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Thomas Heimerl

Philipps University of Marburg

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:bacteria (other)· 3 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Mechanistic insight into the oligomerisation of Arabidopsis CRY1 and its inhibition by BIC1

Alicia Just, Nils Niemann, Petra Gnau, Dennis Kock, Thomas Heimerl, Lars‐Oliver Essen, Alfred Batschauer, Nina Morgner

This study reveals the molecular mechanism of Arabidopsis CRY1 activation and inhibition by BIC1 using time-resolved mass spectrometry and kinetic modeling.

bioRxiv · Oct 6, 2025 · PreprintPlant Biology

Frequent transitions in self-assembly across the evolution of a central metabolic enzyme

Franziska L. Sendker, Tabea Schlotthauer, Christopher-Nils Mais, Yat Kei Lo, Mathias Girbig, Stefan Bohn, Thomas Heimerl, Daniel Schindler, Arielle Weinstein, Brian P. H. Metzger, Joseph W. Thornton, Arvind S. Pillai, Gert Bange, Jan M. Schuller, Georg K. A. Hochberg

The paper investigates the evolutionary dynamics of self-assembly in prokaryotic citrate synthases, finding frequent transitions between different assembly types without strong functional consequences.

Nature Communications · Dec 3, 2024Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Membrane binding properties of the cytoskeletal protein bactofilin

Ying Liu, Rajani Karmakar, Maria Billini, Wieland Steinchen, Saumyak Mukherjee, Rogelio Hernández-Tamayo, Thomas Heimerl, Gert Bange, Lars V. Schäfer, Martin R. Thanbichler

This study identifies the membrane-targeting sequence of bactofilin BacA and reveals its molecular mechanism, conservation across bacterial species, and functional interplay with polymerization and client protein recruitment.

bioRxiv · Jun 14, 2024Microbiology

Enhanced assembly of bacteriophage T7 produced in cell-free reactions under simulated microgravity

François-Xavier Lehr, Bruno Pavletić, Timo Glatter, Thomas Heimerl, Ralf Moeller, Henrike Niederholtmeyer

This study shows that simulated microgravity increases the production of infectious bacteriophage T7 virions in cell-free reactions.

npj Microgravity · Mar 15, 2024Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology