Dr Norbert Krauss
Senior Lecturer
- Room: G.08, Joseph Priestley Building
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 7882 8445
- Email: n.krauss("at" sign)qmul.ac.uk
Research interests:
Research website: http://www.queenmaryphotosynthesis.org/krauss/
The analysis of the three-dimensional structures of photosystems I and II from cyanobacteria, which perform water-oxidising photosynthesis, has been my main research field. These structures were determined by X-ray crystallography, a method which can provide detailed structural information even for large complexes like the two photosystems. This kind of information is essential to understand the function of individual protein subunits and how the physico-chemical properties of the numerous cofactors are modulated by the local protein environment. In collaboration with other scientists at Queen Mary, I plan to apply crystallographic techniques to analyse the mechanisms of regulation and assembly of the photosystems. Another field of my interest is research on phytochromes, a class of photoreceptors found in photosynthetic organisms but also in non-photosynthetic bacteria. Structure analysis of phytochromes in different states of their photocycle may contribute to our understanding of the molecular mechanism by which the protein responds to an input light signal.
Research group:
Postgraduate supervision:
Nagano, Soshichiro; s.nagano ("at" sign) qmul.ac.uk