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Bettina Liebowitz Knapp

University of Freiburg

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Friedel DrepperiD· 3 shared Pitter F. HuesgeniD· 3 shared Wolfgang R. HessiD· 2 shared Alexander KrausiD· 1 shared Andrea PrunottoiD· 1 shared Antonio López‐LozanoiD· 1 shared Bettina SiebersiD· 1 shared Carsten SchwaniD· 1 shared

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Deletion of the gene for a cyanobacterial ribosome-associated protein affects the carbon/nitrogen metabolism

Nouha Abdelaziz, Alexander Kraus, Stefan Timm, Friedel Drepper, Viktoria Reimann, Marc Broghammer, Bettina Liebowitz Knapp, Antonio López‐Lozano, Ravi Shankar Ojha, Bettina Siebers, Michael Y. Galperin, José Manuel Garcı́a-Fernández, Manuel Brenes‐Álvarez, Pitter F. Huesgen, Martin Hagemann, Wolfgang R. Hess

This paper characterizes the function of the cyanobacterial gene ssr3189 by analyzing its deletion mutant, revealing its role in linking translation with metabolic control and RNA decay.

bioRxiv · Aug 15, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

TAF2 condensation in nuclear speckles links basal transcription factor TFIID to RNA splicing

Tanja Bhuiyan, Niccolò Arecco, Paulina Karen Mendoza Sanchez, Juhyeong Kim, Carsten Schwan, Sophie Weyrauch, Sheikh Nizamuddin, Andrea Prunotto, Mehmet Tekman, Martin Lothar Biniossek, Bettina Liebowitz Knapp, Stefanie Koidl, Friedel Drepper, Pitter F. Huesgen, Robert Grosse, , Sebastian J. Arnold

This study shows TAF2's intrinsically disordered region drives condensation in nuclear speckles, recruiting SRRM2 to TFIID and affecting alternative splicing.

Cell Reports · Apr 25, 2025Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology

Involvement of RNase J in CRISPR RNA maturation in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Raphael Bilger, Friedel Drepper, Bettina Liebowitz Knapp, Tanja Berndt, Helena Landerer, Harald Putzer, Pitter F. Huesgen, Wolfgang R. Hess

This study identifies RNase J as a new enzyme involved in crRNA maturation in the type III-Bv CRISPR-Cas system of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, working with RNase E and possibly another RNase.

microLife · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology