(2024)
The fatal mushroom neurotoxin muscarine is released from a harmless phosphorylated precursor upon cellular injury.
Angew Chem Int Ed 63(52),
e202417220.
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
(2024)
Methyl transfer in psilocybin biosynthesis.
Nat Commun 15(1),
2709.
(2024)
The second methylation in Psilocybin biosynthesis is enabled by a hydrogen bonding network extending into the secondary sphere surrounding the methyltransferase active site.
ChemBioChem 25(23),
e202400497.
(2024)
Optimized psilocybin production in tryptophan catabolism-repressed fungi.
Microb Biotechnol 17(11),
e70039.
(2024)
From the forest floor to the lab: insights into the diversity and complexity of mushroom polyketide synthases.
Curr Opin Chem Biol 82,
102510.
(Review)
(2024)
Regioselective oxidative phenol coupling by a mushroom unspecific peroxygenase.
Angew Chem Int Ed 63(42),
e202407425.
(2024)
Substrate recognition by the 4-hydroxytryptamine kinase PsiK in Psilocybin biosynthesis.
FEBS Letters
[Accepted]
(2024)
Parallel evolution of Asco- and Basidiomycete O-Prenyltransferases.
J Nat Prod 87(3),
576-582.
(2024)
Genetic regulation of L-tryptophan metabolism in Psilocybe mexicana supports psilocybin biosynthesis.
Fungal Biol Biotechnol 11(1),
4.
(2023)
Basidiomycete non-reducing polyketide synthases function independently of SAT domains.
Fungal Biol Biotechnol 10(1),
17.
