Prof. Dr. Koenig

• Studium der Biologie und Chemie an der Universit?t zu K?ln
• 1969 Erstes Staatsexamen für das Lehramt an Gymnasien / Universit?t zu K?ln
• 1969-1978 Wiss. Mitarbeiterin am Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung in K?ln-Vogelsang
• 1972 Promotion in Botanik / Universit?t zu K?ln
• 1978-1980 Postdoctoral Fellow an der Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, U.S.A. (Forschungsstipendium der DFG)
• 1980-1981 Gastforscherin am Carlsberg Laboratorium in Kopenhagen, D?nemark
• 1981-1987 Hochschulassistentin an der Universit?t Frankfurt a.M.
• 1987 Habilitation /Universit?t Frankfurt a.M.
• 1987-1990 Vertretungsprofessur an der Universit?t Frankfurt a.M.
• 1990-1995 Hochschuldozentur an der Universit?t Frankfurt a.M.
• 1995 Ruf an die Universit?t Rostock
• seit 1995 Professorin an der Universit?t Bremen

1. F. Koenig: Konzentration einiger Lipide in den Chloroplasten von Zea mays und Antirrhinum majus.
Z. Naturforsch. 26b, 1180-1187 (1971).

2. F. Koenig, W. Menke, H. Craubner, G.H. Schmid, and A. Radunz:
Photochemically active chlorophyll-containing proteins from chloroplasts and their localization in the thylakoid membrane.
Z. Naturforsch. 27b, 1225-1238 (1972).

3. F. Koenig: Chemische Studien zur Zusammensetzung der Chloroplasten.
Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult?t der Universit?t zu K?ln (1972).

4. W. Menke, A. Radunz, and F. Koenig:
Membrane and vesicle formation from fragments and proteins of thylakoids.
Z. Naturforsch. 28c, 63-65 (1973).

5. W. Menke, F. Koenig, A. Radunz, and G.H. Schmid:
The isolation of some polypeptides from the thylakoid membrane, their localization and function.
FEBS Lett. 49, 372-375 (1975).

6. H. Craubner, F. Koenig, and G.H. Schmid:
Determination of the molecular weight and the hydrodynamic properties of a polypeptide from the thylakoid membrane by sedimentation, diffusion and binding measurement in dodecyl sulphate solutions.
Z. Naturforsch. 30c, 615-621 (1975).

7. F. Koenig, G.H. Schmid, A. Radunz, B. Pineau, and W. Menke:
The isolation of further polypeptides from the thylakoid membrane, their localization and function.
FEBS Lett. 62, 342-346 (1976).

8. G.H. Schmid, W. Menke, F. Koenig, and A. Radunz:
Inhibition of electron transport on the oxygen-evolving side of photosystem II by an antiserum to a polypeptide isolated from the thylakoid membrane.
Z. Naturforsch. 31c, 304-311 (1976).

9. W. Menke, A. Radunz, G.H. Schmid, F. Koenig, and R.D. Hirtz:
Intermolecular interactions of polypeptides and lipids in the thylakoid membrane.
Z. Naturforsch. 31c, 436-444 (1976).

10. G.H. Schmid, G. Renger, M. Gl?ser, F. Koenig, A. Radunz, and W. Menke:
Effect of an antiserum to a thylakoid membrane polypeptide on the primary photoreaction of photosystem II.
Z. Naturforsch. 32c, 594-600 (1976).

11. H. Craubner, F. Koenig, and G.H. Schmid:
Molecular weight and the dodecyl sulphate binding of a thylakoid membrane polypeptide involved in a reaction on the oxygen-evolving side of photosystem II.
Z. Naturforsch. 32c, 384-391 (1977).

12. G.H. Schmid, W. Menke, F. Koenig, and A. Radunz:
Inhibition of electron transport on the oxygen-evolving side of photosystem II by an antiserum to a polypeptide isolated from the thylakoid membrane.
In: Biological Solar Energy Conversion. S. 129-141.
Academic Press, New York, San Francisco, London, 1977.

13. F. Koenig, W. Menke, A. Radunz, and G.H. Schmid:
Localization and functional characterization of three thylakoid membrane polypeptides of the molecular weight 66.000.
Z. Naturforsch. 32c, 817-827 (1977).

14. W. Menke, F. Koenig, G.H. Schmid, and A. Radunz:
Functional characterization of four thylakoid membrane polypeptides with apparent molecular weights
between 40.000 and 48.000.
Z. Naturforsch. 33c, 280-289 (1978).

15. F. Koenig, A. Radunz, G.H. Schmid, and W. Menke:
Antisera to coupling factor of photophosphorylation and its subunits.
Z. Naturforsch. 33c, 529-536 (1978).

16. G.H. Schmid, W. Menke, A. Radunz, and F. Koenig:
Polypeptides of the thylakoid membrane and their functional characterization.
Z. Naturforsch. 33c, 723-730 (1978).

17. G.H. Schmid, A. Radunz, F. Koenig, and W. Menke:
Characterization of the oxygen-evolving side of photosystem II by antisera to polypeptides and carotenoids.
In: Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution. Hrsg. von H. Metzner.
S. 91-104. Academic Press, London, New York, San Francisco, 1978.

18. W. Menke and F. Koenig:
Isolation of thylakoid proteins.
Meth. Enzymol. 69c, 446-452 (1980).

19. F. Koenig and L.P. Vernon:
Active photosystem II particles from blue-green algae - analysis of their polypeptide compositon.
In: Photosynthesis III. Structure and molecular organization of the photosynthetic apparatus.
Hrsg. von G. Akoyounoglou. S. 227-236. Balaban Internatl. Science Services, Philadelphia. 1981.

20. F. Koenig and C.P. Vernon:
Which polypeptides are characteristic for photosystem II?
Analysis of active photosystem II particles from the blue-green alga Anacystis nidulans.
Z. Naturforsch. 36c, 295-304 (1981).

21. D. von Wettstein, B.L. M?ller, F. Koenig, L. Henry, and G. H?yer-Hansen:
Polypeptides associated with photosystem II.
In: Solar Energy R&D in the European Community Series D, Photochemical, photoelectrochemical and photobiological processes. Hrsg. von D.O. Hall and W. Palz. Vol. 1, S. 118-124.
Reidel Publ. Comp., Dordrecht, Boston, London, 1982.

22. F. Koenig and B. Lindberg M?ller:
Isolation and characterization of cytochrome b-559 from chloroplasts and etioplasts of barley.
Carlsberg Res. Commun. 47, 245-262 (1982).

23. W. Nultsch, H. Schuchart, and F. Koenig:
Effects of sodium azide on phototaxis of the blue green alga Anabaena variabilis and consequences to the
two-photoreceptor-systems-hypothesis.
Arch. Microbiol. 134, 33-37 (1983).

24. F. Koenig: Involvement of the QB binding protein (Mr 32000) in the adaptation of the photosynthetic apparatus to light intensity.
In: Progress in Photosynthesis Research, VI.1.95-98.
Hrsg. von J. Biggins. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster, 1987.

25. F. Koenig: Untersuchungen zur molekularen Struktur und zur Funktion der Thylakoidmembran.
1. Teil: Zusammenfassende Darstellung der von 1975 bis 1983 ver?ffentlichten wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten
2. Teil: Flexibilit?t in Funktion und Aufbau des Membransystems von Cyanobakterien - Generelle ?berlegungen zum Mechanismus der Schattenanpassung.
Habilitationsschrift, vorgelegt dem Fachbereich Biologie der J.W. Goethe-Universit?t, Frankfurt am Main, 1987.

26. F. Koenig: A role of the QB binding protein in the mechanism of cyanobacterial adaptation to light intensity?
Z. Naturforsch. 42c, 727-732 (1987).

27. F. Koenig: Different amino acid exchanges in the D1 protein cause different degrees of shade type appearance in herbicide tolerant Anacystis. In: Current Research in Photosynthesis, IV.17.373-376.
Hrsg. von M. Baltscheffsky. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, Boston, London, 1990.

28. F. Koenig: Growth of Anacystis in the presence of thiosulphate and its consequences for the architecture of the photosynthetic apparatus.
Bot. Acta 103, 54-61 (1990).

29. F. Koenig: Anacystis mutants with different tolerances to DCMU-type herbicides show differences in architecture and
dynamics of the photosynthetic apparatus, depending on site and mode of the amino acid exchanges in the D1 protein.
Z. Naturforsch. 45c, 446-451 (1990).

30. F. Koenig: Shade adaptation in cyanobacteria - Further characterization of Anacystis shade phenotype as induced by sublethal concentrations of DCMU-type inhibitors in strong light.
Photosynth. Res. 26, 29-37 (1990).

31. F. Koenig: Cytochromes - VIIIth International Congress on Photosynthesis - Personal Reports.
Photosynthetica 24, 641-642 (1990).

32. F. Koenig: Development of shade-type appearance - light intensity adaptation - and regulation of the D1 protein in Synechococcus.
In: Regulation of Chloroplast Biogenesis.
Hrsg. von J.H. Argyroudi-Akoyunoglou. S. 545-550.
Plenum Press, New York, 1992.

33. F. Koenig and M. Schmidt:
Gloeobacter violaceus - investigation of an unusual photosynthetic apparatus. Absence of the long wavelength emission of photosystem I in 77 K fluorescence spectra.
Physiol. Plant. 94, 621-628 (1995).

34. F. Koenig: Effect of different concentrations of atrazine on RC II-D1 protein synthesis and cell division in Anacystis in strong white light.
In: Photosynthesis: from Light to Biosphere, IV, 653-656. Hrsg. von P. Mathis. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, 1995.

35. K. Nonnengie?er, A. Schuster and F. Koenig:
Carotenoids and the reaction center II - D1 protein in the light regulation of the photosynthetic apparatus in Aphanocapsa.
Bot. Acta 109, 115-124 (1996).

36. F. Koenig, P. J?stingmeyer and D. Mangels:
Gloeobacter violaceus - further investigation of an unusual photosynthetic apparatus - pigment changes in response to changes in light quality.
In: Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects, I, 233-236.
Hrsg. von G. Garab. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, 1998.

37. P. J?stingmeyer and F. Koenig:
Gloeobacter violaceus - investigation of carotenoids and carotenoid associated proteins.
In: Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects, I, 229-232.
Hrsg. von G. Garab. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, 1998.

38. F. Koenig: Eucaryotic algae, cyanobacteria and pesticides.
In: Algal Adaptation to Environmental Stresses
Hrsg von: L. C. Rai und J. P. Gaur.
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 2001
S. 389-406

39. D. Mangels, J. Kruip, S. Berry, M. R?gner, E. Boekema and F. Koenig:
Purification and characterization of photosystem I from the unusual cyanobacterium Gleobacter violaceus - evidence for a membrane intrinsic light harvesting complex.
www.publish.csiro.au/ps2001 S31-26 (2001)

40. D. Mangels; J. Kruip, S. Berry, M. R?gner, E. Boekema and F. Koenig:
Gloeobacter violaceus - purification and characterisation of photosystem I from an unusual cyanobacterium.
Photosynth. Res. 72, 307-319 (2002)

41. B. Gunning, F. Koenig, Govindjee:
A dedication to pioneers of research on chloroplast structure.
In: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration Vol. 23,
The Structure and Function of Plastids, S. xxiii - xxxi.
Hrsg. von R.R. Wise and J.K. Hoober
Springer-Verlag,  Dordrecht 2006

42. C. Stelljes and F. Koenig:
Specific binding of D1 protein degradation products to the psbAI promoter in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942.
J. Bacteriol. 189, 1722-1726 (2007)

43. F. Koenig und G.H. Schmid:
Wilhelm Menke (1910-2007): a pioneer in chloroplast structure. Photosynth. Res. 99, 81-84 (2009)

44. S. Rexroth, C.W. Mullineaux, D. Ellinger, E. Sendtko, M. R?gner and F. Koenig: The plasma membrane of the cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus contains segregated bioenergetic domains.
Plant Cell 23, 2379-2390 (2011)

45. G. Bernát, U. Schreiber, I.N. Stadnichuk, M. R?gner and F. Koenig: Unique properties vs. common themes: The atypical cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421 is capable of state transitions and blue-light induced fluorescence quenching.
Plant Cell Physiol. 53, 528-542 (2012)

46. G. Bernát, U. Schreiber, I.N. Stadnichuk, M. R?gner and F. Koenig: The ancient cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421 is capable of state transitions and blue-light induced fluorescence quenching.
In: Photosynthesis Research for Food, Fuel and the Future, 15th International Conference on Photosynthesis, Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China S. 275-278 (2013)

47. F. Koenig and A. Hintelmann:
Reaction center II-D1 protein and psbA message levels in dependence on quantum flux density and on atrazine concentration during growth of Synechococcus in strong white light.
in preparation

Prof. Dr. Friederike Koenig
Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie

Biomolekulare Interaktionen
FB2 Biologie / Chemie
Universit?t Bremen

- im Ruhestand seit August 2009 -

Sprechstunden nach Vereinbarung

• Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft
• Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
• International Society of Phtosynthesis Research