Research group of Carola Hunte
Research
Biological membranes are essential for life. They provide specialized permeability barriers for cells and cell organelles, in which the interplay of lipids and membrane proteins enable fundamental processes of energy conversion, protein and solute transport, signal perception and transduction, and motility. The main facilitators of function are membrane proteins which also comprise the majority of drug targets. Protein structures are the basis for a complete understanding of mechanism of action and for elucidation of ligand binding. Yet, structures of membrane proteins in general and of eukaryotic and human membrane proteins in particular are still rare. In addition, little is known about interactions with lipids and intra-cellular signaling pathways critical for function.
The research of the group is focused on membrane proteins with important roles in biological energy conversion and ion transport. Structure, mechanism and function of respiratory multi-subunit complexes and of ion transporters and their interaction with intra-cellular signalling pathways are studied. The experimental approach combines molecular biological, biochemical and biophysical methods with emphasis on X-ray crystallography for structure determination.
Projects
- Cytochrome bc1 complex: open mechanistic questions, interaction with cytochrome c, generation of reactive oxygen species, target for anti-malarial drugs and fungicides
- Respiratory supercomplexes
- Mitochondrial complex I
- Monovalent cation/proton antiporters with emphasis on sodium/proton exchangers and their signalling assemblies
- Specific interactions between phospholipids and membrane proteins
- The crystallization facilitators: recombinant antibodies for structural and functional characterization of membrane proteins
Team
Name | Phone +49(0)761 203 | |
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Prof. Dr. Carola Hunte |
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carola.hunte(at)biochemie.uni-freiburg.de |
Rosmery Rupp-Falconi |
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rosmery.rupp-falconi(at)biochemie.uni-freiburg.de |
Dr. Wei-Chun Kao |
– 5277 |
wei-chun.kao(at)biochemie.uni-freiburg.de |
Dr. Evgeny Mymrikov |
– 5286 |
evgeny.mymrikov(at)biochemie.uni-freiburg.de |
Dr. Christophe Wirth |
– 5277 |
christophe.wirth(at)biochemie.uni-freiburg.de |
Florian Becker |
– 5275 |
florian.becker(at)biochemie.uni-freiburg.de |
Nikolas Gross |
– 5286 |
nikolas.gross(at)biochemie.uni-freiburg.de |
Jorge Jimenez |
– 5277 |
jorge.jimenez(at)biochemie.uni-freiburg.de |
Daniela Loher |
– 5277 |
daniela.loher(at)biochemie.uni-freiburg.de |
Melanie Simon |
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melanie.simon(at)biochemie.uni-freiburg.de |
CV Carola Hunte
Since 2020 | Coordinator of the ‘South German Cryo-EM’ Block Allocation Group for the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, Grenoble, France) |
Since 2019 | Member of the speaker team, CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, Cluster of Excellence, University of Freiburg |
Since 2014 | Vice Dean for Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg |
Since 2011 | Spokeswoman of the Bioenergetics Working Group of the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) |
Since 2010 | Full Professor of Biochemistry/Structural Biology, University of Freiburg |
2019 | The Lars Ernster Lecture in Bioenergetics, Stockholm University, Sweden |
2007 ‑ 2010 | Full Professor, Chair of Membrane Biology, University of Leeds/UK |
2007 | Boris Rajewsky Prize Biophysics |
2000 ‑ 2007 | Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt a. M. |
2002 | FEBS Anniversary Prize |
1995 ‑ 1999 | Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics with Prof Dr H. Michel, Frankfurt a. M. |
1993 ‑ 1994 | Research Assistant, University of Bonn |
1989 ‑ 1993 | Dissertation, Dr rer. nat., University of Bonn |
1987 ‑ 1989 | Scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) |
1982 ‑ 1989 | Student of Biology – University of Bielefeld, University of Exeter/UK, University of Bonn |
Funding
The Hunte working group receives research funding from the following funding programs of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
- Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1381: Protein Machineries since 2019, extended 2023
- CRC 1453: NephroGenetics (NephGen) since 2021, extended 2025
- Cluster of Excellence (EXC) CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies since 2019
- EXC BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies since 2010 (institutionalised by the Ministry of Science and Culture Baden-Württemberg in 2019)
- Research Training Group (RTG) 2202: Transport across and into membranes 2016-2025
- RTG 1976 – Functional diversity of cofactors in enzymes 2014-2023
Publications
- E.V.Mymrikov#*, C.Wirth#, J.I.Heinicke, J.Goll, B.A.Kern, C.Steck, A.K.Iaroslavtceva, A.Köttgen, C.Hunte* (2025). Molecular determinants of selective and high-affinity binding of the scaffold protein PDZK1 to the transporter URAT1. BioRxiv doi: https://www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2025.07.21.665923v1,#equal contribution, *corresponding
- Lawson CL, Kryshtafovych A, Pintilie GD, Burley SK, Černý J, Chen VB, Emsley P, Gobbi A, Joachimiak A, Noreng S, Prisant MG, Read RJ, Richardson JS, Rohou AL, Schneider B, Sellers BD, Shao C, Sourial E, Williams CI, Williams CJ, Yang Y, Abbaraju V, Afonine PV, Baker ML, Bond PS, Blundell TL, Burnley T, Campbell A, Cao R, Cheng J, Chojnowski G, Cowtan KD, DiMaio F, Esmaeeli R, Giri N, Grubmüller H, Hoh SW, Hou J, Hryc CF, Hunte C, Igaev M, Joseph AP, Kao WC, Kihara D, Kumar D, Lang L, Lin S, Maddhuri Venkata Subramaniya SR, Mittal S, Mondal A, Moriarty NW, Muenks A, Murshudov GN, Nicholls RA, Olek M, Palmer CM, Perez A, Pohjolainen E, Pothula KR, Rowley CN, Sarkar D, Schäfer LU, Schlicksup CJ, Schröder GF, Shekhar M, Si D, Singharoy A, Sobolev OV, Terashi G, Vaiana AC, Vedithi SC, Verburgt J, Wang X, Warshamanage R, Winn MD, Weyand S, Yamashita K, Zhao M, Schmid MF, Berman HM, Chiu W. Outcomes of the EMDataResource cryo-EM Ligand Modeling Challenge. (2024) Nat Methods, doi: 10.1038/s41592-024-02321-7. Online ahead of print.
- Patil S, Borisov O, Scherer N, Wirth C, Schlosser P, Wuttke M, Eckardt KU, Hunte C, Neubauer B, Köttgen A, Köttgen M. SLC25A48 is a human mitochondrial choline transporter (2023) medRxiv DOI
- Su C, Rodriguez-Franco M, Lace B, Nebel N, Hernandez-Reyes C, Liang P, Schulze E, Mymrikov E, Groß N, Knerr J, Wang H, Siukstaite L, Keller J, Libourel C, Fischer A, Gabor K, Mark E, Popp C, Hunte C, Weber W, Wendler P, Stanislas T, Delaux PM, Einsle O, Grosse R, Römer W, Ott T. Remorin proteins serves as membrane topology scaffolds in plants (2022) BioRxiv DOI
- Becker F,*, Fuchs S*, Refisch L, Drepper F, Bildl W, Schulte U, Liang S, Heinicke JI, Hansen SC, Kreutz C, Warscheid B, Fakler B. Mymrikov EV#, Hunte C# Conformational regulation and target-myristoyl switch of calcineurin B homologous protein 3 (2022) (*equal contribution, #corresponding) BioRxiv
- Licheva M, Pflaum J, Babic R, Mancilla H, Elsässer J, Boyle E, Hollenstein DM, Jimenez-Niebla J, Pleyer J, Heinrich M, Wieland FG, Brenneisen J, Eickhorst C, Brenner J, Jiang S, Hartl M, Welsch S, Hunte C, Timmer J, Wilfling F, Kraft C (2025). Phase separation of initiation hubs on cargo is a trigger switch for selective autophagy. Nat Cell Biol. DOI
- Patil S, Borisov O, Scherer N, Wirth C, Schlosser P, Wuttke M, Ehret S, Hannibal L, Eckardt KU, Hunte C, Neubauer B, Köttgen A, Köttgen M (2025). The membrane transporter SLC25A48 enables transport of choline into human mitochondria. Kidney Int. DOI
- Schneider S, Wirth C, Jank T, Hunte C, Aktories K (2024). Tyrosine-modifying glycosylation by Yersinia effectors. J Biol Chem. DOI PubMed
- Lawson CL, Kryshtafovych A, Pintilie GD, Burley SK, Černý J, Chen VB, Emsley P, Gobbi A, Joachimiak A, Noreng S, Prisant MG, Read RJ, Richardson JS, Rohou AL, Schneider B, Sellers BD, Shao C, Sourial E, Williams CI, Williams CJ, Yang Y, Abbaraju V, Afonine PV, Baker ML, Bond PS, Blundell TL, Burnley T, Campbell A, Cao R, Cheng J, Chojnowski G, Cowtan KD, DiMaio F, Esmaeeli R, Giri N, Grubmüller H, Hoh SW, Hou J, Hryc CF, Hunte C, Igaev M, Joseph AP, Kao WC, Kihara D, Kumar D, Lang L, Lin S, Maddhuri Venkata Subramaniya SR, Mittal S, Mondal A, Moriarty NW, Muenks A, Murshudov GN, Nicholls RA, Olek M, Palmer CM, Perez A, Pohjolainen E, Pothula KR, Rowley CN, Sarkar D, Schäfer LU, Schlicksup CJ, Schröder GF, Shekhar M, Si D, Singharoy A, Sobolev OV, Terashi G, Vaiana AC, Vedithi SC, Verburgt J, Wang X, Warshamanage R, Winn MD, Weyand S, Yamashita K, Zhao M, Schmid MF, Berman HM, Chiu W. Outcomes of the EMDataResource cryo-EM Ligand Modeling Challenge. (2024) Nat Methods, doi: 10.1038/s41592-024-02321-7. Online ahead of print.
- Fielden LF, Busch JD, Merkt SG, Ganesan I, Steiert C, Hasselblatt H, Busto JV, , Wirth C, Zufall N, , Jungbluth S, Noll K, Dung JM, Butenko L, von der Malsburg K, Koch H-G, Hunte C, van der Laan M, Wiedemann N (2023). Central role of Tim17 in mitochondrial presequence protein translocation. Nature. DOI, Pubmed
- Becker F, Fuchs S, Refisch L, Drepper F, Bildl W, Schulte U, Liang S, Heinicke JI, Hansen SC, Kreutz C, Warscheid B, Fakler B. Mymrikov EV, Hunte C (2023). Conformational regulation and target-myristoyl switch of calcineurin B homologous protein 3. eLife. DOI, Pubmed
- Su C, Rodriguez-Franco M, Lace B, Nebel N, Hernandez-Reyes C, Liang P, Schulze E, Mymrikov E, Groß N, Knerr J, Wang H, Siukstaite L, Keller J, Libourel C, Fischer A, Gabor K, Mark E, Popp C, Hunte C, Weber W, Wendler P, Stanislas T, Delaux PM, Einsle O, Grosse R, Römer W, Ott T (2023). Stabilization of membrane topologies by proteinaceous remorin scaffolds. Nat Commun. DOI, PubMed
- Kao W-C, Hunte C (2022). Quinone binding sites of cyt bc complexes analysed by X-ray crystallography and cryogenic electron microscopy. Biochem Soc Trans. DOI, PubMed
- Kao W-C, Ortmann de Percin Northumberland C, Cheng TC, Julio Ortiz J, Durand A, von Loeffelholz O, Schilling O, Biniossek ML, Klaholz BP, Hunte C (2022). Structural basis for safe and efficient energy conversion in a respiratory supercomplex. Nat Commun. DOI, PubMed
- Liang S, Fuchs S, Mymrikov EV, Stulz A, Kaiser M, Heerklotz H, Hunte C (2020). Calcium affects CHP1 and CHP2 conformation and their interaction with sodium/proton exchanger 1. FASEB J
- Ost GS, Wirth C, Bogdanović X, Kao WC, Schorch B, Aktories PJK, Papatheodorou P, Schwan C, Schlosser A, Jank T, Hunte C, Aktories K (2020). Inverse control of Rab proteins by Yersinia ADP-ribosyltransferase and glycosyltransferase related to clostridial glucosylating toxins. Sci Adv
- Parey K, Wirth C, Vonck J, Zickermann V (2020). Respiratory complex I – structure, mechanism and evolution. Curr Opin Struct Biol
- Markones M, Fippel A, Kaiser M, Drechsler C, Hunte C, Heerklotz H (2019). Stairway to Asymmetry: Five Steps to Lipid-Asymmetric Proteoliposomes. Biophys J. doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2019.10.043
- Bogdanovic X, Schneider S, Levanova N, Wirth C, Trillhaase C, Steinemann M, Hunte C, Aktories K, Jank T (2019)v. A cysteine protease-like domain enhances the cytotoxic effects of the Photorhabdus asymbiotica toxin PaTox. J Biol Chem
- Cabrera-Orefice A, Yoga EG, Wirth C, Siegmund K, Zwicker K, Guerrero-Castillo S, Zickermann V, Hunte C, Brandt U (2018). Locking loop movement in the ubiquinone pocket of complex I disengages the proton pumps. Nat Commun.
- Hohr AIC, Lindau C, Wirth C, Qiu J, Stroud DA, Kutik S, Guiard B, Hunte C, Becker T, Pfanner N, et al. (2018). Membrane protein insertion through a mitochondrial beta-barrel gate. Science.
- Eimer E, Kao WC, Frobel J, Blummel AS, Hunte C, Muller M (2018). Unanticipated functional diversity among the TatA-type components of the Tat protein translocase. Sci Rep.
- Fuchs S, Hansen SC, Markones M, Mymrikov EV, Heerklotz H, Hunte C (2018). Calcineurin B homologous protein 3 binds with high affinity to the CHP binding domain of the human sodium/proton exchanger NHE1. Sci Rep.
- Argy N, Le Gal S, Coppee R, Song Z, Vindrios W, Massias L, Kao WC, Hunte C, Yazdanpanah Y, Lucet JC, et al. (2018). Pneumocystis Cytochrome b Mutants Associated With Atovaquone Prophylaxis Failure as the Cause of Pneumocystis Infection Outbreak Among Heart Transplant Recipients. Clin Infect Dis.
- Jank T, Belyi Y, Wirth C, Rospert S, Hu Z, Dengjel J, Tzivelekidis T, Andersen GR, Hunte C, Schlosser A, Aktories K (2017) Protein glutaminylation is a yeast-specific post-translational modification of elongation factor 1A. J Biol Chem.
- Meisinger C, Hunte C (2017). Recent Advances in Mitochondrial Biology – Integrated Aspects. Cell & Tiss Res.
- Graf S, Fedotovskaya O, Kao WC, Hunte C, Ädelroth P, Bott M, von Ballmoos C, Brzezinski P (2016) Rapid Electron Transfer within the III-IV Supercomplex in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Science Rep. 6: 34098, doi: 10.1038/srep34098
- Kao W, Kleinschroth T, Nitschke W, Baymann F, Neehaul Y, Hellwig P, Richers S, Vonck J, Bott M, Hunte C (2016) The actinobacterial obligate respiratory supercomplex from Corynebacterium glutamicum. Biochim Biophys Acta.
- Wirth C, Brandt U, Hunte C, Zickermann V (2016). Structure and function of mitochondrial complex I. Biochim Biophys Acta.
- Müller CS, Bildl W, Haupt A, Ellenrieder L, Becker T, Hunte C, Fakler B, Schulte U (2016) Cryo-slicing BN-MS – a novel technology for high-resolution complexome profiling, Mol. Cell. Proteom.
- Kmita K, Wirth C, Warnau J, Guerrero-Castillo S Hunte C, Hummer G, Kaila VRI, Zwicker K, Brandt U, Zickermann V (2015) Accessory NUMM (NDUFS6) subunit harbors a zinc-binding site and is essential for biogenesis of mitochondrial complex I. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
- Mir SH, Escher C, Kao WC, Birth D, Wirth C, Hunte C (2015) Generation of recombinant antibody fragments for membrane protein crystallization. Methods Enzym.
- Zickermann V, Christophe Wirth C, Nasiri H, Siegmund K, Schwalbe H, Hunte C, Ulrich Brandt U (2015). Mechanistic Insight from the Crystal Structure of Mitochondrial Complex. Science.
- Chauvet AA, Al Haddad A, Kao WC, van Mourik F, Hunte C, Chergui M (2015). Photo-induced dynamics of the heme centers in the cytochrome bc1. Phys Chem Chem Phys.
- Tekarslan S, Alkım C, Hunte C, Cakar Z (2015). Physiological and genetic analysis of cellular sodium and lithium response/resistance behavior using the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model organism. J Fac Pharm Istanbul.
- Kao WC, Hunte C (2014). The molecular evolution of the Qo motif. Genome Biol Evol.
- Călinescu O, Danner E, Böhm M, Hunte C and Fendler K (2014). Species differences in bacterial NhaA Na+/H+ exchangers, FEBS Lettr.
- Lentes CJ, Mir SM, Boehm M, Ganea C, Fendler K, Hunte C (2014). Molecular characterization of the Na+/H+ antiporter NhaA from Salmonella Typhimurium. PLOS ONE
- Birth D, Kao WC, Hunte C (2014). Structural analysis of atovaquone-inhibited cytochrome bc1 complex reveals the molecular basis of antimalarial drug action. Nat. Comm. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5029.
- Qiu J, Wenz LS, Zerbes RM, Oeljeklaus S, Bohnert M, Stroud DA, Wirth C, Ellenrieder L, Thornton N, Kutik S, Wiese S, Schulze-Specking A, Zufall N, Chacinska A, Guiard B, Hunte C, Warscheid B, van der Laan M, Pfanner N, Wiedemann N, Becker T (2013). Coupling of mitochondrial import and export translocases by receptor-mediated supercomplex formation. Cell. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.06.033
- Jank T, Bogdanovic X, Wirth C, Haaf E, Spoerner M, Böhmer KE, Orth JHC, Kalbitzer HR, Warscheid B, Hunte C, Aktories K (2013). Tyrosine Glycosylation of Rho by a Photorhabdus asymbiotica Toxin. Nat Struct Mol Biol. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2688.
- Bottinger L, Horvath SE, Kleinschroth T, Hunte C, Daum G, Pfanner N, Becker T (2012). Phosphatidylethanolamine and cardiolipin differentially affect the stability of mitochondrial respiratory chain supercomplexes. J Mol Biol. don: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2012.09.001
- Gebert M, Schrempp SG, Mehnert CS, Heisswolf AK, Oeljeklaus S, Ieva R, Bohnert M, von der Malsburg K, Wiese S, Kleinschroth T, Hunte C, Meyer HE, Haferkamp I, Guiard B, Warscheid B, Pfanner N, van der Laan M (2012). Mgr2 promotes coupling of the mitochondrial presequence translocase to partner complexes. J Cell Biol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201110047
- Gebert N, Gebert M, Oeljeklaus S, von der Malsburg K, Stroud DA, Kulawiak B, Wirth C, Zahedi RP, Dolezal P, Wiese S, Simon O, Schulze-Specking A, Truscott KN, Sickmann A, Rehling P, Guiard B, Hunte C, Warscheid B, van der Laan M, Pfanner N, Wiedemann N (2011). Dual function of Sdh3 in the respiratory chain and TIM22 protein translocase of the mitochondrial inner membrane. Mol Cell. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2011.09.025
- Keller T, Egenberger B, Gorboulev V, Bernhard F, Uzelac Z, Gorbunov D, Wirth C, Koppatz S, Dotsch V, Hunte C, Sitte HH, Koepsell H (2011). The large extracellular loop of organic cation transporter 1 influences substrate affinity and is pivotal for oligomerization. J Biol Chem. dot: http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M111.289330
- Kleinschroth T, Castellani M, Trinh CH, Morgner N, Brutschy B, Ludwig B, Hunte C (2011). X-ray structure of the dimeric cytochrome bc(1) complex from the soil bacterium Paracoccus denitrificans at 2.7-A resolution. Bba-bioenergetics. dot: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.09.017
- Stroud DA, Becker T, Qiu J, Stojanovski D, Pfannschmidt S, Wirth C, Hunte C, Guiard B, Meisinger C, Pfanner N, Wiedemann N (2011). Biogenesis of mitochondrial beta-barrel proteins: the POTRA domain is involved in precursor release from the SAM complex. Mol Biol Cell. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E11-02-0148
- Zickermann V, Hunte C, Brandt U (2011). Mitochondrialer Komplex I – Analyse einer molekularen Maschine. Biospektrum.
- Ma L, Reisert M, Wirth C, Hunte C, Ronneberger O, Burkhardt H (2011). Alpha helix prediction based on Metropolis-Hastings sampling. Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro. IEEE International Symposium IEEE
- Hunte C, Zickermann V und Brandt U. (2010). Functional modules and structural basis of conformational coupling in mitochondrial complex I. Science
- Kongkathip N, Pradidphol N, Hasitapan K, Grigg R, Kao WC, Hunte C, Fisher N, Warman AJ, Biagini GA, Kongsaeree P, Chuawong P, Kongkathip B (2010). Transforming Rhinacanthin Analogues from Potent Anticancer Agents into Potent Antimalarial Agents. J Med Chem.
- Dobrynin K, Abdrakhmanova A, Richers S, Hunte C, Kerscher S, Brandt U (2010)Characterization of two different acyl carrier proteins in complex I from Yarrowia lipolytica. Biochim Biophys Acta
- MacMillan F, Lange C, Bawn M, Hunte C (2010). Resolving the EPR spectra in the Cytochrome bc1 Complex from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied Magnetic Resonance
- Zickermann V, Wumaier Z, Wrzesniewska B, Hunte C, Schägger H (2010). A native blot system for detection and characterization of conformation-specific antibodies. Proteomics
- Boesecke P, Bois JM, Crépin T, Hunte C, Kahn R, Kao WC, Nauton L, Lund Winther AM, Moller J, Nissen P, Nury H, Olesen C, Pebay-Peyroula E, Vicat J, Stuhrmann H (2009). A first low resolution difference fourier map of phosphorus in a membrane protein from near edge anomalous diffraction. J Synchr Radiation
- Wenz T, Hielscher R, Hellwig P, Schägger H, Richers S, Hunte, C (2009). Role of phospholipids in respiratory cytochrome bc1 complex catalysis and supercomplex formation. Biochim Biophys Acta
- Hielscher R, Wenz T, Hunte, C, Hellwig P (2009). Monitoring the redox and protonation dependent contributions of cardiolipin in electrochemically induced FTIR difference spectra of the cytochrome bc1 complex from yeast. Biochim Biophys Acta
- Džafić E, Klein O, Screpanti E, Hunte C, Mäntele W (2009). Flexibility and dynamics of NhaA Na(+)/H(+)-antiporter of Escherichia coli studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
- Hunte C, Richers S (2008). Lipids and membrane protein structures. Curr Op Struct Biol
- Nyola A, Hunte C (2008). A structural analysis of the transient interaction between cytochrome bc1 complex and its substrate cytochrome c. Biochem Soc Trans.
- Solmaz SR and Hunte C (2008). Structure of complex III with bound cytochrome c in reduced state and definition of a minimal core interface for electron transfer. J Biol Chem
- Keller T, Schwarz D, Bernhard F, Dötsch V, Hunte C, Gorboulev V, Koepsell H. (2008). Cell Free-Expression and Functional Reconstitution of Eucaryotic Drug Transporters. Biochem
- Rimon A, Hunte C, Michel H and Padan E (2008) Epitope mapping of conformational monoclonal antibodies specific to NhaA Na+/H+ antiporter, structural and functional implications. J Mol Biol
- Hunte C, Solmaz S, Palsdóttir H, Wenz T (2008). A structural perspective on mechanism and function of the cytochrome bc1 complex. Results Probl Cell Differ
- Plewnia G, Schulze K, Hunte C, Tampé R, Koch J (2007) Modulation of the antigenic peptide transporter TAP by recombinant antibodies binding to the last five residues of TAP1. J Mol Biol
- Screpanti, E and Hunte C (2007). Discontinuous membrane helices in transport proteins and their correlation with function. J Struct Biol
- Lancaster CRD, Hunte C, Kelley III. J, Trumpower BL, Ditchfield RA (2007). comparison of stigmatellin conformations, free and bound to the photosynthetic reaction center and the cytochrome bc1 complex. J Mol Biol
- Klingen AR, Palsdottir H, Hunte C, Ullmann M (2007). Redox-linked protonation state changes in cytochrome bc1 identified by Poisson-Boltzmann Electrostatics Calculations. Biochim Biophys Acta
- Wenz T, Covian R, Hellwig P, MacMillan F, Meunier B, Trumpower BL, Hunte C (2007). Mutational analysis of cytochrome b at the ubiquinol oxidation site of yeast complex III. J Biol Chem
- Screpanti E, Padan E, Rimon A, Michel H, Hunte C (2006). Crucial steps in the structure determination of the Na+/H+ antiporter NhaA in its native conformation. J Mol Biol
- Wenz T, Hellwig P, MacMillan F, Meunier B, Hunte C (2006) Probing the role of E272 in quinol oxidation of mitochondrial complex III. Biochemistry
- Olkhova E, Hunte C, Screpanti E, Padan E, Michel H (2006). Multiconformation continuum electrostatics analysis of the NhaA Na+/H+ antiporter of Escherichia coli with functional implications. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
- Hielscher R, Wenz T, Stolpe S, Hunte C, Friedrich T, Hellwig P (2006). Monitoring redox dependent contribution of lipids in FTIR difference spectra of complex I from E. coli. Biopolymers
- Hunte C, Screpanti E, Venturi M, Rimon A, Padan E, Michel H (2005). Structure of a Na+/H+ antiporter and insights into mechanism of action and regulation by pH. Nature
- Hunte C (2005). Specific protein-lipid interactions in membrane proteins. Biochem Soc Trans
- Palsdottir H, Hunte C (2004). Lipids in Membrane Protein Structures. Biochim Biophys Acta
- Ritter M, Palsdottir H, Abe M, Mäntele W, Hunte C, Miyoshi H, Hellwig P (2004). Direct evidence for the interaction of stigmatellin with a protonated acidic group in the bc1 complex from Saccharomyces cerevisiae as monitored by FTIR difference spectroscopy and 13C specific labeling. Biochemistry
- Pfeiffer K, Gohil V, Stuart RA, Hunte C, Brandt U, Greenberg ML, Schägger H (2003) Cardiolipin stabilizes respiratory chain supercomplexes. J Biol Chem
- Zickermann V, Bostina M, Hunte C, Ruiz T, Radermacher M, Brandt U (2003). Functional implications from an unexpected position of the 49-kDa subunit of NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase. J Biol Chem
- Kessl JJ, Lange BB, Merbitz-Zahradnik T, Zwicker K, Hill P, Meunier B, Hunte C, Meshnik S, Trumpower BL (2003). Molecular basis for atovaquone binding to the cytochrome bc1 complex. J Biol Chem
- Hunte C, Palsdottir H, Trumpower BL (2003). Protonmotive pathways and mechanisms in the cytochrome bc1 complex. FEBS Lettr
- Venturi M, Hunte C (2003). Monoclonal antibodies for the structural analysis of the Na+/H+ antiporter NhaA from Escherichia coli. Biochim Biophys Acta
- Palsdottir H, Lojero GC, Trumpower BL, Hunte C (2003). Structure of the yeast cytochrome bc1 complex with a hydroxyquinone anion Qo inhibitor bound. J Biol Chem
- Lange C, Hunte C (2002). Crystal structure of the yeast cytochrome bc1 complex with its bound substrate cytochrome c. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
- Venturi M, Seifert C, Hunte C (2002). High level production of functional antibody Fab fragments in an oxidizing bacterial cytoplasm J Mol Biol
- Hunte C, Solmaz S, Lange C (2002). Electron transfer between yeast cytochrome bc1 complex and cytochrome c: a structural analysis. Biochim Biophys Acta
- Hunte C, Michel H (2002). Crystallisation of membrane proteins mediated by antibody fragments. Curr Op Struct Biol
- Lange C, Nett JH, Trumpower BL, Hunte C (2001). Specific roles of tightly bound phospholipids in the yeast cytochrome bc1 complex structure. EMBO J
- Lee SY, Hunte C, Malaney S, Robinson BH (2001). The N-terminus of the Qcr7 Protein of the Cytochrome bc1 Complex in S. cerevisiae May Be Involved in Facilitating Stability of the Subcomplex with the Qcr8 Protein and Cytochrome b. Arch Biochem Biophys
- Hunte C (2001). Insights from the structure of the yeast cytochrome bc1 complex. Crystallization of membrane proteins with antibody fragments. FEBS Lett
- Nett JH, Hunte C, Trumpower BL (2000). Changes to the length of the flexible linker region of the Rieske protein impair the interaction of ubiquinol with the cytochrome bc1 complex. Eur J Biochem
- Venturi M, Rimon A, Gerchman Y, Hunte C, Padan E, Michel H (2000). The monoclonal antibody 1F6 Identifies a pH-dependent Conformational Change in the hydrophilic NH2 Terminus of NhaA Na+/H+-antiporter of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem
- Hunte C, Köpke J, Lange C, Roßmanith T, Michel H (2000). Structure at 2.3 Å resolution of the cytochrome bc1 complex from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae co-crystallized with an antibody Fv fragment. Structure
- Padan E, Venturi M, Michel H, Hunte C (1998). Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies directed against native epitopes of NhaA, the Na+/H+-antiporter of Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett
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