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Gerlach T, Schain J, Söltl S, van Schie M M C H, Hilgers F, Bitzenhofer N L, Drepper T, Rother D. 2022. Photo-regulation of Enzyme Activity: The Inactivation of a Carboligase with Genetically Encoded Photosensitizer Fusion Tags, Frontiers Catal. https://doi.org/10.3389/fctls.2022.835919

Doeker M, Grabowski L, Rother D, Jupke A. 2022. In situ reactive extraction with oleic acid for process intensification in amine transaminase catalyzed reactions. Green Chem. 24 (1): 295-304

Oeggl R, Glaser J, von Lieres E, Rother D. 2021. Continuous enzymatic stirred tank reactor cascade with unconventional medium yielding high concentrations of (S)-2-hydroxyphenyl propanone and its derivatives. Catal. Sci. Technol. 11: 7886 - 7897

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Kappauf K, Majstorovic N, Agarwal S, Rother D, Claaßen C. 2021. Modulation of Transaminase Activity by Encapsulation in Temperature‐Sensitive Poly (N‐acryloyl glycinamide) Hydrogels. ChemBioChem 12 (4): 1190

Gerlach T, Nugroho D L, Rother D. 2021. The effect of visible light on the catalytic activity of PLP-dependent enzymes. ChemCatChem 13: 2398-2406

Mack K, Doeker M, Grabowski L, Jupke A, Rother D. 2021. Extractive in-situ product removal for the application of naturally produced L-alanine as amine donor in enzymatic metaraminol production. Green Chem. 23: 4892-4901

Weber D, Patsch D, Neumann A, Winkler M, Rother D. 2021. Production of the carboxylate reductase from Nocardia otitidiscaviarum in a soluble, active form for in vitro applications. ChemBioChem 22, 1823

Malzacher S, Rother D. 2021. Computer-aided enzymatic retrosynthesis. News&Views article. Nature Catal. 4.2: 92-93

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Claaßen C, Mack K, Rother D. 2020. Benchtop NMR for online reaction monitoring of the biocatalytic synthesis of aromatic amino alcohols. ChemCatChem. 12(4): 1190-119

Contente M L, Dall’Oglio F, Annunziata F, Molinari F, Rabuffetti M, Romano D, Tamborini L, Rother D, Pinto A. 2020. Stereoselective reduction of prochiral cyclic 1,3-diketones using different biocatalysts. Catalysis Letters 150 (4): 1176-1185

Erdmann V, Sehl T, Frindi-Wosch I, Simon R C, Kroutil W, Rother D. 2019. Methoxamine Synthesis in a Biocatalytic 1-Pot 2 Step Cascade Approach. ACS Catal. 9 (8): 7380-7388

Claaßen C, Gerlach T, Rother D. 2019. Stimulus-Responsive Regulation of Enzyme Activity for One-Step and Multi-Step Syntheses. Adv. Synth. Catal. 361(11): 2387–2401

Kulig J, Sehl T, Mackfeld U, Wiechert W, Pohl M, Rother D. 2019. An Enzymatic 2-Step Cofactor and Co-Product Recycling Cascade towards a Chiral 1,2-Diol. Part I: Cascade Design. Adv. Synth. Catal. 361(11): 2607-2615

Oeggl R, Neumann T, Gätgens J, Romano D, Noack S, Rother D. 2018. Citrate as Cost-efficient NADPH regenerating agent. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 6 (196)

Oeggl R, Maßmann T, Jupke A, Rother D. 2018. Four Atom Efficient Enzyme Cascades for All 4-Methoxyphenyl-1,2-propanediol Isomers Including Product Crystallization Targeting High Product Concentrations and Excellent E-Factors. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 6 (9): 11819–11826

Zhang W, Fernández-Fueyo E, Ni Y, van Schie M, Gacs J, Renerie R, Wever R, Mutti F, Rother D, Alcalde M, Hollmann F. 2018. Selective aerobic oxidation reactions using a combination of photocatalytic water oxidation and enzymatic oxyfunctionalisations. Nature Catal. 1 (1): 55-62

Döbber J, Gerlach T, Offermann H, Rother D, Pohl M. 2018. Closing the gap for efficient immobilization of biocatalysts in continuous processes: HaloTag TM fusion enzymes for a continuous enzymatic cascade towards a vicinal chiral diol. Green Chem. 20: 544 - 552

Erdmann V, Lichman B R, Zhao J, Simon R C, Kroutil W, Ward J M, Hailes H C, Rother D. 2017. Enzymatic and chemoenzymatic 3-step cascades for the synthesis of stereochemically complementary trisubstituted tetrahydroisoquinolines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56 (41): 12503-12507

Maugeri Z and Rother D. 2017. Reductive Amination of Ketones Catalyzed by Whole Cell Biocatalysts Containing Imine Reductases (IREDs). J. Biotechnol. 258: 167 - 170

Schmidt S, de Almeida T P, Rother D, Hollmann F. 2017. Towards environmentally acceptable synthesis of chiral a-hydroxy ketones via oxidase-lyase cascades. Green Chem. 19 (5): 1226-1229

Sehl T, Bock S, Marx L, Maugeri Z, Walter L, Westphal R, Vogel C, Menyes U, Erhardt M, Müller M, Pohl M, Rother D. 2017. Asymmetric synthesis of (S)-phenylacetylcarbinol–closing a gap in C–C bond formation. Green Chem. 19: 380-384

Wachtmeister J, Jakoblinnert A, Rother D. 2016. Stereoselective Two-Step Biocatalysis in Organic Solvent: Toward All Stereoisomers of a 1,2-Diol at High Product Concentrations. Org. Process Res. Dev. 20 (10): 1744–1753

Buchholz P C F, Vogel C, Reusch W, Pohl M, Rother D, Spieß A, Pleiss J. 2016. BioCatNet: a database system for the integration of enzyme sequences and biocatalytic experiments. ChemBioChem 17 (21): 2093–2098

Wachtmeister J, Rother D. 2016. Recent advances in whole cell biocatalysis techniques bridging from investigative to industrial scale. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 42: 169–177.

Maugeri Z and Rother D. 2016. Application of imine reductases (IREDs) in micro-aqueous reaction systems. Adv. Syn. Catal. 358 (17): 2745-2750

Beigi M, Gauchenova E, Walter L, Waltzer S, Bonina F, Stillger T, Rother D, Pohl M, Müller M. 2016. Regio- and Stereoselective Aliphatic-Aromatic Cross-Benzoin Reaction: Enzymatic Divergent Catalysis. Chem. Eur. J. 22 (39): 13000-14005

Wachtmeister J, Mennicken P, Hunold A, Rother D. 2016. Modularized Biocatalysis: Immobilization of whole cells for preparative applications in micro-aqueous organic solvents. ChemCatChem 8 (3): 607-614

García-Junceda E, Lavandera I, Rother D, Schrittwieser J H. 2015. (Chemo)enzymatic cascades – Nature’s synthetic strategy transferred to the laboratory. J. Mol. Cat. B: Enzym. 114: 1-6.

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Holec C, Sandkuhl D, Rother D, Kroutil W, Pietruszka J. 2015. Chemoenzymatic Synthesis towards the Active Agent Travoprost. ChemCatChem 7: 3125-3130

Westphal R, Vogel C, Schmitz C, Pleiss J, Müller M, Pohl M, Rother D. 2014. A Tailor-made Chimeric Thiamine Enzyme for the Direct Asymmetric Synthesis of (S)-Benzoins. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53 (35): 9376-9379.

Ein maßgeschneidertes chimäres Thiamindiphosphat-abhängiges Enzym zur direkten asymmetrischen Synthese von (S)-Benzoinen. Angew. Chem. 126 (35): 9530-9533.

Erdmann V, Mackfeld U, Rother D, Jakoblinnert A. 2014. Enantioselective, continuous (R)- and (S)-2-butanol synthesis: achieving high space-time-yields with recombinant E. coli cells in a micro-aqueous, solvent-free reaction system. J. Biotechnol. 191: 106-112.

Jakoblinnert A, Rother D. 2014. A two-step biocatalytic cascade in micro-aqueous medium: using whole cells to obtain high concentrations of a vicinal diol. Green Chem. 16: 3472-3482.

Sehl T, Hailes H C, Ward J M, Menyes U, Pohl M, Rother D. 2014. Efficient two-step biocatalytic strategies for the synthesis of all nor(pseudo)ephedrine isomers. Green Chem. 16: 3341-3348.

Wachtmeister J, Jakoblinnert A, Kulig J, Offermann H, Rother D. 2014. Whole Cell Teabag Catalysis for the Modularisation of Synthetic Enzyme Cascades in Micro-Aqueous Systems. ChemCatChem. 6 (4): 1051-1058.

Man H, Kedziora K, Kulig J, Frank A, Lavandera-García I, Gotor-Fernández V, Rother D, Hart S, Turkenburg J P, Grogan G. 2014. Structures of alcohol dehydrogenases from Ralstonia and Sphingobium spp. reveal the molecular basis for their recognition of ‘bulky-bulky’ ketones. Top. Catal. 57:356-365.

Baraibar A G, von Lieres E, Wiechert W, Pohl M, Rother D. 2014. Effective (S)-α-hydroxy ketone production: a reaction engineering approach. Top. Catal. 57: 401-411

Sehl T, Hailes H C, Ward J M, Wardenga R, von Lieres E, Offermann H, Westphal R, Pohl M, Rother D. 2013. Two Steps in One Pot: Enzyme Cascade for the Synthesis of Nor(pseudo)ephedrine from Inexpensive Starting Materials. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52 (26):6772-6775.

Zwei Schritte in einem Reaktionsgefäß: Enzymkaskaden zur selektiven Synthese von Nor(pseudo)ephedrin aus kostengünstigen Ausgangsmaterialien. Angew. Chem. 125 (26): 6904-6908.

Hailes H, Rother D, Müller M, Westphal R, Ward J M, Pleiss J, Pohl M. 2013. Engineering Stereoselectivity of ThDP-dependent Enzymes. FEBS J. 280 (24): 6374-6394.

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Westphal R, Jansen S, Vogel C, Pleiss J, Müller M, Rother D, Pohl P. 2013. MenD from Bacillus subtilis: A potent catalyst for the enantiocomplementary asymmetric synthesis of functionalized α-hydroxy ketones. ChemCatChem. 6 (4): 1082–1088.

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Westphal R, Hahn D, Mackfeld U, Waltzer S, Beigi M, Widmann M, Vogel C, Pleiss J, Müller M, Rother D, Pohl P. 2013. Tailoring (S)-selectivity of MenD from Escherichia coli. ChemCatChem. 5 (12): 3587-3594.

Westphal R, Waltzer S, Mackfeld U, Widmann M, Pleiss J, Beigi M, Müller M, Rother D, Pohl P. 2013. (S)-selective MenD variants from Escherichia coli provide access to new functionalized chiral α-hydroxy ketones. Chem. Commun. 49: 2061-2063.

Kulig J, Frese A, Kroutil W, Pohl M, Rother D. 2013. Biochemical characterization of an alcohol dehydrogenase from Ralstonia sp. Biotech. Bioeng. 110 (7): 1838-1848.

Sehl T, Simon R C, Hailes H C, Ward J M, Schell U, Pohl M, Rother D. 2012. TTC-based screening assay for ɷ-transaminases: a rapid method to detect reduction of 2-hydroxy ketones. J. Biotechnol., 159: 188-194.

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Gerhards T, Mackfeld U, Bocola M, von Lieres E, Wiechert W, Pohl M, Rother D. 2012. Influence of organic solvents on enzymatic asymmetric carboligations. Adv. Synth. Catal., 354: 2805-2820.

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