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Prof. Dr. Paola Fucini

Institute for Organic Chemistry
and Chemical Biology

Goethe University Frankfurt
Campus Riedberg, BMLS
Max-von-Laue-Str. 15
60438 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Tel  +49 (0)69 798-42535
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Andrea Wachner

Goethe University FrankfurtCampus Riedberg, BMLSMax-von-Laue-Str. 1560438 Frankfurt am MainGermany

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Paola Fucini

Professor in X-ray Crystallography of RNA-protein Complexes,
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology


Curriculum Vitae

1994Laurea (Diploma) in Biology,
Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
1998
PhD, Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie,
Martinsried, Germany
1998–2001Post doc, University of Oxford, UK
2002
Post doc, Cambridge University, UK
2002–2007Group Leader, Max Planck Institut for Molecular Genetics,
Berlin, Germany
since 2007Professor in X-ray Crystallography
of RNA-protein Complexes,
Cluster of Excellence "Macromolecular Complexes",
Goethe University Frankfurt

Team

Paola Fucini, Group Leader
Robert Sean Connell,
Tatsuya Kaminishi, PhD Student
Christiane Aydin, Technical Assistant
Jutta Kreutz, Technical Assistant

Publications

Solid-state NMR enhanced by dynamic nuclear polarization as a novel tool for ribosome structural biology. Gelis, I; Vitzthum, V; Dhimole, N; Caporini, MA; Schedlbauer, A; Carnevale, D; Connell, SR; Fucini, P; Bodenhausen, G; J Biomol NMR, 2013 May PubMed

Head swivel on the ribosome facilitates translocation by means of intra-subunit tRNA hybrid sites. Ratje, AH; Loerke, J; Mikolajka, A; Brünner, M; Hildebrand, PW; Starosta, AL; Dönhöfer, A; Connell, SR; Fucini, P; Mielke, T; Whitford, PC; Onuchic, JN; Yu, Y; Sanbonmatsu, KY; Hartmann, RK; Penczek, PA; Wilson, DN; Spahn, CM; Nature, 2010 Dec PubMed

Mass spectrometry defines the stoichiometry of ribosomal stalk complexes across the phylogenetic tree. Gordiyenko, Y; Videler, H; Zhou, M; McKay, AR; Fucini, P; Biegel, E; Müller, V; Robinson, CV; Mol Cell Proteomics, 2010 Aug PubMed

PSRP1 is not a ribosomal protein, but a ribosome-binding factor that is recycled by the ribosome-recycling factor (RRF) and elongation factor G (EF-G). Sharma, MR; Dönhöfer, A; Barat, C; Marquez, V; Datta, PP; Fucini, P; Wilson, DN; Agrawal, RK; J Biol Chem, 2010 Feb PubMed

Probing side-chain dynamics of a ribosome-bound nascent chain using methyl NMR spectroscopy. Hsu, ST; Cabrita, LD; Fucini, P; Christodoulou, J; Dobson, CM; J Am Chem Soc, 2009 Jun PubMed

Structure, dynamics and folding of an immunoglobulin domain of the gelation factor (ABP-120) from Dictyostelium discoideum. Hsu, ST; Cabrita, LD; Fucini, P; Dobson, CM; Christodoulou, J; J Mol Biol, 2009 May PubMed

A new tRNA intermediate revealed on the ribosome during EF4-mediated back-translocation. Connell, SR; Topf, M; Qin, Y; Wilson, DN; Mielke, T; Fucini, P; Nierhaus, KH; Spahn, CM; Nat Struct Mol Biol, 2008 Sep PubMed

The oxazolidinone antibiotics perturb the ribosomal peptidyl-transferase center and effect tRNA positioning. Wilson, DN; Schluenzen, F; Harms, JM; Starosta, AL; Connell, SR; Fucini, P; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2008 Sep PubMed

Translational regulation via L11: molecular switches on the ribosome turned on and off by thiostrepton and micrococcin. Harms, JM; Wilson, DN; Schluenzen, F; Connell, SR; Stachelhaus, T; Zaborowska, Z; Spahn, CM; Fucini, P; Mol Cell, 2008 Apr PubMed

Cryo-EM study of the spinach chloroplast ribosome reveals the structural and functional roles of plastid-specific ribosomal proteins. Sharma, MR; Wilson, DN; Datta, PP; Barat, C; Schluenzen, F; Fucini, P; Agrawal, RK; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2007 Dec PubMed

Structural aspects of RbfA action during small ribosomal subunit assembly. Datta, PP; Wilson, DN; Kawazoe, M; Swami, NK; Kaminishi, T; Sharma, MR; Booth, TM; Takemoto, C; Fucini, P; Yokoyama, S; Agrawal, RK; Mol Cell, 2007 Nov PubMed

Structure and dynamics of a ribosome-bound nascent chain by NMR spectroscopy. Hsu, ST; Fucini, P; Cabrita, LD; Launay, H; Dobson, CM; Christodoulou, J; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2007 Oct PubMed

A snapshot of the 30S ribosomal subunit capturing mRNA via the Shine-Dalgarno interaction. Kaminishi, T; Wilson, DN; Takemoto, C; Harms, JM; Kawazoe, M; Schluenzen, F; Hanawa-Suetsugu, K; Shirouzu, M; Fucini, P; Yokoyama, S; Structure, 2007 Mar PubMed

Structural basis for interaction of the ribosome with the switch regions of GTP-bound elongation factors. Connell, SR; Takemoto, C; Wilson, DN; Wang, H; Murayama, K; Terada, T; Shirouzu, M; Rost, M; Schüler, M; Giesebrecht, J; Dabrowski, M; Mielke, T; Fucini, P; Yokoyama, S; Spahn, CM; Mol Cell, 2007 Mar PubMed

The antibiotic kasugamycin mimics mRNA nucleotides to destabilize tRNA binding and inhibit canonical translation initiation. Schluenzen, F; Takemoto, C; Wilson, DN; Kaminishi, T; Harms, JM; Hanawa-Suetsugu, K; Szaflarski, W; Kawazoe, M; Shirouzu, M; Shirouzo, M; Nierhaus, KH; Yokoyama, S; Fucini, P; Nat Struct Mol Biol, 2006 Oct PubMed

Species-specific antibiotic-ribosome interactions: implications for drug development. Wilson, DN; Harms, JM; Nierhaus, KH; Schlünzen, F; Fucini, P; Biol Chem, 2005 Dec PubMed

The binding mode of the trigger factor on the ribosome: implications for protein folding and SRP interaction. Schlünzen, F; Wilson, DN; Tian, P; Harms, JM; McInnes, SJ; Hansen, HA; Albrecht, R; Buerger, J; Wilbanks, SM; Fucini, P; Structure, 2005 Nov PubMed

Heptameric (L12)6/L10 rather than canonical pentameric complexes are found by tandem MS of intact ribosomes from thermophilic bacteria. Ilag, LL; Videler, H; McKay, AR; Sobott, F; Fucini, P; Nierhaus, KH; Robinson, CV; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2005 Jun PubMed

Interaction of Era with the 30S ribosomal subunit implications for 30S subunit assembly. Sharma, MR; Barat, C; Wilson, DN; Booth, TM; Kawazoe, M; Hori-Takemoto, C; Shirouzu, M; Yokoyama, S; Fucini, P; Agrawal, RK; Mol Cell, 2005 Apr PubMed

High heterogeneity within the ribosomal proteins of the Arabidopsis thaliana 80S ribosome. Giavalisco, P; Wilson, D; Kreitler, T; Lehrach, H; Klose, J; Gobom, J; Fucini, P; Plant Mol Biol, 2005 Mar PubMed

Nanoflow liquid chromatography coupled to matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: sample preparation, data analysis, and application to the analysis of complex peptide mixtures. Mirgorodskaya, E; Braeuer, C; Fucini, P; Lehrach, H; Gobom, J; Proteomics, 2005 Feb PubMed

X-ray crystallography study on ribosome recycling: the mechanism of binding and action of RRF on the 50S ribosomal subunit. Wilson, DN; Schluenzen, F; Harms, JM; Yoshida, T; Ohkubo, T; Albrecht, R; Buerger, J; Kobayashi, Y; Fucini, P; EMBO J, 2005 Jan PubMed

Inhibition of peptide bond formation by pleuromutilins: the structure of the 50S ribosomal subunit from Deinococcus radiodurans in complex with tiamulin. Schlünzen, F; Pyetan, E; Fucini, P; Yonath, A; Harms, JM; Mol Microbiol, 2004 Dec PubMed

Heteronuclear NMR investigations of dynamic regions of intact Escherichia coli ribosomes. Christodoulou, J; Larsson, G; Fucini, P; Connell, SR; Pertinhez, TA; Hanson, CL; Redfield, C; Nierhaus, KH; Robinson, CV; Schleucher, J; Dobson, CM; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2004 Jul PubMed

Three-dimensional structures of translating ribosomes by Cryo-EM. Gilbert, RJ; Fucini, P; Connell, S; Fuller, SD; Nierhaus, KH; Robinson, CV; Dobson, CM; Stuart, DI; Mol Cell, 2004 Apr PubMed

Alterations at the peptidyl transferase centre of the ribosome induced by the synergistic action of the streptogramins dalfopristin and quinupristin. Harms, JM; Schlünzen, F; Fucini, P; Bartels, H; Yonath, A; BMC Biol, 2004 PubMed

Dissecting the ribosomal inhibition mechanisms of edeine and pactamycin: the universally conserved residues G693 and C795 regulate P-site RNA binding. Dinos, G; Wilson, DN; Teraoka, Y; Szaflarski, W; Fucini, P; Kalpaxis, D; Nierhaus, KH; Mol Cell, 2004 Jan PubMed

Ribosomal crystallography: peptide bond formation and its inhibition. Bashan, A; Zarivach, R; Schluenzen, F; Agmon, I; Harms, J; Auerbach, T; Baram, D; Berisio, R; Bartels, H; Hansen, HA; Fucini, P; Wilson, D; Peretz, M; Kessler, M; Yonath, A; Biopolymers, 2003 Sep PubMed

Structural insight into the antibiotic action of telithromycin against resistant mutants. Berisio, R; Harms, J; Schluenzen, F; Zarivach, R; Hansen, HA; Fucini, P; Yonath, A; J Bacteriol, 2003 Jul PubMed

On peptide bond formation, translocation, nascent protein progression and the regulatory properties of ribosomes. Derived on 20 October 2002 at the 28th FEBS Meeting in Istanbul. Agmon, I; Auerbach, T; Baram, D; Bartels, H; Bashan, A; Berisio, R; Fucini, P; Hansen, HA; Harms, J; Kessler, M; Peretz, M; Schluenzen, F; Yonath, A; Zarivach, R; Eur J Biochem, 2003 Jun PubMed

Dissociation of intact Escherichia coli ribosomes in a mass spectrometer. Evidence for conformational change in a ribosome elongation factor G complex. Hanson, CL; Fucini, P; Ilag, LL; Nierhaus, KH; Robinson, CV; J Biol Chem, 2003 Jan PubMed

Detection and selective dissociation of intact ribosomes in a mass spectrometer. Rostom, AA; Fucini, P; Benjamin, DR; Juenemann, R; Nierhaus, KH; Hartl, FU; Dobson, CM; Robinson, CV; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2000 May PubMed

Molecular architecture of the rod domain of the Dictyostelium gelation factor (ABP120). Fucini, P; Köppel, B; Schleicher, M; Lustig, A; Holak, TA; Müller, R; Stewart, M; Noegel, AA; J Mol Biol, 1999 Sep PubMed

Structural basis for dimerization of the Dictyostelium gelation factor (ABP120) rod. McCoy, AJ; Fucini, P; Noegel, AA; Stewart, M; Nat Struct Biol, 1999 Sep PubMed

Location of the binding site of the mannose-specific lectin comitin on F-actin. Fulgenzi, G; Graciotti, L; Granata, AL; Corsi, A; Fucini, P; Noegel, AA; Kent, HM; Stewart, M; J Mol Biol, 1998 Dec PubMed

Crystallization and preliminary X-Ray diffraction characterization of a dimerizing fragment of the rod domain of the Dictyostelium gelation factor (ABP-120). Fucini, P; McCoy, AJ; Gomez-Ortiz, M; Schleicher, M; Noegel, AA; Stewart, M; J Struct Biol, 1997 Nov PubMed

The repeating segments of the F-actin cross-linking gelation factor (ABP-120) have an immunoglobulin-like fold. Fucini, P; Renner, C; Herberhold, C; Noegel, AA; Holak, TA; Nat Struct Biol, 1997 Mar PubMed

Linking microfilaments to intracellular membranes: the actin-binding and vesicle-associated protein comitin exhibits a mannose-specific lectin activity. Jung, E; Fucini, P; Stewart, M; Noegel, AA; Schleicher, M; EMBO J, 1996 Mar PubMed

This colleague is a member of the following groups:
  • Ribosome Structural Biology