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*Tobias Wolfgang Giessen | *Tobias Wolfgang Giessen. PhD | ||
* | *Leopoldina Postdoctoral Fellow | ||
*Department of Systems Biology | |||
*Harvard Medical School | *Harvard Medical School | ||
*200 Longwood Avenue WAB 536 | |||
*200 Longwood Avenue | *Boston, MA 02115 | ||
*Boston, MA | |||
*[[Special:Emailuser/Tobias Wolfgang Giessen|Email me through OpenWetWare]] | *[[Special:Emailuser/Tobias Wolfgang Giessen|Email me through OpenWetWare]] | ||
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# Natural Product Biosynthesis | # Natural Product Biosynthesis | ||
# Enzymology | # Enzymology | ||
# Combinatorial Biosynthesis | |||
# Synthetic Biology | # Synthetic Biology | ||
# Protein Engineering | # Protein Engineering | ||
# Carboxysome Assembly | # Carboxysome Assembly | ||
# | # Proteinaceous Compartments: Bacterial Microcompartments, Viral Capsids and Synthetic Metabolons | ||
# Self-Assembly in Biology | |||
# Using Biology to Create Inorganic Functional Materials | |||
==Publications== | ==Publications== |
Latest revision as of 08:46, 19 April 2015
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Contact Info
- Tobias Wolfgang Giessen. PhD
- Leopoldina Postdoctoral Fellow
- Department of Systems Biology
- Harvard Medical School
- 200 Longwood Avenue WAB 536
- Boston, MA 02115
- Email me through OpenWetWare
I work in the lab of Pam Silver at Harvard Medical School as a Research Fellow.
Education
- 2013, PhD, Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marahiel Group
- 2010, MS, Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marahiel Group
- 2008, Research Internship, Imperial College London, Armstrong Group
Interests
- Natural Product Biosynthesis
- Enzymology
- Combinatorial Biosynthesis
- Synthetic Biology
- Protein Engineering
- Carboxysome Assembly
- Proteinaceous Compartments: Bacterial Microcompartments, Viral Capsids and Synthetic Metabolons
- Self-Assembly in Biology
- Using Biology to Create Inorganic Functional Materials
Publications
- Giessen TW, Kraas FI, and Marahiel MA. A four-enzyme pathway for 3,5-dihydroxy-4-methylanthranilic acid formation and incorporation into the antitumor antibiotic sibiromycin. Biochemistry. 2011 Jun 28;50(25):5680-92. DOI:10.1021/bi2006114 |
- Kraas FI, Giessen TW, and Marahiel MA. Exploring the mechanism of lipid transfer during biosynthesis of the acidic lipopeptide antibiotic CDA. FEBS Lett. 2012 Feb 3;586(3):283-8. DOI:10.1016/j.febslet.2012.01.003 |
- Giessen TW and Marahiel MA. Ribosome-independent biosynthesis of biologically active peptides: Application of synthetic biology to generate structural diversity. FEBS Lett. 2012 Jul 16;586(15):2065-75. DOI:10.1016/j.febslet.2012.01.017 |
- Bosello M, Mielcarek A, Giessen TW, and Marahiel MA. An enzymatic pathway for the biosynthesis of the formylhydroxyornithine required for rhodochelin iron coordination. Biochemistry. 2012 Apr 10;51(14):3059-66. DOI:10.1021/bi201837f |
- Giessen TW, Franke KB, Knappe TA, Kraas FI, Bosello M, Xie X, Linne U, and Marahiel MA. Isolation, structure elucidation, and biosynthesis of an unusual hydroxamic acid ester-containing siderophore from Actinosynnema mirum. J Nat Prod. 2012 May 25;75(5):905-14. DOI:10.1021/np300046k |
- Flühe L, Burghaus O, Wieckowski BM, Giessen TW, Linne U, and Marahiel MA. Two [4Fe-4S] clusters containing radical SAM enzyme SkfB catalyze thioether bond formation during the maturation of the sporulation killing factor. J Am Chem Soc. 2013 Jan 23;135(3):959-62. DOI:10.1021/ja310542g |
- Giessen TW, von Tesmar AM, and Marahiel MA. A tRNA-dependent two-enzyme pathway for the generation of singly and doubly methylated ditryptophan 2,5-diketopiperazines. Biochemistry. 2013 Jun 18;52(24):4274-83. DOI:10.1021/bi4004827 |
- Giessen TW, von Tesmar AM, and Marahiel MA. Insights into the generation of structural diversity in a tRNA-dependent pathway for highly modified bioactive cyclic dipeptides. Chem Biol. 2013 Jun 20;20(6):828-38. DOI:10.1016/j.chembiol.2013.04.017 |
- Giessen TW and Marahiel MA. The tRNA-dependent biosynthesis of modified cyclic dipeptides. Int J Mol Sci. 2014 Aug 21;15(8):14610-31. DOI:10.3390/ijms150814610 |
- Giessen TW, Altegoer F, Nebel AJ, Steinbach RM, Bange G, and Marahiel MA. A synthetic adenylation-domain-based tRNA-aminoacylation catalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Feb 16;54(8):2492-6. DOI:10.1002/anie.201410047 |