Peer reviewed publications
  1. Mathes T*, Heilmann M, Pandit A, Zhu J, Ravensbergen J, Kloz M, Fu Y, Smith BO, Christie JM, Jenkins GI & Kennis JTM (2015) Proton-coupled electron transfer constitutes the photoactivation mechanism of the plant photoreceptor UVR8. J. Am. Chem. Soc.(in press)
  2. Fudim R, Mehlhorn J, Berthold T, Weber S, Schleicher E, Kennis JTM & Mathes T* (2015) Photoinduced formation of flavin radicals in BLUF domains lacking the central glutamine. FEBS J.(in press)
  3. Mehlhorn J, Schubert R,Wietek J, Gernetzki O, Hegemann P, Mathes T and Möglich A (2015) Upgrading a Microplate Reader for Photobiology and All-Optical Experiments. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 14 270.
  4. Heilmann M, Christie C, Kennis JTM, Jenkins GI & Mathes T* (2015) Photoinduced transformation of UVR8 monitored by vibrational and fluorescence spectroscopy.  Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 14, 252-257.
  5. Mathes T, Ravensbergen J, Kloz M, Gleichmann T, Gallagher KD, Woitowich NC, St. Peter R, Kovaleva SE, Stojkovi? EA & Kennis JTM (2014) Femto- to Microsecond Photodynamics of an Unusual Bacteriophytochrome. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 239-243.
  6. Wijaya IMM, Iwata T, Yamamoto J, Hitomi K, Iwai S, Getzoff ED, Kennis JTM, Mathes T & Kandori H (2014) FAD Chromophore Charge Controls the Conformation of CPD-Photolyase a-Helices. Biochemistry, 53, 5864-75.
  7. Stierl M, Penzkofer A, Kennis JTM, Hegemann P & Mathes T* (2014) Key Residues for the Light Regulation of the Blue Light-Activated Adenylyl Cyclase from Beggiatoa sp. Biochemistry 53, 5121-5130.
  8. Penzkofer A, Stierl M, Mathes T & Hegemann P (2014) Absorption and emission spectroscopic characterization of photo-dynamics of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase mutant bPAC-Y7F of Beggiatoa sp. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 140, 182-193.
  9. Penzkofer A, Luck M, Mathes T & Hegemann P (2014) Ultrafast Laser Energy Density and Retinal Absorption Cross-Section Determination by Saturable Absorption Measurements. Journal of Analytical Sciences, Methods and Instrumentation 04, 19-26.
  10. Penzkofer A, Luck M, Mathes T & Hegemann P (2014) Bistable Retinal Schiff Base Photo-Dynamics of Histidine Kinase Rhodopsin HKR1 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Photochemistry and Photobiology 90, 773-785
  11. Mehlhorn J, Steinocher H, Beck S, Kennis JTM, Hegemann P & Mathes T* (2013) A Set of Engineered Escherichia coli Expression Strains for Selective Isotope and Reactivity Labeling of Amino Acid Side Chains and Flavin Cofactors. PLoS ONE 8, e79006.
  12. Langer S, Nakanishi S, Mathes T, Knaus T, Binter A, Macheroux P, Mase T, Miyakawa T, Tanokura M & Mack M (2013) The Flavoenzyme Azobenzene Reductase AzoR from Escherichia coli Binds Roseoflavin Mononucleotide (RoFMN) with High Affinity and Is Less Active in Its RoFMN Form. Biochemistry 52, 4288-4295.
  13. Langer S, Hashimoto M, Hobl B, Mathes T & Mack M (2013) Flavoproteins Are Potential Targets for the Antibiotic Roseoflavin in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 195, 4037-4045.
  14. Kennis JTM & Mathes T* (2013) Molecular eyes: proteins that transform light into biological information. Interface Focus 3.
  15. Zhu J, Mathes T, Stahl AD, Kennis JTM & Groot ML (2012) Ultrafast mid-infrared spectroscopy by chirped pulse upconversion in 1800-1000 cm-1 region. Optics Express 20, 10562-10571.
  16. Mathes T*, van Stokkum IHM, Stierl M & Kennis JTM (2012) Redox Modulation of Flavin and Tyrosine Determines Photoinduced Proton-coupled Electron Transfer and Photoactivation of BLUF Photoreceptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry 287, 31725-31738.
  17. Luck M, Mathes T, Bruun S, Fudim R, Hagedorn R, Nguyen TMT, Kateriya S, Kennis JTM, Hildebrandt P & Hegemann P (2012) A Photochromic Histidine Kinase Rhodopsin (HKR1) That Is Bimodally Switched by Ultraviolet and Blue Light. Journal of Biological Chemistry 287, 40083-40090.
  18. Weber S, Schroeder C, Kacprzak S, Mathes T, Kowalczyk RM, Essen L, Hegemann P, Schleicher E & Bittl R (2011) Light-generated Paramagnetic Intermediates in BLUF Domains. Photochemistry and Photobiology 87, 574-583.
  19. Mathes T*, Zhu J, van Stokkum IHM, Groot ML, Hegemann P & Kennis JTM (2011) Hydrogen Bond Switching among Flavin and Amino Acids Determines the Nature of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in BLUF Photoreceptors. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 203-208.
  20. Mathes T*, van Stokkum IHM, Bonetti C, Hegemann P & Kennis JTM (2011) The Hydrogen-Bond Switch Reaction of the Blrb Bluf Domain of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115, 7963-7971.
  21. Tyagi A, Penzkofer A, Mathes T & Hegemann P (2010) Photophysical characterisation and photo-cycle dynamics of LOV1-His domain of phototropin from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with roseoflavin monophosphate cofactor. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 101, 76-88.
  22. Tyagi A, Penzkofer A, Mathes T & Hegemann P (2010) Photo-degradation behaviour of roseoflavin in some aqueous solutions. Chemical Physics 369, 27-36.
  23. **Pfeifer A, Mathes T, Lu Y, Hegemann P & Kottke T (2010) Blue Light Induces Global and Localized Conformational Changes in the Kinase Domain of Full-Length Phototropin. Biochemistry 49, 1024-1032.
  24. Brosi R, Illarionov B, Mathes T, Fischer M, Joshi M, Bacher A, Hegemann P, Bittl R, Weber S & Schleicher E (2010) Hindered Rotation of a Cofactor Methyl Group as a Probe for Protein-Cofactor Interaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 132, 8935-8944.
  25. Zirak P, Penzkofer A, Mathes T & Hegemann P (2009) Photo-dynamics of roseoflavin and riboflavin in aqueous and organic solvents. Chemical Physics 358, 111-122.
  26. Zirak P, Penzkofer A, Mathes T & Hegemann P (2009) Absorption and emission spectroscopic characterization of BLUF protein Slr1694 from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 with roseoflavin cofactor. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 97, 61-70.
  27. Tyagi A, Zirak P, Penzkofer A, Mathes T, Hegemann P, Mack M & Ghisla S (2009) Absorption and emission spectroscopic characterisation of 8-amino-riboflavin. Chemical Physics 364, 19-30.
  28. Mathes T*, Vogl C, Stolz J & Hegemann P (2009) In vivo generation of flavoproteins with modified cofactors. Journal of Molecular Biology 385, 1511-8.
  29. Bonetti C, Stierl M, Mathes T, van Stokkum IHM, Mullen KM, Cohen-Stuart TA, van Grondelle R, Hegemann P & Kennis JTM (2009) The Role of Key Amino Acids in the Photoactivation Pathway of the Synechocystis Slr1694 BLUF Domain. Biochemistry 48, 11458-11469.
  30. Bonetti C, Mathes T, van Stokkum IHM, Mullen KM, Groot M-L, van Grondelle R, Hegemann P & Kennis JTM (2008) Hydrogen Bond Switching among Flavin and Amino Acid Side Chains in the BLUF Photoreceptor Observed by Ultrafast Infrared Spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal 95, 4790-4802.
  31. Zirak P, Penzkofer A, Lehmpfuhl C, Mathes T & Hegemann P (2007) Absorption and emission spectroscopic characterization of blue-light receptor Slr1694 from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 86, 22-34.
  32. Zirak P, Penzkofer A, Hegemann P & Mathes T (2007) Photo dynamics of BLUF domain mutant H44R of AppA from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Chemical Physics 335, 15-27.

Book chapters
Mathes T, van Stokkum IHM & Kennis JTM (2014) Photoactivation mechanisms of flavin-binding photoreceptors revealed through ultrafast spectroscopy and global analysis methods Methods Mol. Biol. 1146, 401-442

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November, 2014