Nicole Frankenberg-dinkel
Department of Microbiology
Kaiserslautern University of Technology
Germany
Biography
Prof. Nicole Frankenberg-Dinkel received her PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Freiburg, Germany, during the period of 1996. Currently, she is working as Professor for Microbiology at the Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany. She has successfully completed her Administrative responsibilities as Group leader within the Emmy-Noether-Program (DFG) at the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany.
Research Interest
Biosynthesis of light-harvesting pigments in cyanobacteria, cyanophages and unicellular algae (cryptophytes) Assembly of light-harvesting phycobiliproteins in cyanobacteria and unicellular algae cryptophytes) Sensorproteins in Bacteria and Archaea Molecular mechanisms of biofilm dispersal in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Publications
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Busch AWU, Reijerse EJ, Lubitz W, Frankenberg-Dinkel N. Hofmann E. Structural and mechanistic insights into the ferredoxin-mediated two-electron reduction of bilins. Biochem J. 2011;439:264-257.
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Molitor B, Stassen M, Modi A, El-Mashtoly SF, Laurich C, Lubitz W, Dawson JH, Rother M, Frankenberg-Dinkel N. A heme-based redox sensor in the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans. J Biol Chem. 2013;288:18458-18472.
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Li Y, Heine S, Entian M, Sauer K, Frankenberg-Dinkel N. NO-induced biofilm dispersion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is mediated by an MHYT-domain coupled phosphodiesterase. J Bacteriol 2013;195:3531-3542.
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Overkamp KE, Gasper R, Kock K, Herrmann C, Hofmann E, Frankenberg-Dinkel N. Insights into the Biosynthesis and Assembly of Cryptophycean Phycobiliproteins. J Biol Chem. 2014;289:26691-26707.
