Prof. Dr. Jörg Matysik

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSpectroscopy,Biochemistry
KeywordsNMR, Functional mechanisms, Proteins, Photochemistry, Vibrational Spectroscopy

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityLeipzig
InstitutionUniversität Leipzig
InstituteInstitut für Analytische Chemie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Teizo KitagawaDepartment of Molecular Structure, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/1996

Programme(s)

1995Research Fellowship Programme from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Publications (partial selection)

2001Jörg Matysik, Alia, Prasanna Mohanty Effect of proline on the production of singlet oxygen. In: Amino Acids, 2001, 195-200
2001Jörg Matysik, Els Schulten, Alia, Peter Gast, Jan Raap, Johan Lugtenburg, Arnold J. Hoff, Huub J. M. de Groot: Photo-CIDNP 13C magic angle spinning NMR on bacterial reaction centres: Exploring the electronic structure of the special pair and its surroundings. In: Biol. Chem., 2001, 1271-1276
2001Jörg Matysik, Alia, Peter Gast, Johan Lugtenburg, Arnold J. Hoff, Huub J. M. de Groot: Photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centres observed by 13C solid-state NMR. In: Suzanne Kiihne, Huub J. M. de Groot, Perpectives on Solid State NMR in Biology. Kluwer, 2001. 215-225
2001Jörg Matysik, Alia: The photophysics and photochemistry of cytochrome-c oxidase. In: P. Pardha Sardhi, Biophysical Processes in Living Systems. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, 2001. 227-244
2001Jörg Matysik, Alia, Claudia Soede-Huijbregts, Marc Baldus, Jan Raap, Johan Lugtenburg, Peter Gast, Hans. J. van Gorkom, Arnold J. Hoff, Huub J. M. de Groot: Ultra high field MAS NMR dipolar correlation spectroscopy of histidine residues in light harvesting complex II from photosynthetic bacteria reveals partial internal charge transfer in the B850/his complex. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2001, 4803-4809
2000Jörg Matysik, Cornelis Erkelens, Frans B. Hulsbergen, Peter Gast, Johan Lugtenburg, Huub J. M. de Groot Bacteriochlorophyll/imidazole and chlorophyll/imidazole complexes are negatively charged in an apolar environment. In: Chem. Phys. Let., 2000, 325-330
2000Jörg Matysik, Peter Hildebrandt, Bernd Ludwig: Induction of photochemical auto-reduction of cytochrome-c oxidase by an organic peroxide. In: Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 2000, 125-130
2000Jörg Matysik, Alia, Peter Gast, Hans J. van Gorkom, Arnold J. Hoff, Huub J. M. de Groot: Photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization in reaction centres of photosystem II observed by 13C-solid-state NMR reveals a strongly asymmetric electronic structure of the P680 + primary donor chlorophyll. In: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2000, 9865-9870
2000Jörg Matysik, Alia, Johan G. Hollander, Tatjana Egorova-Zachernyuk, Peter Gast, Huub J. M. de Groot Sample illumination and photo-CIDNP in a magic-angle spinning NMR probe. In: Indian J. Biochem. Biophys., 2000, 418-423
2000Jörg Matysik, Alia, Gerda Nachtegaal, Hand J. van Gorkom, Arnold J. Hoff, Huub J. M. de Groot: Solid-state 113Cd NMR investigations of the calcium-binding site in photosystem II membrane. In: Biochemistry , 2000, 6751-6755
1999Jörg Matysik, Alia, Prasanna Mohanty: Singlet oxygen scavenging activity of proline: Studies with spin trapping EPR spectroscopy. In: S. B. Vohora, V. P. Agarwal, Toxicology and Environmental Health. Aptech Publications, 1999. 121-124
1999Jörg Matysik, Peter Hildebrandt, Christa Kneip, Karoly Nemeth, Ildiko Magdo, Franz Mark, Kurt Schaffner: Vibrational Analysis of Linear Tetrapyrroles. Implications for Interpreting the Resonance Raman Spectra of Phytochrome. In: Rec. Res. Devel. Phys. Chem., 1999, 63-77