Dr. Marc André Leibundgut

Dr. Marc André Leibundgut

Dr. Marc André Leibundgut

Lecturer at the Department of Biology

ETH Zürich

Inst. f. Molekularbiol.u.Biophysik

Otto-Stern-Weg 5

8093 Zürich

Switzerland

Curriculum Vitae

Research topics

Eukaryotic Ribosomes

40S-eIF1-eIF1A — 40S small cytosolic ribosomal subunit from Tetrahymena thermophila in complex with initiation factors eIF1 and eIF1A

yeast cytosolic pre-40S — Yeast cytosolic pre-40S

Porcine 55S mitochondrial ribosome

60S-eIF6 — 60S large cytosolic ribosomal subunit from Tetrahymena thermophila in complex with initiation factor eIF6

Spinacia oleracea (spinach) chloroplast 70S ribosome — Spinacia oleracea (spinach) chloroplast 70S ribosome

Trypanosoma brucei mitoribosome — Trypanosoma brucei mitoribosome

Fatty Acid Synthases

fungal FAS — Heterododecameric fatty acid synthases from yeast and Thermomyces lanuginosus

mammalian FAS with NADP+ — Homodimeric porcine fatty acid synthase with NADP+

mycobacterial FAS — Hexameric fatty acid synthase from Mycobacterium smegmatis

Co-translational insertion of the 21st amino acid selenocysteine (Sec)

SelB-GDP — Selenocysteine-tRNA(Sec)-specific translation elongation factor SelB from Methanococcus maripaludis

Riboswitch

TPP-riboswitch — Riboswitch in complex with thiamine pyrophosphate

Publications