Chemical Biology; Polyphosphate; Total synthesis; Diphosphoinositol polyphosphates; Bioorthogonal Tagging; Automated synthesis; STED microscopy; Posttranslational Protein Modification; Antibiotic; Cellular signaling; Phosphorylation
Baughman B. M., Wang H., An Y., Kireev D., Stashko A., Jessen H. J., Pearce K. H., Frye S.V., Shears S. B. (2016), A High-Throughput Screening-Compatible Strategy for the Identification of Inositol Pyrophosphate Kinase Inhibitors., in
PLOS ONE, 11, e0165286.
Hofer A., Marques E., Kieliger N., Gatter S.-K.N., Jordi S., Ferrari E., Hofmann M., Fitzpatrick T.B., Hottiger M.O., Jessen H.J. (2016), Chemoselective Dimerization of Phosphates, in
Organic Letters, 18(13), 3222-3225.
Wild Rebekka, Gerasimaite Ruta, Jung Ji-Yul, Truffault Vincent, Pavlovic Igor, Schmidt Andrea, Saiardi Adolfo, Jessen Henning Jacob, Poirier Yves, Hothorn Michael, Mayer Andreas (2016), Control of eukaryotic phosphate homeostasis by inositol polyphosphate sensor domains, in
Science, 352(6288), 986-990.
Müller A.C., Giambruno R., Wei{ß}er J., M{á}jek P., Hofer A., Bigenzahn J.W., Superti-Furga G., Jessen H.J., Bennett K.L. (2016), Identifying Kinase Substrates via a Heavy ATP Kinase Assay and Quantitative Mass Spectrometry, in
Scientific Reports, 6, 28107.
Gu C., Wilson M., Jessem H. J., Saiardi A., Shears S.B. (2016), Inositol Pyrophosphate Profiling of Two HCT116 Cell Lines Uncovers Variation in InsP8 Levels., in
PLOS ONE, 11, e0165286.
Lee T.-S., Lee J.-Y., Kyung J.W., Yang Y., Park S.J., Lee S., Pavlovic I., Kong B., Jho Y.S., Jessen H.J., Kweon D.-H., Shin Y.-K., Kim S.H., Yoon T.-Y., Kim S. (2016), Inositol pyrophosphates inhibit synaptotagmindependent exocytosis, in
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(29), 8314-8319.
Pavlovic I., Thakor D.T., Jessen H.J. (2016), Synthesis of 2-diphospho-myo-inositol 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate and a photocaged analogue, in
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 14(24), 5559-5562.
Desfougeres Yann, Gerasimaite Ruta, Jessen Henning Jacob, Mayer Andreas (2016), Vtc5, a Novel Subunit of the Vacuolar Transporter Chaperone Complex, Regulates Polyphosphate Synthesis and Phosphate Homeostasis in Yeast., in
J Biol Chem, 291, 22262.
Hofer A., Cremosnik G.S., Müller A.C., Giambruno R., Trefzer C., Superti-Furga G., Bennett K.L., Jessen H.J. (2015), A Modular Synthesis of Modified Phosphoanhydrides, in
Chemistry - A European Journal, 21(28), 10116-10122.
Jessen Henning (2015), Asp1 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe Binds a [2Fe-2S]2+ Cluster Which Inhibits Inositol Pyrophosphate 1-Phosphatase Activity., in
Biochemistry, 54, 6462-6474.
Duss M., Capolicchio S., Linden A., Ahmed N., Jessen H.J. (2015), Desymmetrization of myo-inositol derivatives by lanthanide catalyzed phosphitylation with C
2-symmetric phosphites, in
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 23(12), 2854-2861.
Pavlovic Igor, Thakor Divyeshsinh T., Bigler Laurent, Wilson Miranda S. C., Laha Debabrata, Schaaf Gabriel, Saiardi Adolfo, Jessen Henning J. (2015), Prometabolites of 5-Diphospho- myo -inositol Pentakisphosphate, in
Angewandte Chemie, 127(33), 9758-9762.
Jessen Henning (2015), Rational Development of Nucleoside Diphosphate Prodrugs: DiPPro-Compounds., in
Current Medicinal Chemistry, 22, 3933-3950.
Simon Yoan C., Jessen Henning J., Merz Leo (2015), The 8
th Young Faculty Meeting – An Active Crowd Attuned to Modern Challenges, in
{CHIMIA} International Journal for Chemistry, 69(7), 475-477.
Laha D., Johnen P., Azevedo C., Dynowski M., Weiß M., Capolicchio S., Mao H., Iven T., Steenbergen M., Freyer M., Gaugler P., De Campos M.K., Zheng N., Feussner I., Jessen H.J., Van Wees S.C., Saiardi A., Schaaf G. (2015), VIH2 regulates the synthesis of inositol pyrophosphate InsP
8 and jasmonate-dependent defenses in arabidopsis, in
Plant Cell, 27(4), 1082-1097.
Pavlovic Igor, Thakor Divyesh T., Vargas Jessica R., McKinlay Colin J., Hauke Sebastian, Anstaett Philipp, Camuna Rafael C., Bigler Laurent, Gasser Gilles, Schultz Carsten, Wender Paul A., Jessen Henning J., Cellular delivery and photochemical release of a caged inositol-pyrophosphate induces PH-domain translocation in cellulo, in
Nature Communications.
Polyphosphorylated natural products are ubiquitous in nature and regulate many important biological processes. The ability to synthesize and derivatize polyphosphorylated natural products in an efficient way is an enabling proficiency to study biological processes both in vitro and in vivo. We are aiming to synthesize natural products containing multiple phosphoanhydride bonds, especially diphosphoinositol polyphosphates and inorganic polyphosphate. We will use these molecules to understand their rich biology and try to find other molecules that will interfere with these biological processes. In essence, this may lead to the discovery of novel drug candidates.