Dr. Nicola Steinke

Development of bio-catalytic, chromatographic, and mass spectrometry methods to analyze the chemical composition of marine organic matter

• N. Steinke, S. Vidal-Melgosa, M. Schultz-Johansen, and J.-H. Hehemann, “Biocatalytic quantification of α-glucan in particulate marine organic matter”, under review: MicrobiologyOpen, 2021.

• A. Henao, G. N. Ruiz, N. Steinke, S. Cerveny, R. Macovez, E. Guàrdia, S. Busch, S. E. McLain, C. D. Lorenz, and L. C. Pardo, “On the microscopic origin of the cryoprotective effect in lysine solutions”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 22, no. 13, pp. 6919–6927, 2020.

• N. H. Rhys, N. Steinke, S. Kurlekar, C. D. Lorenz, and S. E. McLain, “On the role of the solvent environment in the folding and unfolding of amphipathic helices”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 118, no. 3, 37a, 2020.

• P. Smith, N. Steinke, J. F. Turner, S. E. McLain, and C. D. Lorenz, “On the hydration structure of the pro-drug GPG–NH2 and its derivatives”, Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 706, pp. 228–236, 2018.

• N. Steinke, A. Genina, R. J. Gillams, C. D. Lorenz, and S. E. McLain, “Proline and water stabilization of a universal two-step folding mechanism forβ-turn formation in solution”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 140, no. 23, pp. 7301–7312, 2018.

• N. Steinke, A. Genina, C. D. Lorenz, and S. E. McLain, “Salt interactions in solution prevent direct association of urea with a peptide backbone”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 121, no. 8, pp. 1866–1876, 2017.

• A. Silva-Santisteban, N. Steinke, A. J. Johnston, G. N. Ruiz, L. C. Pardo, and S. E. McLain, “On the structure of prilocaine in aqueous and amphiphilic solutions”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 19, no. 20, pp. 12 665–12 673, 2017.

• N. Steinke, R. J. Gillams, L. C. Pardo, C. D. Lorenz, and S. E. McLain, “Atomic scale insights into urea–peptide interactions in solution”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 3862–3870, 2016.

• J. Lohöfener, N. Steinke, P. Kay-Fedorov, P. Baruch, A. Nikulin, S. Tishchenko, D. J. Manstein, and R. Fedorov, “The activation mechanism of 2'-5'-oligoadenylatesynthetase gives new insights into OAS/cGAS triggers of innate immunity”, Structure, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 851–862, 2015.

• M. B. Radke, M. H. Taft, M. Preller, S. M. Heissler, N. Steinke, and D. J. Manstein, “EMD57033 acts as a pharmacological chaperone stabilizing and activating myosin motor activity”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 102, no. 3, 354a, 2012.