All Stories

  1. Editorial: Optogenetic Tools in the Molecular Spotlight

    Article • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, April 2016, Frontiers

    Tilo Mathes

  2. Natural Resources for Optogenetic Tools

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tilo Mathes

  3. Optogenetic Tools in the Molecular Spotlight

    Article • January 2016, Frontiers

    Tilo Mathes

  4. A proposal for a dipole-generated BLUF domain mechanism

    Article • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, November 2015, Frontiers

    Tilo Mathes

  5. Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Constitutes the Photoactivation Mechanism of the Plant Photoreceptor UVR8

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, July 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Tilo Mathes

  6. Photoinduced formation of flavin radicals in BLUF domains lacking the central glutamine

    Article • FEBS Journal, May 2015, Wiley

    Tilo Mathes

  7. Photoinduced transformation of UVR8 monitored by vibrational and fluorescence spectroscopy

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tilo Mathes

  8. Upgrading a microplate reader for photobiology and all-optical experiments

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tilo Mathes

  9. Femto- to Microsecond Photodynamics of an Unusual Bacteriophytochrome

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Tilo Mathes

  10. Absorption and emission spectroscopic characterization of photo-dynamics of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase mutant bPAC-Y7F of Beggiatoa sp.

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Alfons Penzkofer, Tilo Mathes

  11. Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide Chromophore Charge Controls the Conformation of Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer Photolyase α-Helices

    Article • Biochemistry, September 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Tilo Mathes

  12. Key Residues for the Light Regulation of the Blue Light-Activated Adenylyl Cyclase from Beggiatoa sp.

    Article • Biochemistry, July 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Tilo Mathes, Professor Alfons Penzkofer

  13. Bistable Retinal Schiff Base Photodynamics of Histidine Kinase Rhodopsin HKR1 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, March 2014, Wiley

    Tilo Mathes, Professor Alfons Penzkofer

  14. Ultrafast Laser Energy Density and Retinal Absorption Cross-Section Determination by Saturable Absorption Measurements

    Article • Journal of Analytical Sciences Methods and Instrumentation, January 2014, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Tilo Mathes, Professor Alfons Penzkofer

  15. Photoactivation Mechanisms of Flavin-Binding Photoreceptors Revealed Through Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Global Analysis Methods

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tilo Mathes

  16. A Set of Engineered Escherichia coli Expression Strains for Selective Isotope and Reactivity Labeling of Amino Acid Side Chains and Flavin Cofactors

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2013, PLOS

    Tilo Mathes

  17. Molecular eyes: proteins that transform light into biological information

    Article • Interface Focus, August 2013, Royal Society Publishing

    Tilo Mathes

  18. The Flavoenzyme Azobenzene Reductase AzoR from Escherichia coli Binds Roseoflavin Mononucleotide (RoFMN) with High Affinity and Is Less Active in Its RoFMN Form

    Article • Biochemistry, June 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Tilo Mathes, Professor Masaru Tanokura

  19. Lower frequency region mid-infrared spectroscopy by chirped pulse upconversion

    Article • EPJ Web of Conferences, January 2013, EDP Sciences

    Tilo Mathes

  20. Ultrafast mid-infrared spectroscopy by chirped pulse upconversion in 1800-1000cm^−1 region

    Article • Optics Express, April 2012, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Tilo Mathes

  21. Hydrogen Bond Switching among Flavin and Amino Acids Determines the Nature of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in BLUF Photoreceptors

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, January 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Tilo Mathes

  22. The Hydrogen-Bond Switch Reaction of the Blrb Bluf Domain of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, May 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Tilo Mathes

  23. Light‐generated Paramagnetic Intermediates in BLUF Domains†

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, January 2011, Wiley

    Tilo Mathes

  24. Hindered Rotation of a Cofactor Methyl Group as a Probe for Protein−Cofactor Interaction

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, June 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Tilo Mathes

  25. Blue Light Induces Global and Localized Conformational Changes in the Kinase Domain of Full-Length Phototropin

    Article • Biochemistry, January 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Tilo Mathes

  26. The Role of Key Amino Acids in the Photoactivation Pathway of the Synechocystis Slr1694 BLUF Domain

    Article • Biochemistry, November 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Tilo Mathes

  27. In Vivo Generation of Flavoproteins with Modified Cofactors

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, February 2009, Elsevier

    Tilo Mathes

  28. Hydrogen Bond Switching among Flavin and Amino Acid Side Chains in the BLUF Photoreceptor Observed by Ultrafast Infrared Spectroscopy

    Article • Biophysical Journal, November 2008, Elsevier

    Tilo Mathes