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University of Freiburg

Publications

In this section you can find all publications by group Boll chronologically listed below.

2026

Appel L, Kumar A, Tamborrini D, Pascoa TC, Kayastha K, Ermler U, Kettler T, Bohn S, Reif-Trauttmansdorff T, Engel BD, Schuler JM, Boll M (2026) Coupling of electron-bifurcating modules powers aromatic ring reduction beyond the biological redox window. bioRxiv

Davis V, Kosian D, Bick T, Weßbecher R, Wendler P, Boll M, Fischer A (2026) Electrobiosynthesis of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D3 by molybdenum-containing steroid C25 dehydrogenase coupled to antimony tin oxide thin-film electrodes. ACS Catalysis.

2025

Fuchs J, Fernández-Arévalo U, Demmer U, Díaz E, Ullmann GM, Pierik AJ, Ermler U, Boll M (2025) Enzymatic Birch reduction via hydrogen atom transfer at [4Fe-4S]-OH2 and [8Fe-9S] clusters. Nat Commun. 16:3236.

Jacoby C, Peller L, Wenzler J, Luttermann M, Seiche W, Breit B, Boll M (2025) Ring A cleaving beta-diketone hydrolase is a key enzyme of steroid degradation in anaerobic bacteria. Environ Microbiol. e70034.

2024

Fernández-Arévalo U, Fuchs J, Boll M, Díaz E (2024) Transcriptional regulation of the anaerobic 3-hydroxybenzoate degradation pathway in Aromatoleum sp. CIB. Microbiol Res 288, 127882.

Zhan T, Jacoby J, Jede M, Knapp B, Ferlaino S, Günter A, Drepper F, Müller M, Weber S, Boll M (2024) Bacterial stigmasterol degradation involving radical flavin delta-24 desaturase and molybdenum-dependent C26 hydroxylase. J Biol Chem 300 (5), 107243.

Kosian D, Willistein M, Wessbecher R, Eggers C, May O, Boll M (2024) Highly selective whole-cell 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 synthesis using molybdenum-dependent C25-steroid dehydrogenase and cyclodextrin recycling. Microb Cell Fact 23, 30.

2023

Fuchs J, Jamontas R, Hoock MH, Oltmanns J, Golinelli-Pimpaneau B, Schünemann V, Pierik AJ, Meskys R, Aucynaite A, Boll M (2023). TudS desulfidases recycle 4-thiouridine-5'-monophosphate at a catalytic [4Fe-4S] cluster. Commun Biol 6, 1092.

Seelmann CS, Huwiler SG, Culka M, Strampraad MJF, Biskup T, Weber S, Ullmann GM, Schünemann V, Hagedoorn PL, Pierik AJ, Boll M (2023). Enzymatic Birch Reduction via Hydrogen Atom Transfer at an Aqua-Tungsten-bis-Metallopterin Cofactor. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 13, 8631-8641.

2022

Jacoby C, Ebenau-Jehle C, Saum K, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Brüls T, Boll M (2022). Genes and enzymes involved in the biodegradation of the quaternary carbon compound pivalate in the denitrifying Thauera humireducens strain PIV-1. Environmental Microbiology.

Agne M, Appel L, Seelmann CS, Boll M (2022). Enoyl-CoA respiration via formate cycling. mBio 13:e0374021.

Shariati S, Ebenau-Jehle C, Pourbabaee AA, Alikhani HA, Rodriguez-Franco M, Agne M, Jacoby C, Geiger RA, Shariati F, Boll M (2022). Degradation of dibutyl phthalate by Paenarthrobacter sp. Shss isolated from Saravan landfill, Hyrcanian Forests, Iran. Biodegradation 33:59-70.

2021

Agne M, Estelmann S, Seelmann CS, Kung JW, Wilkens D, Koch H-J, van der Does C, Albers SV, von Ballmoos C, Simon J, Boll M (2021). The missing enzymatic link in syntrophic methane formation from fatty acids. Proc Natl Acad Sci 118:e2111682118.

Kung JW, Meier A-K, Willistein M, Weidenweber S, Demmer U, Ermler U, Boll M (2021). Structural basis of cyclic 1,3-diene forming acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenases. Chembiochem 16:3173-3177.

Jacoby C, Goerke M, Bezold D, Jessen H, Boll M (2021). A fully reversible 25-hydroxy steroid kinase involved in oxygen-independent cholesterol side-chain oxidation. J Biol Chem. 297:101105.

Frey J, Kaßner S, Spiteller D, Mergelsberg M, Boll M, Schleheck D, Schink B (2021). Activation of short-chain ketones and isopropanol in sulfate-reducing bacteria. BMC Microbiol. 21: 50.

Appel L, Willistein M, Dahl C, Ermler U, Boll M (2021). Functional diversity of prokaryotic HdrA(BC) modules: Role in flavin-based electron bifurcation processes and beyond. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics. Volume 1862:148379.

Zhou J, Pecqueur L, Aučynaitė A, Fuchs J, Rutkienė R, Vaitekūnas J, Meškys R, Boll M, Fontecave M, Urbonavičius J, Golinelli-Pimpaneau B (2021). Structural evidence for a [4Fe-5S] intermediate in the non-redox desulfuration of thiouracil. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2021 Jan 4;60(1):424-431.

2020

Seelmann CS, Willistein M, Heider J, Boll M (2020). Tungstoenzymes: Occurrence, catalytic diversity and cofactor synthesis. Inorganics 2020, 8(8).

Jacoby C, Krull J, Andexer J, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Brüls T, Boll M (2020). Channeling C1 metabolism toward S-adenosylmethionine-dependent conversion of estrogens to androgens in estrogen-degrading bacteria. Mbio, 11(4).

Zhou J, Pecqueur L, Aučynaitė A, Fuchs J, Rutkienė R, Vaitekūnas J, Meskys R, Boll M, Fontecave M, Urbonavicius J, Golinelli-Pimpaneau B (2020). Structural evidence for a [4Fe‐5S] intermediate in the non‐redox desulfuration of thiouracil. Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Ebenau-Jehle C, Soon CI, Fuchs J, Geiger RA, Boll M (2020). An aerobic hybrid phthalate degradation pathway via phthaloyl-coenzyme A in denitrifying bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86(11).

Jacoby C, Ferlaino S, Bezold D, Jessen H, Müller M, Boll M (2020). ATP-dependent hydroxylation of an unactivated primary carbon with water. Nature communications, 11(1), 1-10.

Schmid G, Scheffen M, Willistein M, Boll M (2020). Oxygen detoxification by dienoyl‐CoA oxidase involving flavin/disulfide cofactors. Molecular Microbiology.

Boll M, Estelmann S, Heider J (2020). Anaerobic degradation of hydrocarbons: Mechanisms of hydrocarbon activation in the absence of oxygen. Anaerobic Utilization of Hydrocarbons, Oils, and Lipids, 3-29.

Boll M & Estelmann S (2020). Catabolic pathways and enzymes involved in the anaerobic degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Anaerobic Utilization of Hydrocarbons, Oils, and Lipids, 135-150.

Boll M, Geiger RA, Junghare M, Schink B (2020). Microbial degradation of phthalates: Biochemistry and environmental implications. Environ Microbiol Rep. 2020;12(1):3–15.

2019

Willistein M, Bechtel DF, Müller CS, Demmer U, Heimann L, Kayastha K, Schünemann V, Pierik AJ, Ullmann GM, Ermler U, Boll M (2019). Low potential enzymatic hydride transfer via highly cooperative and inversely functionalized flavin cofactors. Nat Commun. 2019;10(1):2074.

Geiger RA, Junghare M, Mergelsberg M, Ebenau-Jehle C, Jesenofsky VJ. Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Schink B, Boll M (2019). Enzymes involved in phthalate degradation in sulphate-reducing bacteria. Environ Microbiol. 2019;21(10):3601–3612.

Huwiler SG, Löffler C, Anselmann SE, Stärk HJ, von Bergen M, Flechsler J, Rachel R, Boll M (2019). One-megadalton metalloenzyme complex in Geobacter metallireducens involved in benzene ring reduction beyond the biological redox window. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(6), 2259-2264.

Anselmann SE, Löffler C, Stärk HJ, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Brüls T, Boll M (2019). The class II benzoyl-coenzyme A reductase complex from the sulphate-reducing Desulfosarcina cetonica. Environ Microbiol. 2019;21(11): 4241-4252

2018

Willistein M, Haas J, Fuchs J, Estelmann S, Ferlaino S, Müller M, Lüdeke S, Boll M (2018). Enantioselective enzymatic naphthoyl‐ring reduction. Chemistry–A European Journal.

Jacoby C, Eipper J, Warnke M, Tiedt O, Mergelsberg M, Stärk HJ, Daus B, Martín-Moldes Z, Zamarro MT, Díaz E, Boll M (2018). Four molybdenum-dependent steroid C-25 hydroxylases: Heterologous overproduction, role in steroid degradation, and application for 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 synthesis. mBio, 9(3), e00694-18.

Tiedt O, Fuchs J, Eisenreich W, Boll M (2018). A catalytically versatile benzoyl-CoA reductase, key enzyme in the degradation of methyl-and halobenzoates in denitrifying bacteria. Journal of Biological Chemistry, jbc-RA118.

Mergelsberg M, Egle V, Boll M (2018). Evolution of a xenobiotic degradation pathway: formation and capture of the labile phthaloyl‐CoA intermediate during anaerobic phthalate degradation. Molecular microbiology.

Mall A, Sobotta J, Huber C, Tschirner C, Kowarschik S, Bačnik K, Mergelsberg M, Boll M, Hügler M, Eisenreich W, Berg IA (2018). Reversibility of citrate synthase allows autotrophic growth of a thermophilic bacterium. Science, 359(6375), 563-567.

Warnke M, Jung T, Jacoby C, Agne M, Feller FM, Philipp B, Seiche W, Breit B, Boll M (2018). Functional characterization of three specific acyl-coenzyme A synthetases involved in anaerobic cholesterol degradation in Sterolibacterium denitrificans Chol1S. Applied and environmental microbiology, AEM-02721.

2017

Tiedt O, Mergelsberg M, Eisenreich W, Boll M (2017). Promiscuous defluorinating enoyl-CoA hydratases/hydrolases allow for complete anaerobic degradation of 2-fluorobenzoate. Frontiers in microbiology, 8, 2579.

Culka M, Huwiler SG, Boll M, Ullmann GM (2017). Breaking benzene aromaticity-computational insights into the mechanism of the tungsten-containing benzoyl-CoA reductase. J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Oct 18;139(41):14488-14500.

Warnke M, Jacoby C, Jung T, Agne M, Mergelsberg M, Starke R, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Richnow HH, Brüls T, Boll M (2017). A patchwork pathway for oxygenase‐independent degradation of side chain containing steroids. Environmental Microbiology.

Mergelsberg M, Willistein M, Meyer H, Stärk HJ, Bechtel D, Pierik A, Boll M (2017). Phthaloyl‐coenzyme A decarboxylase from Thauera chlorobenzoica: The prenylated flavin‐, K+‐and Fe2+‐dependent key enzyme of anaerobic phthalate degradation. Environmental Microbiology, 19(9), 3734-3744.

Ebenau-Jehle C, Mergelsberg M, Fischer S, Brüls T, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Boll M (2017). An unusual strategy for the anoxic biodegradation of phthalate. The ISME Journal, 11(1), 224-236.

2016

Schmid G, Auerbach H, Pierik AJ, Schünemann V, Boll M (2016). ATP-dependent electron activation module of benzoyl-coenzyme A reductase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Ferroglobus placidus. Biochemistry, 55(39), 5578-5586.

Tiedt O, Mergelsberg M, Boll K, Müller M, Adrian L, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Boll M (2016). ATP-dependent C–F bond cleavage allows the complete degradation of 4-fluoroaromatics without oxygen. mBio, 7(4), e00990-16.

Warnke M, Jung T, Dermer J, Hipp K, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Ferlaino S, Fries A, Müller M, Boll M (2016). 25‐hydroxyvitamin D3 synthesis by enzymatic steroid side‐chain hydroxylation with water. Angewandte Chemie, 128(5), 1913-1916.

Boll M, Einsle O, Ermler U, Kroneck PM, Ullmann GM (2016). Structure and function of the unusual tungsten enzymes acetylene hydratase and class II benzoyl-coenzyme A reductase. Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology, 26(1-3), 119-137.

von Netzer F, Kuntze K, Vogt C, Richnow HH, Boll M, Lueders T (2016). Functional gene markers for fumarate-adding and dearomatizing key enzymes in anaerobic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation in terrestrial environments. Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology, 26(1-3), 180-194.

Boll M, Kung JW, Ermler U, Martins BM, Buckel W (2016). Fermentative cyclohexane carboxylate formation in Syntrophus aciditrophicus. Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology, 26(1-3), 165-179.

Rabus R, Boll M, Golding B, Wilkes H (2016). Anaerobic degradation of p-alkylated benzoates and toluenes. Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology, 26(1-3), 63-75.

Rabus R, Boll M, Heider J, Meckenstock RU, Buckel W, Einsle O, Ermler U, Golding BT, Gunsalus RP, Kroneck PMH, Krüger M, Lueders T, Martins BM, Musat F, Richnow HH, Schink B, Seifert J, Szaleniec M, Treude T, Ullmann GM, Vogt C, von Bergen M, Krüger M (2016). Anaerobic microbial degradation of hydrocarbons: From enzymatic reactions to the environment. Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology, 26(1-3), 5-28.

Heider J, Szaleniec M, Suenwoldt K, Boll M (2016). Ethylbenzene dehydrogenase and related molybdenum enzymes involved in oxygen-independent alkyl chain hydroxylation. Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology, 26(1-3), 45-62.

Meckenstock RU, Boll M, Mouttaki H, Koelschbach JS, Cunha Tarouco P, Weyrauch P, Dong X, Himmelberg AM (2016). Anaerobic degradation of benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology, 26(1-3), 92-118.

2015

Weinert T, Huwiler SG, Kung JW, Weidenweber S, Hellwig P, Stärk HJ, Biskup T, Weber S, Cotelesage JJ, George GN, Ermler U, Boll M (2015). Structural basis of enzymatic benzene ring reduction. Nat Chem Biol. Jun 29. doi: 10.1038/nchembio.1849.

Juarez JF, Liu H, Zamarro MT, McMahon S, Liu H, Naismith JH, Eberlein C, Boll M, Carmona M, Diaz E (2015). Unraveling the specific regulation of the mbd central pathway for the anaerobic degradation of 3-methylbenzoate. J Biol Chem. 2015 May 8;290(19):12165-83. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.637074 . Epub 2015 Mar 20.

Schmid G, René SB, Boll M (2015). Enzymes of the benzoyl-coenzyme A degradation pathway in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Ferroglobus placidus., Environ Microbiol. 2015 Jan 29. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12785.

Estelmann S, Blank I, Feldmann A, Boll M (2015). Two distinct old yellow enzymes are involved in naphthyl ring reduction during anaerobic naphthalene degradation., Mol Microbiol 2015 Jan;95(2):162-72. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12875 . Epub 2014 Dec 22.

2014

Estelmann S & Boll M (2014). Glutaryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase from Geobacter metallireducens: Interaction with electron transferring flavoprotein and kinetic basis of unidirectional catalysis., FEBS J 2014 281(22):5120-31. doi: 10.1111/febs.13051 . Epub 2014 Oct 4.

Buckel W, Kung JW, Boll M (2014). The benzoyl-coenzyme A reductase and 2-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A dehydratase radical enzyme family., Chembiochem 2014 Oct 13;15(15):2188-94. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201402270 . Epub 2014 Sep 9.

Kuever J, Visser M, Loeffler C, Boll M, Worm P, Sousa DZ, Plugge CM, Schaap PJ, Muyzer G, Pereira IA, Parshina SN, Goodwin LA, Kyrpides NC, Detter J, Woyke T, Chain P, Davenport KW, Rohde M, Spring S, Klenk HP, Stams AJ (2014). Genome analysis of Desulfotomaculum gibsoniae strain Groll(T) a highly versatile gram-positive sulfate-reducing bacterium. Stand Genomic Sci 2014 Mar 20;9(3):821-39. doi: 10.4056/sigs.5209235 . eCollection 2014 Jun 15.

Kung JW, Meier AK, Mergelsberg M, Boll M (2014). Enzymes involved in a novel anaerobic cyclohexane carboxylic acid degradation pathway. J Bacteriol 2014 pii: JB.02071-14. [Epub ahead of print] Aug 11.

Morris BE, Gissibl A, Kümmel S, Richnow HH, Boll M (2014). A PCR-based assay for the detection of anaerobic naphthalene degradation. FEMS Microbiol Lett May;354(1):55-9. doi: 10.1111/1574-6968.12429 . Epub 2014 Apr 3.

Boll M, Löffler C, Morris BE, Kung JW (2014). Anaerobic degradation of homocyclic aromatic compounds via arylcarboxyl-CoA esters: Organisms, strategies and key enzymes. Environ Microbiol. 2014 Mar;16(3):612-627. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12328 . Epub 2013 Dec 5.

2013

Kümmel S, Kuntze K, Vogt C, Boll M, Heider J, Richnow HH (2013). Evidence for benzylsuccinate synthase subtypes by stable isotope tools. J Bacteriol. Oct;195(20):4660-7. doi: 10.1128/JB.00477-13 . Epub 2013 Aug 9.

Kung JW, Seifert J, von Bergen M, Boll M (2013). Cyclohexanecarboxyl-CoA and Cyclohex-1-ene-1-carboxyl-CoA dehydrogenases - two enzymes involved in the fermentation of benzoate and crotonate in Syntrophus aciditrophicus. J Bacteriol. 2013 Jul;195(14):3193-200. doi: 10.1128/JB.00322-13 . Epub 2013 May 10.

Eberlein C, Estelmann S, Seifert J, von Bergen M, Müller M, Meckenstock RU, Boll M (2013). Identification and characterization of 2-naphthoyl-coenzyme A reductase, the prototype of a novel class of dearomatizing reductases. Mol Microbiol. 2013 Jun;88(5):1032-9. doi: 10.1111/mmi.12238 . Epub 2013 May 7.

Eberlein C, Johannes J, Mouttaki H, Sadeghi M, Golding BT, Boll M, Meckenstock RU (2013). ATP-dependent/-independent enzymatic ring reductions involved in the anaerobic catabolism of naphthalene. Environ Microbiol. 2013 Jun;15(6):1832-41. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12076 . Epub 2013 Jan 22.

Juárez JF, Zamarro MT, Eberlein C, Boll M, Carmona M, Díaz E (2013). Characterization of the mbd cluster encoding the anaerobic 3-methylbenzoyl-CoA central pathway., Environ Microbiol. 2013 Jan;15(1):148-66. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02818.x . Epub 2012 Jul 4.

2012

Oberender J, Kung JW, Seifert J, von Bergen M, Boll M (2012). Identification and characterization of a succinyl-coenzyme A (CoA):benzoate CoA transferase in Geobacter metallireducens. J Bacteriol. 2012 May;194(10):2501-8.

Lahme S, Eberlein C, Jarling R, Kube M, Boll M, Wilkes H, Reinhardt R, Rabus R (2012). Anaerobic degradation of 4-methylbenzoate via a specific 4-methylbenzoyl-CoA pathway. Environ Microbiol., 2012 May;14(5):1118-32.

Trautwein K, Grundmann O, Wöhlbrand L, Eberlein C, Boll M, Rabus R (2011). Benzoate mediates repression of C4-dicarboxylate utilization in "Aromatoleum aromaticum" EbN1., J Bacteriol. 2012 Jan;194(2):518-28.

2011

Fuchs G, Boll M, Heider J (2011). Microbial degradation of aromatic compounds - from one strategy to four. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 2011 Oct;9(11):803-16.

Kuntze K, Kiefer P, Baumann S, Seifert J, von Bergen M, Vorholt JA, Boll M (2011). Enzymes involved in the anaerobic degradation of meta-substituted halobenzoates. Mol. Microbiol. 2011 Nov;82(3):758-69.

Kuntze K, Vogt C, Richnow HH, Boll M (2011). Combined application of PCR-based functional assays for the detection of aromatic-compound-degrading anaerobes. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Jul;77(14):5056-61.

Schaarschmidt J, Wischgoll S, Hofmann HJ, Boll M (2011). Conversion of a decarboxylating to a non-decarboxylating glutaryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase by site-directed mutagenesis. FEBS Lett. 2011 May; 585(9):1317-21.

Löffler C, Kuntze K, Vazquez JR, Rugor A, Kung JW, Böttcher A, Boll M (2011). Occurrence, genes and expression of the W/Se-containing class II benzoyl-coenzyme A reductases in anaerobic bacteria. Environ Microbiol. 2011 Mar; 13(3):696-709.

2010

Kung JW, Baumann S, von Bergen M, Müller M, Hagedoorn PL, Hagen WR, Boll M (2010). Reversible biological birch reduction at an extremely low redox potential. J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Jul; 132(28):9850-6.

Wischgoll S, Demmer U, Warkentin E, Günther R, Boll M, Ermler U (2010). Structural basis for promoting/preventing decarboxylation in glutaryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenases. Biochemistry. 2010 Jun; 49(25):5350-7.

Juárez JF, Zamarro MT, Barragán MJ, Blázquez B, Boll M, Kuntze K, García JL, Díaz E, Carmona M (2010). Identification of the BamVW two-component system involved in transcriptional regulation of aromatic degradation in Geobacter metallireducens. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Jan; 76(1):383-5.

2009

Kung JW, Löffler C, Dörner K, Heintz D, Gallien S, van Dorsselaer A, Friedrich T, Boll M (2009). Identification and characterization of the tungsten-containing class of benzoyl-coenzyme A reductases. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2009 Oct 20; 106(42):17687-92.

Heintz D, Gallien S, Wischgoll S, Ullmann AK, Schaeffer C, Kretzschmar AK, van Dorsselaer A, Boll M (2009). Differential membrane proteome analysis reveals novel proteins involved in the degradation of aromatic compounds in Geobacter metallireducens. Mol Cell Proteomics 2009 Sep; 8(9):2159-69.

Wischgoll S, Taubert M, Peters F, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Boll M (2009). Decarboxylating and non-decarboxylating glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenases in the aromatic metabolism of obligately anaerobic bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 2009 Jul;191(13):4401-9.

2008

Thiele B, Rieder O, Golding BT, Müller M, Boll M (2008). Mechanism of enzymatic birch reduction: Stereochemical course and exchange reactions of benzoyl-CoA reductase. J Am Chem Soc. Oct 29;130(43):14050-1.

Johannes J, Bluschke A, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Boll M (2008). Purification and characterization of active site components of the putative p-cresol methylhydroxylase membrane complex from Geobacter metallireducens. J Bacteriol. 190(19):6493-500.

Thiele B, Rieder O, Jehmlich N, von Bergen M, Müller M, Boll M (2008). Aromatizing cyclohexa-1,5-diene-1-carbonyl-coenzyme a oxidase: Characterization and its role in anaerobic aromatic metabolism. J. Biol. Chem. Jul 25;283(30):20713-21.

Johannes J, Unciuleac MC, Friedrich T, Warkentin E, Ermler U, Boll M (2008). Inhibitors of the molybdenum cofactor containing 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA reductase. Biochemistry 47, 4964-4972.

Kuntze K, Shinoda Y, Moutakki H, McInerney MJ, Vogt C, Richnow HH, Boll M (2008). 6-Oxocyclohex-1-ene-1-carbonyl-coenzyme A hydrolases from obligately anaerobic bacteria: Characterization and identification of its gene as a functional marker for aromatic compounds degrading anaerobes. Environ Microbiol. 10, 1547-1556.

2007

Peters F, Heintz D, Johannes J, van Dorsselaer A, Boll M (2007). Genes, enzymes, and regulation of para-cresol metabolism in Geobacter metallireducens. J. Bacteriol. 189, 4729-4738.

Peters F, Shinoda Y, McInerney MJ, Boll M (2007). Cyclohexa-1,5-diene-1-carbonyl-coenzyme A (CoA) hydratases of Geobacter metallireducens and Synthrophus aciditrophicus: Evidence for a common benzoyl-CoA degradation pathway in facultative and strict anaerobes. J. Bacteriol. 189, 1055-1060.

2006

Boll M (2006). Dearomatizing benzene ring reductases. J. Mol. Microb. Biotech. 10, 132-42.

2005

Wischgoll S, Heintz D, Peters F, Erxleben A, Sarnighausen E, Reski R, van Dorsselaer A, Boll M (2005). Gene clusters involved in anaerobic benzoate degradation of Geobacter metallireducens. Mol. Microbiol. 58, 1238-1252.

Boll M (2005). Key enzymes in anaerobic aromatic metabolism catalyzing Birch-like reductions. Biochem. Biophys. Acta., 1707, 34-50.

Boll M & Fuchs G (2005). Unusual reactions involved in anaerobic degradation of phenolic compounds. Chem. Biol., 386, 989-997.

Boll M, Retey J, Schink B, Messerschmidt A, Kroneck PMH (2005). Novel bacterial molybdopterin- and tungstopterin-dependent enzymes: Three-dimensional structure, spectroscopy, and reaction mechanism. Chem. Biol. 386, 999-1006.

2004

Unciuleac M, Warkentin E, Page CC, Boll M, Ermler U (2004). Structure of a xanthine oxidase-related 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA reductase with an additional [4Fe-4S] cluster and an inverted electron flow. Structure, 12, 2249-2256.

Möbitz H, Friedrich T, Boll M (2004). Substrate binding and reduction of benzoyl-CoA reductase - evidence for nucleotide-dependent conformational changes. Biochemistry, 43, 1376-1385.

Peters F, Rother M, Boll M (2004). Selenocysteine-containing proteins in anaerobic benzoate metabolism of Desulfococcus multivorans. J. Bacteriol. 186, 2156-2163.

López-Barragán MJ, Carmona M, Zamarro MT, Thiele B, Boll M, Fuchs G, García JL, Díaz E (2004). The bzd gene cluster coding for the anaerobic benzoate catabolism in Azoarcus sp. CIB. J. Bacteriol. 186, 5762-5774.

Unciuleac M, Boll M, Warkentin E, Ermler U (2004). Crystallization of 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA reductase and the structure of its electron donor ferredoxin. Acta Cryst. sect. D60, 388-391.

2003

Ebenau-Jehle C, Boll M, Fuchs G (2003). Properties of 2-oxoglutarate:NADP+ oxidoreductase and function in electron transfer reactions in aromatic ring reduction in Azoarcus evansii. J. Bacteriol.185, 6119-6129.

Boll M (2003). Reduktionen ungewöhnlicher Art. Biospektrum 4, 380-381.

2002

Möbitz H & Boll M (2002). A Birch-like mechanism in enzymatic benzoyl-CoA reduction – a kinetic study of substrate analogues combined with an ab initio model. Biochemistry 41, 1752-1758.

Dörner E & Boll M (2002). 2-Oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Thauera aromatica, the enzyme generating electrons for the enzymatic reduction of the aromatic ring. J. Bacteriol. 184, 3975-3983.

Boll M, Fuchs G, Heider J (2002). Anaerobic oxidation of aromatic compounds and hydrocarbons. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 6, 604-611.

2001

Boll M, Fuchs G, Lowe DJ (2001). Single turnover EPR studies of benzoyl-CoA reductase. Biochemistry 40, 7612-7620.

Boll M, Fuchs G, Meier C, Trautwein A, El Kasmi A, Ragsdale SW, Buchanan G, Lowe DJ (2001). Redox centers of 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA reductase, a member of the xanthine oxidase family of molybdenum containing enzymes. J. Biol. Chem. 276, 47853-47862.

Unciuleac M & Boll M (2001). Mechanism of ATP-driven electron transfer catalyzed by the benzene ring-reducing enzyme benzoyl-CoA reductase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 98, 13619-13625

2000

Boll M, Laempe D, Eisenreich W, Mittelberger T, Heinze J, Bacher A, Fuchs G (2000). Non-aromatic products from anoxic conversion of benzoyl-CoA reductase and dienoyl-CoA hydratase. J. Biol. Chem., 275, 21889-21895.

Meier C, Schünemann V, Trautwein AX, Fuchs G, Lowe DJ, Boll M (2000). Iron sulfur clusters in benzoyl-CoA reductase. Hyperf. Interact. 126, 69-73.

Boll M, Fuchs G, Tilley G, Armstrong FA, Lowe DJ (2000). Unusual spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of the 2[4Fe-4S] ferredoxin from Thauera aromatica. Biochemistry 39, 4929-4938.

Boll M, Fuchs G, Meier C, Trautwein A, Lowe DJ (2000). EPR- and Mössbauer studies of benzoyl-CoA reductase. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 31857-31868.

1999

Conrad RS, Boll M, Radziejewska-Lebrecht J, Galanos C (1999). The occurrence of 4-amino-4-deoxy-arabinose in LPS of supersusceptible strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa Z61: Noncorrelation with polymyxin resistance. Curr. Microbiol. 38, 228-232.

1998

Boll M & Fuchs G (1998). Identification and characterization of the natural electron donor ferredoxin and of FAD as a possible prosthetic group of benzoyl-CoA reductase (dearomatizing), a key enzyme of anaerobic aromatic metabolism. Eur. J. Biochem. 251, 946-954.

Heider J, Boll M, Breese K, Breinig S, Ebenau-Jehle C, Feil U, Gad'on N, Laempe D, Leuthner B, Mohamed ME, Schneider S, Burchhardt G, Fuchs G (1998). Differential induction of enzymes involved in anaerobic metabolism of aromatic compounds in the denitrifying bacterium Thauera aromatica. Arch. Microbiol. 170, 120-31.

Breese K, Boll M, Alt-Mörbe J, Schägger H, Fuchs G (1998). Genes coding for benzoyl-CoA pathway of anaerobic aromatic metabolism in the bacterium Thauera aromatica. Eur. J. Biochem, 256, 148-156.

1997

Boll M, Albracht SJP, Fuchs G (1997). Benzoyl-CoA reductase (dearomatizing), a key enzyme of anaerobic aromatic metabolism. A study of adenosintriphosphatase activity, ATP stoichiometry of the reaction and EPR properties of the enzyme. Eur. J. Biochem. 244, 840-851.

1995

Boll M & Fuchs G (1995). Benzoyl-CoA reductase (dearomatizing), a key enzyme of anaerobic aromatic metabolism. ATP-dependence of the reaction, purification and some properties of the enzyme from Thauera aromatica strain K 172. Eur. J. Biochem. 234, 921-933.

1994

Boll M, Radziejewska-Lebrecht J, Warth C, Krajewska-Pietrasik D, Mayer H (1994). 4‑Amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinose in LPS of enterobacterial R-mutants and its possible role for their polymyxin reactivity. FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 8,329-41.

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