@article{ThierbachDrewesFusseretal.2010, author = {Thierbach, Ren{\´e} and Drewes, Gunnar and Fusser, Markus and Voigt, Anja and Kuhlow, Doreen and Blume, Urte and Schulz, Tim Julius and Reiche, Carina and Glatt, Hansruedi and Epe, Bernd and Steinberg, Pablo and Ristow, Michael}, title = {The Friedreich's ataxia protein frataxin modulates DNA base excision repair in prokaryotes and mammals}, issn = {0264-6021}, doi = {10.1042/Bj20101116}, year = {2010}, abstract = {DNA-repair mechanisms enable cells to maintain their genetic information by protecting it from mutations that may cause malignant growth. Recent evidence suggests that specific DNA-repair enzymes contain ISCs (iron-sulfur clusters). The nuclear-encoded protein frataxin is essential for the mitochondrial biosynthesis of ISCs. Frataxin deficiency causes a neurodegenerative disorder named Friedreich's ataxia in humans. Various types of cancer occurring at young age are associated with this disease, and hence with frataxin deficiency. Mice carrying a hepatocyte- specific disruption of the frataxin gene develop multiple liver tumours for unresolved reasons. In the present study, we show that frataxin deficiency in murine liver is associated with increased basal levels of oxidative DNA base damage. Accordingly, eukaryotic V79 fibroblasts overexpressing human frataxin show decreased basal levels of these modifications, while prokaryotic Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium TA 104 strains transformed with human frataxin show decreased mutation rates. The repair rates of oxidative DNA base modifications in V79 cells overexpressing frataxin were significantly higher than in control cells. Lastly, cleavage activity related to the ISC-independent repair enzyme 8-oxoguanine glycosylase was found to be unaltered by frataxin overexpression. These findings indicate that frataxin modulates DNA-repair mechanisms probably due to its impact on ISC-dependent repair proteins, linking mitochondrial dysfunction to DNA repair and tumour initiation.}, language = {en} } @book{SchubarthZyllaNiproschkeetal.2014, author = {Schubarth, Wilfried and Zylla, Birgitta and Niproschke, Saskia and Guder, Petra and Sonnen, Bernd-R{\"u}deger and Kahl, Wolfgang and Groeger-Roth, Frederick and Kaeding, Peer and B{\"o}hm, Christian and Voigt, Jana and Sturzbecher, Dietmar and Kohlstruck, Michael and M{\"o}ller, Kurt and Rolfes, Manfred and Winter, Frank and Breitschwerdt, Michael and Kopp, Andrea and Hinze, Klaus and L{\"o}sel, Friedrich and Klindworth-Mohr, Antje and Madl, Martina and Dunand, Annelie and Schanzenb{\"a}cher, Stefan and Rump-R{\"a}uber, Michael and Roos, Alfred and Seidel, Andreas and Gr{\"o}ger, Ulli and Ulbricht, Juliane and Martin, Christian and Behrendt, Daniel}, title = {Nachhaltige Pr{\"a}vention von Kriminalit{\"a}t, Gewalt und Rechtsextremismus}, editor = {Schubarth, Wilfried}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-014-4}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-70537}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {449}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Was wird unter „nachhaltiger Pr{\"a}vention" in der Pr{\"a}ventionsforschung verstanden? Welche guten Beispiele f{\"u}r nachhaltige Pr{\"a}vention gibt es in der Praxis? Und v. a.: Wie l{\"a}sst sich Pr{\"a}vention in den verschiedenen Bereichen wie Kriminalit{\"a}t, Gewalt und Rechtsextremismus nachhaltig gestalten? Diesen Fragen will der vorliegende Sammelband nachgehen und damit der Pr{\"a}ventionsdebatte neue Impulse verleihen. Der Band will insbesondere die nationale sowie internationale Fachdebatte konstruktiv aufgreifen, Theorie und Praxis verbinden, „good practice" Beispiele darstellen sowie Perspektiven nachhaltiger Pr{\"a}vention aufzeigen. Mit diesem Themenspektrum richtet er sich sowohl an die Wissenschaft als auch an die Praxis sowie insgesamt an eine interessierte {\"O}ffentlichkeit.}, language = {de} } @article{VoigtKrikunovaLokstein2008, author = {Voigt, Bernd and Krikunova, Maria and Lokstein, Heiko}, title = {Influence of detergent concentration on aggregation and the spectroscopic properties of light-harvesting complex II}, doi = {10.1007/s11120-007-9250-5}, year = {2008}, language = {en} } @misc{LoksteinBetkeKrikunovaetal.2012, author = {Lokstein, Heiko and Betke, Alexander and Krikunova, Maria and Teuchner, Klaus and Voigt, Bernd}, title = {Elucidation of structure-function relationships in plant major light-harvesting complex (LHC II) by nonlinear spectroscopy}, series = {Photosynthesis research}, volume = {111}, journal = {Photosynthesis research}, number = {1-2}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Dordrecht}, issn = {0166-8595}, doi = {10.1007/s11120-011-9700-y}, pages = {227 -- 235}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Conventional linear and time-resolved spectroscopic techniques are often not appropriate to elucidate specific pigment-pigment interactions in light-harvesting pigment-protein complexes (LHCs). Nonlinear (laser-) spectroscopic techniques, including nonlinear polarization spectroscopy in the frequency domain (NLPF) as well as step-wise (resonant) and simultaneous (non-resonant) two-photon excitation spectroscopies may be advantageous in this regard. Nonlinear spectroscopies have been used to elucidate substructure(s) of very complex spectra, including analyses of strong excitonic couplings between chlorophylls and of interactions between (bacterio) chlorophylls and "optically dark'' states of carotenoids in LHCs, including the major antenna complex of higher plants, LHC II. This article shortly reviews our previous study and outlines perspectives regarding the application of selected nonlinear laser-spectroscopic techniques to disentangle structure-function relationships in LHCs and other pigment-protein complexes.}, language = {en} } @misc{LoksteinKrikunovaTeuchneretal.2011, author = {Lokstein, Heiko and Krikunova, Maria and Teuchner, Klaus and Voigt, Bernd}, title = {Elucidation of structure-function relationships in photosynthetic light-harvesting antenna complexes by non-linear polarization spectroscopy in the frequency domain (NLPF)}, series = {Journal of plant physiology : biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology and biotechnology of plants}, volume = {168}, journal = {Journal of plant physiology : biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology and biotechnology of plants}, number = {12}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Jena}, issn = {0176-1617}, doi = {10.1016/j.jplph.2010.12.012}, pages = {1488 -- 1496}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Photosynthetically active pigments are usually organized into pigment-protein complexes. These include light-harvesting antenna complexes (LHCs) and reaction centers. Site energies of the bound pigments are determined by interactions with their environment, i.e., by pigment-protein as well as pigment-pigment interactions. Thus, resolution of spectral substructures of the pigment-protein complexes may provide valuable insight into structure-function relationships. By means of conventional (linear) and time-resolved spectroscopic techniques, however, it is often difficult to resolve the spectral substructures of complex pigment-protein assemblies. Nonlinear polarization spectroscopy in the frequency domain (NLPF) is shown to be a valuable technique in this regard. Based on initial experimental work with purple bacterial antenna complexes as well as model systems NLPF has been extended to analyse the substructure(s) of very complex spectra, including analyses of interactions between chlorophylls and "optically dark" states of carotenoids in LHCs. The paper reviews previous work and outlines perspectives regarding the application of NLPF spectroscopy to disentangle structure-function relationships in pigment-protein complexes.}, language = {en} } @article{GrawertWagnerVoigt2003, author = {Grawert, Achim and Wagner, Dieter and Voigt, Bernd-Friedrich}, title = {Flexibilisierung und Individualisierung von Verg{\"u}tungs- und Arbeitszeitsystemen}, year = {2003}, language = {de} }