Prof. Dr. Bob B. Buchanan

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietBiochemie und Biophysik der Pflanzen
Keywordsthioredoxin, redox signaling, redox regulation, amyloplasts, chloroplasts

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtBerkeley
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of California, Berkeley
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Jürgen SollDepartment Biologie I - Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Mark StittMax-Planck-Institut für molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Golm
Dr. Stefan KempaBerliner Institut für Medizinische Systembiologie (BIMSB), Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.09.2007

Programm(e)

2007Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den USA

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Buchanan has made a series of major discoveries that are fundamental to our understanding of the biochemistry of plant metabolism. He established the ferredoxin-thioredoxin system as a mechanism for the light mediated redox regulation of the enzymes involved in carbon dioxide fixation during photosynthesis. These studie s defined that light was not only the energy source for the photochemical reactions, but plays a key role in regulating central enzymatic reactions in the carbon dioxide fixation cycle (Calvin-cycle). In Germany, Professor Buchanan will address questions concerning the redox regulation of intracellular protein trafficking and of storage carbohydrate metabolism.

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2009J. Michalska, H., Zauber, B.B. Buchanan, F.J. Cejudo and P. Geigenberger: NTRC: A special NADP-thioredoxin reductase links built in thioredoxin to light and sucrose in the regulation of starch synthesis in chloroplasts and amyloplasts.. In: Proceeedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 2009, 9908-9913
2009A. Stengel, J.P. Benz, B.B. Buchanan, J. Soll and B. Bölter Preprotein import into chloroplasts via the Toc and Tic complexes is regulated by redox signals. . In: Molecular Plant, 2009, 1181-1197
2009M. Balsera, J., Soll and B.B. Buchanan Protein Import in Chloroplasts: An Emerging Regulatory Role for Redox.. In: In: Oxidative Stress and Redox Regulation in Plants, Adv. Bot. Res. (J.-P. Jacquot, ed.) pp. 278-330, Elsevier (Academic Press), Maryland Heights, MO., 2009, 277-330
2008M. Balsera, T.A., Goetze, E. Kovács-Bogdán, P. Schürmann, R. Wagner, B.B. Buchanan and J. Soll, B. Bölter: Characterization of TIC110, a channel-forming protein at the inner envelope membrane of chloroplasts, unveils a response to Ca2+ and a stromal regulatory disulfide bridge. . In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008, 2603-2316
2008P. Schürmann and B.B. Buchanan The ferredoxin/thioredoxin system of oxygenic photosynthesis. . In: Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, 2008, 1235-1274