Prof. Dr. Tatjana Hildebrandt

Research Focus

Our research focuses on plant amino acid metabolism in the context of environmental interactions and development. Using a combination of biochemical and omics approaches we aim to identify presently unknown reaction steps as well as biochemical mechanisms of amino acid sensing and signaling. Within CEPLAS we contribute our expertise in plant proteomics and biochemistry to unravel the functions of seed storage proteins during development and to study metabolic interactions between plants and microbes.

Most important publications

  1. Moormann J, Heinemann B, Hildebrandt TM (2022) News about amino acid metabolism in plant-microbe interactions. Trends Biochem Sci 47(10):839-850. doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2022.07.001.
  2. Moseler A, Kruse I, Maclean AE, Pedroletti L, Franceschetti M, Wagner S, Wehler R, Fischer-Schrader K, Poschet G, Wirtz M, Dörmann P, Hildebrandt TM, Hell R, Schwarzländer M, Balk J, Meyer AJ (2021) The function of glutaredoxin GRXS15 is required for lipoyl-dependent dehydrogenases in mitochondria. Plant Physiol 186(3):1507-1525. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiab172.
  3. Heinemann B, Künzler P, Eubel H, Braun HP, Hildebrandt TM (2021) Estimating the number of protein molecules in a plant cell: protein and amino acid homeostasis during drought. Plant Physiol 185(2):385-404. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaa050.
  4. Heinemann B, Hildebrandt TM (2021) The role of amino acid metabolism in signaling and metabolic adaptation to stress-induced energy deficiency in plants. J Exp Bot 72(13):4634-4645. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erab182.
  5. Fuchs P, Rugen N, Carrie C, Elsässer M, Finkemeier I, Giese J, Hildebrandt TM, Kühn K, Maurino VG, Ruberti C, Schallenberg-Rüdinger M, Steinbeck J, Braun HP, Eubel H, Meyer EH, Müller-Schüssele SJ, Schwarzländer M (2020) Single organelle function and organization as estimated from Arabidopsis mitochondrial proteomics. Plant J 101(2):420-441. doi: 10.1111/tpj.14534.
  6. Batista-Silva W, Heinemann B, Rugen N, Nunes-Nesi A, Araújo WL, Braun HP, Hildebrandt TM (2019) The role of amino acid metabolism during abiotic stress release. Plant Cell Environ 42(5):1630-1644. doi: 10.1111/pce.13518.
  7. Hildebrandt TM, Nunes Nesi A, Araújo WL, Braun HP (2015) Amino Acid Catabolism in Plants. Mol Plant 8(11):1563-1579. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.09.005.
  8. Krüssel L, Junemann J, Wirtz M, Birke H, Thornton JD, Browning LW, Poschet G, Hell R, Balk J, Braun HP, Hildebrandt TM (2014) The mitochondrial sulfur dioxygenase ETHYLMALONIC ENCEPHALOPATHY PROTEIN1 is required for amino acid catabolism during carbohydrate starvation and embryo development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 165(1):92-104. doi: 10.1104/pp.114.239764.
Prof. Dr. Tatjana Hildebrandt

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Institute for Plant Sciences
Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

https://ag-hildebrandt.botanik.uni-koeln.de/