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ZMB Member Markus Kaiser

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Markus Kaiser

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Prof. Dr. Markus Kaiser

Group

Chemical Biology

Center of Medical Biotechnology (ZMB)
Faculty of Biology
University of Duisburg-Essen
Universitätsstr. 2
45141 Essen

Research Overview

The Kaiser group develops and uses chemical biology approaches to investigate diverse aspects of regulated proteolysis and to study the molecular mechanisms behind bioactive small molecule action. Our interests are however not limited to basic research; rather, we aim to capitalize on our scientific findings for drug discovery or other medicinal applications.
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Press Releases

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Publication in Cell Chemical Biology New principle for treating tuberculosis

[26.07.2024] Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) have together succeeded in identifying and synthesising a group of molecules that can act against the cause of tuberculosis in a new way. In the scientific journal Cell Chemical Biology, they describe that the so-called callyaerins act against the infectious disease by employing a fundamentally different mechanism compared to antibiotic agents used to date.

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Veröffentlichung in „Cell“ Antibiotika der Zukunft

[30.06.2022] Bakterielle Infektionen führen jährlich zu hunderttausenden Todesfällen; verstärkt auftretende Antibiotikaresistenzen machen weltweite Pandemien immer wahrscheinlicher. Umso wichtiger ist die Erforschung alternativer Antibiotika. In einer im Fachmagazin Cell veröffentlichten Studie entwickelten Wissenschaftler:innen vom Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pathologie in Wien gemeinsam mit der Gruppe von UDE-Professor Dr. Markus Kaiser neuartige Wirkstoffe, sogenannte BacPROTACs. Sie können gezielt bakterielle Proteine abbauen und Bakterien somit unschädlich machen. Perspektivisch können sie gegen jedes bakterielle Protein gerichtet werden und stellen somit eine komplett neuartige Antibiotika-Klasse dar.

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Selected Publications

    Journal articles

  • Katz, Liora S.; Visser, Emira J.; Plitzko, Kathrin; Pennings, Marloes A. M.; Cossar, Peter J.; Tse, Isabelle L.; Kaiser, Markus; Brunsveld, Luc; Ottmann, Christian; Scott, Donald K.
    Molecular glues of the regulatory ChREBP/14-3-3 complex protect beta cells from glucolipotoxicity
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 16 (2025) Nr. 1, 2110
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Chen, Changlong; Buscaill, Pierre; Sanguankiattichai, Nattapong; Huang, Jie; Kaschani, Farnusch; Kaiser, Markus; van der Hoorn, Renier A. L.
    Extracellular plant subtilases dampen cold-shock peptide elicitor levels
    In: Nature Plants Vol. 10 (2024) Nr. 11, pp. 1749 - 1760
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Beaufort, Nathalie; Ingendahl, Linda; Merdanovic, Melisa; Schmidt, Andree; Podlesainski, David; Richter, Tim; Neumann, Thorben; Kuszner, Michael; Vetter, Ingrid R.; Stege, Patricia; Burston, Steven G.; Filipovic, Anto; Ruiz-Blanco, Yasser B.; Bravo Rodrigu et al.
    Rational correction of pathogenic conformational defects in HTRA1
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 15 (2024) Nr. 1, 5944
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Buscaill, Pierre; Sanguankiattichai, Nattapong; Kaschani, Farnusch; Huang, Jie; Mooney, Brian C.; Li, Yuge; Lyu, Joy; Sueldo, Daniela; Kaiser, Markus; van der Hoorn, Renier A. L.
    Subtilase SBT5.2 inactivates flagellin immunogenicity in the plant apoplast
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 15 (2024) Nr. 1, 10431
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Day, Matthew; Tetik, Bilal; Parlak, Milena; Almeida-Hernández, Yasser; Räschle, Markus; Kaschani, Farnusch; Siegert, Heike; Marko, Anika; Sanchez-Garcia, Elsa; Kaiser, Markus; Barker, Isabel A.; Pearl, Laurence H.; Oliver, Antony W.; Boos, Dominik.
    TopBP1 utilises a bipartite GINS binding mode to support genome replication
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 15 (2024) Nr. 1, 1797
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/; Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Hoi, David M.; Junker, Sabryna; Junk, Lukas; Schwechel, Kristin; Fischel, Katharina; Podlesainski, David; Hawkins, Paige M.E.; van Geelen, Lasse; Kaschani, Farnusch; Leodolter, Julia; Morreale, Francesca Ester; Kleine, Stefan; Guha, Somraj; Rumpel, Klaus; et al.
    Clp-targeting BacPROTACs impair mycobacterial proteostasis and survival
    In: Cell Vol. 186 (2023) Nr. 10, pp. 2176 - 2192.e22
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Blüggel, Mike; Kröning, Alexander; Kracht, Matthias; van den Boom, Johannes; Dabisch, Matthias; Göhring, Anna; Kaschani, Farnusch; Kaiser, Markus; Bayer, Peter; Meyer, Hemmo; Beuck, Christine.
    The UBX domain in UBXD1 organizes ubiquitin binding at the C-terminus of the VCP/p97 AAA-ATPase
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 14 (2023) Nr. 1, 3258
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Morreale, Francesca E.; Kleine, Stefan; Leodolter, Julia; Junker, Sabryna; Hoi, David M.; Ovchinnikov, Stepan; Okun, Anastasia; Kley, Juliane; Kurzbauer, Robert; Junk, Lukas; Guha, Somraj; Podlesainski, David; Kazmaier, Uli; Boehmelt, Guido; Weinstabl, Har et al.
    BacPROTACs mediate targeted protein degradation in bacteria
    In: Cell Vol. 185 (2022) Nr. 13, pp. 2338 - 2353.e18
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Chauvistré, Heike; Shannan, Batool; Daignault-Mill, Sheena M.; Ju, Robert J.; Picard, Daniel; Egetemaier, Stefanie; Váraljai, Renáta; Gibhardt, Christine S.; Sechi, Antonio; Kaschani, Farnusch; Keminer, Oliver; Stehbens, Samantha J.; Liu, Qin; Yin, Xiangfa et al.
    Persister state-directed transitioning and vulnerability in melanoma
    32. Deutscher Hautkrebskongress (ADO-Jahrestagung), 14.–17. September 2022, Hannover, Germany,
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 13 (2022) Nr. 1, pp. 35 - 36
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/; Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Sijbesma, Eline; Visser, Emira; Plitzko, Kathrin; Thiel, Philipp; Milroy, Lech-Gustav; Kaiser, Markus; Brunsveld, Luc; Ottmann, Christian.
    Structure-based evolution of a promiscuous inhibitor to a selective stabilizer of protein–protein interactions
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 11 (2020) Nr. 1, pp. 3954
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Ziemann, Sebastian; Van Der Linde, Karina; Lahrmann, Urs; Acar, Beyda; Kaschani, Farnusch; Colby, Tom; Kaiser, Markus; Ding, Yezhang; Schmelz, Eric; Huffaker, Alisa; Holton, Nicholas; Zipfel, Cyril; Doehlemann, Gunther.
    An apoplastic peptide activates salicylic acid signalling in maize
    In: Nature Plants Vol. 4 (2018) Nr. 3, pp. 172 - 180
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Weith, Matthias; Seiler, Jonas; van den Boom, Johannes; Kracht, Matthias; Hülsmann, Julia; Primorac, Ivana; Del Pino Garcia, Javier; Kaschani, Farnusch; Kaiser, Markus; Musacchio, Andrea; Bollen, Mathieu; Meyer, Hemmo.
    Ubiquitin-Independent Disassembly by a p97 AAA-ATPase Complex Drives PP1 Holoenzyme Formation
    In: Molecular Cell Vol. 72 (2018) Nr. 4, pp. 766 - 777
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Zweerink, Susanne; Kallnik, Verena; Ninck, Sabrina; Nickel, Sabrina; Verheyen, Julia; Blum, Marcel; Wagner, Alexander; Feldmann, Ingo; Sickmann, Albert; Albers, Sonja-Verena; Bräsen, Christopher; Kaschani, Farnusch; Siebers, Bettina; Kaiser, Markus.
    Activity-based protein profiling as a robust method for enzyme identification and screening in extremophilic Archaea
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 8 (2017) pp. 15352
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • van den Boom, Johannes; Wolf, Markus; Weimann, Lena; Schulze, Nina; Li, Fanghua; Kaschani, Farnusch; Riemer, Anne; Zierhut, Christian; Kaiser, Markus; Iliakis, George; Funabiki, Hironori; Meyer, Hemmo.
    VCP/p97 Extracts Sterically Trapped Ku70/80 Rings from DNA in Double-Strand Break Repair
    In: Molecular Cell Vol. 64 (2016) Nr. 1, pp. 189 - 198
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Poepsel, Simon; Sprengel, Andreas; Sacca, Barbara; Kaschani, Farnusch; Kaiser, Markus; Gatsogiannis, Christos; Raunser, Stefan; Clausen, Tim; Ehrmann, Michael.
    Determinants of amyloid fibril degradation by the PDZ protease HTRA1
    In: Nature Chemical Biology Vol. 11 (2015) Nr. 11, pp. 862 - 869
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Meesters, Christian; Mönig, Timon; Oeljeklaus, Julian; Krahn, Daniel; Westfall, Corey S.; Hause, Bettina; Jez, Joseph M; Kaiser, Markus; Kombrink, Erich.
    A chemical inhibitor of jasmonate signaling targets JAR1 in Arabidopsis thaliana
    In: Nature Chemical Biology Vol. 10 (2014) Nr. 10, pp. 830 - 836
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Clausen, Tim; Kaiser, Markus; Huber, Robert; Ehrmann, Michael.
    HTRA proteases : regulated proteolysis in protein quality control
    In: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Vol. 12 (2011) Nr. 3, pp. 152 - 162
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Groll, Michael; Schellenberg, Barbara; Bachmann, André S.; Archer, Crystal R.; Huber, Robert; Powell, Tracy K.; Lindow, Steven; Kaiser, Markus; Dudler, Robert.
    A plant pathogen virulence factor inhibits the eukaryotic proteasome by a novel mechanism
    In: Nature Vol. 452 (2008) pp. 755 - 758
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  • Wang, Zheming; Gu, Christian; Colby, Tom; Shindo, Takayuki; Balamurugan, Rengarajan; Waldmann, Herbert; Kaiser, Markus; van der Hoorn, Renier A.L.
    β-lactone probes identify a papain-like peptide ligase in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    In: Nature Chemical Biology Vol. 4 (2008) Nr. 9, pp. 557 - 563
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