Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kräutler

Institute of Organic Chemistry
University of Innsbruck
Innrain 80/82
6020 Innsbruck, Austria

tel: +43-512-507-57700
fax: +43-512-507-57799
e-mail: bernhard.kraeutler@uibk.ac.at

our research areas

Our research concerns the discovery, synthesis, analysis of molecular units and the investigation of their function and application in natural life and in technology. Participation in the research centre "Centre of Molecular Biosciences (CMBI).

B 12 - the Organometallic Cofactor

Chlorophyll Breakdown

Functionalized fullerenes and porphyrins

recent publications

S. Banala, R. G. Huber, T. Müller, M. Fechtel, K. R. Liedl, B. Kräutler
Porphyrin-LEGO: Synthesis of a Hexafullereno-Diporphyrin Using Porphyrins Programmed for
[4+2]-CycloadditionChemComm, 48, 4359-4361 (2012)

B. Christ, S. Schelbert, S. Aubry, I. Süssenbacher, T. Müller, B. Kräutler, S. Hörtensteiner
MES16, a Member of the Methyl Esterase Protein Family, Specifically Demethylates Fluorescent
Chlorophyll Catabolites During Chlorophyll Breakdown in ArabidopsisPlant Physiology, 158, 628-641 (2012)

K. Gruber, B. Puffer, B. Kräutler
Vitamin B12-derivates – enzyme cofactors and ligands of proteins and nucleic acids Chem. Soc rev., 40, 4346 – 4363 (2011)

M. Ulrich, S. Moser, T. Müller, B. Kräutler
How the Colourless ‚Nonfluorescent’ Chlorophyll Catabolites Rust Chemistry – A European Journal, 17, 2330 – 2334 (2011)

B. Kräutler
A new Factor in Life’s Quest for Energy Angew. Chemie Int. Ed., 50, 2439 – 2441 (2011)

B. Kräutler, S. Banala, S. Moser, C. Vergeiner, T. Müller, C. Lütz, A. Holzinger
A novel blue fluorescent chlorophyll catabolite accumulates in senescent
leaves of the peace lily and indicates a split path of chlorophyll breakdown FEBS Lett., 584, 4215 – 4221 (2010)

S. Moser, T. Müller, A. Holzinger, C. Lütz, S. Jokusch, N. J. Turro, B. Kräutler
Fluorescent chlorophyll catabolites in bananas light up blue halos of cell death Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 106, 15538-15542 (2009)

S. Banala, T. Rühl, K. Wurst & B. Kräutler
'Blackening' Porphyrins by Conjugating with Quinones Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48, 599-603 (2009)

S. Moser, T. Müller, M.-O. Ebert, S. Jockusch, N. J. Turro, B. Kräutler
Blue Luminescence of Ripening Bananas. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 8954-8957 (2008)

S. Gallo, M. Oberhuber, R. K. O. Sigel & B. Kräutler
The Corrin Moiety of Coenzyme B12 is the Determinant for Switching the btuB
Riboswitch of E. coli ChemBioChem. 9, 1408-1414 (2008)

S. Gschösser, B. Kräutler
B12-retro-Riboswitches: Guanosyl-Induced Constitutional Switching of B12-Coenzymes Chem. Eur. J. 14, 3605-3619 (2008)