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Full-length original research articles of current group members of the last three years,

older articles, also of former group members if published with affiliation to this laboratory, are available at the institutional database (that may not be complete for the newest articles):

https://www.umbr.cas.cz/en/departments/plant-biophysics-and-biochemistry/publications/

*=corresponding author(s), author(s) from this group

<Links are either directly to a pdf reprint if the article is open access, otherwise they are to the article on the journal website>

Ferroussier QC, Gupta S, Tichý M, Al-Amoudi A, Lukeš M, Štipl D, Koník P, Bína D, Zákopčaník M, Novák P, Sobotka R, Komenda J*, Naschberger A* (2025) High-resolution structural analysis of the cyanobacterial photosystem I complex reveals independent incorporation of small transmembrane and cytoplasmic subunits. Plant Communications, 101493, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2025.101493

Shaked Y*, Zhang F, Colussi A, Mijovilovich AE, Eichner M, Wang S, Koedooder C, Prasil O, Bokhari SNH, Küpper H* (2025) Contact-dependent iron uptake from dust revealed by elemental analysis of single Trichodesmium colonies. Limnology and Oceanography (online ahead of print) https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70194

Küpper H*, Bokhari SNH, Konik P, Dycka F, Flores-Sanchez IJ, Andresen E, Jaime-Pérez N, Colussi A, Morina F (2025) Metalloproteome factory: from crude extract to identification of metalloproteins via 3-dimensional HPLC-ICP-sfMS. Analytical Chemistry 97, 17641-17649, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5c02775, free access via this token link

Tumbarello F, Agostini A, Fresch, E, Litvín, R, Bína D*, Collini E* (2025)
Mechanism of far-red adaptation in alveolate algae studied by two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy. Cell Reports Physical Science 6, 102678, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102678

Morina F*, Kuvelja A, Brückner D, Mojović M, Nakarada Đ, Bokhari SNH, Vujić B, Falkenberg G, Küpper H* (2025) How eriophyid mites shape metal metabolism in leaf galls on Tilia cordata. New Phytologist 246, 2222-2242. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70103

Alster J, Bína D, Charvátová K, Lokstein H, Pšenčík J* (2024) Direct observation of triplet energy transfer between chlorophylls and carotenoids in the core antenna of photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus elongatus Biochimica et biophysica acta. Bioenergetics 1865(1): 149016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2023.149016

Agostini* A, Bína D, Barcyté D, Bortolus M, Eliáš M, Carbonera D, Litvín R* (2024) Eustigmatophyte model of red-shifted chlorophyll a absorption in light-harvesting complexes. Communications Biology 7: 1406. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07101-9

Küpper H*, Gokul A, Alavez D, Dhungana SR, Bokhari SNH, Keyster M, Mendoza-Cozatl* DG (2024) Identification and characterization of transition metal-binding proteins and metabolites in the phloem sap of Brassica napus. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300, 107741, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107741

Gavilán-CuiCui G, Padilla-Contreras D, Manterola-Barroso C, Morina F, Merino-Gergichevich C* (2024) Antioxidant Performance in Hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) Cultivars Shell Is Substantially Influenced by Season and Locality. Agronomy 14(7), 1412; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14071412

Cao K, Jaime-Pérez N, Mijovilovich A, Morina F, Bokhari SNH, Liu Y, Küpper H*, Tao Q* (2024) Symplasmic and transmembrane zinc transport is modulated by cadmium
in the Cd/Zn hyperaccumulator Sedum alfredii. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 275, 116272, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116272

Özcan E, Simova I, Bina D, Litvin R, Polivka T* (2024) Ultrafast spectroscopy of the hydrophilic carotenoid crocin at various pH. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 26, 10225-10233, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP00665H

Kuvelja A, Morina F*, Mijovilovich A, Bokhari SNH, Konik P, Koloniuk I, Küpper H* (2024) Zinc priming enhances Capsicum annuum immunity against infection by Botrytis cinerea– From the whole plant to the molecular level. Plant Science 343, 112060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2024.112060

Andresen A, Morina F, Bokhari SNH, Koník P, Küpper H* (2024) Disturbed electron transport beyond PSI changes metabolome and transcriptome in Zn-deficient soybean. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) Bioenergetics 1865, 149018 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2023.149018

Navarro-Gómez C, León-Mediavilla J, Küpper H, Rodríguez-Simón M, Paganelli-López A, Wen J, Burén S, Mysore KS, Bokhari SNH, Imperial J, Escudero V, González-Guerrero M* (2024) Nodule-specific Cu+-chaperone NCC1 is required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Medicago truncatula root nodules. New Phytologist 241, 793-810 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19360

Colussi A, Bokhari SNH, Mijovilovich A, Koník P, Küpper H* (2024) Acclimation to medium-level non-lethal iron limitation: adjustment of electron flow around the PSII and metalloprotein expression in Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) Bioenergetics 1865, 149015, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2023.149015

Gruenhofer P, Heimerich I, Pohl S, Oertel M, Meng H, Zi L, Lucignano K, Bokhari SNH, Guo Y, Li R, Lin J, Fladung M, Kreszies T, Stoecker T, Schoof H, Schreiber L* (2024) Suberin deficiency and its effect on the transport physiology of young poplar roots New Phytologist 242(1): 137-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.19588

Kokavcová A, Bokhari SNH, Mijovilovich A, Morina F, Lukačová Z, Kohanová J, Lux A*, Küpper H* (2023) Copper and zinc accumulation, distribution, and tolerance in Pistia stratiotes (L.); revealing the role of root caps. Aquatic Toxicology 264, 106731, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106731

Morina F, Mijovilovich A, Mishra A, Brückner D, Vujić B, Bokhari SNH, Špak J, Falkenberg G, Küpper H* (2023) Cadmium and Zn hyperaccumulation provide efficient constitutive defense against Turnip yellow mosaic virus infection in Noccaea caerulescens. Plant Science 336, 111864, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111864

Mijovilovich A, Cloetens P, Lanzirotti A, Newville M, Wellenreuther G, Kumari P, Katsaros C, Carrano C, Küpper H, Küpper FC* (2023) Synchrotron X-rays reveal the modes of Fe binding and trace metal storage in the brown algae Laminaria digitata and Ectocarpus siliculosus. Metallomics 15 (10), mfad058, https://doi.org/10.1093/mtomcs/mfad058

Milic Komic S, Živanovic B, Jelena Dumanovic J, Kolarž P, Sedlarevic Zoric A, Morina F, Vidovic M, Veljovic Jovanovic S* (2023) Differential Antioxidant Response to Supplemental UV-B Irradiation and Sunlight in Three Basil Varieties. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, 15350. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242015350

Gardiner AT, Mujakic I, Bina D, Gardian Z, Kopejtka K, Nupur, Qian P, Koblizek M (2023). Characterisation of the photosynthetic complexes from the marinegammaproteobacterium Congregibacter litoralis KT71. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Bioenergetics, 1864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2022.148946

Tortarolo M, Mijovilovich A, Macedo WAA, Zysler RD, Ramos CP* (2023) Magnetic behavior of oxide passivated (Fe0.85Nd0.15)0.6B0.4 amorphous nanoparticles. MRS Communications, https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-023-00368-9

Agostini A, Bína D, Carbonera D, Litvín R* (2023) Conservation of triplet-triplet energy transfer photoprotective pathways in fucoxanthin chlorophyll-binding proteins across algal lineages Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics 1864 (2): 148935.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2022.148935

Náhlik V, Čížková M, Singh A, Mezricky D, Rucki M, Andresen E, Vitova M* (2023) Growth of the Red Alga Galdieria sulphuraria in Red Mud-Containing Medium and Accumulation of Rare Earth Elements. Waste and Biomass Valorization. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-022-02021-3

Pilatova J, Tashyreva D, JTyc J, Vancová M, Bokhari SNH, Skoupy R, Klementova M, Küpper H, Mojzes P, Lukeš J* (2023) Massive accumulation of strontium and barium in diplonemid protists. mbio. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03279-22

Shivaramu S, Tomasch J, Kopejtka K, Nupur, Saini MK, Bokhari SNH, Küpper H, Koblížek M* (2023) The Influence of Calcium on the Growth, Morphology and
Gene Regulation in Gemmatimonas phototrophica. Microorganisms, 11, 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010027

Andresen E, Flores-Sanchez IJ, Brückner D, Bokhari SNH, Falkenberg G, Küpper H* (2023) Sublethal and lethal Cd toxicity in soybean roots specifically affects the metabolome, Cd binding to proteins and cellular distribution of Cd. Journal of Hazardous Materials 442, 130062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130062

Ashraf N, Rodrigues ES, de Almeida E, Montanha GS, Abreu-Junior CH, Vítová M, Garcia RHL, Küpper H*, de Carvalho HWP* (2022) Identification of potential plant species hyperaccumulating light rare earth elements (LREE) in a mining area in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29, 90779–90790. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22009-9.

Vidović M, Battisti I, Pantelić A, Morina F, Arrigoni G, Masi A, Veljović Jovanović S* (2022) Desiccation tolerance in Ramonda serbica Panc.: An integrative transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolite and photosynthetic study. Plants 11, 1199 https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11091199

Qian P, Gardiner AT, Šímová I, Naydenova K, Croll TI, Jackson PJ, Nupur , Kloz M, Čubáková P, Kuzma M, Zeng Y, Castro-Hartmann P, van Knippenberg B, Goldie KN, Kaftan D, Hrouzek P, Hájek J, Agirre J, Siebert CA, Bína D, Sader K, Stahlberg H, Sobotka R, Russo CJ, Polívka T, Hunter CN, Koblížek M (2022) 2.4-Å structure of the double-ring Gemmatimonas phototrophica photosystem. Science Advances, 8. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk3139

Dominguez-Martin MA, Sauer P, Kirst H, Sutter M, Bina D, Greber BJ, Nogales E, Polivka T, Kerfeld CA* (2022) Structures of a phycobilisome in light-harvesting and photoprotectedstates. Nature, 609, 835. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05156-4

Knoppova J, Sobotka R, Yu J, Beckova J, Pilny M, Trinugroho JP, Csefalvay L, Bina D, Nixon PJ, Josef Komenda* (2022). Assembly of D1/D2 complexes of photosystem II: Binding of pigments and anetwork of auxiliary proteins. Plant Physiology, 189, 790-804. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac045

Kopejtka K, Tomasch J, Kaftan D, Gardiner AT, Bina D, Gardian Z, Bellas A, Droge C, Geffers R, Sommaruga R, Koblizek M* (2022). A bacterium from a mountain lake harvests light using bothproton-pumping xanthorhodopsins and bacteriochlorophyll based photosystems. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA, 119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2211018119

Older articles, also of former group members if published with affiliation to this laboratory, are available at the institutional database (that may not be complete for the newest articles):

https://www.umbr.cas.cz/en/departments/plant-biophysics-and-biochemistry/publications/



Reviews and Books; *=corresponding author, group member

most are available also at the institutional database (that may not be complete for the newest articles and books):

https://www.umbr.cas.cz/en/departments/plant-biophysics-and-biochemistry/publications/

Gavilán-CuiCui G, Lagos-Muñoz R, Ellena FM, Di Matteo A, Morina F, Meriño-Gergichevich C* (2025) Unraveling Mechanisms of Enzymatic Browning in Nuts and Their Relationship with Pre-and Post-Harvest Factors: Management Strategies for Mitigation. Molecules, 30, 3866. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30193866

Morina F*, Küpper H* (2022) Trace metals at the frontline of pathogen defence responses in non-hyperaccumulating plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 73, 6516-24. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac316

Andresen E, Peiter E, Küpper H* (2018) Trace metal metabolism in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 69, 909-954. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx465

Küpper H* (2017) Lead Toxicity in Plants. in "Lead: Its Effects on Environment and Health", Vol. 17 of Metal Ions in Life Sciences,  Eds A. Sigel, H. Sigel, R.K.O. Sigel, Walter de Gruyter, GmbH, Berlin, Germany, 2017, pp. 491-500. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110434330-015

Küpper H*, Andresen E (2016) Mechanisms of metal toxicity in plants. Metallomics 8, 269-285. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5MT00244C

Leitenmaier B, Küpper H* (2013) Compartmentation and complexation of metals in hyperaccumulator plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00374

Küpper H*, Leitenmaier B (2013) Cadmium-Accumulating Plants. In: Cadmium: From Toxicity to Essentiality, Chapter 12, Volume 11 of series "Metal Ions in Life Sciences". (Eds: Sigel A, Sigel H, Sigel RKO). Springer Science + Business Media B.V., Dordrecht; pp. 373-394. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5179-8_12

Andresen E, Küpper H* (2013) Cadmium Toxicity in Plants. In: Cadmium: From Toxicity to Essentiality, Chapter 13, Volume 11 of series "Metal Ions in Life Sciences". (Eds: Sigel A, Sigel H, Sigel RKO). Springer Science + Business Media B.V., Dordrecht; pp. 395-414. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5179-8_13

Küpper H* (2011) Foreword of: Detoxification of Heavy metals (Eds: Sherameti I, Varma A) Springer, pp. v-xiv.

Küpper H*, Kroneck PMH (2007) Nickel in the Environment and Its Role in the Metabolism of Plants and Cyanobacteria. In: Metal Ions in Life Sciences, Volume 2, chapter 2. (Eds: Sigel A, Sigel H, Sigel RKO). Wiley, Chichester; pp. 31-62. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470028131.ch2

Küpper H*, Küpper FC, Spiller M (2006) [Heavy metal]-chlorophylls formed in vivo during heavy metal stress and degradation products formed during digestion, extraction and storage of plant material. In: Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Functions and Applications (B. Grimm, R. Porra, W. Rüdiger and H. Scheer, eds.), Vol. 25 of series ”Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration” (Series editor: Govindjee), chapter 5. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht; pp. 67-77. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4516-6_5

Küpper H*, Kroneck PMH (2005) Heavy metal uptake by plants and cyanobacteria. In: Metal Ions in Biological Systems, Band 44, Kapitel 5. (Eds: Sigel A, Sigel H, Sigel RKO). Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York; pp. 97-142. PubMed ID: 15971666

Küpper, H* (2001) Physiology of hyperaccumulator and non-accumulator plants: heavy metal uptake, transport, compartmentation, stress and resistance. (Doctoral thesis). UFO Atelier für Gestaltung und Verlag, Allensbach (ISBN 3-935511-07-8)




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