Prof. Dr. Holger Dau

Research interests

Metalloproteins, X-ray spectroscopy, XAS, spectroscopy on catalysis at metal sites, EXAFS, biotests, computer simulation

Research Fields in UniCat

Research Field D1
Research Field D2
Research Field E2
Research Field D3

2007-2011: A5, B1, B2

Selection of research projects

UniCat publications

760 [NiFe] and [FeS] Cofactors in the Membrane-Bound Hydrogenase of Ralstonia eutropha Investigated by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy: Insights into O2-Tolerant H2 Cleavage F. Johannes, S. Löscher, O. Sanganas, E. Siebert, I. Zebger, M. Stein, M. Ludwig, A. L. De Lacey, H. Dau, B. Friedrich, O. Lenz, M. Haumann Biochemistry 2011, 50, 5858 - 5869, dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi200367u

719 Structural Basis of Cyanobacterial Photosystem II Inhibition by the Herbicide Terbutryn M. Broser, C. Glöckner, A. Gabdulkhakov, A. Guskov, J. Buchta, J. Kern, F. Müh, H. Dau, W. Saenger, A. Zouni Journal of Biological Chemistry 2011, 286, 15964 - 15972, 10.1074/jbc.M110.215970

671 An Oxocobalt(IV) Complex Stabilized by Lewis Acid Interactions with Scandium(III) Ions F. Pfaff, S. Kundu, M. Risch, S. Pandian, F. Heims, I. Pryjoms-Ray, P. Haack, R. Metzinger, E. Bill, H. Dau, P. Comba, K. Ray Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2011, 0, 0 - 0, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201005869/pdf

582 Water Oxidation by Photosystem II: H2O-D2O Exchange and the Influence of pH Support Formation of an Intermediate by Removal of a Proton before Dioxygen Creation L. Gerencser, H. Dau Biochemistry 2010, 49, 10098 - 10106, DOI: 10.1021/bi101198n

581 Synthetic manganese-calcium oxides mimic the water-oxidizing complex of photosynthesis functionally and structurally I. Zaharieva, M. M. Najafpour, M. Wiechen, M. Haumann, P. Kurz, H. Dau Energy & Environmental Science 2011, 4, 2400 - 2408, 10.1039/c0ee00815j

580 Noncovalent Modification of Carbon Nanotubes with Pyrene- Functionalized Nickel Complexes: Carbon Monoxide Tolerant Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution and Uptake P. D. Tran, J. Heidkamp, M. Fontecave, V. Artero, H. Dau Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2011, 50, 1 - 5, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201005427

579 Thermodynamic Limitations of Photosynthetic Water Oxidation at High Proton Concentrations I. Zaharieva, J. Wichmann, H. Dau Journal of Biological Chemistry 2011, 286, 18222 - 18228,

526 The Mechanism of Water Oxidation: From Electrolysis via Homogenous to Biological Catalysis H. Dau, C. Limberg, T. Reier, M. Risch, S. Roggan, P. Strasser ChemCatChem 2010, 2, 724 - 761,

423 Carboxylate shifts steer inter-quinone electron transfer in photosynthesis P. Chernev, I. Zaharieva, H. Dau, M. Haumann The Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2011, 286, 5368 - 5374, 10.1074/jbc.M110.202879

421 Protein complex formation affects the Ni-Fe and Fe-S centers of H2-sensing regulatory hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 S. Löscher, A. Gebler, M. Stein, O. Sanganas, T. Buhrke, I. Zebger, H. Dau, B. Friedrich, M. Haumann ChemPhysChem 2010, 11, 1297 - 1306, 10.1002/cphc.200901007

381 Protein complex formation affects the Ni-Fe and Fe-S centers of H2-sensing regulatory hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 M. Stein, A. Gebler, S. Löscher, O. Sanganas, T. Buhrke, I. Zebger, H. Dau, B. Friedrich, O. Lenz, M. Haumann ChemPhysChem 2010, 11, 1297 - 1306, 10.1002/cphc.200901007

369 Principles, Efficiency, and Blueprint Character of Solar-Energy Conversion in Photosynthetic Water Oxidation H. Dau, I. Zaharieva Accounts of Chemical Research 2009, 42, 1861 - 1870, 10.1021/ar900225y

368 Characterisation of a water-oxidizing Co-film by XAFS M. Risch, F. Ringleb, V. Khare, P. Chernev, I. Zaharieva, H. Dau Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2009, 190, 1 - 4, 10.1088/1742-6596/190/1/012167

367 Towards a comprehensive X-ray approach for studying the photosynthetic manganese complex-XANES, K Alpha/K Beta/K Beta-satellite emission lines, RIXS, and comparative computational approaches for selected model complexes I. Zaharieva, P. Chernev, M. Risch, L. Gerencser, G. Bergren, D. Shevchenko, M. Anderlund, T. C. Weng, M. Haumann, H. Dau Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2009, 190, 1 - 6, 10.1088/1742-6596/190/1/012142

292 Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering on synthetic nickel compounds and Ni-Fe hydrogenase protein O. Sanganas, S. Löscher, S. Pfirrmann, N. Marinos, P. Glatzel, T. C. Weng, C. Limberg, M. Driess, H. Dau, M. Haumann Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2009, 190, 12199 - 12199, 10.1088/1742-6596/190/1/012199

145 The manganese complex of photosystem II in its reaction cycle - basic framework and possible realization at the atomic level H. Dau, M. Haumann Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2008, 252, 273 - 295, 10.1016/j.ccr.2007.09.001

144 Photosynthetic water oxidation at elevated dioxygen partial pressure monitored by time-resolved X-ray absorption measurements M. Haumann, A. Grundmeier, I. Zaharieva, H. Dau Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008, 105, 17384 - 17389, 10.1073/pnas.0802596105

128 Cobalt-Oxo Core of a Water-Oxidizing Catalyst Film M. Risch, I. Zaharieva, L. Gerencser, P. Chernev, H. Dau Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 6936 - 6937, 10.1021/ja902121f

Prof. Dr. Holger Dau

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Holger Dau
Freie Universität Berlin
Institut für Experimentalphysik
Arnimallee 14
14195 Berlin

+49 30 838-53581
holger.dau(at)physik.fu-berlin.de

 

 

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