Prof. Kira Juliet Weissman-Sourmail

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsBiochemistry
KeywordsBiosynthesis, polyketide, synthases, non-ribosomal peptide synthetases, combinatorial biochemistry

Current contact address

CountryFrance
CityVandoevre-Les-Nancy
InstitutionUniversite de Lorraine

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Rolf MüllerInstitut für Pharmazeutische Biotechnologie, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2007

Program(s)

2007Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2008Kira J Weissman: Anatomy of a fungal polyketide synthase. In: Science, 2008, 186-187
2008Kira J Weissman and Rolf Müller: Protein-protein interactions in multienzyme megasythetases. In: ChemBioChem, 2008, 826-848
2007Shwan Rachid, Daniel Krug, Kira J Weissman & Rolf Müller: Biosynthesis of (R)-beta-tyrosine and its incorporation into the highly cytotoxic chondramides produced by Chondromyces crocatus. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2007, 21810-21817
2007Susanne Schneicker, et al. and Kira J Weissman: Complete genome sequence of the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum. In: Nature Biotechnology, 2007, 1281-1289
2007Yasser A Elnakady, Manfred Rohde, Florenz, Christina Backes, Andreas Keller, Hans-Peter Lenhof, Kira J Weissman & Rolf Müller: Evidence for the mode of action of the highly cytotoxic Streptomyces polyketide kendomycin. In: ChemBioChem, 2007, 1261-1272