(2022)
The ketosynthase domain controls chain length in mushroom oligocyclic polyketide synthases.
ChemBioChem 24(3),
e202200649.
Dirk Hoffmeister
Pharmaceutical Microbiology · Head +49 3641 9-49850 dirk.hoffmeister@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Quinone synthetases and related enzymes
- Polyketide synthases of basidiomycetes
- Biosynthesis of psilocybin
- Natural products of the genus Psilocybe
Professional Career
| 2014- | Full Professor for Pharmaceutical Microbiology, FSU Jena and HKI Jena |
| 2009-2014 | Associate Professor for Pharmaceutical Biology, FSU Jena and head of the associated department Pharmaceutical Biology at the HKI Jena |
| 2007-2009 | Assistant Professor (tenure track) University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA |
| 2008 | Habilitation in Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg |
| 2004-2007 | Junior Group Leader, Institute for Pharmacy, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg |
| 2002-2004 | Postdoc, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA (DFG-fellowship) |
| 2002 | Dr. rer. nat., Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg |
| 1998 | Diploma in biology at the Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
| Since 2020 | Head of the Institute for Pharmacy, FSU Jena |
| 2016-2019 | Dean for Study Affairs in the Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy, FSU Jena |
| 2013-2016 | Scientific advisory board, Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM). |
Publications
(2022)
Characterization of the gateway decarboxylase for psilocybin biosynthesis.
ChemBioChem 23(24),
e202200551.
(2021)
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of 5-methylpsilocybin: A tryptamine with potential psychedelic activity.
J Nat Prod 84(4),
1403-1408.
(2021)
Mind the mushroom: natural product biosynthetic genes and enzymes of Basidiomycota.
Nat Prod Rep 38(4),
702-722.
(Review)
(2021)
Bacterial cell wall-degrading enzymes induce basidiomycete natural product biosynthesis.
Environ Microbiol 23(8),
4360-4371.
(2021)
Structure elucidation and spectroscopic analysis of chromophores produced by oxidative psilocin dimerization.
Chemistry 27(47),
12166-12171.
(2021)
Taking different roads: L-Tryptophan as the origin of Psilocybe natural products.
ChemPlusChem 86(1),
28-35.
(Review)
(2021)
Frankobactin metallophores produced by nitrogen-fixing Frankia actinobacteria function in toxic metal sequestration.
J Nat Prod 84(4),
1216-1225.
(2020)
Simultaneous production of psilocybin and a cocktail of β-carboline monoamine oxidase inhibitors in ‘magic’ mushrooms.
Chem Eur J 26(3),
729-734.
(2020)
S-adenosyl-L-methionin salvage impacts psilocybin formation in 'magic' mushrooms.
ChemBioChem 21(9),
1364-1371.
