Christian Schlieker, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: Protein Folding, Dynamics and Degradation; RNA Catalysis and Ribonucleoprotein Machines; Virology, Infection and Immunity
Molecular Virology
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry: Protein Folding and Dynamics | Structural Biology
Molecular Virology
Research Interests
Protein folding; ubiquitin; Protein quality control and its relation to viral pathogenesis more...
Education
- Ph.D., University of Heidelberg, 2004
Selected Publications
- Schlieker, C., Weihofen, W. A., Frijns, E., Kattenhorn, L. M., Gaudet, R., and Ploegh, H. L. (2007). Structure of a herpesvirus-encoded cysteine protease reveals a unique class of deubiquitinating enzymes. Mol Cell 25, 677-687.
- Schlieker, C. D., Van der Veen, A. G., Damon, J. R., Spooner, E., and Ploegh, H. L. (2008). A functional proteomics approach links the ubiquitin-related modifier Urm1 to a tRNA modification pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105, 18255-18260.
