Dr. Susanne Fetzner

Professor
Biology
University of Munster
Germany

Biography

1982- 1988 Study of Biology (Diploma); 1990 Doctorate to Dr. rer. nat., University of Hohenheim; 1996 Habilitation in Microbiology, University of Hohenheim; 1996-2002 Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of Oldenburg; since 2002 Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology of the University of Muenster

Research Intrest

Enzymbiochemistry and Biotechnology: Oxygenases, Hydrolases; Bacterial metabolism of heteroaromatics: degradation pathways and their regulation.

List of Publications
Birmes F, Fetzner S (2016) Bacterial communication: signals and signal-inactivating enzymes. BioSpektrum 22: 251-254.
Jeoung J, Nianios D, Fetzner S, Dobbek H (2016) Quercetin 2,4-Dioxygenase Activates Dioxygen in a Side-On O2-Ni Complex. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 55: 3281-3284.
Zender M, Witzgall F, Drees S, Weidel E, Maurer C (2016) Dissecting the Multiple Roles of PqsE in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence by Discovery of Small Tool Compounds. ACS Chemical Biology 11: 1755-1763.
Tettmann B, Niewerth C, Kirschhöfer F, Neidig A, Dötsch A (2016) Enzyme-mediated quenching of the Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal (PQS) promotes biofilm formation of pseudomonas aeruginosa by increasing iron availability. Frontiers in Microbiology 7.
Drees SL, Li C, Prasetya F, Saleem M, Dreveny I (2016) PqsBC, a condensing enzyme in the biosynthesis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolone signal: crystal structure, inhibition, and reaction mechanism. Journal of Biological Chemsitry.