Bernd Koenig

Dr. Bernd Koenig

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Academic Career Length

32Years (1995-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 1996 in Langmuir
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BKBernd Koenig
Bernd Koenig
SKS. Krueger
S. Krueger
WOW. J. Orts
W. J. Orts
CMC. F. Majkrzak
C. F. Majkrzak
NBN. F. Berk
N. F. Berk
KGK. Gawrisch
K. Gawrisch

1 October 1997 in Biophysical Journal
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BKBernd Koenig
Bernd Koenig
HSHelmut H. Strey
Helmut H. Strey
KGK. Gawrisch
K. Gawrisch

1 August 2008 in Journal of Biological Chemistry
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ABAurélien Bailly
Aurélien Bailly
VSValpuri Sovero
Valpuri Sovero
VVVincent Vincenzetti
Vincent Vincenzetti
DSDiana Santelia
Diana Santelia
DBDirk Bartnik
Dirk Bartnik
MGMarkus M. Geisler
Markus M. Geisler
The immunophilin-like FKBP42 TWISTED DWARF1 (TWD1) has been shown to control plant development via the positive modulation of ABCB/P-glycoprotein (PGP)-mediated transport of the plant hormone auxin. TWD1 functionally interacts with two closely related proteins, ABCB1/PGP1 and ABCB19/PGP19/MDR1, both of which exhibit the ability to bind to and be inhibited by the synthetic auxin transport inhibitor N-1-naphylphtalamic acid (NPA). They are also inhibited by flavonoid compounds, which are suspected modulators of auxin transport. The mechanisms by which flavonoids and NPA interfere with auxin efflux components are unclear. We report here the specific disruption of PGP1-TWD1 interaction by NPA and flavonoids using bioluminescence resonance energy transfer with flavonoids functioning as a classical established inhibitor of mammalian and plant PGPs. Accordingly, TWD1 was shown to mediate modulation of PGP1 efflux activity by these auxin transport inhibitors. NPA bound to both PGP1 and TWD1 but was excluded from the PGP1-TWD1 complex expressed in yeast, suggesting a transient mode of action in planta. As a consequence, auxin fluxes and gravitropism in twd1 roots are less affected by NPA treatment, whereas TWD1 gain-of-function promotes root bending. Our data support a novel model for the mode of drug-mediated P-glycoprotein regulation mediated via protein-protein interaction with immunophilin-like TWD1.

10 August 2009 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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JGJulian M. Glück
Julian M. Glück
Marc WittlichMarc Wittlich
Marc Wittlich
SFSophie Feuerstein
Sophie Feuerstein
Silke HoffmannSilke Hoffmann
Silke Hoffmann
DWDieter Willbold
Dieter Willbold
BKBernd Koenig
Bernd Koenig

27 January 1999 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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BKBernd Koenig
Bernd Koenig
JHJin-Shan Hu
Jin-Shan Hu
MOMarcel Ottiger
Marcel Ottiger
SBSalil Bose
Salil Bose
RHRichard W. Hendler
Richard W. Hendler
ABAd Bax
Ad Bax

1 September 2002 in Journal of Molecular Biology
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BKBernd Koenig
Bernd Koenig
GKGeorg Kontaxis
Georg Kontaxis
DMDrake C. Mitchell
Drake C. Mitchell
JLJohn M. Louis
John M. Louis
BLBurton J. Litman
Burton J. Litman
ABAd Bax
Ad Bax