Publications
2024
Custódio TF, Guédez G, Löw C (2024) Transient Co-expression of Membrane Protein Complexes in Mammalian Cells. Methods Mol Biol. 2810:11-28. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3878-1_2
Kohantorabi M, Ugolotti A, Sochor B, Roessler J, Wagstaffe M, Meinhardt A, Beck EE, Dolling DS, Garcia MB, Creutzburg M, Keller TF, Schwartzkopf M, Vayalil SK, Thuenauer R, Guédez G, Löw C, Ebert G, Protzer U, Hammerschmidt W, Zeidler R, Roth SV, Di Valentin C, Stierle A, Noei H (2024) Light-Induced Transformation of Virus-Like Particles on TiO2. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c07151.
Jungnickel KEJ, Guelle O, Iguchi M, Dong W, Kotov V, Gabriel F, Debacker C, Dairou J, McCort-Tranchepain I, Laqtom NN, Chan SH, Ejima A, Sato K, Massa López D, Saftig P, Mehdipour AR, Abu-Remaileh M, Gasnier B, Löw C, Damme M (2024) MFSD1 with its accessory subunit GLMP functions as a general dipeptide uniporter in lysosomes. Nat Cell Biol. doi: 10.1038/s41556-024-01436-5
Gabriel F, Spriestersbach L, Fuhrmann A, Jungnickel KEJ, Mostafavi S, Pardon E, Steyaert J, Löw C (2024) Structural basis of thiamine transport and drug recognition by SLC19A3. Nat Commun.15(1):8542. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52872-8.
2023
Blanchet CE, Round A, Mertens HDT, Ayyer K, Graewert M, Awel S, Franke D, Dörner K, Bajt S, Bean R, Custódio TF, de Wijn R, Juncheng E, Henkel A, Gruzinov A, Jeffries CM, Kim Y, Kirkwood H, Kloos M, Knoška J, Koliyadu J, Letrun R, Löw C, Makroczyova J, Mall A, Meijers R, Pena Murillo GE, Oberthür D, Round E, Seuring C, Sikorski M, Vagovic P, Valerio J, Wollweber T, Zhuang Y, Schulz J, Haas H, Chapman HN, Mancuso AP, Svergun D (2023) Form factor determination of biological molecules with X-ray free electron laser small-angle scattering (XFEL-SAS). Commun Biol. 6(1):1057. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05416-7.
Strauss J, Deng L, Gao S, Toseland A, Bachy C, Zhang C, Kirkham A, Hopes A, Utting R, Joest EF, Tagliabue A, Löw C, Worden AZ, Nagel G, Mock T (2023) Plastid-localized xanthorhodopsin increases diatom biomass and ecosystem productivity in iron-limited surface oceans. Nat Microbiol. doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01498-5.
Custódio TF, Killer M, Yu D, Puente V, Teufel DP, Pautsch A, Schnapp G, Grundl M, Kosinski J, Löw C (2023) Molecular basis of TASL recruitment by the peptide/histidine transporter 1, PHT1. Nat Commun. 14(1):5696. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41420-5.
Zhang C, Parichenko A, Choi W, Shin S, Panes-Ruiz LA, Belyaev D, Custódio TF, Löw C, Lee JS, Ibarlucea B, Cuniberti G (2023) Sybodies as Novel Bioreceptors toward Field-Effect Transistor-Based Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Antigens. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. doi: 10.1021/acsami.3c06073
Kotov V, Killer M, Jungnickel KEJ, Lei J, Finocchio G, Steinke J, Bartels K, Strauss J, Dupeux F, Humm AS, Cornaciu I, Márquez JA, Pardon E, Steyaert J, Löw C. (2023) Plasticity of the binding pocket in peptide transporters underpins promiscuous substrate recognition. Cell Rep. 42(8):112831. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112831.
Hammarén MM, Luukinen H, Sillanpää A, Remans K, Lapouge K, Custódio T, Löw C, Myllymäki H, Montonen T, Seeger M, Robertson J, Nyman TA, Savijoki K, Parikka M (2023) In vitro and ex vivo proteomics of Mycobacterium marinum biofilms and the development of biofilm-binding synthetic nanobodies. mSystems. e0107322. doi: 10.1128/msystems.01073-22
Guédez G, Loers G, Jeffries CM, Kozak S, Meijers R, Svergun DI, Schachner M, Löw C (2023) X-ray structure and function of fibronectin domains two and three of the neural cell adhesion molecule L1. The FASEB Journal. 37:e22823. doi:10.1096/fj.202201511R
Kohantorabi M, Wagstaffe M, Creutzburg M, Ugolotti A, Kulkarni S, Jeromin A, Krekeler T, Feuerherd M, Herrmann A, Ebert G, Protzer U, Guédez G, Löw C, Thuenauer R, Schlueter C, Gloskovskii A, Keller TF, Di Valentin C, Stierle A, Noei H (2023) Adsorption and Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 on the Surface of Anatase TiO2(101). ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c22078.
2022
Alder A, Wilcke L, Pietsch E, von Thien H, Pazicky S, Löw C, Mesen-Ramirez P, Bachmann A, Burda PC, Kunick C, Sondermann H, Wilson D, Gilberger TW (2022) Functional inactivation of Plasmodium falciparum glycogen synthase kinase GSK3 modulates erythrocyte invasion and blocks gametocyte maturation. J Biol Chem.102360. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102360
Killer M, Finocchio G, Mertens HDT, Svergun DI, Pardon E, Steyaert J, Löw C (2022) Cryo-EM Structure of an Atypical Proton-Coupled Peptide Transporter: Di- and Tripeptide Permease C. Front Mol Biosci. 9:917725. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.917725
Wichers JS, Mesén-Ramírez P, Fuchs G, Yu-Strzelczyk J, Stäcker J, von Thien H, Alder A, Henshall I, Liffner B, Nagel G, Löw C, Wilson D, Spielmann T, Gao S, Gilberger TW, Bachmann A, Strauss J. (2022) PMRT1, a Plasmodium-Specific Parasite Plasma Membrane Transporter, Is Essential for Asexual and Sexual Blood Stage Development. mBio.e0062322. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00623-22
Pazicky S, Werle AA, Lei J, Löw C, Weininger U (2022) Impact of distant peptide substrate residues on enzymatic activity of SlyD. Cell Mol Life Sci. 79(3):138. doi: 10.1007/s00018-022-04179-4.
Pazicky S, Alder A, Mertens H, Svergun DI, Gilberger T, Löw C (2022) N-terminal phosphorylation regulates the activity of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 from Plasmodium falciparum. Biochem J. BCJ20210829. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20210829.
Kovermann M, Weininger U, Löw C (2022) Completing the family of human EH domains: Solution structure of the internal EH domain of γ-synergin. Protein Sci. 31(4):811-821. doi: 10.1002/pro.4269.
2021
Killer M, Wald J, Pieprzyk J, Marlovits TC, Löw C (2021) PepT1 and PepT2 reveal mechanistic insights into substrate and drug transport across epithelial membranes. Sci. Adv. 7, eabk3259 doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abk3259
Lorenzo R, Defelipe LA, Aliperti L, Niebling S, Custódio TF, Löw C, Schwarz JJ, Remans K, Craig PO, Otero LH, Klinke S, García-Alai M, Sánchez IE, Alonso LG (2021) Deamidation drives molecular aging of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor-binding motif. J Biol Chem.101175. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101175.
Bartels K, Lasitza-Male T, Hofmann H, Löw C (2021)Single-Molecule FRET of Membrane Transport Proteins. ChemBioChem.1439-4227. doi:10.1002/cbic.202100261
Dimitrova-Paternoga L, Jagtap PKA, Cyrklaff A, Vaishali, Lapouge K, Sehr P, Perez K, Heber S, Löw C, Hennig J, Ephrussi A (2021) Molecular basis of mRNA transport by a kinesin-1-atypical tropomyosin complex. Genes Dev. doi: 10.1101/gad.348443.121.
Wichers JS, Wunderlich J, Heincke D, Pazicky S, Strauss J, Schmitt M, Kimmel J, Wilcke L, Scharf S, von Thien H, Burda PC, Spielmann T, Löw C, Filarsky M, Bachmann A, Gilberger TW (2021) Identification of novel inner membrane complex and apical annuli proteins of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Cell Microbiol. e13341. doi: 10.1111/cmi.13341.
Kotov V, Mlynek G, Vesper O, Pletzer M, Wald J, Teixeira-Duarte CM, Celia H, Garcia-Alai M, Nussberger S, Buchanan SK, Morais-Cabral JH, Loew C, Djinovic-Carugo K, Marlovits TC (2021) In-depth interrogation of protein thermal unfolding data with MoltenProt. Protein Sci. 30(1):201-217. doi: 10.1002/pro.3986. PMID: 33140490
2020
Custódio TF, Das H, Sheward DJ, Hanke L, Pazicky S, Pieprzyk J, Sorgenfrei M, Schroer M, Gruzinov A, Jeffries C, Graewert M, Svergun D, Dobrev N, Remans K, Seeger MA, McInerney GM, Murrell B, Hällberg MB, Löw C (2020) Selection, biophysical and structural analysis of synthetic nanobodies that effectively neutralize SARS-CoV-2. Nat Commun. 11(1):5588. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19204-y.
Pazicky S, Dhamotharan K, Kaszuba K, Mertens HDT, Gilberger T, Svergun D, Kosinski J, Weininger U, Löw C (2020) Structural role of essential light chains in the apicomplexan glideosome. Commun Biol.3(1):568. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01283-8. PMID: 33051581
López DM, Kählau L, Jungnickel KEJ, Löw C, Damme M (2020)Characterization of the complex of the lysosomal membrane transporter MFSD1 and its accessory subunit GLMP. FASEB J. 34(11):14695-14709. doi: 10.1096/fj.202000912RR. PMID: 32959924
Lasitza T, Bartels K, Wiggers F, Rosenblum G, Jungwirth J, Hofmann H, Löw C (2020) Membrane Chemistry Tunes the Structure of a Peptide Transporter. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl doi: 10.1002/anie.202008226 PMID: 32744783
Geiger M, Brown C, Wichers JS, Strauss J, Lill A, Thuenauer R, Liffner B, Wilcke L, Lemcke S, Heincke D, Pazicky S, Bachmann A, Löw C, Wilson DW, Filarsky M, Burda PC, Zhang K, Junop M, Gilberger TW (2020) Structural Insights Into PfARO and Characterization of its Interaction With PfAIP. J Mol Biol. 432(4):878-896. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.12.024 PMID: 31877322
2019
Wichers JS, Scholz JAM, Strauss J, Witt S, Lil lA, Ehnold LI, Neupert N, Liffner B, Lühken R, Petter M, Lorenzen S, Wilson DW, Löw C, Lavazec C, Bruchhaus I, Tannich E, Gilberger TW, Bachmann A (2019) Dissecting the Gene Expression, Localization, Membrane Topology, and Function of the Plasmodium falciparum STEVOR Protein Family. MBio. pii: e01500-19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01500-19,
Kotov V, Vesper O, Alai M G, Löw C, Marlovits TC (2019) Moltenprot: A High-Throughput Analysis Platform to Assess Thermodynamic Stability of Membrane Proteins and Complexes. Biophysical Journal 116 (3), 191a. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.1060
Kotov, V, Bartels, K, Veith, K, Josts, I, Subhramanyam, UKT, Günther, C, Labahn, J, Marlovits, TC, Moraes, I, Tidow, H, Löw C, and Garcia-Alai, MM (2019) High-throughput stability screening for detergent-solubilized membrane proteins. Sci Rep. 17;10379. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46686-8,
Ural-Blimke Y, Flayhan A, Strauss J, Rantos V, Bartels K, Nielsen R, Pardon E, Steyaert J, Kosinski J, Quistgaard EM, Löw C (2019) Structure of Prototypic Peptide Transporter DtpA from E. coli in Complex with Valganciclovir Provides Insights into Drug Binding of Human PepT1. J Am Chem Soc.141; 2404-2412. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b11343,
2018
Pieprzyk J, Pazicky S, Löw C (2018) Transient Expression of Recombinant Membrane-eGFP Fusion Proteins in HEK293 Cells. Methods Mol Biol. 1850:17-31. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8730-6 2,
Molledo MM*, Quistgaard EM, Löw C (2018) Tripeptide binding in a proton-dependent oligopeptide transporter. FEBS Letters 592: 3239-3247. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.13246,
Hajizadeh NR, Pieprzyk J, Skopintsev P, Flayhan A, Svergun DI, Löw C (2018) Probing the architecture of a multi-PDZ domain protein: structure of PDZK1 in solution. Structure 26: 1522-1533.e5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2018.07.016,
Molledo MM , Quistgaard EM, Flayhan A, Pieprzyk J, Löw C (2018) Multispecific substrate recognition in a proton-dependent oligopeptide transporter. Structure 26:467-476.e464. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2018.01.005, PMID: 29429879
Flayhan A, Mertens H, Ural-Blimke H, Molledo MM, Svergun DI, Löw C (2018) Saposin lipid nanoparticles: a highly versatile and modular tool to reconstitute membrane proteins. Structure 26:345-355.e345. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2018.01.007,
2017
Veith K, Molledo MM, Hernandez YA, Josts I, Nitsche J, Löw C, Tidow H (2017) Lipid-like peptides can stabilize integral membrane proteins for biophysical and structural studies. ChemBioChem 18:1735-1742. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201700235
Quistgaard EM, Molledo MM, Löw C (2017) Structure determination of a major facilitator peptide transporter: Inward facing PepTSt from Streptococcus thermophilus crystallized in space group P3121. PLoS One, 12:e0173126. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173126
2016
Quistgaard E M, Löw C, Guettou F, Nordlund P (2016) Understanding transport by the major facilitator superfamily (MFS): structures pave the way. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 17:123-132. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm.2015.25, PMID: 26758938
Quistgaard EM, Weininger U, Ural-Blimke Y, Modig K, Nordlund P, Akke M, Löw C (2016) Molecular insights into substrate recognition and catalytic mechanism of the chaperone and FKBP peptidyl-prolyl isomerase SlyD. BMC Biology 14:82. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-016-0300-3
Frauenfeld J, Löving R, Armache JP, Sonnen A, Guettou F, Moberg P, Zhu L, Jegerschöld C, Flayhan A, Briggs JA, Garoff H, Löw C, Cheng Y,Nordlund P (2016) A saposin-lipoprotein nanoparticle system for membrane proteins. Nature Methods 13:345-351. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3801
2014
Guettou F, Quistgaard EM, Raba M, Moberg P, Löw C, Nordlund P (2014) Selectivity mechanism of a bacterial homolog of the human drug-peptide transporters PepT1 and PepT2. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 21:728-731. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.2860
Dovega R, Tsutakawa S, Quistgaard EM, Anandapadamanaban M, Löw C, Nordlund P (2014) Structural and biochemical characterization of human PR70 in isolation and in complex with the scaffolding subunit of protein phosphatase 2A. PLoS ONE 9:e101846. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101846
Löw C, Quistgaard EM, Kovermann M, Anandapadamanaban M, Balbach J, Nordlund P (2014) Structural basis for PTPA interaction with the invariant C-terminal tail of PP2A. Biological Chemistry 395:881-889. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/hsz-2014-0106,
2013
Löw C, Yau YH, Pardon E, Jegerschöld C, Wåhlin L, Quistgaard EM, Moberg P, Geifman-Shochat S, Steyaert J, Nordlund P (2013) Nanobody mediated crystallization of an archeal mechanosensitive channel. PLoS One, e77984.
Quistgaard EM, Löw C, Moberg P, Nordlund P Metal-mediated crystallization of the xylose transporter XylE from Escherichia coli in three different crystal forms. J Struct Biol. 184; 375-8.
Quistgaard EM, Löw C, Moberg P, Guettou F, Maddi K, Nordlund P (2013) Structural and biophysical characterization of the cytoplasmic domains of human BAP29 and BAP31. (2013) PLoS One, e71111.
Guettou F, Quistgaard EM, Trésaugues L, Moberg P, Jegerschöld C, Zhu L, Jong AJ, Nordlund P, Löw C (2013) Structural insights into substrate recognition in proton-dependent oligopeptide transporters. EMBO Rep 14, 804-10.
Weininger U, Respondek M, Löw C, Akke M (2013) Slow aromatic ring flips detected despite near-degenerate NMR frequencies of the exchanging nuclei. J Phys Chem B 117, 9241-7.
Quistgaard EM, Löw C, Moberg P, Tresaugues L, Nordlund P (2013) Structural basis for substrate translocation in the GLUT homology family of monosaccharide transporters. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 20, 766-8.
Löw C, Moberg P, Quistgaard EM, Hedrén M, Guettou F, Frauenfeld Haneskog L, Nordlund P (2013) High-throughput analytical gel filtration screening of integral membrane proteins for structural studies. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1830, 3497-508.
Guettou F, Löw C, Quistgaard EM, Hedrén M, Frauenfeld J, Nordlund P, Haneskog L, Moberg P. (2013) Rapid screening of integral membrane proteins suitable for structure determination. Discovery Matters 16
2012
Quistgaard EM, Nordlund P, Löw C (2012) High-resolution insights into binding of unfolded polypeptides by the PPIase chaperone SlpA. FASEB Journal 26, 4003-4013.
Löw C, Jegerschöld C, Kovermann M, Moberg P, Nordlund P # (2012) Optimisation of over-expression and biophysical characterisation of human membrane protein synaptogyrin 1. PLoS One, e38244.
Löw C, Stubbs MT, Haupt C, Balbach J (2012) Metallochaperone SlyD. Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119951438.eibc2061
2011
Klepsch M, Kovermann M, Löw C, Balbach J, Permentier HP, Fusetti F, de Gier JW, Slotboom DJ, Berntsson RP (2011)Escherichia coli binding protein OppA has a preference for positively charged peptides. Journal of Molecular Biology 414, 75-85
Kahra D, Kovermann M, Löw C, Hirschfeld V, Haupt C, Balbach J, Hübner C (2011) Conformational plasticity and dynamics in a generic protein folding catalyst unraveled by single-molecule FRET. Journal of Molecular Biology 411, 781-90
Kovermann M, Zierold R, Haupt C, Löw C, Balbach J (2011) NMR relaxation unravels interdomain crosstalk of the two domain prolyl isomerase and chaperone SlyD. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1814, 873-81
Moberg P, Burstedt M, Nordlund P, Haneskog L, Löw C (2011) Stability of membrane proteins analyzed by gel filtration. Discovery Matters (13)
Löw C, Hedrén M, Nordlund P, Haneskog L, Moberg P (2011) Rapid buffer scouting and quality control of integral membrane proteins. Discovery Matters (12):10-11.
2010
Löw C, Neumann P, Tidow H, Weininger U, Haupt C, Friedrich-Epler B, Scholz C, Stubbs MT, Balbach J (2010) Crystal Structure Determination and Functional Characterization of the Metallochaperone SlyD from Thermus thermophilus. Journal of Molecular Biology 398, 375-390
2009
Weininger U, Zeeb M, Neumann P, Löw C, Stubbs MT, Lipps G, Balbach J (2009) Structure based stability analysis of an extremely stable dimeric DNA binding protein from Sulfolobus islandicus. Biochemistry 48, 10030-7
Schulenburg C, Löw C, Weininger U, Mrestani-Klaus C, Hofmann H, Balbach J, Ulbrich-Hofmann R, Arnold U (2009) The folding pathway of Onconase is directed by a conserved intermediate. Biochemistry 48, 8449-57
Hofmann H, Weininger U, Löw C, Golbik RP, Balbach J, Ulbrich-Hofmann R (2009) Fast amide proton exchange reveals close relation between native-state dynamics and unfolding kinetics. J Am Chem Soc. 14, 140-146
Löw C, Homeyer N, Weininger U, Sticht H, Balbach J (2009) Conformational Switch upon Phosphorylation: Human CDK Inhibitor p19INK4d Between Native and Intermediate State. ACS Chem Biol. 16, 53-63 (2009); PMID: 19063602. – (“Pionts of view”- Doug Barrick. Biological Regulation via Ankyrin Repeat Folding. ACS Chem Biol. 16, 19-22
Löw C (2009) Energy Landscapes of Protein Folding: From Structure to Function. SVH Verlag, Saarbrücken.
2008
Löw C, Weininger U, Lee H, Schweimer K, Neundorf I, Beck-Sickinger AG, Pastor RW, Balbach J (2008) Structure and Dynamics of Helix-0 of the N-BAR Domain in Lipid Micelles and Bilayers. Biophys J. 95, 4315-23
Löw C, Weininger C, Neumann P, Klepsch M, Lilie H, Stubbs MT, Balbach J (2008) Structural Insights into an Equilibrium Folding Intermediate of an Archaeal Ankyrin Repeat Protein. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 105, 3779-3784
2007
Schulenburg C, Martinez-Senac MM, Löw C, Golbik RP, Ulbrich-Hofmann R, Arnold U (2007) Identification of three Phases in Onconase Refolding. FEBS Journal 274, 5826-5833
Löw C, Weininger U, Zeeb M, Zhang W, Laue ED, Schmid FX, Balbach J (2007) Folding Mechanism of an Ankyrin Repeat Protein: Scaffold and Active Site Formation of Human CDK Inhibitor p19INK4d. Journal of Molecular Biology 373, 219-231 (Faculty of 1000 - evaluation)
2006
Zeeb M, Max KEA, Weininger U, Löw C, Sticht H, Balbach, J (2006)Recognition of T-rich single-stranded DNA by the Cold Shock Protein Bs-CspB in Solution. Nucl. Acids Res. 34, 4561-4571