atomic resolution

F Vollmuth, W Blankenfeldt, M Geyer - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2009 - ASBMB
Brd4 is a member of the bromodomains and extra terminal domain (BET) family of proteins
that recognize acetylated chromatin structures through their bromodomains and act as …

Recent insights into the diversity, frequency and ecological roles of phenazines in fluorescent Pseudomonas spp.

…, YS Kwak, DM Weller, W Blankenfeldt… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Phenazine compounds represent a large class of bacterial metabolites that are produced by
some fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. and a few other bacterial genera. Phenazines were …