Laboratory of Integrative Structural Biology
The laboratory aims to understand how the wiring of different biomolecules drives fundamental processes of the plant cell, such as cytokinesis, cell-wall material secretion or nutrient uptake. We employ a multidisciplinary strategy combining experimental and computational approaches to achieve this goal. We utilise methods of molecular biology, biochemistry and state-of-the-art microscopy. By combining the experimental techniques with the computational ones (structural bioinformatics, molecular dynamics) in an integrative fashion, we can obtain unprecedented details of a given process, leading to novel biological implications.
Keywords
Integrative Structural Biology, Structural Bioinformatics, Molecular Dynamics, Biochemistry, Microscopy, Cell Division, Callose Synthesis, Endocytosis, TPLATE complex, protein-membrane interfaces.
Workers
head of the laboratory
- Ing. Roman Pleskot Ph.D.
deputy head of the laboratorygraduated technical assistant
- Mgr. Roman Hudeček
graduated technical assistant
- Petra Cifrová
- Ing. Daniela Kocourková PhD.
- Ing. Tereza Podmanická
postgraduate student
Research projects
- 4D plate - Spatiotemporal dynamics of cell plate development , GA ČR , Roman Pleskot
- Melatonin as a novel antioxidant and radical scavenger: melatonin levels in berry species , MŠMT
- Úloha Ran GTPáz v nukleaci mikrotubulů a organizaci mitotického vřeténka v acentrozomálních buňkách vyšších rostlin , GA ČR
Publications
2019
- ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 167 2019
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES 20 3803 2019 (External fulltext)
- In: Plant Cell Morphogenesis eds. Cvrčková F. Žárský V. (Humana New York) 1992 189-199 2019 (External fulltext)
2018
- ANNALS OF BOTANY 121 297-310 2018 (External fulltext)
- FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 9 2018
2017
- JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 139 4019-4024 2017 (External fulltext)
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES 18(4) 2017 (External fulltext)
- ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2017 (External fulltext)
- CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 40 131–137 2017 (External fulltext)
- PLANT REPRODUCTION 30(1) 1-17 2017