Publications

2022

Barreta, D.C.A., Schertler, G.F.X., Kaupp, U.B., and Marino, J. (2022). Structural basis of the partially open central gate in the human CNGA1/CNGB1 channel explained by additional density for calmodulin in cryo-EM map. J Struct Biol. 214, 107828. Link to MPG publication repository PuRe

Barret, D.C.A., Schertler, G.F.X., Kaupp, U.B., and Marino, J. (2022). The structure of the native CNGA1/CNGB1 CNG channel from bovine retinal rods. Nat Struct Mol Biol 29, 32-39. Link to MPG publication repository PuRe

2021

Kierzek, M., Deal, P.E., Miller, E.W., Mukherjee, S., Wachten, D., Baumann, A., Kaupp, U.B., Strünker, T., and Brenker, C. (2021). Simultaneous recording of multiple cellular signaling events by frequency- and spectrally-tuned multiplexing of fluorescent probes. eLife 10, e63129. Link to MPG publication repository PuRe

Hansen, J.N., Gong, A., Wachten, D., Pascal, R., Turpin, A., Jikeli, J.F., Kaupp, U.B., and Alvarez, L. (2021). Multifocal imaging for precise, label-free tracking of fast biological processes in 3D. Nat Commun 12, 4574. Link to MPG publication repository PuRe

Gong, A., Rode, S., Gompper, G., Kaupp, U.B., Elgeti, J., Friedrich, B.M., and Alvarez, L. (2021). Reconstruction of the three-dimensional beat pattern underlying swimming behaviors of sperm. Eur Phys J E Soft Matter 44, 87.Link to MPG publication repository PuRe

Hett, T., Zbik, T., Mukherjee, S., Matsuoka, H., Bönigk, W., Klose, D., Rouillon, C., Brenner, N., Peuker, S., Klement, R., Steinhoff, H.-J., Grubmüller, H., Seifert, R., Schiemann, O., and Kaupp, U.B. (2021). Spatiotemporal resolution of conformational changes in biomolecules by combining pulsed electron–electron double resonance spectroscopy with microsecond freeze-hyperquenching. J Am Chem Soc 43, 6981-6989. Link to MPG publication repository PuRe

Gadadhar, S., Alvarez Viar, G., Hansen, J.N., Gong, A., Kostarev, A., Ialy-Radio, C., Leboucher, S., Whitfield, M., Ziyyat, A., Toure, A., Alvarez, L., Pigino, G., and Janke, C. (2021). Tubulin glycylation controls axonemal dynein activity, flagellar beat, and male fertility. Science 371, eabd4914. Link to MPG publication repository PuRe

2020

Balbach, M., Hamzeh, H., Jikeli, J.F., Brenker, C., Schiffer, C., Hansen, J.N., Neugebauer, P., Troetschel, C., Jovine, L., Han, L., Florman, H.M., Kaupp, U.B., Strünker, T, and Wachten, D. (2020). Molecular mechanism underlying the action of zona-pellucida glycoproteins on mouse sperm. Front Cell Dev Biol 8, 572735. Link to MPG PuRe publication database

Gompper, G., Winkler, R.G., Speck, T., Solon, A., Nardini, C., Peruani, F., Löwen, H., Golestanian, R., Kaupp, U.B., Alvarez, L., et al. (2020). The 2020 motile active matter roadmap. J Phys Condens Matter 32, 193001. Link to MPG publication repository PuRe

Rafati, N., Chen, J., Herpin, A., Pettersson, M.E., Han, F., Feng, C., Wallerman, O., Rubin, C.-J., Péron, S., Cocco, A., Larssona, M., Trötschele, C., Poetsche, A., Korsching, K., Bönigk, W., Körschen, H.G., Berg, F., Folkvord, A., Kaupp, U.B., Schartl, M., and Andersson (2020). Reconstruction of the birth of a male sex chromosome present in Atlantic herring. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117, 24359-24368. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Wobig, L., Wolfenstetter, T., Fechner, S., Bönigk, W., Körschen, H.G., Jikeli, J., Trötschel, C., Feederle, R., Kaupp, U.B., Seifert, R., and Berger, T.K. (2020). A family of hyperpolarization-activated channels selective for protons. Proc Acad Sci USA 117, 13783-13791.Link to MPG publication database PuRe

Kaupp, U.B., and Alvarez, L. (2020). Sperm as microswimmers. In: Gompper, G., Winkler, R.G., [...], Kaupp, U.B., Alvarez, L. [...], Duclos, G., Yashunsky, V., Silberzan, P., Arroyo, M., and Kale, S. The 2020 motile active matter roadmap. J Phys Condens Matter 32, 18-20. Link to MPG PuRe publication database

Schiffer, C., Rieger, S., Brenker, C., Young, S., Hamzeh, H., Wachten, D., Tüttelmann, F., Röpke, A., Kaupp, U.B., Wang, T., et al. (2020). Rotational motion and rheotaxis of human sperm do not require functional CatSper channels and transmembrane Ca2+ signaling. EMBO J 39, e102363. Link to MPG PuRe publication database

Gong, A., Rode, S., Kaupp, U.B., Gompper, G., Elgeti, J., Friedrich, B.M., and Alvarez, L. (2020). The steering gaits of sperm. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 375, 20190149. Link to MPG PuRe publication database

2019

Trötschel, C., Hamzeh, H., Alvarez, L., Pascal, R., Lavryk, F., Bönigk, W., Körschen, H.G., Müller, A., Poetsch, A., Rennhack, A., Gui, L., Nicastro, D., Strünker, T., Seifert, R., and Kaupp, U. B. (2019). Absolute proteomic quantification reveals design principles of sperm flagellar chemosensation. EMBO J, e102723. Link to MPG PuRe publication database

Hamzeh, H., Alvarez, L., Strünker, T., Kierzek, M., Brenker, C., Deal, P.E., Miller, E.W., Seifert, R., and Kaupp, U.B. (2019). Kinetic and photonic techniques to study chemotactic signaling in sea urchin sperm. Methods Cell Biol 151, 487-517. Link to MPG PuRe publication database

2018

Rennhack, A., Schiffer, C., Brenker, C., Fridman, D., Nitao, E. T., Cheng, Y. M., Tamburrino, L., Balbach, M., Stölting, G., Berger, T., Kierzek, M., Alvarez, L., Wachten, D., Zeng, X. H., Baldi, E., Publicover, S., Kaupp, U. B., and Strünker, T. (2018). A novel cross-species inhibitor to study the function of CatSper Ca2+ channels in sperm. Br J Pharmacol 175, 3144-3161. Link to MPG publication database PuRe

Windler, F., Bönigk, W., Körschen, H. G., Grahn, E., Strünker, T., Seifert, R., and Kaupp, U. B. (2018). The solute carrier SLC9C1 is a Na+/H+-exchanger gated by an S4-type voltage-sensor and cyclic-nucleotide binding. Nat Commun 9, 2809.

Brenker, C., Schiffer, C., Wagner, I.V., Tüttelmann, F., Röpke, A., Rennhack, A., Kaupp, U.B., and Strünker, T. (2018). Action of steroids and plant triterpenoids on CatSper Ca2+ channels in human sperm. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115, E344-E346. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Balbach, M., Beckert, V., Hansen, J.N., and Wachten, D. (2018). Shedding light on the role of cAMP in mammalian sperm physiology. Mol Cell Endocrinol 468, 111-120. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2017

Rennhack, A., Grahn, E., Kaupp, U.B., and Berger, T.K. (2017). Photocontrol of the Hv1 proton channel. ACS Chem Biol 12, 2952-2957. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Saggiorato, G., Alvarez, L., Jikeli, J., Kaupp, U.B., Gompper, G., and Elgeti, J. (2017). Human sperm steer with second harmonics of the flagellar beat. Nat Commun 8, 1405. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Zhong, W., Ciatipis, M., Wolfenstetter, T., Jessberger, J., Müller, C., Ponsel, S., Yanovsky, Y., Brankack, J., Tort, A.B.L., and Draguhn, A. (2017). Selective entrainment of gamma subbands by different slow network oscillations. Proc Acad Sci USA 114, 4519-1524 Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Alvarez, L. (2017). The tailored sperm cell. J Plant Res 130, 455-464. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Jansen, V., Jikeli, J.F., and Wachten, D. (2017). How to control cyclic nucleotide signaling by light. Curr Opin Biotechnol 48, 15-20 Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Schonauer, S., Körschen, H.G., Penno, A., Rennhack, A., Breiden, B., Sandhoff, K., Gutbrod, K., Dörmann, P., Raju, D.N., Haberkant, P., Gerl, M.J., Brügger, B., Zigdon, H., Vardi, A., Futerman, A.H., and Wachten, D. (2017). Identification of a feedback loop involving beta-glucosidase 2 and its product sphingosine sheds light on the molecular mechanisms in Gaucher disease. J Biol Chem, M116.762831. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Kaupp, U.B., and Strünker, T. (2017). Signaling in sperm: more different than similar? Trends Cell Biol 27, 101-109. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Berger, T.K., Fußhöller, D.M., Goodwin, N., Bönigk, W., Müller, A., Khesroshahi, N.D., Brenker, C., Wachten, D., Krause, E., Kaupp, U.B., and Strünker, T. (2017). Posttranslational cleavage of Hv1 in human sperm tunes pH- and voltage-dependent gating. J Physiol 595, 1533-1546. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2016

Kaupp, U.B., and Alvarez, L. (2016). Sperm as microswimmers - navigation and sensing at the physical limit. Eur Phys J Spec Top 225, 2119-2139. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Schneider, S., Balbach, M., Jikeli, J., Fietz, D., Nettersheim, D., Jostes, S., Schmidt, R., Kressin, M., Bergmann, M., Wachten, D., Steger, K., and Schorle, H. (2016). Re-visiting the protamine-2 locus: deletion, but not haploinsufficiency, renders male mice infertile. Sci Rep 6, 36764. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Voß, B., Seifert, R., Kaupp, U.B., and Grubmüller, H. (2016). A quantitative model for cAMP binding to the binding Domain of MloK1. Biophys J 111, 1668-1678. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Wachten, D., Jikeli, J., and Kaupp, U.B. (2016). Sperm sensory signaling. CSH Perspect Biol, a028225. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Schumacher, C.H., Körschen, H.G., Nicol, C., Gasser, C., Seifert, R., Schwarzel, M., and Moglich, A. (2016). A fluorometric activity assay for light-regulated cyclic-nucleotide-monophosphate actuators. Methods Mol Biol 1408, 93-105. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Björkgren, I., Alvarez, L., Blank, N., Balbach, M., Turunen, H., Laajala, T.D., Toivanen, J., Krutskikh, A., Wahlberg, N., Huhtaniemi, I., Poutanen, M., Wachten, D., and Sipilä, P. (2016). Targeted inactivation of the mouse epididymal beta-defensin 41 alters sperm flagellar beat pattern and zona pellucida binding. Mol Cell Endocrinol 427, 143-154. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Mukherjee, S., Jansen, V., Jikeli, J.F., Hamzeh, H., Alvarez, L., Dombrowski, M., Balbach, M., Strünker, T., Seifert, R., Kaupp, U.B., and Wachtern, D. (2016). A novel biosensor to study cAMP dynamics in cilia and flagella. Elife 5, e14052. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2015

Börger, C., Schünke, S., Lecher, J., Stoldt, M., Winkhaus, F., Kaupp, U.B., and Willbold, D. (2015). Resonance assignment of the ligand-free cyclic nucleotide-binding domain from the murine ion channel HCN2. J Biomol NMR 9, 243 - 246. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Fechner, S., Alvarez, L., Bönigk, W., Müller, A., Berger, T., Pascal, R., Trötschel, C., Poetsch, A., Stölting, G., Siegfried, K.R., Seifert, R., and Kaupp, U.B. (2015). A K+-selective CNG channel orchestrates Ca2+ signalling in zebrafish sperm. Elife, e07624. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Royeck, M., Kelly, T., Opitz, T., Otte, D.-M., Rennhack, A., Woitecki, A., Pitsch, J., Becer, A., Schoch, S., Kaupp, U.B., Yaari, Y., Zimmer, A., and Beck, H. (2015). Downregulation of spermine augments dendritic persistent sodium currents and synaptic integration after status epilepticus. J Neurosci 35, 15240 - 15253. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Jikeli, J., Alvarez, L., Friedrich, B.M., Wilson, L.G., Pascal, R., Colin, R., Pichlo, M., Rennhack, A., Brenker, C., and Kaupp, U.B. (2015). Sperm navigation along helical paths in 3D chemoattractant landscapes. Nat Commun 6, 7985. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Raju, D., Schonauer, S., Hamzeh, H., Flynn, K.C., Bradke, F., vom Dorp, K., Dörmann, P., Yildiz, Y., Trötschel, C., Poetsch, A., Breiden, B., Sandhoff, K., Körschen, H.G., and Wachten, D. (2015). Accumulation of glucosylceramide in the absence of the beta-glucosidase GBA2 alters cytoskeletal dynamics. PLoS Genet 11, e1005063. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Scheib, U., Stehfest, K., Gee, C.E., Körschen, H.G., Fudim, R., Oertner, T.G., and Hegemann, P. (2015). The rhodopsin-guanylyl cyclase of the aquatic fungus Blastocladiella emersonii enables fast optical control of cGMP signaling. Sci Sinal 8, rs8. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Strünker, T., Alvarez, L., and Kaupp, U.B. (2015). At the physical limit - chemosensation in sperm. Curr Opin Neurobiol 34, 110-116. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Strünker, T., and Kaupp, U.B. (2015). Larry Cohen - 50 ways to DYE your science. Neurophotonics 2, 021004-021004. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Mony, L., Berger, T.K., and Isacoff, E.Y. (2015). A specialized molecular motion opens the Hv1 voltage-gated proton channel. Nat Struct Mol Biol 22, 283-290. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Berger, T.K., and Isacoff, E.Y. (2015). Fluorescent labeling for patch-clamp fluorometry (PCF) measurements of real-time protein motion in ion channels. Methods Mol Biol 1266, 93-106. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Gunkel, M., Schöneberg, J., Alkhaldi, W., Irsen, S., Noé, F., Kaupp, U.B., and Al-Amoudi, A. (2015). Higher-order architecture of rhodopsin in intact photoreceptors and its implication for phototransduction kinetics. Structure 23, 628 - 638. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Jansen, V., Alvarez, L., Balbach, M., Strünker, T., Hegemann, P., Kaupp, U.B., and Wachten, D. (2015). Controlling fertilization and cAMP signaling in sperm by optogenetics. Elife 4, e05161. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Seifert, R., Flick, M., Bönigk, W., Alvarez, L., Trötschel, C., Poetsch, A., Müller, A., Goodwin, N., Pelzer, P., Kashikar, N.D., Kremmer, E., Jikeli, J., Timmermann, B., Kuhl, H., Fridman, D., Windler, F., Kaupp, U.B. , andStrünker, T. (2015). The CatSper channel controls chemosensation in sea urchin sperm. EMBO J 34, 379-392. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2014

Börger, C., Schünke, S., Lecher, J., Stoldt, M., Winkhaus, F., Kaupp, U.B., and Willbold, D. (2014). Resonance assignment of the ligand-free cyclic nucleotide-binding domain from the murine ion channel HCN2. Biomol. NMR Assign 9, 243-246. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Pichlo, M., Bungert-Plümke, S., Weyand, I., Seifert, R., Bönigk, W., Strünker, T., Kashikar, N.D., Goodwin, N., Müller, A., Pelzer, P., Van, Q., Enderlein, J., Klemm, C., Krause, E., Trotschel, C., Poetsch, A., Kremmer, E., and Kaupp, U.B. (2014). High density and ligand affinity confer ultrasensitive signal detection by a guanylyl cyclase chemoreceptor. J Cell Biol 206, 541-557. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Schiffer, C., Müller, A., Egeberg, D.L., Alvarez, L., Brenker, C., Rehfeld, A., Frederiksen, H., Wäschle, B., Kaupp, U.B., Balbach, M., Wachten, D., Skakkebaek, N.E., Almstrup, K., and Strünker, T. (2014). Direct action of endocrine disrupting chemicals on human sperm. EMBO Rep 15, 731-815. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Brenker, C., Zhou, Y., Müller, A., Echeverry, F.A., Trotschel, C., Poetsch, A., Xia, X.M., Bönigk, W., Lingle, C.J., Kaupp, U.B., and Strünker, T. (2014). The Ca2+-activated K+ current of human sperm is mediated by Slo3. Elife 3, e01438. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Mass, E., Wachten, D., Aschenbrenner, A.C., Voelzmann, A., and Hoch, M. (2014). Murine Creld1 controls cardiac development through activation of calcineurin/NFATc1 signaling. Dev Cell 28, 711-726. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Alvarez, L., Friedrich, B.M., Gompper, G., and Kaupp, U.B. (2014). The computational sperm cell. Trends Cell Biol 24, 198-207. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2013

Geißler, K.J., Jung, M.J., Riecken, L.B., Sperka, T., Cui, Y., Schacke, S., Merkel, U., Markwart, R., Rubio, I., Than, M.E., Breithaupt, C., Peuker, S., Seifert, R., Kaupp, U.B., Herrlich, P., and Morrison, H. (2013). Regulation of son of sevenless by the membrane-actin linker protein ezrin. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110, 20587-20592. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Krähling, M., Alvarez, L., Debowski, K., Van, Q., Gunkel, M., Irsen, S., Al-Amoudi, A., Strünker, T., Kremmer, E., Krause, E., Voigt, I., Wörtge, S., Waisman, A., Weyand, I., Seifert, R., Kaupp, U.B., and Wachten, D. (2013). CRIS- a novel cAMP-binding protein controlling spermiogenesis and the development of flagellar bending. PLoS Genet 9, e1003960. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Rabionet, M., Bayerle, A., Marsching, C., Jennemann, R., Grone, H.J., Yildiz, Y., Wachten, D., Shaw, W., Shayman, J.A., and Sandhoff, R. (2013). 1-O-Acylceramides are natural components of human and mouse epidermis. J. Lipid. Res. 54, 3312-3321. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Hirohashi, N., Alvarez, L., Shiba, K., Fujiwara, E., Iwata, Y., Mohri, T., Inaba, K., Chiba, K., Ochi, H., Supuran, C.T., Kotzur, N., Kakiuchi, Y., Kaupp, U.B., and Baba, S.A. (2013). Sperm from sneaker male squids exhibit chemotactic swarming to CO2. Curr Biol 23, 775-781. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Peuker, S., Cukkemane, A., Held, M., Noé, F., Kaupp, U.B., and Seifert, R. (2013). Kinetics of ligand-receptor interaction reveals an induced-fit mode of binding in a cyclic nucleotide-activated protein. Biophys J 104, 63-74. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Körschen, H.G., Yildiz, Y., Raju, D.N., Schonauer, S., Bönigk, W., Jansen, V., Kremmer, E., Kaupp, U.B., and Wachten, D. (2013). The non-lysosomal beta-glucosidase GBA2 is a non-integral membrane-associated protein at the ER and Golgi. J Biol Chem 288, 3388-3393. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2012

Alvarez, L., Dai, L., Friedrich, B.M., Kashikar, N., Gregor, I., Pascal, R., and Kaupp, U.B. (2012). The rate of change in Ca2+ concentration controls sperm chemotaxis. J Cell Biol 196, 653-663. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Brenker, C., Goodwin, N., Weyand, I., Kashikar, N.D., Naruse, M., Krähling, M., Müller, A., Kaupp, U.B., and Strünker, T. (2012). The CatSper channel: a polymodal chemosensor in human sperm. EMBO J 31, 1654-1665. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Cukkemane, A., Nand, D., Gradmann, S., Weingarth, M., Kaupp, U.B., and Baldus, M. (2012). Solid-state NMR [ [++13)C, (15)N] resonance assignments of the nucleotide-binding domain of a bacterial cyclic nucleotide-gated channel" Biomol. NMR Assign 6, 225-229. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Drawnel, F.M., Wachten, D., Molkentin, J.D., Maillet, M., Aronsen, J.M., Swift, F., Sjaastad, I., Liu, N., Catalucci, D., Mikoshiba, K., Hisatsune, C., Okkenhaug, H., Andrews, S.R., Bootman, M.D., and Roderick, H.L. (2012). Mutual antagonism between IP3RII and miRNA-133a regulates calcium signals and cardiac hypertrophy. J Cell Biol 199, 783-798. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Kashikar, N.D., Alvarez, L., Seifert, R., Gregor, I., Jäckle, O., Beyermann, M., Krause, E., and Kaupp, U.B. (2012). Temporal sampling, resetting, and adaptation orchestrate gradient sensing in sperm. J Cell Biol 198, 1075-1091. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Kaupp, U.B. (2012). 100 years of sperm chemotaxis. J Gen Physiol 140, 583-586. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Kusch, J., Thon, S., Schulz, E., Biskup, C., Nache, V., Zimmer, T., Seifert, R., Schwede, F., and Benndorf, K. (2012). How subunits cooperate in cAMP-induces activation of homotetrameric HCN2 channels. Nature Chem Biol 8, 162-169. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Nache, V., Zimmer, T., Wongsamitkul, N., Schmauder, R., Kusch, J., Reinhardt, L., Bönigk, W., Seifert, R., Biskup, C., Schwede, F., and Benndorf, K. (2012). Differential regulation by cyclic nucleotides of the CNGA4 and CNGB1b subunits in olfactory cyclic nucleotide-gated channels. Sci Signal 5, ra48. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Strünker, T. (2012). A unique K+-selective ion channel activated by a single cGMP molecule controls chemotaxis of sea urchin sperm. In: Morisawa, M. (ed.): Sperm Cell Research in the 21st Century: Historical Discoveries to New Horizons (Tokyo: Adthree Publishing Co.m Ltd), 142-145. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2011

Cukkemane, A., Seifert, R., and Kaupp, U.B. (2011). Cooperative and uncooperative cyclic-nucleotide-gated ion channels. Trends Biochem Sci 36, 55-64. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Elgeti, J., Kaupp, U.B., and Gompper, G. (2011). Response to comment on article: hydrodynamics of sperm cells near surfaces. Biophys J 100, 2321-2324. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Friedrich, B.M., and Kaupp, U.B. (2011). Eine schwimmende Sinneszelle. Phys in unserer Zeit 42, 196-200. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Harzheim, D., Roderick, H.L., and Bootman, M.D. (2011). Intracellular calcium signaling. In: Bradshaw, R.A., and Dennis, E.A. (eds.): Functioning of transmembrane receptors in cell signaling mechanisms (Amsterdam: Academic Press), 377-382. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Schünke, S., Stoldt, M., Lecher, J., Kaupp, U.B., and Willbold, D. (2011). Structural insights into conformational changes of a cyclic nucleotide-binding domain in solution from Mesorhizobium loti K1 channel. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108, 6121-6126. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Strünker, T., Goodwin, N., Brenker, C., Kashikar, N.D., Weyand, I., Seifert, R., and Kaupp, U.B. (2011). The CatSper channel mediates progesterone-induced Ca2+ influx in human sperm. Nature 471, 382-386. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2010

Elgeti, J., Kaupp, U.B., and Gompper, G. (2010). Hydrodynamics of sperm cells near surfaces. Biophys J 99, 1018-1026. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Fried, H.U., Kaupp, U.B., and Müller, F. (2010). Hyperpolarization-activated and cyclic nucleotide-gated channels are differentially expressed in juxtaglomerular cells in the olfactory bulb of mice. Cell Tissue Res 339, 463-479. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Georgiev, P., Okkenhaug, H., Drews, A., Wright, D., Lambert, S., Flick, M., Carta, V., Martel, C., Oberwinkler, J., and Raghu, P. (2010). TRPM channels mediate zinc homeostasis and cellular growth during Drosophila larval development. Cell Metab 12, 386-397. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Harzheim, D., Talasila, A., Movassagh, M., Foo, R.S., Figg, N., Bootman, M.D., and Roderick, H.L. (2010). Elevated InsP3R expression underlies enhanced calcium fluxes and spontaneous extra-systolic calcium release events in hypertrophic cardiac myocytes. Channels (Austin) 4, 67-71. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Kaupp, U.B. (2010). Olfactory signalling in vertebrates and insects: differences and commonalities. Nat Rev Neurosci 11, 188-200.Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Schünke, S., Lecher, J., Stoldt, M., Kaupp, U.B., and Willbold, D. (2010). Resonance assignments of the nucleotide-free wildtype MloK1 cyclic nucleotide-binding domain. Biomol NMR Assign 4, 147-150. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Smyrnias, I., Mair, W., Harzheim, D., Walker, S.A., Roderick, H.L., and Bootman, M.D. (2010). Comparison of the T-tubule system in adult rat ventricular and atrial myocytes, and its role in excitation-contraction coupling and inotropic stimulation. Cell Calcium 47, 210-223. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2009

Bönigk, W., Loogen, A., Seifert, R., Kashikar, N., Klemm, C., Krause, E., Hagen, V., Kremmer, E., Strünker, T., and Kaupp, U.B. (2009). An atypical CNG channel activated by a single cGMP molecule controls sperm chemotaxis. Sci Signal 2, ra68. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Fleissner, M.R., Brustad, E.M., Kálai, T., Altenbach, C., Cascio, D., Peters, F.B., Hideg, K., Peuker, S., Schultz, P.G., and Hubbell, W.L. (2009). Site-directed spin labeling of a genetically encoded unnatural amino acid. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106, 21637-21642. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Harzheim, D., Movassagh, M., Foo, R.S., Ritter, O., Tashfeen, A., Conway, S.J., Bootman, M.D., and Roderick, H.L. (2009). Increased InsP3Rs in the junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum augment Ca2+ transients and arrhythmias associated with cardiac hypertrophy. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106, 11406-11411. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Kilic, F., Kashikar, N.D., Schmidt, R., Alvarez, L., Dai, L., Weyand, I., Wiesner, B., Goodwin, N., Hagen, V., and Kaupp, U.B. (2009). Caged progesterone: a new tool for studying rapid nongenomic actions of progesterone. J Am Chem Soc 131, 4027-4030. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Schünke, S., Stoldt, M., Novak, K., Kaupp, U.B., and Willbold, D. (2009). Solution structure of the Mesorhizobium loti K1 channel cyclic nucleotide-binding domain in complex with cAMP. EMBO Rep 10, 729-735. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2008

Harzheim, D., Seifert, R., Pfeiffer, K.H., Fabritz, L., Kremmer, E., Buch, T., Waisman, A., Kirchhof, P., and Kaupp, U.B. (2008). Cardiac pacemaker function of HCN4 channels is confined to embryonic development and requires cyclic AMP. EMBO J 27, 692-703. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Kaupp, U.B., Kashikar, N., and Weyand, I. (2008). Mechanisms of sperm chemotaxis. Ann Rev Physiol 70, 93-117. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Knop, G.C., Seeliger, M.W., Thiel, F., Mataruga, A., Kaupp, U.B., Friedburg, C., Tanimoto, N., and Müller, F. (2008). Light responses in the mouse retina are prolonged upon targeted deletion of the HCN1 channel gene. Eur J Neurosci 28, 2221-2230. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Löer, B., and Hoch, M. (2008). Wech proteins: roles in integrin functions and beyond. Cell Adh Migr 2, 177-179.