Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner: List of publications in peer-reviewed journals and book articles.

1.1 Papers which emerged from my PhD-thesis at the University of Bremen
 

(1)         R. Schweitzer-Stenner, W. Dreybrodt, A. Mayer and S. el Naggar.  Influence of the solvent environment on the polarization properties of resonance Raman scattering in hemoglobin.   J . Raman  Spectrosc. 13, 139-147, 1982.  

(2)         R. Schweitzer-Stenner, W. Dreybrodt and S el Naggar, Investigation of pH-induced Symmetry Distortions of the Prosthetic Group in Deoxyhemoglobin by Resonance Raman Scattering. Biophys. Struct. Mech. 10, 241-256, 1984.

(3)         S. el Naggar, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, W. Dreybrodt and A. Mayer. Determination of the Raman Tensor of the Haem Group in Myoglobin by Resonance Raman Scattering in Solution and Single Crystals.  Biophys. Struct. Mech. 10., 257-273, 1984.
 

1.2. University Assistant at the University of Bremen (1983-1985; 1986-1990)

(4)         R. Schweitzer-Stenner, W. Dreybrodt, D. Wedekind and S. el Naggar. Investigation of pH-induced symmetry distortions of the prosthetic group in oxyhaemoglobin by resonance Raman scattering.  Eur. Biophys. J.  11,61-76, 1984.

(5)         R. Schweitzer-Stenner and W. Dreybrodt. Excitation Profiles and Depolarization Ratios of Some Prominent Raman Lines in Oxyhemoglobin and Ferrocytochrome c in the Pre-Resonant and Resonant Region of the Q-band. J. Raman Spectrosc.  16, 111-123, 1985.

(6)         S. el Naggar, W. Dreybrodt and R. Schweitzer-Stenner.  Haem-apoprotein interactions detected by resonance Raman scattering in Mb- and Hb-derivatives lacking the saltbridge His 146b-Asp 94b. Eur. Biophys. J.  12, 43-49, 1985.

(7)         D. Wedekind, R. Schweitzer-Stenner and W. Dreybrodt. Heme-apoprotein interaction in the modified oxyhemoglobin-bis-(N-maleimidomethyl)ether and in oxyhemoglobin at high Cl--concentration detected by resonance Raman scattering.  Biochim. Biophys. Acta.  830, 224-232, 1985.

(8)         D. Wedekind, U. Brunzel, R. Schweitzer-Stenner and W. Dreybrodt. Correlation of pH-dependent Resonance Raman and Optical Absorption Data Reflecting Haem-Apoprotein Interaction in Oxyhaemoglobin. J. Mol. Struc. 143, 457-460, 1986.

(9)         R. Schweitzer-Stenner, W. Dreybrodt, D. Wedekind and U. Kubitscheck. The Analyzation of the Depolarization Ratio Dispersion of Resonant Raman Lines in Hemeproteins. A Suitable Tool to Detect Heme-Apoprotein Interactions. J. Mol. Struc. 143, 453-457, 1986.

(10)    U. Kubitscheck, W. Dreybrodt and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Detection of heme distortions in ferri- and ferrocytochrome c by resonance Raman scattering. Spectrosc. Lett. 19, 681-689, 1986.

(11)    U. Brunzel, W. Dreybrodt and R. Schweitzer-Stenner.  pH-dependent absorption in the B- and Q-bands of oxyhemoglobin and chemically modified oxyhemoglobin (BME) at low Cl--concentrations. Biophys. J.  49, 1069-1076, 1986.

(12)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner,  D. Wedekind and W. Dreybrodt. Correspondence of the pK-values of oxyHb-titration states detected by resonance Raman scattering to kinetic data of ligand dissociation  and association. Biophys. J. 49, 1077-1088, 1986.

(13)    U. Bobinger, R. Schweitzer-Stenner and W. Dreybrodt. Highly resolved depolarization dispersion and excitation profiles of Raman fundamentals of protoporphyrin IX in a cytochrome c matrix.  J. Raman Spectrosc.  20, 191-202, 1989.

(14)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner and W. Dreybrodt.  An extended MWC-model expressed in terms of the Herzfeld-Stanley  formalism applied to oxygen and carbonmonoxide binding curves of hemoglobin trout IV.  Biophys. J.  55,691-701,1989.

(15)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner,  D. Wedekind and W. Dreybrodt. Detection of heme perturbations caused by the quaternary R->T transition in oxyhemoglobin trout IV by resonance Raman scattering. Biophys. J. 55, 703-712, 1989.

(16)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, D. Wedekind and W. Dreybrodt. The influence of structural variations in the F- and FG-helix of the b-subunit modified oxyHb-NES on the heme structure detected by resonance Raman scattering. Eur. Biophys. J.  17, 87-100, 1989.

(17)    E. Ortega, R. Schweitzer-Stenner  and I. Pecht. Receptor-Effector Coupling Processes Probed by Monoclonal Antibodies. In: Computer Assisted Modeling of Receptor-Ligand Interaction. Theoretical Aspects  and Applications to Drug Design. Edited by A. Golombeck and R. Rein, New York, 317-326, 1988.

(18)     E. Ortega, R. Schweitzer-Stenner and I. Pecht. Possible configurational constraints determine secretory signals induced by aggregation of IgE receptors on mast cells. EMBO J. 7, 4101-4109, 1988.

(19)    E. Ortega, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, and I. Pecht. Receptor-effector coupling processes probed by monoclonal antibodies. Prog. Clin. Biol. Res. 289, 317-326, 1989.

(20)    I. Pecht, R. Schweitzer-Stenner and E. Ortega. Is there specificity in Fce-receptor aggregation which leads to an effective secretory stimulus?  Prog. Immunol. 7, 676-682, 1989.

 

1.3. Visiting Research Scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science, 1985-1986.

(21)    A.Corcia, R. Schweitzer-Stenner , I. Pecht and B. Rivnay.  Characterization of the ion channel activity in planar bilayers containing IgE-Fce receptor and cromolyn binding protein.  EMBO J. 5, 849-854, 1986.

(22)    I. Pecht, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, R. Gertler, M. Wolf, Y. Zisman and B. Reck. Immunological stimulation of mast cells degranulation: role of cytosolic pH, Na+ and Ca2+ ions NATO ASI Series: Life Sciences, 133, 73-86.

(23)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, A. Licht, I. Luescher and I. Pecht. Oligomerization and Ring Closure of Immunglobulin E Class Antibody by Divalent Haptens.  Biochemistry 26, 3602-3612, 1987.
 

1.4 Senior University Assistant at the University of Bremen, 1990-1994.

(24)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, U. Bobinger and W. Dreybrodt.  Multimode analysis of depolarization ratio dispersion and excitation profiles of seven Raman fundamentals from the heme group in ferrocytochrome c. J. Raman Spectrosc.  22, 65-78, 1991.

(25)    U. Bobinger, R. Schweitzer-Stenner and W. Dreybrodt. Investigation of asymmetric perturbations of Ni(II)-octaethylporphyrin in CH2Cl2 by Raman Dispersion Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem.  95, 7625-7635, 1991.

(26)    E. Ortega, R. Schweitzer-Stenner and I. Pecht. Kinetics of ligand binding to the type I Fce receptor on mast cells. Biochemistry 30, 3473-3483, 1991.

(27)    U. Kubitscheck, M. Kircheis, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, W. Dreybrodt, T.M. Jovin and I. Pecht.  Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer on Single Living Cells: Application to Binding of Monovalent Haptens to Cell-Bound Immunoglobulin E. Biophys. J. 60, 307-318, 1991.

(28)    I. Pecht, E. Ortega and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Membrane receptor clustering as a cellular stimulus - the mast cell case. In: Biological Signal Transduction.  Edited by E.M Ross and K.W.A. Wirtz, NATO ASI Series Vol. H52,  Springer Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg, 147-161, 1991.

(29)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner,  A. Licht and I. Pecht. Dimerization kinetics of the IgE-class antibodies by divalent haptens. I. The Fab-hapten interactions. Biophys. J. 63, 551-562, 1992.

(30)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, A. Licht and I. Pecht. Dimerization kinetics of the IgE-class antibodies by divalent haptens. II. The interactions between intact IgE and haptens. Biophys. J. 63, 563-568, 1992.

(31)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, U. Dannemann and W. Dreybrodt. Investigation of heme distortions and heme-protein coupling in isolated subunits of oxygenated hemoglobin by resonance Raman dispersion spectroscopy.  Biochemistry  31, 694-702,  1992.

(32)    M. Bosenbeck, R. Schweitzer-Stenner  and W. Dreybrodt. pH-induced conformational changes of the Fe2+-His F8 linkage in deoxyhemoglobin trout IV detected by the Raman active Fe2+-Ne (His F8) stretching mode. Biophys. J 61, 31-41, 1992.

(33)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner  and W. Dreybrodt. Investigation of Haem-Protein Coupling and Structural Heterogenity in Myoglobin and Haemoglobin by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. J. Raman Spectrosc. 23, 539-550, 1992.

(34)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner,  M. Bosenbeck and W. Dreybrodt. Raman dispersion spectroscopy probes heme distortions in deoxy-Hb trout IV involved in its T-state Bohr-effect.  Biophys. J. 64, 1194-1209, 1993.

(35)    A. Stichternath, R. Schweitzer-Stenner,  W. Dreybrodt, R.S. W. Mak, X.-y. Li, L. D. Sparks, J. A. Shelnutt, C.J. Medforth and K.M. Smith. Macrocycle and Substituent Vibrational Modes of Nonplanar Ni(II)-Octaethyltetraphenylporphyrin from its Resonance Raman, Near-Infrared-Excited FT-Raman, FT-IR Spectra and Deuterium Isotope Shifts.  J. Phys. Chem. 97, 3701-3708, 1993.

(36)    E. Unger, U. Bobinger, W. Dreybrodt and R. Schweitzer-Stenner.  Vibronic coupling in Ni(II)-porphine derived from resonant excitation profiles. J. Phys. Chem.  97, 9956-9968, 1993.

(37)    H. Gilch, R. Schweitzer-Stenner and W. Dreybrodt. Structural Heterogeneity of the Fe2+-Ne(HisF8) Bond in Various Hemoglobin and Myoglobin Derivatives Probed by the Raman active Iron Histidine Stretching Mode.  Biophys. J. 65, 1470-1485, 1993.

(38)    U. Kubitscheck, R. Schweitzer-Stenner,  D.J. Arndt-Jovin, T.M. Jovin and I. Pecht. Distribution of Type I Fce-Receptors on the Surface of Mast Cells Probed by Fluorescence Energy Transfer. Biophys. J.  64, 110-120, 1993.

(39)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, E. Ortega and I. Pecht. Kinetics of FceRI Dimer Formation by Specific Monoclonal Antibodies on Mast Cells. Biochemistry  33, 8813-8825,  1994.

(40)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Revisited Depolarization Ratio Dispersion of Raman Fundamentals from Heme c in Ferrocytochrome c Confirms That Asymmetric Perturbations Affect the Electronic and Vibrational Structure of the Chromophore's Macrocycle. J. Phys. Chem. 98, 9374-9379, 1994.

1.5. Research Scientist at the University of Michigan (1993-1994)

(41)    X.G. Chen, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, S. Krimm, N.G. Mirkin and S.A. Asher. N-Methylacetamide and Its Hydrogen-Bonded Water Molecules Are Vibrationally Coupled. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 11141-11142, 1994.

(42)    X.G. Chen, S.A. Asher, R. Schweitzer-Stenner,  N.G. Mirkin, and S. Krimm. UV Raman Determination of the p* Excited State Geometry of N-methylacetamide: Vibrational Enhancement Pattern. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 117, 2884-2895, 1995.

(43)    X.G. Chen, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, S.A. Asher, N.G. Mirkin and S. Krimm. Vibrational Assignments of trans N-methylacetamide and Some of its Deuterated Isotopomers from Band Decomposition of IR, Visible and Resonance Raman Spectra. J. Phys. Chem. 99, 3074-3083, 1995.
 

1.6. University Lecturer at the University of Bremen (1995-1996)

(44)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, E. Unger, G. Karvounis and W. Dreybrodt. Spectral Analyses Is Suitable to Decompose Overcrowded Resonance Raman Spectra of Metallporphyrins and Yields Reliable Depolarization Ratios. J. Phys. Chem. 99, 7195-7196, 1995.

(45)    H. Gilch, W. Dreybrodt, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Thermal fluctuations between conformational substates of the Fe2+-His F8 linkage in deoxymyoglobin probed by the Raman active Fe-Ne(His F8) stretching vibration. Biophys. J., 69,  214, 1995.

(46)    H. Gilch, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, W. Dreybrodt, M. Leone, A. Cupane and L. Cordone. Conformational substates of the Fe2+- His F8 linkage in deoxymyoglobin and hemoglobin probed in parallel by the Raman band of the Fe-His stretching vibration and the near infrared absorption band III. Int. J. Quant.Chem. 59, 301-313, 1996.

(47)    W. Jentzen, E. Unger, G Karvounis, J.A. Shelnutt, W. Dreybrodt, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Conformational Properties of Nickel(II)Octaethylporphyrin in Solution. I. Resonance Excitation Profiles and Temperature Dependence of Structure Sensitive Raman Lines. J. Phys. Chem., 100, 14184-14191, 1996.

(48)    A. Cupane, M. Leone, L. Cordone, H. Gilch, W. Dreybrodt, E. Unger and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Conformational Properties of Nickel(II)Octaethylporphyrin in Solution. II. A Low Temperature Optical Absorption Spectroscopy Study. J. Phys. Chem., 100, 14192-14199, 1996.

(49)    I. Tamir, R. Schweitzer-Stenner and I. Pecht. Immobilization of the type I receptor for IgE initiates signal transduction in mast cells. Biochemistry, 35, 6872-6883, 1996.
 

1.7. Distinguished Professor at the University of Bremen (1996-1999)

(50)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, A. Stichternath, W. Dreybrodt, W. Jentzen, X.-Z. Song, J.A. Shelnutt, O.F. Nielsen, C.J. Medforth and K.M. Smith.  Raman Dispersion Spectroscopy on the Highly Saddled Nickel(II)-Octaethyltetraphenylporphyrin Reveals the Symmetry of Non-Planar Distortions and the Vibronic Coupling Strength of Normal Modes.  J. Chem. Phys. 107,1794-1815, 1997.

(51)    E. Unger, W. Dreybrodt, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Conformational Properties of Nickel(II)-meso-Tetraphenylporphyrin in Solution. Raman Dispersion Spectroscopy Reveals the Symmetry of Distortions for a Nonplanar Conformer. J. Phys. Chem. A, 101, 5997-6007, 1997.

(52)    W. Jentzen, E. Unger, X-Z. Song, I. Turowska-Tyrk, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, W. Dreybrodt, R.W. Scheidt, and J.A. Shelnutt. Planar and Nonplanar Conformations of (Meso-Tetraphenyl-porphinato)nickel(II) in Solution as Inferred from Solution and Solid-State Raman Spectroscopy.  J. Phys. Chem. A, 101, 5789-5798, 1997.

(53)    G. Sieler and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. The Amide I Mode of Peptides in Aqueous Solution Involves Vibrational Coupling Between The Peptide Group and Water Molecules of The Hydration Shell. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 1720-1726, 1997.

(54)    S.A. Asher, P. Li, Z. Chi, X.G. Chen, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, N.G. Mirkin, and S. Krimm. Reply to:”Comment on ‘Vibrational Assignments of trans-N-Methylacetamide and Some of Its Deuterated Isotopomers from Band Decomposition of IR, Visible, and Resonance Raman Spectra’. J. Phys. Chem. A  101, 3992-3994, 1997.

(55)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner,  I. Tamir and I. Pecht. Analysis of Fc?RI-Mediated Mast Cell Stimulation by Surface-Carried Antigens. Biophys. J., 72, 2470-2478, 1997.

(56)    U. Lippert, M. Artuc, A. Grützkau, A. Möller, A Kenderessy-Szabo, D. Schadendorf, J. Norgauer, K. Hartmann, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, B.M. Henz, and S. Krüger-Krtasagakes.  Expression and Functional Activity of the IL-8 Receptor Type CXCR1 and CXCR2 on Human Mast Cells. J. Immunol. 161, 2600-2608, 1998.

(57)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, G. Sieler, N.G. Mirkin and S. Krimm.  Intermolecular Coupling in Liquid and Crystalline States of trans N-Methylacetamide Investigated by Polarized Raman and FT-IR Spectroscopies.  J. Phys. Chem. A. 102, 118-127, 1998.

(58)    A. Cupane, M. Leone, E. Unger, C. Lemke, M. Beck, W. Dreybrodt, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner.  Dynamics of various metal-octaethylporphyrins in solution studied through resoance Raman and low-temperature optical absorption spectroscopies.  Role of the central metal. J. Phys. Chem. B, 102, 6612-6620,1998.

(59)    C. Lemke, W. Dreybrodt, J.A. Shelnutt, J.M.E. Quirke and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Polarized Raman Dispersion Spectroscopy probes planar and non-planar distortions ofNi(II)-porphyrins with different peripheral substituents. J. Raman Spectrosc., 29, 945-953, 1998 (Invited paper, guest editor: W. Kiefer, special issue on Resonance Raman Spectroscopy).

(60)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, G. Sieler H. Christiansen. Competition between peptide-peptide and peptide-solvent hydrrogen bonding probed by polarized Raman spectroscopy on N’-methylacetamide. Asian J. Phys. 7, 287-312, 1998 (Invited paper, guest editor: W. Kiefer, special issue on the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the Raman effect).

(61)    E. Unger, R.J. Lipski, W. Dreybrodt and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. A New Method for the Evaluation of Normal Modes and Molecular Mechanics with Reduced Sets of Force Constants. 1. Principle and Reliability Test. J. Raman Spectrosc. 30, 3-28, 1999.

(62)    G. Sieler, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, J.S.W. Holtz, V. Pajcini and S.A. Asher.  Different Conformers and Protonation States of Dipeptides Probed by Polarized Raman, UV-resonance Raman and FTIR-spectroscopy.  J. Phys. Chem. B. 103, 366-371, 1999.

(63)    R.J. Lipski, E. Unger, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Polarized Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Reveals Two Different Conformers of Metallo(II)octamethylchlorins in CS2. J. Phys. Chem. B., 103, 9777-9781, 1999.

(64)    E. Unger, M. Beck, R.J. Lipski, W. Dreybrodt, C.J. Medforth, K.M. Smith, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner.  A New Method for Evaluating the Conformations and Normal Modes of Macromolecule Vibrations.  2. Application to nonplanarily distorted metal porphyrins.  J. Phys. Chem. B., 103, 10022-10031, 1999.

(65)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, Michael Engelke, Arieh Licht and Israel Pecht.  Mast cell stimulation by co-clustering the type I Fce-receptors with mast cell function-associated antigens. Immunol. Lett. 68, 71-78, 1999.

(66)    N. Engler, A. Ostermann, A. Grassmann, D.C. Lamb, V.E. Prusakov, J. Schott, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, and F.G. Parak.  Protein dynamics in an intermediate state of myoglobin: Investigations by optical absorption spectroscopy, resonance Raman spectroscopy and X-ray structure analysis. Biophys. J., 78, 2081-2092, 2000.
 

1.8. Papers submitted after assuming an Associated Professorship at the University of Puerto Rico (1999-2003)

(67)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, A. Cupane, M. Leone, C. Lemke, J. Schott, and W. Dreybrodt. Anharmonic protein motions and heme deformations in myoglobin cyanide probed by absorption and resonance Raman spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. B. 19, 4754-4764, 2000.

(68)    G. Mix, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, and S.A. Asher.  Uncoupled Adjacent Amide Vibrations in Small Peptides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 9028-9029, 2000.

(69)    R.J. Lipski, E. Unger, W. Dreybrodt, V. Militello, M. Leone, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Vibrational Analysis of Ni(II)- and Cu(II)-Octamethylchlorin by Polarized Resonance Raman and FTIR Spectroscopy.  J. Raman Spectrosc. 32, 521-542, 2001 (Invited paper, guest editor: H. Schrötter, special issue dedicated to celebrate the 90th birthday of Prof. Shorygin).

(70)    C. Lemke, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, J.A. Shelnutt, and J.M. Quirke. Vibrational Analysis if Metalloporphyrins with Electron Withdrawing NO2 – Substitutents at Different meso Positions. J. Phys. Chem. A, 105, 6668-6679, 2001.

(71)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, C. Lemke, R. Haddad, Y. Qiu, J.A. Shelnutt, J.M. Quirke, and W. Dreybrodt. Conformational Distortions of Metalloporphyrins With Electron Withdrawing NO2 Substituents at Different meso Positions. A Structural Analysis By Polarized Resonance Raman Dispersion Spectroscopy and Molecular Mechanics Calculations.  J. Phys. Chem. A., 105, 6680-6694, 2001.

(72)    M. Heid, S. Schlücker, U. Schmitt, T. Chen, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, V. Engel and W. Kiefer. Two-dimensional probing of ground state vibrational dynamics in porphyrin molecules by fs-CARS. J. Raman Spectrosc. 32, 771-784, 2001.  

(73)    J. Schott, W. Dreybrodt, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. The Fe2+-HisF8 Raman Band Shape of Deoxymyoglobin Reveals Taxonomic Conformational Substates of the Proximal Linkage.  Biophys. J., 81,1624-1631, 2001. [PDF version]  

(74)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner and D. Bigman. Electronic and Vibronic Contributions to The Band Splitting in Optical Spectra of Heme Proteins. J. Phys. Chem. B. 105, 7064-7073, 2001.

(75)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, F. Eker, Q. Huang, and K. Griebenow. The Dihedral Angles of Tri-Alanine in D2O Determined by Combining FTIR- and Polarized Visible Raman Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 9628-9633, 2001.  

(76)    S.A. Asher, A. Ianoul, G. Mix, M.N. Boden, A. Karnoup, M. Diem, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner.  Dihedral y Angle Dependence of the Amide III Vibration: A Unique Sensitive UV Resonance Raman Secondary Structural Probe. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 9628-9633, 2001.  

(77)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Dihedral angles of Tripeptides in Solution Determined by Polarized Raman and FTIR Spectroscopy. Biophys. J. 83, 523-532, 2002.

(78)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, F. Eker, Q. Huang, K. Griebenow, P. Mrosz, and P.M. Kozlowski. Structure Analysis of Dipeptides in Water By Exploring and Utilizing the Structural Sensitivity of Amide III by Polarized Visible Raman, FTIR-Spectroscopy and DFT based normal coordinate analysis.  J. Phys. Chem. B. 106,4294-4304, 2002.

(79)    W.Al-Azzam, E.A. Pastrana, Y.Ferrer, Q.Huang, R.Schweitzer-Stenner, and Kai Griebenow. Structure of PEG-modified HRP in organic solvents.  IR amide I spectral changes upon protein dehydration are largely due to protein structural changes and not to water removal per se. Biophys. J., 83, 363-3651, 2002.

(80)    F. Eker, X. Cao, L. Nafie, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Tripeptides Adopt Stable Structures in Water. A Combined Polarized Visible Raman, FTIR and VCD Spectroscopy Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 14330-14341, 2002. [PDF version]  

(81)    F. Eker, X. Cao, L. Nafie, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. The Structure of Alanine Based Tripeptides in Water and Dimethylsulfoxide Probed by Vibrational Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. B., 107, 358-365, 2003. [PDF version]  

(82)    M. Laberge, Q. Huang, R. Schweitzer-Stenner, and J. Fidy. The Endogenous Calcium Ions of Horseradish Peroxidase C are Required to Maintain the Functional Nonplanarity of the Heme. Biophys. J., 84, 2542-2552, 2003. 

(83)    Q. Huang, W. Al-Azzam, K. Griebenow, and Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner. Heme Structural Perturbation of PEG-Modified Horseradish Peroxidase C in Aromatic Organic Solvents Probed by Optical Absorption and Resonance Raman Dispersion Spectroscopy.  Biophys. J., 84, 3285-3298, 2003. [PDF version]

(84)    Q. Huang, K. Szigeti, J. Fidy and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Structural Disorder of Native Horseradish Peroxidase C probed by Resonance Raman and Low Temperature Optical Absorption spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. B, 107, 2822-2830, 2003. [PDF version]  

(85)    Q. Huang, M. Laberge, K. Szigeti, J. Fidy, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Change of The Iron Spin State in Horseradish Peroxidase C Induced By the Removal of Ca2+ probed by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. Biopolymers (Biospectroscopy), 72, 241-248, 2003.

(86)    F. Eker, K. Griebenow, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Stable Conformations of Tripeptides in Aqueous Solution Studied by UV Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 8178-8185, 2003. [PDF version]

(87)    W. Dreybrodt, J. Schott, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Comments to the paper "Temperature dependence of the iron-histidine Resonance Raman Band of deoxyheme proteins: Anharmonic coupling versus distribution over taxonomic conformational substates“ by Korostishevsky et al. Biophys. J., 86, 660-661, 2004.

1.9. Papers submitted after assuming an Associate Professorship at Drexel University (2003-2004)

(88)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, F. Eker, A. Perez, K. Griebenow, X. Cao, and L. Nafie. The Structure of Tri-Proline in Water Probed by Polarized Raman, FTIR, VCD and ECD Spectroscopy. Biopolymers (Peptide Science), 71, 558-568, 2003. [PDF version]

(89)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner, F. Eker, K. Griebenow, X. Cao, and L. Nafie. The Conformation of Tetraalanine in Water Determined by Polarized Raman, FTIR and VCD ". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 2768-2776, 2004 [PDF version]

(90)    F. Eker, K. Griebenow, X. Cao, L. Nafie, and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Tripeptides with Ionizable Side-Chains Adopt a Perturbed Polyproline II Struture in Water. Biochemistry, 43, 613-621, 2004. [PDF version]

(91)    Q. Huang and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Conformational analysis of tetrapeptides by exploiting the excitonic coupling between amide I modes. J. Raman Spectros. 35, 586, 2004. [PDF version]

(92)    F. Eker , K. Griebenow, X. Cao, L.A. Nafie and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Preferred peptide backbone conformations in the unfolded state revealed by the structure analysis of alanine-based (AXA) tripeptides in aqueous solution. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 11054, 2004. [PDF version]

(93)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Secondary Structure Analysis of Polypeptides Based on an Excitonic Coupling Model to Describe the Band Profile of Amide I’ of IR, Raman and Vibrational Circular Dichroism Spectra. J. Phys. Chem B. in press, 2004.

(94)  F. Eker , K. Griebenow and R. Schweitzer-Stenner. AB1-28 Fragment of the Amyloid Peptide Predominantly Adopts a Polyproline II Conformation in Acidic Solution. Biochemistry, 43, 6893-6898, 2004. [PDF version] 
 

2.: Invited review articles

(95)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner.  Allosteric linkage indiced distortions of the prosthetic group in heme proteins as derived from the theoretical interpretation of the depolarization ratio in resonance Raman scattering.  Q. Rev. Biophys. 22, 381-490, 1989.

(96)    R. Schweitzer-Stenner. Parameters determining the stimulatory capacity of the type I Fce-receptor. Immunol. Lett. 68, 59-69, 1999.

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