TY - JOUR A1 - Abegaz, Berhanu M. A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Emodine and emodinanthrone rhamnoside acetates from fruits of rhamnus prinoides Y1 - 1995 SN - 0031-9422 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Applications and environmental aspects of chitin and chitosan Y1 - 1995 SN - 0022-233X ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Buss, U. A1 - Varum, K. M. A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Spindler-Barth, Margarethe T1 - ELISA for quantitation of chitin, chitosan and related compounds Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ley, J. P. A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Synthesis of L-histidine and (-)-spinacine chitooligosyl amides Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krösche, Ch. A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Detection of melanochromes by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Andersen, S. O. A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Roepstorff, Peter T1 - Cuticular sclerotization in insects Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Londershausen, M. A1 - Turberg, Andreas A1 - Spindler-Barth, Margarethe A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Screening Test for Insecticides Interfering with Cuticular Sclerotization Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Londershausen, M. A1 - Turberg, Andreas A1 - Bieseler, Barbara A1 - Lennarz, M. A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Characterization and Inhibitor Studies of Chitinases from Parasitic Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina), Tick (Boophilus micoplus), Intestinale Nematode (Haemonchus contortus), and a Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Y1 - 1996 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schanzenbach, Dirk A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Chromatography of chito-oligosaccarides Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ley, J. P. A1 - Schweikart, F. A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Chitinase inhibitors Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schanzenbach, Dirk A1 - Matern, Christa-Maria A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Synthesis of glycosylamines and glycopeptides Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schanzenbach, Dirk A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - NMR spectroscopy of chito-oligosaccharides Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schanzenbach, Dirk A1 - Matern, Christa-Maria A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Cleavage of chitin by means of sulfurice acid/acetc anhydride and isolation of peracetylated chito- oligosaccharides Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ratajska, M. A1 - Struszczyk, Marcin Henryk A1 - Boryniec, Stefan A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Loth, Fritz T1 - The degree of acetylation of chitosan : optimization of the IR Method Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Wollenberger, Ursula T1 - Phenol-oxidizing enzymes : mechanisms and applications Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haebel, Sophie A1 - Peter-Katalinic, Jasna A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Mass spectrometry of chitooligosaccharides Y1 - 1997 SN - 88-86889- 01-1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Struszczyk, Marcin Henryk A1 - Ratajska, M. A1 - Boryniec, Stefan A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Loth, Fritz T1 - The determination of the degree of N-acetylation of chitosan Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Struszczyk, Marcin Henryk A1 - Loth, Fritz A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Analysis of deacetylation deree in chitosans from various sources Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Struszczyk, Marcin Henryk A1 - Loth, Fritz A1 - Köhler, L. A. A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Characterization of chitosan Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Berth, Gisela A1 - Dautzenberg, Herbert A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Physico-chemical characterization of chitosans varying in degree of acetylation Y1 - 1998 SN - 0144-8617 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yenesew, Abiy A1 - Midiwo, Jacob O. A1 - Heydenreich, Matthias A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Four isoflavanones from stem bark of erythrina sacleuxii Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yenesew, Abiy A1 - Midiwo, Jacob O. A1 - Meisner, M. A1 - Heydenreich, Matthias A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Two prenylated flavanones from stem bark of erythrina burttii Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Streffer, Katrin A1 - Kaatz, Helvi A1 - Bauer, Christian G. A1 - Makower, Alexander A1 - Schulmeister, Thomas A1 - Scheller, Frieder W. A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Wollenberger, Ursula T1 - Application of a sensitive catechol detector for determination of tyrosinase inhibitors Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Struszczyk, Marcin Henryk A1 - Loth, Fritz A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Calibration of methods for the determination of the degree of decatetylation of chitosan Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alarcon, Julio A1 - Alderete, Joel B. A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Becerra, Juan J. A1 - Silva, M. T1 - Study on synthesis of 3 alpha,4 alpha-dihydroxy-dihydro-beta-agarofuran Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kamlage, Stefan A1 - Sefkow, Michael A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Cross coupling of benzylic bromides and vinyl stannanes Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kaatz, Helvi A1 - Streffer, Katrin A1 - Wollenberger, Ursula A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Inhibition of mushroom tyrosinase by kojic acid octanoates Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Struszczyk, Marcin Henryk A1 - Loth, Fritz A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Method of microcrystalline chitosan-protein films preparation Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rottmann, Antje A1 - Synstad, Bjoenar A1 - Thiele, G. A1 - Schanzenbach, Dirk A1 - Eijsink, Vincent G. H. A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Approaches towards the design of new chitinase inhibitors Y1 - 1999 SN - 3-9806494-5-8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Struszczyk, Marcin Henryk A1 - Loth, Fritz A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Preparation of paper sheets containing microcrystalline chitosan Y1 - 1999 SN - 3-9806494-5-8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Struszczyk, Marcin Henryk A1 - Halweg, R. A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Comparative analysis of chitosans from insects and crustacea Y1 - 1999 SN - 3-9806494-5-8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Letzel, Matthias C. A1 - Synstad, Bjoenar A1 - Eijsink, Vincent G. H. A1 - Peter-Katalinic, Jasna A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Libraries of chito-oligosaccharides of mixed acetylation patterns and their interactions with chitinases Y1 - 1999 SN - 3-9806494-5-8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rottmann, Antje A1 - Synstad, Bjoenar A1 - Eijsink, Vincent G. H. A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Synthesis of N-acetylglucosaminyl and diacetylchitobiosyl amides of heterocyclic carboxylic acids as potential chitinase inhibitors Y1 - 1999 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Struszczyk, Marcin Henryk A1 - Loth, Fritz A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Properties of microcrystalline chitosan gel-like dispersion and formed films Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Becker, Thomas W. A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Pool-Zobel, Beatrice L. T1 - Cellular effects of lignans : modulation of growth, oxidative DNA damage and cell metabolism in human colon cancer cells Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yenesew, Abiy A1 - Midiwo, Jacob O. A1 - Heydenreich, Matthias A1 - Schanzenbach, Dirk A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Two Isoflavanones from the Stem Bark of Erythrina sacleuxii N2 - From the stem bark of Erythrina sacleuxii two new isoflavanones, (R)-5,7-dihydroxy-2',4',5'- trimethoxyisoflavanone (trivial name, (R)-2,3-dihydro-7-demethylrobustigenin) and (R)-5-hydroxy- 2',4',5'-trimethoxy-2'',2''- dimethylpyrano[5'',6'':6,7]isoflavanone (trivial name, (R)-saclenone) were isolated. In addition the known compounds shinpterocarpin, 2,3-dehydrokievitone, abyssinone V, abyssinone V-4'-methyl ether, erythrinasinate and 4'-O-methylsigmoidin B were isolated. The structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic evidence. Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Struszczyk, Marcin Henryk A1 - Pospieszny, Henryk A1 - Schanzenbach, Dirk A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Biodegradation of various chitosans using Aspergillus fumigatus Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zala, Eva A1 - Struszczyk, Marcin Henryk A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Effects of preparation methods for chitosan films on their properties Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Struszczyk, Marcin Henryk A1 - Loth, Fritz A1 - Pospieszny, Henryk A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Biodegradation of films and paper sheets containing chitosan Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Letzel, Matthias C. A1 - Peter-Katalinic, Jasna A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Mass spectrometry of chitin and chitosan oligosaccharides Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Structures of Chitinases and the Design of Inhibitors Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kamlage, Stefan A1 - Sefkow, Michael A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - A short synthesis of biologically active lignan analogues N2 - beta-Benzyl-gamma-butyrolactones were synthesized in four transition metal catalysed reactions from butynediol, and alkylated to afford new, biologically active lignan analogues. Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Miessner, Merle A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Vincent, Julian F. V. T1 - Preparation of Insect-Cuticle-Like Biomimetic Materials N2 - A model system of tanning of a protein matrix within a fibrous structure, such as most commonly found in insect cuticle, was developed, using the cellulose of paper in place of chitin. The paper was impregnated with a tripeptide, DOPA-Gly-Gly, or a protein (BSA) plus catechol and treated with tyrosinase to oxidize the catechol. The resulting material was waterproof and had very high wet strength. If the material was wetted and dried repeatedly its water retention decreased by a factor of at least two. Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - van Aalten, Daan M. F. A1 - Komander, David A1 - Synstad, Bjoenar A1 - Gaseidnes, Sigrid A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Eijsink, Vincent G. H. T1 - Structural Insights into the catalytic mechanism of a family 18 exochitinase N2 - Chitinase B (ChiB) from Serratia marcescens is a family 18 exochitinase whose catalytic domain has a TIM-barrel fold with a tunnel-shaped active site. We have solved structures of three ChiB complexes that reveal details of substrate binding, substrateassisted catalysis, and product displacement. The structure of an inactive ChiB mutant (E144Q) complexed with a pentameric substrate (binding in subsites 22 to 13) shows closure of the ''roof'' of the active site tunnel. It also shows that the sugar in the 21 position is distorted to a boat conformation, thus providing structural evidence in support of a previously proposed catalytic mechanism. The structures of the active enzyme complexed to Allosamidin (an analogue of a proposed reaction intermediate) and of the active enzyme soaked with pentameric substrate show events after cleavage of the glycosidic bond. The latter structure shows reopening of the roof of the active site tunnel and enzyme-assisted product displacement in the 11 and 12 sites, allowing a water molecule to approach the reaction center. Catalysis is accompanied by correlated structural changes in the core of the TIM barrel that involve conserved polar residues whose functions were hitherto unknown. These changes simultaneously contribute to stabilization of the reaction intermediate and alternation of the pKa of the catalytic acid during the catalytic cycle. Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Houston, Douglas R. A1 - Shiomi, Kazuro A1 - Arai, Noriko A1 - Omura, Satoshi A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Turberg, Andreas A1 - Synstad, Bjoenar A1 - Eijsink, Vincent G. H. A1 - Van Aalten, Daan M. F. T1 - High-resolution structures of a chitinase complexed with natural product cyclopentapeptide inhibitors : mimicry of carbohydrate substrate N2 - Over the past years, family 18 chitinases have been validated as potential targets for the design of drugs against human pathogens that contain or interact with chitin during their normal life cycles. Thus far, only one potent chitinase inhibitor has been described in detail, the pseudotrisaccharide allosamidin. Recently, however, two potent natural-product cyclopentapeptide chitinase inhibitors, argifin and argadin, were reported. Here, we describe high- resoln. crystal structures that reveal the details of the interactions of these cyclopeptides with a family 18 chitinase. The structures are examples of complexes of a carbohydrate-processing enzyme with high-affinity peptide-based inhibitors and show in detail how the peptide backbone and side chains mimic the interactions of the enzyme with chitooligosaccharides. Together with enzymol. characterization, the structures explain why argadin shows an order of magnitude stronger inhibition than allosamidin, whereas argifin shows weaker inhibition. The peptides bind to the chitinase in remarkably different ways, which may explain the differences in inhibition consts. The two complexes provide a basis for structure-based design of potent chitinase inhibitors, accessible by std. peptide chem. Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Germer, Antje A1 - Klod, Sabrina A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich T1 - NMR spectroscopic and theoretical study of the complexation of the inhibitor allosamidin in the binding pocket of the plant chitinase hevamine N2 - Based on NMR spectroscopic information about the allosamidin-hevamine complex, ab initio MO calcns. of the ring current effect of the arom. moieties of Trp255, Tyr183 and Tyr6 of hevamine were carried out to investigate the role of these amino acid residues in binding interactions with allosamidin in soln. In addn., the intermol. steric compression effect on the 13C chem. shifts of the allosamizoline carbon atoms and the hydrogen bonding to Glu127 was identified. It can be inferred that the binding forces are strongest in the allosamizoline moiety of allosamidin. Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thiele, Gabriela A1 - Rottmann, Antje A1 - Germer, Antje A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich A1 - Spindler, Klaus-Dieter A1 - Synstad, Bjoenar A1 - Eijsink, Vincent G. H. A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Synthesis and conformational analysis of pseudosugar analogues of chitotriose N2 - In this article, the synthesis of analogs of N,N',N''-triacetylchitotriose in which the central sugar residue was replaced by a succinic acid is presented. Mol. modeling calcns. revealed that the pseudotrisaccharides exist in low energy extended conformations which show similar space filling as N,N',N''-triacetylchitotriose. Of the N,N',N''-triacetylchitotriose pseudosugar analogs tested as chitinase inhibitors, none showed any appreciable competition (numerical data not presented). The conformational anal. along with further synthetic efforts will hopefully lead to more efficient pseudosaccharides as chitinase inhibitors. Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bahrke, Sven A1 - Einarsson, Jon M. A1 - Gislason, Johannes A1 - Haebel, Sophie A1 - Letzel, Matthias C. A1 - Peter-Katalinic, Jasna A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Sequence analysis of chitooligosaccharides by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization postsource decay mass spectrometry N2 - Oligosaccharides composed of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose (GlcNAc) and/or 2-amino-2-deoxy-D- glucopyranose (GlcN) were prepd. by chem. degrdn. of chitin or chitosan and sepd. by gel permeation chromatog. Oligosaccharides obtained after enzymic hydrolysis of chitosan [FA 0.19] with a fungal chitinase were derivatized by reductive amination with 2-aminoacridone and sequenced by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight postsource decay (PSD) mass spectrometry (MS). The sequence of a trimer, D1A2, was established as D-A-A. The compn. of a hexamer D3A3 was .apprx.65% D-A-D-D-A-A and 35% D-D-A-D-A-A. The PSD MS of a nonamer D5A4-amac revealed four isobaric species D-X-Y-D-X-Y-D-A-A, where A is GlcNAc, D is GlcN, and X and Y (X ¹ Y) are mutually either D or A. This structure motif was also obsd. in a dodecamer D7A5 which was composed of eight isobaric sequences of the general formula (D-X-Y)3- D-A-A. Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Germer, Antje A1 - Peter, Martin G. A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich T1 - Solution-state conformational study of the hevamine inhibitor allosamidin and six potential inhibitor analogues by NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling N2 - The soln.-state conformations of the hevamine inhibitor allosamidin and six potential inhibitor analogs were studied by various NMR spectroscopic techniques and mol. modeling using force field calcns. Detn. solely of the global energy min. conformation was found to be insufficient for consensus with the NMR results, and agreement between the NMR exptl. data and the theor. calcns. was only reached by assessing the structures as population-weighted av. conformers on the basis of Boltzmann distributions derived from the calcd. relative energies. The conformations of the glycosidic linkages in the compds. were found to be similar when the sugar residues were the same, but differences were markedly evident otherwise and also for the various heterocyclic group linkages. The binding of the compds. to hevamine, which may also complex to chitinases in general, was assessed using HMQC, transfer-NOESY, and both 1-D and 2-D satn. transfer difference NMR expts. Under the conditions employed, only allosamidin was implicated to be bound to hevamine, and then only by HMQC with the dipolar coupling-based expts. failing to substantiate the formation of the complex. However, the results are consistent with the biochem. activities of the compds. whereby only allosamidin has been shown to act as a competitive inhibitor. Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yenesew, Abiy A1 - Midiwo, Jacob O. A1 - Guchu, S. M. A1 - Heydenreich, Matthias A1 - Peter, Martin G. T1 - Three iosoflav-3-enes and a 2-arylbenzofuran from the root bark of Erythrina burttii N2 - From the root bark of Erythrina burttii three new isoflav-3-enes, 7,4'-dihydroxy-2'-methoxy-6- (1'',1''-dimethylallyl)isoflav-3-ene (trivial name, burttinol-A), 4'-hydroxy-2'- methoxy-(2'',2''-dimethylpyrano[5'',6'':8,7]isoflav-3-ene (trivial name, burttinol-B), 7,4'-dihydroxy-2'-methoxy-8-(3'',3''-dimethylallyl)isoflav-3-ene (trivial name, burttinol-C), and a new 2-arylbenzofuran, 6,4'-dihydroxy-2'-methoxy-5- (1'',1''-dimethylallyl)-2-arylbenzofuran (trivial name, burttinol-D) were isolated. In addition, the known compounds, abyssinone V-4'-methyl ether, bidwillol A, calopocarpin, erybraedin A, erythrabyssin II, isobavachalcone, phaseollidin and phaseollin were identified. The structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic evidence. Y1 - 2002 ER -