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Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche FakultätInstitut für Biochemie - AG Prof. Riemer

Esra Peker - PhD candidate

Address:

Institut für Biochemie

Zülpicher Str. 47A

50674 Köln

Phone: +49-(0)221-470-4589

E-mail: epeker(at)smail.uni-koeln.de

Curriculum Vitae

2012-2015 B.Sc. in Chemistry at the University of Cologne

2016-2018 M.Sc. in Chemistry at the University of Cologne, master thesis in the Riemer lab

Since June 2018 - Ph.D. student in the Riemer Lab

 

Publications

  • Peker E, Weiss K, Song J, Zarges C, Gerlich S, Boehm V, Trifunovic A, Langer T, Gehring NH, Becker T, Riemer J. (2023) A two-step mitochondrial import pathway couples the disulfide relay with matrix complex I biogenesis, J Cell Biol. 222(7):e202210019.

  • Salscheider SL*, Gerlich S*, Cabrera-Orefice A*, Peker E, Rothemann RA, Murschall LM, Finger Y, Szczepanowska K, Ahmadi ZA, Guerrero-Castillo S, Erdogan A, Becker M, Ali M, Habich M, Petrungaro C, Burdina N, Schwarz G, Klußmann M, Neundorf I, Stroud DA, Ryan MT, Trifunovic A, Brandt U, Riemer J. (2022) AIFM1 is a component of the mitochondrial disulfide relay that drives complex I assembly through efficient import of NDUFS5. EMBO J. e110784

  • Li X, Straub J, Medeiros TC, Mehra C, den Brave F, Peker E, Atanassov I, Stillger K, Michaelis JB, Burbridge E, Adrain C, Münch C, Riemer J, Becker T, Pernas LF (2022) Mitochondria shed their outer membrane in response to infection-induced stress Science 375(6577)_eabi4343

  • Peker E, Erdogan AJ, Volkov AN, Riemer J (2021) Erv1 and Cytochrome c Mediate Rapid Electron Transfer via A Collision-Type Interaction. J Mol Biol. 433(15):167045

  • Murschall LM, Gerhards A, MacVicar T, Peker E, Hasberg L, Wawra S, Langer T, Riemer J. (2020) The C-terminal region of the oxidoreductase MIA40 stabilizes its cytosolic precursor during mitochondrial import. BMC Biol. 2020 Aug 6;18(1):96.