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Welcome to the website of Dr. Norbert Krauß |
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| Thank you for visiting Norbert's website, hosted by The School of Biological Sciences (SBCS), Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End, E1 4NS, United Kingdom. | ||||
Norbert holds a Senior Lectureship within the Mechanistic and Structural Biology Division of the SBCS at Queen Mary. |
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His research interests have included the analysis of the three-dimensional structures of photosystems I and II from cyanobacteria, proteins that host the biological process that performs water-oxidising photosynthesis. These structures were obtained by X-ray crystallography, a method which can provide detailed structural information even for large complexes like the two photosystems. This kind of information is essential to understand the function of individual protein subunits and how the physico-chemical properties of the numerous cofactors are modulated by the local protein environment. |
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In collaboration with other scientists at Queen Mary, my group is applying these crystallographic techniques to analyse the mechanisms of regulation and assembly of the photosystems. Another field of interest is to research phytochromes, a class of photoreceptors found in photosynthetic organisms but also in non-photosynthetic bacteria. Structure analysis of phytochromes in different states of their photocycle may contribute to our understanding of the molecular mechanism by which the protein responds to an input light signal. Practical work is performed in a variety of buildings across the Mile End campus, primarily in The Joseph Priestley Building. He is also an Affiliate of Queen Mary's Photosynthesis Grouping. |
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If you would like to enquire further, please do not hesitate to contact me : Norbert Krauß, Senior Lecturer, Structural Biology |
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© Norbert Krauß, Mechanistic and Structural Biology, SBCS, Queen Mary, University of London, 2007-2010