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S. Prinz

Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 2 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:structural biology· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:cryo-EM· 1

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G. Hochberg· 2 shared L. Schulz· 2 shared A. Winiarska· 1 shared Andreas M. KüffneriD· 1 shared Bianca Pommerenke· 1 shared D. Hege· 1 shared F. Altegoer· 1 shared F. Ramirez-Amador· 1 shared

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Bottom-up reconstruction of minimal pyrenoids provides insights into the evolution and mechanisms of carbon concentration by EPYC1 proteins

Andreas M. Küffner, Bianca Pommerenke, L. Kley, J. Z. Y. Ng, S. Prinz, Matthias Tinzl, L. Schulz, P. Claus, Nicole Paczia, Tanguy Chotel, Melanie Klose, Jan Zarzycki, Georg K. A. Hochberg, Tobias J. Erb

The paper reconstructs minimal pyrenoids using EPYC1 proteins to study their evolution and carbon concentration mechanisms.

Nature Plants · Aug 14, 2026Peer-reviewedBiochemistry

Structural Insights into the Iron Nitrogenase Complex

F. V. Schmidt, L. Schulz, J. Zarzycki, N. N. Oehlmann, S. Prinz, T. J. Erb, J. G. Rebelein

The paper reports the cryogenic electron microscopy structure of the Fe nitrogenase complex from Rhodobacter capsulatus, revealing its active site architecture and subunit interactions.

bioRxiv · May 2, 2023Biochemistry

A bacterial tungsten-containing aldehyde oxidoreductase forms an enzymatic decorated protein nanowire

A. Winiarska, F. Ramirez-Amador, D. Hege, Y. Gemmecker, S. Prinz, G. Hochberg, J. Heider, M. Szaleniec, J. M. Schuller

The paper describes the structure and function of a bacterial tungsten-containing aldehyde oxidoreductase, revealing its nanowire-like filament formation and catalytic mechanism.

bioRxiv · Jan 23, 2023Biochemistry

Structure and mechanistic features of the prokaryotic minimal RNase P

R. Feyh, N. B. Waeber, S. Prinz, P. I. Giammarinaro, G. Bange, G. Hochberg, R. K. Hartmann, F. Altegoer

The paper solves the structure of the bacterial HARP from Halorhodospira halophila and shows that oligomerization is required for RNase P activity, revealing a novel screw-like dodecameric assembly and substrate binding mechanism.

bioRxiv · May 7, 2021Biochemistry