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Simona Reina; Roland Benz; Matteo Ceccarelli; Vito De Pinto; Francesca Guarino; Agata Impellizzeri; Marco Lolicato; Antonio Magrì; Elke Maier; Angela Messina
Deletion of β-strands 9 and 10 converts VDAC1 voltage-dependence in an asymmetrical process.
Christoph Beitzinger; Gilles Flatau; Angelika Kronhardt; emmanuel lemichez; Monica Rolando; Caroline Stefani; Roland Benz
Role of N-terminal His6-Tags in binding and efficient translocation of polypeptides into cells using anthrax protective antigen (PA).
Marcus Thein; Sven Bergström; Mari Bonde; Ignas Bunikis; Katrin Denker; Albert Sickmann; Roland Benz
DipA, a pore-forming protein in the outer membrane of Lyme disease spirochetes exhibits specificity for the permeation of dicarboxylates.

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2013: Simona Reina; Roland Benz; Matteo Ceccarelli; Vito De Pinto; Francesca Guarino; Agata Impellizzeri; Marco Lolicato; Antonio Magrì; Elke Maier; Angela Messina
Deletion of β-strands 9 and 10 converts VDAC1 voltage-dependence in an asymmetrical process.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2013;1827(6):793-805.
2012: Christoph Beitzinger; Gilles Flatau; Angelika Kronhardt; emmanuel lemichez; Monica Rolando; Caroline Stefani; Roland Benz
Role of N-terminal His6-Tags in binding and efficient translocation of polypeptides into cells using anthrax protective antigen (PA).
PloS one 2012;7(10):e46964.
2012: Marcus Thein; Sven Bergström; Mari Bonde; Ignas Bunikis; Katrin Denker; Albert Sickmann; Roland Benz
DipA, a pore-forming protein in the outer membrane of Lyme disease spirochetes exhibits specificity for the permeation of dicarboxylates.
PloS one 2012;7(5):e36523.
2011: Marco Lolicato; Angela Messina; Simona Reina; Mathias Winterhalter; Roland Benz; Francesca Guarino; Vito De Pinto
Generation of artificial channels by multimerization of β-strands from natural porin.
Biological chemistry 2011;392(7):617-24.
2011: Christian Kläckta; Philipp Knörzer; Franziska Riess; Roland Benz
Hetero-oligomeric cell wall channels (porins) of Nocardia farcinica.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2011;1808(6):1601-10.
2011: Lisa Polzien; Angela Baljuls; Heide-Marie Roth; Jochen Kuper; Roland Benz; Kristian Schweimer; Mirko Hekman; Ulf R Rapp
Pore-forming activity of BAD is regulated by specific phosphorylation and structural transitions of the C-terminal part.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2011;1810(2):162-9.
2011: Christina Förtsch; Sabrina Hupp; Jiangtao Ma; Elke Maier; Timothy J Mitchell; Roland Benz; Asparouh I Iliev
Changes in astrocyte shape induced by sublytic concentrations of the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin pneumolysin still require pore-forming capacity.
Toxins 2011;3(1):43-62.
2011: Angelika Kronhardt; Christoph Beitzinger; Roland Benz; Gilles Flatau; Michael Leuber; Michel R Popoff; Monica Rolando; Caroline Stefani; emmanuel lemichez
Cross-reactivity of anthrax and C2 toxin: protective antigen promotes the uptake of botulinum C2I toxin into human endothelial cells.
PloS one 2011;6(8):e23133.
2010: Iván Bárcena-Uribarri; Marcus Thein; Anna Sacher; Ignas Bunikis; Mari Bonde; Sven Bergström; Roland Benz
P66 porins are present in both Lyme disease and relapsing fever spirochetes: a comparison of the biophysical properties of P66 porins from six Borrelia species.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2010;1798(6):1197-203.
2010: Enrico Barth; Miriam Agulló Barceló; Christian Kläckta; Roland Benz
Reconstitution experiments and gene deletions reveal the existence of two-component major cell wall channels in the genus Corynebacterium.
Journal of bacteriology 2010;192(3):786-800.
2010: Oliver Knapp; Elke Maier; Sanae Ben Mkaddem; Roland Benz; Marcelle Bens; Alexandre Chenal; Blandine Geny; Alain Vandewalle; Michel R Popoff
Clostridium septicum alpha-toxin forms pores and induces rapid cell necrosis.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 2010;55(1):61-72.
2009: Oliver Knapp; Elke Maier; Roland Benz; Blandine Geny; Michel R Popoff
Identification of the channel-forming domain of Clostridium perfringens Epsilon-toxin (ETX).
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2009;1788(12):2584-93.
2009: Lisa Polzien; Angela Baljuls; Ulrike E E Rennefahrt; Andreas Fischer; Werner Schmitz; René P Zahedi; Albert Sickmann; Renate Metz; Stefan Albert; Roland Benz; Mirko Hekman; Ulf R Rapp
Identification of novel in vivo phosphorylation sites of the human proapoptotic protein BAD: pore-forming activity of BAD is regulated by phosphorylation.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2009;284(41):28004-20.
2009: Jana Vojtova-Vodolanova; Marek Basler; Radim Osicka; Oliver Knapp; Elke Maier; Jan Cerny; Oldrich Benada; Roland Benz; Peter Sebo
Oligomerization is involved in pore formation by Bordetella adenylate cyclase toxin.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2009;23(9):2831-43.
2009: Ursula Dörner; Betina Schiffler; Marie-Antoinette Lanéelle; Mamadou Daffé; Roland Benz
Identification of a cell-wall channel in the corynemycolic acid-free Gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium amycolatum.
International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology 2009;12(1):29-38.
2008: Marcus Thein; Ignas Bunikis; Katrin Denker; Christer Larsson; Sally Cutler; Michel Drancourt; Tom G Schwan; Reinhard Mentele; Friedrich Lottspeich; Sven Bergström; Roland Benz
Oms38 is the first identified pore-forming protein in the outer membrane of relapsing fever spirochetes.
Journal of bacteriology 2008;190(21):7035-42.
2008: Michael Leuber; Angelika Kronhardt; Fiorella Tonello; Federica Dal Molin; Roland Benz
Binding of N-terminal fragments of anthrax edema factor (EF(N)) and lethal factor (LF(N)) to the protective antigen pore.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2008;1778(6):1436-43.
2008: Tobias Neumeyer; Bettina Schiffler; Elke Maier; Anthony E Lang; Klaus Aktories; Roland Benz
Clostridium botulinum C2 toxin. Identification of the binding site for chloroquine and related compounds and influence of the binding site on properties of the C2II channel.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2008;283(7):3904-14.
2008: Maria Manich; Oliver Knapp; Maryse Gibert; Elke Maier; Colette Jolivet-Reynaud; Blandine Geny; Roland Benz; Michel R Popoff
Clostridium perfringens delta toxin is sequence related to beta toxin, NetB, and Staphylococcus pore-forming toxins, but shows functional differences.
PloS one 2008;3(11):e3764.
2008: Oliver Knapp; Elke Maier; Jirí Masín; Peter Sebo; Roland Benz
Pore formation by the Bordetella adenylate cyclase toxin in lipid bilayer membranes: role of voltage and pH.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2008;1778(1):260-9.
2007: Bettina Schiffler; Enrico Barth; Mamadou Daffé; Roland Benz
Corynebacterium diphtheriae: identification and characterization of a channel-forming protein in the cell wall.
Journal of bacteriology 2007;189(21):7709-19.
2007: Vito De Pinto; Flora Tomasello; Angelo Messina; Francesca Guarino; Roland Benz; Diego La Mendola; Antonio Magrì; Danilo Milardi; Giuseppe Pappalardo
Determination of the conformation of the human VDAC1 N-terminal peptide, a protein moiety essential for the functional properties of the pore.
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 2007;8(7):744-56.
2007: Marek Basler; Oliver Knapp; Jiri Masin; Radovan Fiser; Elke Maier; Roland Benz; Peter Sebo; Radim Osicka
Segments crucial for membrane translocation and pore-forming activity of Bordetella adenylate cyclase toxin.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2007;282(17):12419-29.
2006: Tobias Neumeyer; Fiorella Tonello; Federica Dal Molin; Bettina Schiffler; Roland Benz
Anthrax edema factor, voltage-dependent binding to the protective antigen ion channel and comparison to LF binding.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2006;281(43):32335-43.
2006: Gábor Nagy; Artur Altenhoefer; Oliver Knapp; Elke Maier; Ulrich Dobrindt; Gabriele Blum-Oehler; Roland Benz; Levente Emody; Jörg Hacker
Both alpha-haemolysin determinants contribute to full virulence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536.
Microbes and infection / Institut Pasteur 2006;8(8):2006-12.
2006: Cecile Bauche; Alexandre Chenal; Oliver Knapp; Christophe Bodenreider; Roland Benz; Alain Chaffotte; Daniel Ladant
Structural and functional characterization of an essential RTX subdomain of Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase toxin.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2006;281(25):16914-26.
2006: Tobias Neumeyer; Fiorella Tonello; Federica Dal Molin; Bettina Schiffler; Frank Orlik; Roland Benz
Anthrax lethal factor (LF) mediated block of the anthrax protective antigen (PA) ion channel: effect of ionic strength and voltage.
Biochemistry 2006;45(9):3060-8.
2006: Emir Berkane; Frank Orlik; Johannes F Stegmeier; alain charbit; Mathias Winterhalter; Roland Benz
Interaction of bacteriophage lambda with its cell surface receptor: an in vitro study of binding of the viral tail protein gpJ to LamB (Maltoporin).
Biochemistry 2006;45(8):2708-20.
2006: Michael Leuber; Frank Orlik; Bettina Schiffler; Albert Sickmann; Roland Benz
Vegetative insecticidal protein (Vip1Ac) of Bacillus thuringiensis HD201: evidence for oligomer and channel formation.
Biochemistry 2006;45(1):283-8.
2005: Jiri Masin; Marek Basler; Oliver Knapp; Mohammed El-Azami-El-Idrissi; Elke Maier; Ivo Konopasek; Roland Benz; CLAUDE LECLERC; Peter Sebo
Acylation of lysine 860 allows tight binding and cytotoxicity of Bordetella adenylate cyclase on CD11b-expressing cells.
Biochemistry 2005;44(38):12759-66.
2005: Katrin Denker; Frank Orlik; Bettina Schiffler; Roland Benz
Site-directed mutagenesis of the greasy slide aromatic residues within the LamB (maltoporin) channel of Escherichia coli: effect on ion and maltopentaose transport.
Journal of molecular biology 2005;352(3):534-50.
2005: Peter Hünten; Noelia Costa-Riu; Dieter Palm; Friedrich Lottspeich; Roland Benz
Identification and characterization of PorH, a new cell wall channel of Corynebacterium glutamicum.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2005;1715(1):25-36.
2005: Peter Hünten; Bettina Schiffler; Friedrich Lottspeich; Roland Benz
PorH, a new channel-forming protein present in the cell wall of Corynebacterium efficiens and Corynebacterium callunae.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2005;151(Pt 7):2429-38.
2005: Frank Orlik; Bettina Schiffler; Roland Benz
Anthrax toxin protective antigen: inhibition of channel function by chloroquine and related compounds and study of binding kinetics using the current noise analysis.
Biophysical journal 2005;88(3):1715-24.
2004: Ursula Dörner; Elke Maier; Roland Benz
Identification of a cation-specific channel (TipA) in the cell wall of the gram-positive mycolata Tsukamurella inchonensis: the gene of the channel-forming protein is identical to mspA of Mycobacterium smegmatis and mppA of Mycobacterium phlei.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2004;1667(1):47-55.
2004: Ivaylo Gentschev; Guido Dietrich; Simone Spreng; Beatrice Neuhaus; Elke Maier; Roland Benz; Werner Goebel; Joachim Fensterle; Ulf R Rapp
Use of the alpha-hemolysin secretion system of Escherichia coli for antigen delivery in the Salmonella typhi Ty21a vaccine strain.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM 2004;294(6):363-71.
2004: Rita Aiello; Angelo Messina; Bettina Schiffler; Roland Benz; Gianluca Tasco; Rita Casadio; Vito De Pinto
Functional characterization of a second porin isoform in Drosophila melanogaster. DmPorin2 forms voltage-independent cation-selective pores.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2004;279(24):25364-73.
2003: Noelia Costa-Riu; Elke Maier; Andreas Burkovski; Reinhard Krämer; Friedrich Lottspeich; Roland Benz
Identification of an anion-specific channel in the cell wall of the Gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum.
Molecular microbiology 2003;50(4):1295-308.
2003: Noelia Costa-Riu; Andreas Burkovski; Reinhard Krämer; Roland Benz
PorA represents the major cell wall channel of the Gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum.
Journal of bacteriology 2003;185(16):4779-86.
2003: Frank Orlik; Christian Andersen; Christophe Danelon; Mathias Winterhalter; Markus Pajatsch; August Böck; Roland Benz
CymA of Klebsiella oxytoca outer membrane: binding of cyclodextrins and study of the current noise of the open channel.
Biophysical journal 2003;85(2):876-85.
2003: Oliver Knapp; Elke Maier; Georg Polleichtner; Jirí Masín; Peter Sebo; Roland Benz
Channel formation in model membranes by the adenylate cyclase toxin of Bordetella pertussis: effect of calcium.
Biochemistry 2003;42(26):8077-84.
2003: Christian Andersen; Elke Maier; Gabrielle Kemmer; Julia Blass; Anna-Karina Hilpert; Roland Benz; Joachim Reidl
Porin OmpP2 of Haemophilus influenzae shows specificity for nicotinamide-derived nucleotide substrates.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(27):24269-76.
2003: Franziska G Riess; Marion Elflein; Michael Benk; Bettina Schiffler; Roland Benz; Natalie Garton; Iain Sutcliffe
The cell wall of the pathogenic bacterium Rhodococcus equi contains two channel-forming proteins with different properties.
Journal of bacteriology 2003;185(9):2952-60.
2003: Vito De Pinto; Angelo Messina; Rosita Accardi; Rita Aiello; Francesca Guarino; Marianna Flora Tomasello; Massimo Tommasino; Gianluca Tasco; Rita Casadio; Roland Benz; Francesca De Giorgi; François Ichas; Mark Baker; Alfons Lawen
New functions of an old protein: the eukaryotic porin or voltage dependent anion selective channel (VDAC).
The Italian journal of biochemistry 2003;52(1):17-24.
2002: Christian Andersen; Bettina Schiffler; alain charbit; Roland Benz
PH-induced collapse of the extracellular loops closes Escherichia coli maltoporin and allows the study of asymmetric sugar binding.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2002;277(44):41318-25.
2002: Frank Orlik; Christian Andersen; Roland Benz
Site-directed mutagenesis of tyrosine 118 within the central constriction site of the LamB (maltoporin) channel of Escherichia coli. II. Effect on maltose and maltooligosaccharide binding kinetics.
Biophysical journal 2002;83(1):309-21.
2002: Véronique Le Mellay; Jakob Troppmair; Roland Benz; Ulf R Rapp
Negative regulation of mitochondrial VDAC channels by C-Raf kinase.
BMC cell biology 2002;3():14.
2002: Bong-Hui Kim; Christian Andersen; J Kreth; C Ulmke; K Schmid; Roland Benz
Site-directed mutagenesis within the central constriction site of ScrY (sucroseporin): effect on ion transport and comparison of maltooligosaccharide binding to LamB of Escherichia coli.
The Journal of membrane biology 2002;187(3):239-53.
2002: Frank Orlik; Christian Andersen; Roland Benz
Site-directed mutagenesis of tyrosine 118 within the central constriction site of the LamB (Maltoporin) channel of Escherichia coli. I. Effect on ion transport.
Biophysical journal 2002;82(5):2466-75.
2002: Oliver Knapp; Roland Benz; Maryse Gibert; Jean-Christophe Marvaud; Michel R Popoff
Interaction of Clostridium perfringens iota-toxin with lipid bilayer membranes. Demonstration of channel formation by the activated binding component Ib and channel block by the enzyme component Ia.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2002;277(8):6143-52.
2002: Bong-Hui Kim; Karin Wengerter; Roland Benz
The cell wall of Micromonospora purpurea contains a high conductance channel.
Archives of microbiology 2002;177(2):184-91.
2002: Véronique Le Mellay; Roland Houben; Jakob Troppmair; Carsten Hagemann; Sybille Mazurek; Ulrich Frey; Jürgen Beigel; Christoph Weber; Roland Benz; Erich Eigenbrodt; Ulf R Rapp
Regulation of glycolysis by Raf protein serine/threonine kinases.
Advances in enzyme regulation 2002;42():317-32.
2001: Bong-Hui Kim; Christian Andersen; Roland Benz
Identification of a cell wall channel of Streptomyces griseus: the channel contains a binding site for streptomycin.
Molecular microbiology 2001;41(3):665-73.
2001: Vladimir Sukhorukov; Markus Kürschner; S Dilsky; T Lisec; B Wagner; Wolfdieter A Schenk; Roland Benz; Ulrich Zimmermann
Phloretin-induced changes of lipophilic ion transport across the plasma membrane of mammalian cells.
Biophysical journal 2001;81(2):1006-13.
2001: Franziska G Riess; U Dörner; Bettina Schiffler; Roland Benz
Study of the properties of a channel-forming protein of the cell wall of the gram-positive bacterium Mycobacterium phlei.
The Journal of membrane biology 2001;182(2):147-57.
2001: C Bachmeyer; Roland Benz; H Barth; Klaus Aktories; M Gilbert; Michel R Popoff
Interaction of Clostridium botulinum C2 toxin with lipid bilayer membranes and Vero cells: inhibition of channel function by chloroquine and related compounds in vitro and intoxification in vivo.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2001;15(9):1658-60.
2001: Laetitia Petit; E Maier; Maryse Gibert; Michel R Popoff; Roland Benz
Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin induces a rapid change of cell membrane permeability to ions and forms channels in artificial lipid bilayers.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2001;276(19):15736-40.
2001: Virginie Puech; Mohamed Chami; Anne Lemassu; Marie-Antoinette Lanéelle; Bettina Schiffler; Pierre GOUNON; Nicolas Bayan; Roland Benz; Mamadou Daffé
Structure of the cell envelope of corynebacteria: importance of the non-covalently bound lipids in the formation of the cell wall permeability barrier and fracture plane.
Microbiology (Reading, England) 2001;147(Pt 5):1365-82.
2001: T Lichtinger; Franziska G Riess; Andreas Burkovski; Fredi Engelbrecht; Dörte Hesse; Hartmut Kratzin; Reinhard Krämer; Roland Benz
The low-molecular-mass subunit of the cell wall channel of the Gram-positive Corynebacterium glutamicum. Immunological localization, cloning and sequencing of its gene porA.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 2001;268(2):462-9.
2001: Elke Maier; Georg Polleichtner; B Boeck; R Schinzel; Roland Benz
Identification of the outer membrane porin of Thermus thermophilus HB8: the channel-forming complex has an unusually high molecular mass and an extremely large single-channel conductance.
Journal of bacteriology 2001;183(2):800-3.
2000: Franziska G Riess; Roland Benz
Discovery of a novel channel-forming protein in the cell wall of the non-pathogenic Nocardia corynebacteroides.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2000;1509(1-2):485-95.
2000: Vito De Pinto; Angelo Messina; A Schmid; S Simonetti; F Carnevale; Roland Benz
Characterization of channel-forming activity in muscle biopsy from a porin-deficient human patient.
Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 2000;32(6):585-93.
2000: alain charbit; Christian Andersen; J Wang; Bettina Schiffler; Valérie Michel; Roland Benz; Maurice Hofnung
In vivo and in vitro studies of transmembrane beta-strand deletion, insertion or substitution mutants of the Escherichia coli K-12 maltoporin.
Molecular microbiology 2000;35(4):777-90.
2000: T Lichtinger; G Reiss; Roland Benz
Biochemical identification and biophysical characterization of a channel-forming protein from Rhodococcus erythropolis.
Journal of bacteriology 2000;182(3):764-70.
2000: R Cseh; M Hetzer; K Wolf; J Kraus; G Bringmann; Roland Benz
Interaction of phloretin with membranes: on the mode of action of phloretin at the water-lipid interface.
European biophysics journal : EBJ 2000;29(3):172-83.
1999: A Osicková; Radim Osicka; Elke Maier; Roland Benz; Peter Sebo
An amphipathic alpha-helix including glutamates 509 and 516 is crucial for membrane translocation of adenylate cyclase toxin and modulates formation and cation selectivity of its membrane channels.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1999;274(53):37644-50.
1999: U Stadtmüller; J Eben-Brunnen; A Schmid; Dörte Hesse; S Klebert; Hartmut Kratzin; J Hesse; B Zimmermann; S Reymann; Friedrich P Thinnes; Roland Benz; H Götz; Norbert Hilschmann
Mitochondria-derived and extra-mitochondrial human type-1 porin are identical as revealed by amino acid sequencing and electrophysiological characterisation.
Biological chemistry 1999;380(12):1461-6.
1999: R Cseh; Roland Benz
Interaction of phloretin with lipid monolayers: relationship between structural changes and dipole potential change.
Biophysical journal 1999;77(3):1477-88.
1999: Markus Pajatsch; Christian Andersen; A Mathes; August Böck; Roland Benz; Harald Engelhardt
Properties of a cyclodextrin-specific, unusual porin from Klebsiella oxytoca.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1999;274(35):25159-66.
1999: T Lichtinger; B Heym; E Maier; H Eichner; S T Cole; Roland Benz
Evidence for a small anion-selective channel in the cell wall of Mycobacterium bovis BCG besides a wide cation-selective pore.
FEBS letters 1999;454(3):349-55.
1999: Christian Andersen; C Bachmeyer; H Täuber; Roland Benz; J Wang; Valérie Michel; Salete Newton; Maurice Hofnung; alain charbit
In vivo and in vitro studies of major surface loop deletion mutants of the Escherichia coli K-12 maltoporin: contribution to maltose and maltooligosaccharide transport and binding.
Molecular microbiology 1999;32(4):851-67.
1999: Franziska G Riess; T Lichtinger; AF Yassin; KP Schaal; Roland Benz
The cell wall porin of the gram-positive bacterium Nocardia asteroides forms cation-selective channels that exhibit asymmetric voltage dependence.
Archives of microbiology 1999;171(3):173-82.
1999: Albrecht Ludwig; S Bauer; Roland Benz; Birgit Bergmann; Werner Goebel
Analysis of the SlyA-controlled expression, subcellular localization and pore-forming activity of a 34 kDa haemolysin (ClyA) from Escherichia coli K-12.
Molecular microbiology 1999;31(2):557-67.
1999: Christian Andersen; B Rak; Roland Benz
The gene bglH present in the bgl operon of Escherichia coli, responsible for uptake and fermentation of beta-glucosides encodes for a carbohydrate-specific outer membrane porin.
Molecular microbiology 1999;31(2):499-510.
1998: T Lichtinger; Andreas Burkovski; Michael Niederweis; Reinhard Krämer; Roland Benz
Biochemical and biophysical characterization of the cell wall porin of Corynebacterium glutamicum: the channel is formed by a low molecular mass polypeptide.
Biochemistry 1998;37(43):15024-32.
1998: Christian Andersen; R Cseh; K Schülein; Roland Benz
Study of sugar binding to the sucrose-specific ScrY channel of enteric bacteria using current noise analysis.
The Journal of membrane biology 1998;164(3):263-74.
1998: Franziska G Riess; T Lichtinger; R Cseh; AF Yassin; KP Schaal; Roland Benz
The cell wall porin of Nocardia farcinica: biochemical identification of the channel-forming protein and biophysical characterization of the channel properties.
Molecular microbiology 1998;29(1):139-50.
1998: Christian Andersen; D Krones; C Ulmke; K Schmid; Roland Benz
The porin RafY encoded by the raffinose plasmid pRSD2 of Escherichia coli forms a general diffusion pore and not a carbohydrate-specific porin.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1998;254(3):679-84.
1998: Markus Kürschner; Katja Nielsen; Christian Andersen; Vladimir Sukhorukov; Wolfdieter A Schenk; Roland Benz; Ulrich Zimmermann
Interaction of lipophilic ions with the plasma membrane of mammalian cells studies by electrorotation.
Biophysical journal 1998;74(6):3031-43.
1998: R Cseh; Roland Benz
The adsorption of phloretin to lipid monolayers and bilayers cannot be explained by langmuir adsorption isotherms alone.
Biophysical journal 1998;74(3):1399-408.
1998: S Reumann; E Maier; H W Heldt; Roland Benz
Permeability properties of the porin of spinach leaf peroxisomes.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1998;251(1-2):359-66.
1997: S Schlör; A Schmidt; Elke Maier; Roland Benz; Werner Goebel; Ivaylo Gentschev
In vivo and in vitro studies on interactions between the components of the hemolysin (HlyA) secretion machinery of Escherichia coli.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG 1997;256(3):306-19.
1997: Roland Benz; Elke Maier; T Chakraborty
Purification of OmpU from Vibrio cholerae classical strain 569B: evidence for the formation of large cation-selective ion-permeable channels by OmpU.
Microbiología (Madrid, Spain) 1997;13(3):321-30.
1997: F Wohnsland; Roland Benz
1/f-Noise of open bacterial porin channels.
The Journal of membrane biology 1997;158(1):77-85.
1997: B Popp; S Gebauer; K Fischer; U I Flügge; Roland Benz
Study of structure and function of recombinant pea root plastid porin by biophysical methods.
Biochemistry 1997;36(10):2844-52.
1996: Elke Maier; N Reinhard; Roland Benz; J Frey
Channel-forming activity and channel size of the RTX toxins ApxI, ApxII, and ApxIII of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.
Infection and immunity 1996;64(11):4415-23.
1996: Herbert Schmidt; Elke Maier; Helge Karch; Roland Benz
Pore-forming properties of the plasmid-encoded hemolysin of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1996;241(2):594-601.
1996: K Menzl; Elke Maier; Trinad Chakraborty; Roland Benz
HlyA hemolysin of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype E1 Tor. Identification of the hemolytic complex and evidence for the formation of anion-selective ion-permeable channels.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1996;240(3):646-54.
1996: A Döbereiner; A Schmid; Albrecht Ludwig; Werner Goebel; Roland Benz
The effects of calcium and other polyvalent cations on channel formation by Escherichia coli alpha-hemolysin in red blood cells and lipid bilayer membranes.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1996;240(2):454-60.
1996: Albrecht Ludwig; F Garcia; S Bauer; Thomas Jarchau; Roland Benz; J Hoppe; Werner Goebel
Analysis of the in vivo activation of hemolysin (HlyA) from Escherichia coli.
Journal of bacteriology 1996;178(18):5422-30.
1996: S Reumann; E Maier; Roland Benz; H W Heldt
A specific porin is involved in the malate shuttle of leaf peroxisomes.
Biochemical Society transactions 1996;24(3):754-7.
1996: P Wiesner; B Popp; A Schmid; Roland Benz; H Kayser
Isolation of mitochondrial porin of the fly Protophormia: porin modification by the pesticide CGA 140'408 studied in lipid bilayer membranes.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1996;1282(2):216-24.
1996: M Jordy; Christian Andersen; K Schülein; T Ferenci; Roland Benz
Rate constants of sugar transport through two LamB mutants of Escherichia coli: comparison with wild-type maltoporin and LamB of Salmonella typhimurium.
Journal of molecular biology 1996;259(4):666-78.
1996: B Popp; D A Court; Roland Benz; Walter Neupert; Roland Lill
The role of the N and C termini of recombinant Neurospora mitochondrial porin in channel formation and voltage-dependent gating.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1996;271(23):13593-9.
1996: F Carbonara; B Popp; A Schmid; Vito Iacobazzi; G Genchi; Ferdinando Palmieri; Roland Benz
The role of sterols in the functional reconstitution of water-soluble mitochondrial porins from plants.
Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 1996;28(2):181-9.
1995: Albrecht Ludwig; C Tengel; S Bauer; A Bubert; Roland Benz; Hans-Joachim Mollenkopf; Werner Goebel
SlyA, a regulatory protein from Salmonella typhimurium, induces a haemolytic and pore-forming protein in Escherichia coli.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG 1995;249(5):474-86.
1995: M Winterhalter; H Bürner; S Marzinka; Roland Benz; John Kasianowicz
Interaction of poly(ethylene-glycols) with air-water interfaces and lipid monolayers: investigations on surface pressure and surface potential.
Biophysical journal 1995;69(4):1372-81.
1995: M Niederweis; E Maier; T Lichtinger; Roland Benz; R Krämer
Identification of channel-forming activity in the cell wall of Corynebacterium glutamicum.
Journal of bacteriology 1995;177(19):5716-8.
1995: K Schülein; Christian Andersen; Roland Benz
The deletion of 70 amino acids near the N-terminal end of the sucrose-specific porin ScrY causes its functional similarity to LamB in vivo and in vitro.
Molecular microbiology 1995;17(4):757-67.
1995: S Reumann; E Maier; Roland Benz; H W Heldt
The membrane of leaf peroxisomes contains a porin-like channel.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1995;270(29):17559-65.
1995: K H Klotz; Roland Benz
Shape of the potential energy barrier of the iodine-mediated halide transport.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1995;1235(2):378-86.
1995: B Popp; A Schmid; Roland Benz
Role of sterols in the functional reconstitution of water-soluble mitochondrial porins from different organisms.
Biochemistry 1995;34(10):3352-61.
1995: Christian Andersen; M Jordy; Roland Benz
Evaluation of the rate constants of sugar transport through maltoporin (LamB) of Escherichia coli from the sugar-induced current noise.
The Journal of general physiology 1995;105(3):385-401.
1995: J Wang; Roland Benz; Ulrich Zimmermann
Effects of light and inhibitors of ATP-synthesis on the chloride carrier of the alga Valonia utricularis: is the carrier a chloride pump?
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1995;1233(2):185-97.
1994: Roland Benz; Elke Maier; Daniel Ladant; Agnes Ullmann; Peter Sebo
Adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) of Bordetella pertussis. Evidence for the formation of small ion-permeable channels and comparison with HlyA of Escherichia coli.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1994;269(44):27231-9.
1994: Karsten Fischer; Andreas Weber; Susanne Brink; B Arbinger; D Schünemann; S Borchert; H W Heldt; B Popp; Roland Benz; T A Link
Porins from plants. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of two new members of the porin family.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1994;269(41):25754-60.
1994: J Wang; Ulrich Zimmermann; Roland Benz
Contribution of electrogenic ion transport to impedance of the algae Valonia utricularis and artificial membranes.
Biophysical journal 1994;67(4):1582-93.
1994: Roland Benz
Permeation of hydrophilic solutes through mitochondrial outer membranes: review on mitochondrial porins.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1994;1197(2):167-96.
1994: A Schmid; Roland Benz; I Just; K Aktories
Interaction of Clostridium botulinum C2 toxin with lipid bilayer membranes. Formation of cation-selective channels and inhibition of channel function by chloroquine.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1994;269(24):16706-11.
1994: S Nekolla; Christian Andersen; Roland Benz
Noise analysis of ion current through the open and the sugar-induced closed state of the LamB channel of Escherichia coli outer membrane: evaluation of the sugar binding kinetics to the channel interior.
Biophysical journal 1994;66(5):1388-97.
1994: Roland Benz; Kim Hardie; C Hughes
Pore formation in artificial membranes by the secreted hemolysins of Proteus vulgaris and Morganella morganii.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1994;220(2):339-47.
1993: K H Klotz; Roland Benz
Kinetics of the iodine- and bromine-mediated transport of halide ions: demonstration of an interfacial complexation mechanism.
Biophysical journal 1993;65(6):2661-72.
1993: Albrecht Ludwig; Roland Benz; Werner Goebel
Oligomerization of Escherichia coli haemolysin (HlyA) is involved in pore formation.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG 1993;241(1-2):89-96.
1993: H Bürner; Roland Benz; H Gimmler; W Hartung; W Stillwell
Abscisic acid-lipid interactions: a phospholipid monolayer study.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1993;1150(2):165-72.
1993: Roland Benz; C Egli; R E Hancock
Anion transport through the phosphate-specific OprP-channel of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane: effects of phosphate, di- and tribasic anions and of negatively-charged lipids.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1993;1149(2):224-30.
1993: I Spiess; J Wang; Roland Benz; Ulrich Zimmermann
Characterization of the chloride carrier in the plasmalemma of the alga Valonia utricularis: the inhibition by 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1993;1149(1):93-101.
1993: J Wang; G Wehner; Roland Benz; Ulrich Zimmermann
Harmonic system analysis of the algae Valonia utricularis: contribution of an electrogenic transport system to gain and phase-shift of the transfer function.
Biophysical journal 1993;64(6):1657-67.
1993: K H Klotz; M Winterhalter; Roland Benz
Use of irreversible electrical breakdown of lipid bilayers for the study of interaction of membranes with surface active molecules.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1993;1147(1):161-4.
1993: J Wang; Ulrich Zimmermann; Roland Benz
The voltage-dependent step of the chloride transporter of Valonia utricularis encounters a Nernst-Planck and not an Eyring type of potential energy barrier.
Biophysical journal 1993;64(4):1004-16.
1993: Roland Benz; Elke Maier; Ivaylo Gentschev
TolC of Escherichia coli functions as an outer membrane channel.
Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie : international journal of medical microbiology 1993;278(2-3):187-96.
1993: C Wilhelm; M Winterhalter; Ulrich Zimmermann; Roland Benz
Kinetics of pore size during irreversible electrical breakdown of lipid bilayer membranes.
Biophysical journal 1993;64(1):121-8.
1993: M Struyvé; J Visser; H Adriaanse; Roland Benz; Jan Tommassen
Topology of PhoE porin: the 'eyelet' region.
Molecular microbiology 1993;7(1):131-40.
1992: A Schmid; S Krömer; H W Heldt; Roland Benz
Identification of two general diffusion channels in the outer membrane of pea mitochondria.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1992;1112(2):174-80.
1992: Roland Benz; A Döbereiner; Albrecht Ludwig; Werner Goebel
Haemolysin of Escherichia coli: comparison of pore-forming properties between chromosome and plasmid-encoded haemolysins.
FEMS microbiology immunology 1992;5(1-3):55-62.
1992: Roland Benz; Elke Maier; Friedrich P Thinnes; H Götz; Norbert Hilschmann
Studies on human porin. VII. The channel properties of the human B-lymphocyte membrane-derived "Porin 31HL" are similar to those of mitochondrial porins.
Biological chemistry Hoppe-Seyler 1992;373(6):295-303.
1992: B Klughammer; M Betz; Roland Benz; Karl-Josef Dietz
Partial purification of a potassium channel with low permeability for sodium from tonoplast membranes of Hordeum vulgare cv. Gerbel.
The Journal of membrane biology 1992;128(1):17-25.
1992: Roland Benz; G Francis; T Nakae; T Ferenci
Investigation of the selectivity of maltoporin channels using mutant LamB proteins: mutations changing the maltodextrin binding site.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1992;1104(2):299-307.
1992: B Klughammer; Roland Benz; M Betz; M Thume; Karl-Josef Dietz
Reconstitution of vacuolar ion channels into planar lipid bilayers.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1992;1104(2):308-16.
1992: Roland Benz; Dieter Brdiczka
The cation-selective substate of the mitochondrial outer membrane pore: single-channel conductance and influence on intermembrane and peripheral kinases.
Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 1992;24(1):33-9.
1992: R L Oropeza-Wekerle; S Muller; J P Briand; Roland Benz; A Schmid; Werner Goebel
Haemolysin-derived synthetic peptides with pore-forming and haemolytic activity.
Molecular microbiology 1992;6(1):115-21.
1991: Vito De Pinto; J A al Jamal; Roland Benz; G Genchi; Ferdinando Palmieri
Characterization of SH groups in porin of bovine heart mitochondria. Porin cysteines are localized in the channel walls.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1991;202(3):903-11.
1991: A Schmid; Roland Benz; B Schink
Identification of two porins in Pelobacter venetianus fermenting high-molecular-mass polyethylene glycols.
Journal of bacteriology 1991;173(16):4909-13.
1991: Albrecht Ludwig; A Schmid; Roland Benz; Werner Goebel
Mutations affecting pore formation by haemolysin from Escherichia coli.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG 1991;226(1-2):198-208.
1991: Vito De Pinto; Vincenzo Zara; Roland Benz; Gabriele V Gnoni; Ferdinando Palmieri
Characterization of pore-forming activity in liver mitochondria from Anguilla anguilla. Two porins in mitochondria?
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1991;1061(2):279-86.
1991: J Wang; G Wehner; Roland Benz; Ulrich Zimmermann
Influence of external chloride concentration on the kinetics of mobile charges in the cell membrane of Valonia utricularis: Evidence for the existence of a chloride carrier.
Biophysical journal 1991;59(1):235-48.
1990: Vito De Pinto; J A al Jamal; Roland Benz; Ferdinando Palmieri
Positive residues involved in the voltage-gating of the mitochondrial porin-channel are localized in the external moiety of the pore.
FEBS letters 1990;274(1-2):122-6.
1990: Trinad Chakraborty; A Schmid; S Notermans; Roland Benz
Aerolysin of Aeromonas sobria: evidence for formation of ion-permeable channels and comparison with alpha-toxin of Staphylococcus aureus.
Infection and immunity 1990;58(7):2127-32.
1990: Jan Tommassen; P Vermeij; M Struyvé; Roland Benz; Jan Poolman
Isolation of Neisseria meningitidis mutants deficient in class 1 (porA) and class 3 (porB) outer membrane proteins.
Infection and immunity 1990;58(5):1355-9.
1990: K Schülein; Roland Benz
LamB (maltoporin) of Salmonella typhimurium: isolation, purification and comparison of sugar binding with LamB of Escherichia coli.
Molecular microbiology 1990;4(4):625-32.
1990: Roland Benz
Biophysical properties of porin pores from mitochondrial outer membrane of eukaryotic cells.
Experientia 1990;46(2):131-7.
1989: Vito De Pinto; Roland Benz; Corrado Caggese; Ferdinando Palmieri
Characterization of the mitochondrial porin from Drosophila melanogaster.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1989;987(1):1-7.
1989: Karl Bauer; M Struyvé; D Bosch; Roland Benz; Jan Tommassen
One single lysine residue is responsible for the special interaction between polyphosphate and the outer membrane porin PhoE of Escherichia coli.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1989;264(28):16393-8.
1989: Roland Benz; A Schmid; M Dihanich
Pores from mitochondrial outer membranes of yeast and a porin-deficient yeast mutant: a comparison.
Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 1989;21(4):439-50.
1989: Vito De Pinto; Roland Benz; Ferdinando Palmieri
Interaction of non-classical detergents with the mitochondrial porin. A new purification procedure and characterization of the pore-forming unit.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1989;183(1):179-87.
1989: Roland Benz; A Schmid; Peter van der Ley; Jan Tommassen
Molecular basis of porin selectivity: membrane experiments with OmpC-PhoE and OmpF-PhoE hybrid proteins of Escherichia coli K-12.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1989;981(1):8-14.
1989: Roland Benz; A Schmid; W Wagner; Werner Goebel
Pore formation by the Escherichia coli hemolysin: evidence for an association-dissociation equilibrium of the pore-forming aggregates.
Infection and immunity 1989;57(3):887-95.
1989: O Ludwig; Roland Benz; J E Schultz
Porin of Paramecium mitochondria isolation, characterization and ion selectivity of the closed state.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1989;978(2):319-27.
1988: Albrecht Ludwig; Thomas Jarchau; Roland Benz; Werner Goebel
The repeat domain of Escherichia coli haemolysin (HlyA) is responsible for its Ca2+-dependent binding to erythrocytes.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG 1988;214(3):553-61.
1988: Roland Benz; A Schmid; C Maier; E Bremer
Characterization of the nucleoside-binding site inside the Tsx channel of Escherichia coli outer membrane. Reconstitution experiments with lipid bilayer membranes.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1988;176(3):699-705.
1988: Karl Bauer; Peter van der Ley; Roland Benz; Jan Tommassen
The pho-controlled outer membrane porin PhoE does not contain specific binding sites for phosphate or polyphosphates.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1988;263(26):13046-53.
1988: Roland Benz; Karl Bauer
Permeation of hydrophilic molecules through the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria. Review on bacterial porins.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1988;176(1):1-19.
1988: Roland Benz
Structural requirement for the rapid movement of charged molecules across membranes. Experiments with tetraphenylborate analogues.
Biophysical journal 1988;54(1):25-33.
1988: Karl Bauer; A Schmid; W Boos; Roland Benz; Jan Tommassen
Pore formation by pho-controlled outer-membrane proteins of various Enterobacteriaceae in lipid bilayers.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1988;174(1):199-205.
1988: Roland Benz; Lech Wojtczak; W Bosch; Dieter Brdiczka
Inhibition of adenine nucleotide transport through the mitochondrial porin by a synthetic polyanion.
FEBS letters 1988;231(1):75-80.
1988: Roland Benz
Structure and function of porins from gram-negative bacteria.
Annual review of microbiology 1988;42():359-93.
1988: O Ludwig; J Krause; R Hay; Roland Benz
Purification and characterization of the pore forming protein of yeast mitochondrial outer membrane.
European biophysics journal : EBJ 1988;15(5):269-76.
1987: Vito De Pinto; O Ludwig; J Krause; Roland Benz; Ferdinando Palmieri
Porin pores of mitochondrial outer membranes from high and low eukaryotic cells: biochemical and biophysical characterization.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1987;894(2):109-19.
1987: M Agterberg; Roland Benz; Jan Tommassen
Insertion mutagenesis on a cell-surface-exposed region of outer membrane protein PhoE of Escherichia coli K-12.
European journal of biochemistry / FEBS 1987;169(1):65-71.
1987: Roland Benz; A Schmid; G H Vos-Scheperkeuter
Mechanism of sugar transport through the sugar-specific LamB channel of Escherichia coli outer membrane.
The Journal of membrane biology 1987;100(1):21-9.
1986: O Ludwig; Vito De Pinto; Ferdinando Palmieri; Roland Benz
Pore formation by the mitochondrial porin of rat brain in lipid bilayer membranes.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1986;860(2):268-76.