Publications of Ahmad Reza Mehdipour

Stautz, J.; Griwatz, D.; Kaltwasser, S.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Ketter, S.; Thiel, C.; Wunnicke, D.; Schrecker, M.; Mills, D. J.; Hummer, G. et al.; Vonck, J.; Hänelt, I.: A short intrinsically disordered region at KtrB’s N-terminus facilitates allosteric regulation of K⁺ channel KtrAB. Nature Communications 16, 4252 (2025)

Wu, D.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Finke, F.; Goojani, H. G.; Groh, R. R.; Grund, T. N.; Reichhart, T. M. B.; Zimmermann, R.; Welsch, S.; Bald, D. et al.; Shepherd, M.; Hummer, G.; Safarian, S.: Dissecting the conformational complexity and mechanism of a bacterial heme transporter. Nature Chemical Biology 19 (8), pp. 992 - 1003 (2023)

Lettl, C.; Schindele, F.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Steiner, T.; Ring, D.; Brack-Werner, R.; Stecher, B.; Eisenreich, W.; Bilitewski, U.; Hummer, G. et al.; Witschel, M.; Fischer, W.; Haas, R.: Selective killing of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori by mitochondrial respiratory complex I inhibitors. Cell Chemical Biology 30 (5), pp. 499 - 512 (2023)

Zhu, R.; Canena, D.; Sikora, M.; Klausberger, M.; Seferovic, H.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Hain, L.; Laurent, E.; Monteil, V.; Wirnsberger, G. et al.; Wieneke, R.; Tampé, R.; Kienzl, N. F.; Mach, L.; Mirazimi, A.; Oh, Y. J.; Penninger, J. M.; Hummer, G.; Hinterdorfer, P.: Force-tuned avidity of spike variant-ACE2 interactions viewed on the single-molecule level. Nature Communications 13 (1), 7926 (2022)

Khera, R.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Bolla, J. R.; Kahnt, J.; Welsch, S.; Ermler, U.; Münke, C.; Robinson, C. V.; Hummer, G.; Xie, H. et al.; Michel, H.: Cryo-EM structures of pentameric autoinducer-2 exporter from Escherichia coli reveal its transport mechanism. The EMBO Journal 41 (18), e109990 (2022)

Zhao, J.; Xie, H.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Safarian, S.; Ermler, U.; Münke, C.; Thielmann, Y.; Hummer, G.; Ebersberger, I.; Wang, J. et al.; Michel, H.: The structure of the Aquifex aeolicus MATE family multidrug resistance transporter and sequence comparisons suggest the existence of a new subfamily. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (46), e2107335118 (2021)

Safarian, S.; Opel-Reading, H. K.; Wu, D.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Hards, K.; Harold, L. H.; Radloff, M.; Stewart, I.; Welsch, S.; Hummer, G. et al.; Cook, G. M.; Krause, K. L.; Michel, H.: The cryo-EM structure of the bd oxidase from M. tuberculosis reveals a unique structural framework and enables rational drug design to combat TB. Nature Communications 12 (1), 5236 (2021)

Mukherjee, R.; Bhattacharya, A.; Bojkova, D.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Shin, D.; Khan, K. S.; Hei-Yin Cheung, H.; Wong, K.-B.; Ng, W.; Cinatl, J. et al.; Geurink, P. P.; van der Heden van Noort, G. J.; Rajalingam, K.; Ciesek, S.; Hummer, G.; Dikic, I.: Famotidine inhibits Toll-like receptor 3-mediated inflammatory signaling in SARS-CoV2 infection. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 297 (2), 100925 (2021)

Mehdipour, A. R.; Hummer, G.: Dual nature of human ACE2 glycosylation in binding to SARS-CoV-2 spike. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (19), e2100425118 (2021)

Shin, D.; Mukherjee, R.; Grewe, D.; Bojkova, D.; Baek, K.; Bhattacharya, A.; Schulz, L.; Widera, M.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Tascher, G. et al.; Geurink, P. P.; Wilhelm, A.; van der Heden van Noort, G. J.; Ovaa, H.; Müller, S.; Knobeloch, K.-P.; Rajalingam, K.; Schulman, B.; Cinatl, J.; Hummer, G.; Ciesek, S.; Đikić, I.: Papain-like protease regulates SARS-CoV-2 viral spread and innate immunity. Nature 587 (7835), pp. 657 - 662 (2020)

Shin, D.; Bhattacharya, A.; Cheng, Y.-L.; Alonso, M. C.; Mehdipour, A. R.; van der Heden van Noort, G. J.; Ovaa, H.; Hummer, G.; Dikic, I.: Bacterial OTU deubiquitinases regulate substrate ubiquitination upon Legionella infection. eLife 9 (2020)

Hofmann, S.; Januliene, D.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Thomas, C.; Stefan, E.; Brüchert, S.; Kuhn, B. T.; Geertsma, E. R.; Hummer, G.; Tampé, R. et al.; Möller, A.: Conformation space of a heterodimeric ABC exporter under turnover conditions. Nature 571 (7766), pp. 580 - 583 (2019)

Zakrzewska, S.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Malviya, V. N.; Nonaka, T.; Koepke, J.; Muenke, C.; Hausner, W.; Hummer, G.; Safarian, S.; Michel, H.: Inward-facing conformation of a multidrug resistance MATE family transporter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (25), pp. 12275 - 12284 (2019)

Perez, C.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Hummer, G.; Locher, K. P.: Structure of Outward-Facing PglK and Molecular Dynamics of Lipid-Linked Oligosaccharide Recognition and Translocation. Structure 27 (4), pp. 669 - 678.e5 (2019)

Ramírez, A. S.; Boilevin, J.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Hummer, G.; Darbre, T.; Reymond, J.-L.; Locher, K. P.: Structural basis of the molecular ruler mechanism of a bacterial glycosyltransferase. Nature Communications 9, 445 (2018)

Nöll, A.; Christoph, T.; Herbring, V.; Zollmann, T.; Barth, K.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Tomasiak, T. M.; Brüchert, S.; Joseph, B.; Abele, R. et al.; Oliéric, V.; Wang, M.; Diederichs, K.; Hummer, G.; Stroud, R. M.; Pos, K. M.; Tampé, R.: Crystal structure and mechanistic basis of a functional homolog of the antigen transporter TAP. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114 (4), pp. E438 - E447 (2017)

Diskowski, M.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Wunnicke, D.; Mills, D. J.; Mikusevic, V.; Bärland, N.; Hoffmann, J.; Morgner, N.; Steinhoff, H.-J.; Hummer, G.: Helical jackknives control the gates of the double-pore K⁺ uptake system KtrABs. eLife, pp. 1 - 21 (2017)

Lehnert, E.; Mao, J.; Mehdipour, A. R.; Hummer, G.; Abele, R.; Glaubitz, C.; Tampé, R.: Antigenic Peptide Recognition on the Human ABC Transporter TAP Resolved by DNP-Enhanced Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society 138 (42), pp. 13967 - 13974 (2016)

Mehdipour, A. R.; Hummer, G.: Cardiolipin puts the seal on ATP synthase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113 (31), pp. 8568 - 8570 (2016)

Mehdipour, A. R.: Computational study of transport mechanism in LeuT fold transporters. Dissertation, 187 pp., Fachbereich Biochemie, Chemie und Pharmazie, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main (2015)