Prof. Dr. Barbara Albert
Physical sciences, Inorganic solid state and materials chemistry
Physical sciences
Biochemistry, plant and microbial secondary metabolism, volatile organic compounds, Sodorifen biosynthesis, FPP methyltransferase
Biochemistry and regulation of fragrance synthesis in plants (German Research Foundation DFG)
Volatile metabolites of microorganisms – synthesis and functions (DFG)
Isolation and testing of anticarcinogenic natural products of local plants (Mildred Scheel Foundation for Cancer Research)
English, German
Lemfack MC., Gohlke B., Toguem S.M.T, Preissner S., Piechulla B., Preissner* R.: mVOC 2.0: a database of microbial volatiles. Nucleic Acid Research, gkx1016, 2017, doi: 10.1093/narl/gkx1016.
Magnus N., Weise T., Piechulla* B.: Carbon catabolite repression regulates the emission of the unique volatile sodorifen of Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 2522, 2017, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02522.
von Reuss* S., Domik D., Lemfack M.C., Magnus N., Kai M., Weise T., Piechulla B.: Sodorifen biosynthesis in the rhizobacterium Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13 involves methylation and cyclization of MEP-derived farnesyl pyrophosphate by a SAM-dependent C-methyltransferase, Journal American Chemical Society, 140, 37, 11855-11862, 2018, doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b08510.
Kai* M., Effmert U., Lemfack M.C., Piechulla B.: Interspecific formation of the antimicrobial volatile schleiferon. Scientific Reports, 8, 16852, 2018, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35341-3.
Piechulla* B., Magnus N., Lemfack MC., von Reuss S.: Terpenoid cyclization by SAM-dependent C-methyltransferase. Trends in Chemistry, Feb 4th, 2020, doi.org/10.1016/j.trechm.2020.01006.
Elmassry M., Piechulla* B.: Volatilomes of Bacterial Infections in Humans. In Olfactory Biomarkers from Evolution to Sentinel of Neuropathologies and Opportunity for Window Therapeutics, Frontiers in Neuroscience 14, 257, 2020, doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00257.
Heldt HW, Piechulla* B.: Plant Biochemistry –Textbook- Elsevier Verlag, 5th edition, 2021.
Lemfack* MC., Brandt W., Krüger K., Gurowietz A., Djifack J., Hopf M., Jung P., Junker B., Noack H., von Reuß S., Piechulla B.: Reaction mechanism of the farnesyl pyrophosphate C methyltransferase towards the synthesis of pre-sodorifen pyrophosphate by Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13. Scientific Reports, 11, 3182, 2021. Doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82521-9.
Piechulla* B., Zhang C., Eisenschmidt-Bönn D., Chen F. Magnus N.: A new family of methyltransferases provide non-canonical substrates for terpene synthases in bacteria, FEMS Mic Rev, fuab024, 2021. doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuab024.
Hemmerling F., Meoded RA., Fraley AE., Minas HA., Dieterich CL., Rust M., Ueoka R., Jensen K., Helfrich EJN., Bergande C., Biedermann M., Magnus N., Piechulla B., Piel* J. Modular backbone halogenation, α-hydroxylation, and acylation in a "Swiss army knife" polyketide synthase, Angewandte Chemie.
Heldt HW, Piechulla* B.: Pflanzenbiochemie –Lehrbuch- Spektrum-Verlag, 6. Auflage, 1-xxxx, 2022.
Lower-Saxon Ministry of Science, Germany
Referee for various research foundations
DOE – Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., USA
NSF – National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture, USA
Reviewer (botany) for the German Research Foundation (DFG), 2000 – 2004
Reviewer for the VW Foundation, 1997 – 2001
Further research interests:
- Molecular and biochemical characterisation of the synthesis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in plants and bacteria.
- Understanding the molecular basis of the regulation of temporal processes.
Characterisation of VOCs from bacteria with the potential of growth inhibition on pathogenic fungi.
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Physical sciences, Inorganic solid state and materials chemistry
Physical sciences, Chemistry coordination, Chemistry, Molecular magnetism, Molecular electronics, Bioinorganics
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Biological and related sciences, Physical sciences, Environmental virology, Molecular and structural biology, biochemistry