Klaus Scheffzek

Mutation analysis in Costello syndrome: functional and structural characterization of the HRAS p.Lys117Arg mutation (2008)

Parret, Annabel, Schubbert, Suzanne, ...

Costello syndrome is a mental retardation syndrome characterized by high birth weight, postnatal growth retardation, coarse face, loose skin, cardiovascular problems, and tumor predisposition. De...

Thioredoxin as a fusion tag for carrier-driven crystallization (2008)

Corsini, Lorenzo, Hothorn, Michael, Scheffzek, Klaus, Sattler, Michael, Stier, Gunter

Structural investigations are frequently hindered by difficulties in obtaining diffracting crystals of the target protein. Here, we report the crystallization and structure solution of the U2AF...

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Andrea Friebel, Alfred Wittinghofer, Klaus Scheffzek, Max Von

The bacterial enteropathogen ######### # ########### employs a type III secretion system to inject bacterial toxins into the host cell cytosol. These toxins transiently activate Rho family...

Human Lsg1 defines a family of essential GTPases that correlates with the evolution of compartmentalization (2005)

Reynaud, Emmanuel G, Andrade, Miguel A, Bonneau, Fabien, Ly, Thi, Knop, Michael, Scheffzek, Klaus, ...

Abstract Background Compartmentalization is a key feature of eukaryotic cells, but its evolution remains poorly understood. GTPases are the oldest enzymes that use nucleotides as substrates and they...

Structural fingerprints of the Ras-GTPase activating proteins neurofibromin and p120GAP (2003)

Ahmadian,Mohammad Reza, Kiel,Christina, Stege,Patricia, Scheffzek,Klaus

Ras specific GTPase activating proteins (GAPs), neurofibromin and p120GAP, bind GTP bound Ras and efficiently complement its active site. Here we present comparative data from mutations and...

Structural fingerprints of the Ras-GTPase activating proteins neurofibromin and p120GAP (2003)

Ahmadian, Mohammad Reza, Kiel, Christina, Stege, Patricia, Scheffzek, Klaus

Ras specific GTPase activating proteins (GAPs), neurofibromin and p120GAP, bind GTP bound Ras and efficiently complement its active site. Here we present comparative data from mutations and...

Observation of Slow Dynamic Exchange Processes in Ras Protein Crystals by 31P Solid State NMR Spectroscopy (2002)

Stumber,Michael, Geyer,Matthias, Graf,Robert, Kalbitzer,Hans Robert, Scheffzek,Klaus, Haeberlen,Ulrich

The folding, structure and biological function of many proteins are inherently dynamic properties of the protein molecule. Often, the respective molecular processes are preserved upon protein...

Observation of slow dynamic exchange processes in Ras protein crystals by 31P solid state NMR spectroscopy (2002)

Stumber,Michael, Geyer,Matthias, Graf,Robert, Kalbitzer,Hans Robert, Scheffzek,Klaus, Haeberlen,Ulrich

The folding, structure and biological function of many proteins are inherently dynamic properties of the protein molecule. Often, the respective molecular processes are preserved upon protein...

Structural basis for the reversible activation of a Rho protein by the bacterial toxin SopE (2002)

Buchwald,Gretel, Friebel,Andrea, Galán,Jorge E., Hardt,Wolf-Dietrich, Wittinghofer,Alfred, Scheffzek,Klaus

The bacterial enteropathogen Salmonella typhimurium employs a type III secretion system to inject bacterial toxins into the host cell cytosol. These toxins transiently activate Rho family GTP-binding...

Structural basis for the reversible activation of a Rho protein by the bacterial toxin SopE (2002)

Buchwald, Gretel, Friebel, Andrea, Galán, Jorge E., Hardt, Wolf-Dietrich, Wittinghofer, Alfred, Scheffzek, Klaus

The bacterial enteropathogen Salmonella typhimurium employs a type III secretion system to inject bacterial toxins into the host cell cytosol. These toxins transiently activate Rho family GTP-binding...

Observation of Slow Dynamic Exchange Processes in Ras Protein Crystals by 31P Solid State NMR Spectroscopy (2002)

Stumber, Michael, Geyer, Matthias, Graf, Robert, Kalbitzer, Hans Robert, Scheffzek, Klaus, Haeberlen, Ulrich

The folding, structure and biological function of many proteins are inherently dynamic properties of the protein molecule. Often, the respective molecular processes are preserved upon protein...

Observation of slow dynamic exchange processes in Ras protein crystals by 31P solid state NMR spectroscopy (2002)

Stumber, Michael, Geyer, Matthias, Graf, Robert, Kalbitzer, Hans Robert, Scheffzek, Klaus, Haeberlen, Ulrich

The folding, structure and biological function of many proteins are inherently dynamic properties of the protein molecule. Often, the respective molecular processes are preserved upon protein...

The Ras-Byr2RBD Complex: Structural Basis for Ras Effector Recognition in Yeast (2001)

Scheffzek,Klaus, Grünewald,Petra, Wohlgemuth,Sabine, Kabsch,Wolfgang, Tu,Hua, Wigler,Mike, ...

The small GTP binding protein Ras has important roles in cellular growth and differentiation. Mutant Ras is permanently active and contributes to cancer development. In its activated form, Ras...

The Ras-Byr2RBD Complex: Structural Basis for Ras Effector Recognition in Yeast (2001)

Scheffzek, Klaus, Grünewald, Petra, Wohlgemuth, Sabine, Kabsch, Wolfgang, Tu, Hua, Wigler, Mike, ...

The small GTP binding protein Ras has important roles in cellular growth and differentiation. Mutant Ras is permanently active and contributes to cancer development. In its activated form, Ras...

The Rac-RhoGDI complex and the structural basis for the regulation of Rho proteins by RhoGDI (2000)

Scheffzek,Klaus, Stephan,Ilona, Jensen,Ole N., Illenberger,Daria, Gierschik,Peter

Rho family-specific guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitors (RhoGDIs) decrease the rate of nucleotide dissociation and release Rho proteins such as RhoA, Rac and Cdc42 from membranes, forming...

The Rac-RhoGDI complex and the structural basis for the regulation of Rho proteins by RhoGDI (2000)

Scheffzek, Klaus, Stephan, Ilona, Jensen, Ole N., Illenberger, Daria, Gierschik, Peter

Rho family-specific guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitors (RhoGDIs) decrease the rate of nucleotide dissociation and release Rho proteins such as RhoA, Rac and Cdc42 from membranes, forming...

Guanosine triphosphatase stimulation of oncogenic Ras mutants (1999)

Ahmadian,Mohammad Reza, Zor,Tsaffrir, Vogt,Dorothee, Kabsch,Wolfgang, Selinger,Zvi, Wittinghofer,Alfred, ...

Interest in the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) reaction of Ras as a molecular drug target stems from the observation that, in a large number of human tumors, Ras is characteristically mutated at...

Guanosine triphosphatase stimulation of oncogenic Ras mutants (1999)

Ahmadian,Mohammad Reza, Zor,Tsaffrir, Vogt,Dorothee, Kabsch,Wolfgang, Selinger,Zvi, Wittinghofer,Alfred, ...

Interest in the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) reaction of Ras as a molecular drug target stems from the observation that, in a large number of human tumors, Ras is characteristically mutated at...

Guanosine triphosphatase stimulation of oncogenic Ras mutants (1999)

Ahmadian, Mohammad Reza, Zor, Tsaffrir, Vogt, Dorothee, Kabsch, Wolfgang, Selinger, Zvi, Wittinghofer, Alfred, ...

Interest in the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) reaction of Ras as a molecular drug target stems from the observation that, in a large number of human tumors, Ras is characteristically mutated at...

Guanosine triphosphatase stimulation of oncogenic Ras mutants (1999)

Ahmadian, Mohammad Reza, Zor, Tsaffrir, Vogt, Dorothee, Kabsch, Wolfgang, Selinger, Zvi, Wittinghofer, Alfred, ...

Interest in the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) reaction of Ras as a molecular drug target stems from the observation that, in a large number of human tumors, Ras is characteristically mutated at...

Structural analysis of the GAP-related domain from neurofibromin and its implications (1998)

Scheffzek,Klaus, Ahmadian,Mohammad Reza, Wiesmüller,Lisa, Kabsch,Wolfgang, Stege,Patricia, Schmitz,Frank, ...

Neurofibromin is the product of the NF1 gene, whose alteration is responsible for the pathogenesis of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), one of the most frequent genetic disorders in man. It acts as a...

Structural analysis of the GAP-related domain from neurofibromin and its implications (1998)

Scheffzek, Klaus, Ahmadian, Mohammad Reza, Wiesmüller, Lisa, Kabsch, Wolfgang, Stege, Patricia, Schmitz, Frank, ...

Neurofibromin is the product of the NF1 gene, whose alteration is responsible for the pathogenesis of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), one of the most frequent genetic disorders in man. It acts as a...

Crystal structure of the nuclear Ras-related protein Ran in its GDP-bound form (1995)

Scheffzek,Klaus, Klebe,Christian, Fritz-Wolf,Karin, Kabsch,Wolfgang, Wittinghofer,Alfred

The Ran proteins constitute a distinct branch of the superfamily of Ras-related GTP-binding proteins which function as molecular switches cycling between GTP-bound on and GDP-bound off states. Ran is...

Crystal structure of the nuclear Ras-related protein Ran in its GDP-bound form (1995)

Scheffzek, Klaus, Klebe, Christian, Fritz-Wolf, Karin, Kabsch, Wolfgang, Wittinghofer, Alfred

The Ran proteins constitute a distinct branch of the superfamily of Ras-related GTP-binding proteins which function as molecular switches cycling between GTP-bound on and GDP-bound off states. Ran is...

Guanosine triphosphatase stimulation of oncogenic Ras mutants

Ahmadian, Mohammad Reza, Zor, Tsaffrir, Vogt, Dorothee, Kabsch, Wolfgang, Selinger, Zvi, Wittinghofer, Alfred, ...

Interest in the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) reaction of Ras as a molecular drug target stems from the observation that, in a large number of human tumors, Ras is characteristically mutated at...

Conformational Switch and Role of Phosphorylation in PAK Activation

Buchwald, Gretel, Hostinova, Eva, Rudolph, Markus G., Kraemer, Astrid, Sickmann, Albert, Meyer, Helmut E., ...

p21-activated protein kinases (PAKs) are involved in signal transduction processes initiating a variety of biological responses. They become activated by interaction with Rho-type small GTP-binding...

Structure of the full-length HPr kinase/phosphatase from Staphylococcus xylosus at 1.95 Å resolution: Mimicking the product/substrate of the phospho transfer reactions

Márquez, José Antonio, Hasenbein, Sonja, Koch, Brigitte, Fieulaine, Sonia, Nessler, Sylvie, Russell, Robert B., ...

The histidine containing phospho carrier protein (HPr) kinase/phosphatase is involved in carbon catabolite repression, mainly in Gram-positive bacteria. It is a bifunctional enzyme that...

Structural basis for the reversible activation of a Rho protein by the bacterial toxin SopE

Buchwald, Gretel, Friebel, Andrea, Galán, Jorge E., Hardt, Wolf-Dietrich, Wittinghofer, Alfred, Scheffzek, Klaus

The bacterial enteropathogen Salmonella typhimurium employs a type III secretion system to inject bacterial toxins into the host cell cytosol. These toxins transiently activate Rho family GTP-binding...

Pyrophosphate-producing protein dephosphorylation by HPr kinase/phosphorylase: A relic of early life?

Mijakovic, Ivan, Poncet, Sandrine, Galinier, Anne, Monedero, Vicente, Fieulaine, Sonia, Janin, Joël, ...

In most Gram-positive bacteria, serine-46-phosphorylated HPr (P-Ser-HPr) controls the expression of numerous catabolic genes (≈10% of their genome) by acting as catabolite corepressor. HPr...

Conformation of full-length Bruton tyrosine kinase (Btk) from synchrotron X-ray solution scattering

Márquez, José A., Smith, C.I.Edvard, Petoukhov, Maxim V., Lo Surdo, Paola, Mattsson, Pekka T., Knekt, Marika, ...

Brutons’s tyrosine kinase (Btk) is a non-receptor protein tyrosine kinase (nrPTK) essential for the development of B lymphocytes in humans and mice. Like Src and Abl PTKs, Btk contains a conserved...

Structural Insights into the Target Specificity of Plant Invertase and Pectin Methylesterase Inhibitory Proteins

Hothorn, Michael, Wolf, Sebastian, Aloy, Patrick, Greiner, Steffen, Scheffzek, Klaus

Pectin methylesterase (PME) and invertase are key enzymes in plant carbohydrate metabolism. Inhibitors of both enzymes constitute a sequence family of extracellular proteins. Members of this family...

Guanosine triphosphatase stimulation of oncogenic Ras mutants

Ahmadian, Mohammad Reza, Zor, Tsaffrir, Vogt, Dorothee, Kabsch, Wolfgang, Selinger, Zvi, Wittinghofer, Alfred, ...

Interest in the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) reaction of Ras as a molecular drug target stems from the observation that, in a large number of human tumors, Ras is characteristically mutated at...

Conformational Switch and Role of Phosphorylation in PAK Activation

Buchwald, Gretel, Hostinova, Eva, Rudolph, Markus G., Kraemer, Astrid, Sickmann, Albert, Meyer, Helmut E., ...

p21-activated protein kinases (PAKs) are involved in signal transduction processes initiating a variety of biological responses. They become activated by interaction with Rho-type small GTP-binding...

Structure of the full-length HPr kinase/phosphatase from Staphylococcus xylosus at 1.95 Å resolution: Mimicking the product/substrate of the phospho transfer reactions

Márquez, José Antonio, Hasenbein, Sonja, Koch, Brigitte, Fieulaine, Sonia, Nessler, Sylvie, Russell, Robert B., ...

The histidine containing phospho carrier protein (HPr) kinase/phosphatase is involved in carbon catabolite repression, mainly in Gram-positive bacteria. It is a bifunctional enzyme that...

Structural basis for the reversible activation of a Rho protein by the bacterial toxin SopE

Buchwald, Gretel, Friebel, Andrea, Galán, Jorge E., Hardt, Wolf-Dietrich, Wittinghofer, Alfred, Scheffzek, Klaus

The bacterial enteropathogen Salmonella typhimurium employs a type III secretion system to inject bacterial toxins into the host cell cytosol. These toxins transiently activate Rho family GTP-binding...

Pyrophosphate-producing protein dephosphorylation by HPr kinase/phosphorylase: A relic of early life?

Mijakovic, Ivan, Poncet, Sandrine, Galinier, Anne, Monedero, Vicente, Fieulaine, Sonia, Janin, Joël, ...

In most Gram-positive bacteria, serine-46-phosphorylated HPr (P-Ser-HPr) controls the expression of numerous catabolic genes (≈10% of their genome) by acting as catabolite corepressor. HPr...

Conformation of full-length Bruton tyrosine kinase (Btk) from synchrotron X-ray solution scattering

Márquez, José A., Smith, C.I.Edvard, Petoukhov, Maxim V., Lo Surdo, Paola, Mattsson, Pekka T., Knekt, Marika, ...

Brutons’s tyrosine kinase (Btk) is a non-receptor protein tyrosine kinase (nrPTK) essential for the development of B lymphocytes in humans and mice. Like Src and Abl PTKs, Btk contains a conserved...

Structural Insights into the Target Specificity of Plant Invertase and Pectin Methylesterase Inhibitory Proteins

Hothorn, Michael, Wolf, Sebastian, Aloy, Patrick, Greiner, Steffen, Scheffzek, Klaus

Pectin methylesterase (PME) and invertase are key enzymes in plant carbohydrate metabolism. Inhibitors of both enzymes constitute a sequence family of extracellular proteins. Members of this family...

A novel bipartite phospholipid-binding module in the neurofibromatosis type 1 protein

D'angelo, Igor, Welti, Stefan, Bonneau, Fabien, Scheffzek, Klaus

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common tumour predisposition syndrome associated with numerous clinical complications. Mutations in the tumour suppressor gene NF1 are responsible for disease...

The FACT Spt16 “peptidase” domain is a histone H3–H4 binding module

Stuwe, Tobias, Hothorn, Michael, Lejeune, Erwan, Rybin, Vladimir, Bortfeld, Miriam, Scheffzek, Klaus, ...

The FACT complex is a conserved cofactor for RNA polymerase II elongation through nucleosomes. FACT bears histone chaperone activity and contributes to chromatin integrity. However, the molecular...

The C2 domain of SynGAP is essential for stimulation of the Rap GTPase reaction

Pena, Vladimir, Hothorn, Michael, Eberth, Alexander, Kaschau, Nikolai, Parret, Annabel, Gremer, Lothar, ...

The brain-specific synaptic guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase)-activating protein (SynGAP) is important in synaptic plasticity. It shows dual specificity for the small guanine nucleotide-binding...