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Dr. Melisa Merdanovic

Fakultät Biologie, ZMB, Mikrobiologie II, AG Ehrmann

Address
Universitätsstr. 2
45141 Essen
Room
S03 S02 A64
Phone
+49 201 183 6923
Fax
+49 201 183 3135
E-Mail
melisa.merdanovic@uni-due.de

Functions

  • Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in, Mikrobiologie II

Current lectures

No current lectures.

Past lectures (max. 10)

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The following publications are listed in the online university bibliography of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Further information may also be found on the person's personal web pages.

    Journal articles

  • Martinez-Rivas, Gemma; Ayala, Maria Victoria; Bender, Sebastien; Codo, Gilles Roussine; Swiderska, Weronika Karolina; Lampis, Alessio; Pedroza, Laura; Merdanovic, Melisa; Sicard, Pierre; Pinault, Emilie; Richard, Laurence; Lavatelli, Francesca; Giorgetti, Sofia; Canetti, Diana; Rinsant, Alexa; Kaaki, Sihem; Ory, Cécile; Oblet, Christelle; Pollet, Justine; Naser, Eyad; Carpinteiro, Alexander; Roussel, Muriel; Javaugue, Vincent; Jaccard, Arnaud; Bonaud, Amélie; Delpy, Laurent; Ehrmann, Michael; Bridoux, Frank; Sirac, Christophe
    A mouse model of cardiac immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis reveals insights into tissue accumulation and toxicity of amyloid fibrils
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 16, 2025, Nr. 1, 2992
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Hagemeier, Birte; Ripkens, Kamilla; Schulze, Nina; Bluemke, Anika; Strzala, Michal; Koci, Michelle; Kaschani, Farnusch; Kaiser, Markus; Erkelenz, Michael; Schluecker, Sebastian; Merdanovic, Melisa; Poepsel, Simon; Hellerschmied, Doris; Burston, Steven G.; Ehrmann, Michael
    The serine protease HTRA1 targets tau fibrils and provides a proteolytic barrier against pathogenic protein conformations
    In: The Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC), Vol. 301, 2025, Nr. 10, 110729
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Beaufort, Nathalie; Ingendahl, Linda; Merdanovic, Melisa; Schmidt, Andree; Podlesainski, David; Richter, Tim; Neumann, Thorben; Kuszner, Michael; Vetter, Ingrid R.; Stege, Patricia; Burston, Steven G.; Filipovic, Anto; Ruiz-Blanco, Yasser B.; Bravo Rodriguez, Kenny; Mieres-Perez, Joel; Beuck, Christine; Uebel, Stephan; Zobawa, Monika; Schillinger, Jasmin; Malik, Rainer; Todorov-Völgyi, Katalin; Rey, Juliana; Roberti, Annabell; Hagemeier, Birte; Wefers, Benedikt; Müller, Stephan A.; Wurst, Wolfgang; Sanchez-Garcia, Elsa; Zimmermann, Alexander; Hu, Xiao-Yu; Clausen, Tim; Huber, Robert; Lichtenthaler, Stefan F.; Schmuck, Carsten; Giese, Michael; Kaiser, Markus; Ehrmann, Michael; Dichgans, Martin
    Rational correction of pathogenic conformational defects in HTRA1
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 15, 2024, Nr. 1, 5944
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Merdanovic, Melisa; Burston, Steven G.; Schmitz, Anna Laura; Köcher, Steffen; Knapp, Stefan; Clausen, Tim; Kaiser, Markus; Huber, Robert; Ehrmann, Michael
    Activation by substoichiometric inhibition
    In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Vol. 117, 2020, Nr. 3, pp. 1414 – 1418
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Sprengel, Andreas; Lill, Pascal; Stegemann, Pierre; Bravo-Rodriguez, Kenny; Schöneweiß, Elisa-Charlott; Merdanovic, Melisa; Gudnason, Daniel; Aznauryan, Mikayel; Gamrad, Lisa; Barcikowski, Stephan; Sánchez-García, Elsa; Birkedal, Victoria; Gatsogiannis, Christos; Ehrmann, Michael; Sacca, Barbara
    Tailored protein encapsulation into a DNA host using geometrically organized supramolecular interactions
    In: Nature Communications, Vol. 8, 2017, pp. 14472
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Rotan, Olga; Severin, Katharina; Pöpsel, Simon; Peetsch, Alexander; Merdanovic, Melisa; Ehrmann, Michael; Epple, Matthias
    Uptake of the proteins HTRA1 and HTRA2 by cells mediated by calcium phosphate nanoparticles
    In: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol. 8, 2017, Nr. 1, pp. 381 – 393
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Thompson, Natalie J.; Merdanovic, Melisa; Ehrmann, Michael; van Duijn, Esther; Heck, Albert J.R.
    Substrate occupancy at the onset of oligomeric transitions of DegP
    In: Structure, Vol. 22, 2014, Nr. 2, pp. 281 – 290
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Merdanovic, Melisa; Mönig, Timon; Ehrmann, Michael; Kaiser, Markus
    Diversity of allosteric regulation in proteases
    In: ACS Chemical Biology, Vol. 8, 2013, Nr. 1, pp. 19 – 26
    DOI
  • Gloeckl, Sarina; Ong, Vanissa A.; Patel, Pooja; Tyndall, Joel D. A.; Timms, Peter; Beagley, Kenneth W.; Allan, John A.; Armitage, Charles W.; Turnbull, Lynne; Whitchurch, Cynthia B.; Merdanovic, Melisa; Ehrmann, Michael; Powers, James C.; Oleksyszyn, Jozef; Verdoes, Martijn; Bogyo, Matthew; Huston, Wilhelmina M.
    Identification of a serine protease inhibitor which causes inclusion vacuole reduction and is lethal to Chlamydia trachomatis
    In: Molecular Microbiology, Vol. 89, 2013, Nr. 4, pp. 676 – 689
    DOI
  • Merdanovic, Melisa; Clausen, Tim; Kaiser, Markus; Huber, Robert; Ehrmann, Michael
    Protein quality control in the bacterial periplasm
    In: Annual Review of Microbiology, Vol. 65, 2011, pp. 149 – 168
    DOI
  • Merdanovic, Melisa; Mamant, Nicolette; Meltzer, Michael; Poepsel, Simon; Auckenthaler, Alexandra; Melgaard, Rie; Hauske, Patrick; Nagel-Steger, Luitgard; Clarke, Anthony R.; Kaiser, Markus; Huber, Robert; Ehrmann, Michael
    Determinants of structural and functional plasticity of a widely conserved protease chaperone complex
    In: Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Vol. 17, 2010, Nr. 7, pp. 837 – 843
    DOI
  • Meltzer, Michael; Hasenbein, Sonja; Mamant, Nicolette; Merdanovic, Melisa; Poepsel, Simon; Hauske, Patrick; Kaiser, Markus; Huber, Robert; Krojer, Tobias; Clausen, Tim; Ehrmann, Michael
    Structure, function and regulation of the conserved serine proteases DegP and DegS of Escherichia coli
    In: Research in Microbiology, Vol. 160, 2009, Nr. 9, pp. 660 – 666
    DOI
  • Meltzer, Michael; Hasenbein, Sonja; Hauske, Patrick; Kucz, Nicolette; Merdanovic, Melisa; Grau, Sandra; Beil, Alexandra; Jones, Dafydd; Krojer, Tobias; Clausen, Tim; Ehrmann, Michael; Kaiser, Markus
    Allosteric activation of HtrA protease DegP by stress signals during bacterial protein quality control
    In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 47, 2008, Nr. 7, pp. 1332 – 1334
    DOI
  • Hasenbein, Sonja; Merdanovic, Melisa; Ehrmann, Michael
    Determinants of regulated proteolysis in signal transduction
    In: Genes and Development, Vol. 21, 2007, Nr. 1, pp. 6 – 10
    DOI

    • Preprints

  • Blümke, Anika; Hagemeier, Birte; Ripkens, Kamilla; Schulze, Nina; Strzala, Michal; Koci, Michelle; Kaschani, Farnusch; Kaiser, Markus; Erkelenz, Michael; Schlücker, Sebastian; Merdanovic, Melisa; Poepsel, Simon; Hellerschmied-Jelinek, Doris; Burston, Steve; Ehrmann, Michael
    A non-autonomous protein quality control mechanism targeting tau aggregate propagation
    2024
    DOI (Open Access)