Publications 2013-2016

55. Direct and Versatile Synthesis of Red-Shifted Azobenzenes

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 13514–13518

Mickel J. Hansen, Michael M. Lerch, Wiktor Szymanski,* and Ben L. Feringa*

54. Orthogonal photoswitching in a multifunctional molecular system

Nature Communications 2016, 7, 12054

Michael M. Lerch, Mickel J. Hansen, Willem A. Velema, Wiktor Szymanski,* and Ben L. Feringa*

53. Emerging Targets in Photopharmacology

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2016, 55, 10978-10999

Michael M. Lerch, Mickel J. Hansen, Gooitzen M. van Dam, Wiktor Szymanski,* and Ben L. Feringa*

52. Unraveling the Photoswitching Mechanism in Donor-Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 6344–6347

Michael M. Lerch, Sander J. Wezenberg, Wiktor Szymanski, and Ben L. Feringa*

51. Ciprofloxacin-photoswitch conjugates: a facile strategy for photopharmacology

Biocon. Chem., 2015, 26, 2592–2597

Willem A. Velema, Mickel J. Hansen, Michael M. Lerch, Arnold J.M. Driessen, Wiktor Szymanski and Ben L. Feringa*

50. Light and heat control over secondary structure and amyloid-like fiber formation in an overcrowded-alkene-modified Trp zipper

Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 7311-7318

Claudia Poloni, Marc C. A. Stuart, Pieter van der Meulen, Wiktor Szymanski,* Ben L. Feringa*

49. Light-controlled HDAC inhibitors: towards photopharmacological chemotherapy

Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 16517-16524

Wiktor Szymanski,* Maria E. Ourailidou, Willem A. Velema, Frank J. Dekker,* Ben L. Feringa*

48. Wavelength-selective cleavage of photoprotecting groups: strategies and applications in dynamic systems

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2015, 44, 3358-3377

Mickel J. Hansen, Willem A. Velema, Michael M. Lerch, Wiktor Szymanski,* Ben L. Feringa*

47. Controlling the activity of quorum sensing autoinducers with light

Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 3593-3598

Jan Pieter Van der Berg, Willem A. Velema, Wiktor Szymanski, Arnold J. M. Driessen* Ben L. Feringa*

46. Bacterial patterning controlled by light exposure

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015, 13, 1639-1642

Willem A. Velema, Jan Pieter van der Berg, Wiktor Szymanski, Arnold J. M. Driessen, Ben L. Feringa*

45. Versatile peptide C-terminal functionalization via a computationally engineered peptide amidase

ACS Catal., 2016, 6(8), 5405–5414

Bian Wu, Hein J. Wijma, Lu Song, Henriette J. Rozeboom, Claudia Poloni, Yue Tian, Muhammad I. Arif, Timo Nuijens, Peter J. L. M. Quaedflieg, Wiktor Szymanski, Ben L. Feringa, and Dick B Janssen*

44. Metabolism of beta-valine via a CoA-dependent ammonia lyase pathway

Appl. Microb. Biotechnol., 2015, 99, 8987-8998

Marleen Otzen, Ciprian G. Crismaru, Christiaan P. Postema, Hein J. Wijma, Matthew M. Heberling, Wiktor Szymanski, Stefaan de Wildeman, Dick B. Janssen*

43. Photopharmacology: Beyond Proof of Principle

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (6), 2178–2191

Willem A. Velema , Wiktor Szymanski*, and Ben L. Feringa*

42. Reversible Photocontrol of Biological Systems by the Incorporation of Molecular Photoswitches

Chem. Rev., 2013, 113 (8), 6114–6178

Wiktor Szymanski, John M. Beierle, Hans A. V. Kistemaker, Willem A. Velema, and Ben L. Feringa*

41. Optical control of antibacterial activity

Nature Chem., 2013, 5, 924–928

Willem A. Velema, Jan Pieter van der Berg, Mickel J. Hansen, Wiktor Szymanski, Arnold J. M. Driessen,* Ben L. Feringa*

40. Bright Ion Channels and Lipid Bilayers

Acc. Chem. Res., 2013, 46(12), 2910–2923

Wiktor Szymanski, Duygu Yilmaz, Armagan Koηer,* Ben L. Feringa*

39. Proteasome Inhibitors with Photocontrolled Activity

ChemBioChem, 2014, 15 (14), 2053–2057

Mickel J. Hansen, Willem A. Velema, Gerjan de Bruin, erman S. Overkleeft, Wiktor Szymanski,* Ben L. Feringa*

38. Photocaging of Carboxylic Acids: A Modular Approach

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2014, 53(33), 8682–8686

Wiktor Szymanski, Willem A. Velema, Ben L. Feringa*

37. Azobenzene Photoswitches for Staudinger-Bertozzi Ligation

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52(7), 2068-2072

Wiktor Szymanski, Bian Wu, Claudia Poloni, Dr. Dick B. Janssen, Ben L. Feringa*

36. Autoamplification of Molecular Chirality through the Induction of Supramolecular Chirality

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53(20), 5073-5077

Derk Jan van Dijken, John M. Beierle, Marc C. A. Stuart, Wiktor Szymanski, Wesley R. Browne, Ben L. Feringa*

35. Orthogonal Control of Antibacterial Activity with Light

ACS Chem. Biol., 2014, 9(9), 1969–1974

Willem A. Velema, Jan Pieter van der Berg, Wiktor Szymanski, Arnold J. M. Driessen,* Ben L. Feringa*

34. A Fast, Visible-Light-Sensitive Azobenzene for Bioorthogonal Ligation

Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20(4), 946–951

Claudia Poloni, Wiktor Szymanski, Lili Hou, Wesley R. Browne,* Ben L. Feringa*

33. Photo-controlled deactivation of immobilised lipase

Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 12645-12648

Claudia Poloni, Wiktor Szymanski,* Ben L. Feringa*

32. Light-triggered self-assembly of a dichromonyl compound in water

Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 5001-5003

Willem A. Velema, Marc C. A. Stuart, Wiktor Szymanski,* Ben L. Feringa*

31. Design, Synthesis, and Inhibitory Activity of Potent, Photoswitchable Mast Cell Activation Inhibitors

J. Med. Chem., 2013, 56(11), 4456–4464

Willem A. Velema, Marco van der Toorn, Wiktor Szymanski*, Ben L. Feringa*

30. Synthesis of novel, peptidic kinase inhibitors with cytostatic/cytotoxic activity

Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2014, 22 (5), 1773–1781

Wiktor Szymanski, Magdalena Zwolinska, Szymon Klossowski, Izabela Mlynarczuk-Bialy, Lukasz Bialy, Tadeusz Issat, Jacek Malejczyk, Ryszard Ostaszewski*

29. One-Step C-Terminal Deprotection and Activation of Peptides with Peptide Amidase from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in Neat Organic Solvent

Adv. Synth. Catal., 2014, 356(10), 2197–2202

Muhammad I. Arif, Ana Toplak, Wiktor Szymanski, Ben L. Feringa, Timo Nuijens, Peter J. L. M. Quaedflieg, Bian Wu,* Dick B. Janssen*

28. Structural Investigations into the Stereochemistry and Activity of a Phenylalanine-2,3-aminomutase from Taxus chinensis

Biochemistry, 2014, 53 (19), 3187–3198

Gjalt G. Wybenga, Wiktor Szymanski, Bian Wu, Ben L. Feringa, Dick B. Janssen, Bauke W. Dijkstra*

27. Computational Library Design for Increasing Haloalkane Dehalogenase Stability

ChemBioChem, 2014, 15(11), 1660–1672

Robert J. Floor, Hein J. Wijma, Dana I. Colpa, Aline Ramos-Silva, Peter A. Jekel1, Wiktor Szymanski, Ben L. Feringa, Siewert J. Marrink, Dick B. Janssen*

26. Biochemical Properties and Crystal Structure of a beta-Phenylalanine Aminotransferase from Variovorax paradoxus

Appl. Environ. Mocrobiol., 2013, 79(1), 185–195

Ciprian G. Crismaru, Gjalt G. Wybenga, Wiktor Szymanski, Hein J. Wijma, Bian Wu, Sebastian Bartsch, Stefaan de Wildeman, Gerrit J. Poelarends, Ben L. Feringa, Bauke W. Dijkstra, Dick B. Janssen*

25. Kinetic Resolution and Stereoselective Synthesis of 3-Substituted Aspartic Acids by Using Engineered Methylaspartate Ammonia Lyases

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19(34), 11148–11152

Hans Raj, Wiktor Szymanski, Jandrι de Villiers, Vinod Puthan-Veetil1, Wim J. Quax, Keiko Shimamoto, Dick B. Janssen, Ben L. Feringa, Gerrit J. Poelarends,*