BRTP Program (Todd Lydic) Genes & Signaling Focus Area (Structural model of human mitochondrial DNA polymerase - L. Kaguni) Structure & Computational Biology Focus Area (Bruker 900 MHz NMR) Plant Biochemistry Focus Area (cDNA Microarray with an Arabidopsis plant and seed - C. Benning)


Susanne Hoffmann-Benning
Research Assistant Professor
  • M.S. 1988, Albert-Ludwigs Universitaet, Freiburg, Germany
  • Ph.D. 1993, Michigan State University
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, 1993-97, Institut fuer Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH, Berlin, Germany
  • Visiting Research Associate, 1998-2002 Michigan State University
  • Co-Manager, 2002-2004, MSU-Mass Spectrometry Facility

hoffma16@msu.edu
120 Biochemistry Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1319
Office: 517-355-9644
Lab: 517-432-9281

Lab Home Page


Publication search:

Susanne Hoffmann-Benning Recent Publications

Gu L, Husain-Ponnampalam R, Hoffmann-Benning S, Henry RW. (2007) The protein kinase CK2 phosphorylates SNAP190 to negatively regulate SNAPC DNA binding and human U6 transcription by RNA polymerase III. J Biol Chem. Sep 21;282(38):27887-96. Link to publication

Guelette, BS, Chamberlin,B, Benning, UF, and Hoffmann-Benning, S (2007) Indications of lipid signaling pathways in the phloem exudate of Arabidopsis thaliana and Perilla ocymoides. Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium of Plant Lipids. C.Benning, J. Ohlrogge eds; Michigan State University; E. Lansing, USA; p.92-95. Link to publication

Guelette, BS, Chamberlin, B, and Hoffmann-Benning, S (2007) Characterization of Metabolites and Proteins in the Phloem Exudate of flowering Arabidopsis Plants. In preparation.

Cernac, A, Andre, C, Hoffmann-Benning, S, and Benning, C (2006) WRI1 is required for seed germination and seedling establishment. Plant Physiology 141(2):745-57. Link to publication

Clifford, DM, Stark, KE, Gardner, KE, Hoffmann-Benning, S, Brush, GS (2005) Mechanistic insight into the Cdc28-related protein kinase Ime2 through analysis of replication protein A phosphorylation. Cell Cycle: 4:1826-33. Link to publication

Shimojima, M, Hoffmann-Benning S., Garavito M and Benning C (2005) Ferredoxin-dependent glutamine synthase moonlights in plant sulfolipid biosynthesis by forming a complex with SQD1. ABB 436:206-214. Link to publication

Acharya A, Xu X-Y,Husain-Ponnampalam RD, Hoffmann-Benning S and Kuo M-H (2005) Production of Constitutively Acetylated Recombinant p53 from Yeast and E.coli by Tethered Catalysis. Protein Expression and Purification 41: 417-425. Link to publication

MacDonald, MJ, Husain, RD, Hoffmann-Benning, S and Baker TR (2004). Immunological Detection of Coenzyme-Q0 Bonding to the E2 Components of the a-Ketoglutarate and Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complexes. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 27278-27285. Link to publication

Hoffmann-Benning, S and Zeevaart, JAD (2003). Searching for florigen. Web essay. Plant Physiology Online. L.Taiz and E. Zeiger eds.

Cosgrove, DJ, Li, LC, Cho, HT, Hoffmann-Benning, S, Moore, RC, Becker, D (2002). The growing world of expansins. Plant Cell Physiol. 43: 1436-1444. Link to publication

Hoffmann-Benning, S., Gage, D.A., McIntosh, L, Kende, H, Zeevaart, JAD (2002). Comparison of peptides in the phloem sap of flowering and non-flowering Perilla and lupine plants using michrobore HPLC followed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Planta 216:140-147. Link to publication

Tauberger, E., Hoffmann-Benning, S., Fleischer-Notter, H., Willmitzer, L. and Fisahn, J. (1999): Impact of invertase overexpression on cell size, starch granule formation and cell wall properties during tuber development in potatoes with modified carbon allocation patterns. J. Exp. Bot. 50: 477-486.

Haertel, H., Essigmann, B., Lokstein, H., Hoffmann-Benning, S., and Benning, C. (1998). The phosphlipid-deficient pho1 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana is affected in the organization, but not in the light acclimation, of the thylakoid membrane. BBA-Biomembranes 1415: 205-218. Link to publication

Hoffmann-Benning, S., Willmitzer, L., and Fisahn, J. (1997): Analysis of growth, composition and thickness of the cell walls of transgenic tobacco plants expressing a yeast-derived invertase. Protoplasma 200: 146-153.

Pachepsky, L.B., Acock, B., Hoffmann-Benning, S., (1997): Estimation of the anatomical, stomatal and biochemical components of differences in photosynthesis and transpiration of wild-type and transgenic (expressing yeast-derived invertase to the vacuole) tobacco leaves. Plant Cell Environ 20: 1070-1078.

Muschak, M., Hoffmann-Benning, S., Fuss, H., Willmitzer, L., and Fisahn, J. (1997): Gas exchange and ultrastructural analysis of transgenic potato plants expressing mRNA antisense construct targeted to the cp-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate phosphatase. Photosynthetica 33: 455-465.

Hoffmann-Benning, S., Ehwald, R., Willmitzer, L., and Fisahn, J. (1996): Cell wall properties of transgenic tobacco plants that express a yeast derived invertase in their vacuole. Pectins and Pectinases, J. Visser and A.G.J. Voragen eds., Elsevier Science. P 667-671.

Doermann, P., Hoffmann-Benning, S., Balbo, I., and Benning, Christoph (1995): Isolation and characterization of an Arabidopsis mutant deficient in the thylakoid lipid digalactosyl diacylglycerol. Plant Cell 7 (11): 1801-1810. Link to publication

Hoffmann-Benning, S., Klomparens, K.L., and Kende, H. (1994): Characterization of growth- related osmiophilic particles in rice. Ann. Bot. 74 (6): 563-572.

Hoffmann-Benning, S. and Kende, H. (1994): Cuticle biosynthesis in rapidly growing internodes in deepwater rice. Plant Physiol. 104 (2):719-723. Link to publication

Kende H, Hoffmann-Benning S, Sauter M (1993) The role of ethylene in regulating growth of deepwater rice. In Cellular and molecular aspects of biosynthesis of the plant hormone ethylene. Eds. Pech, J.-C., Latché, A., Balagné, C. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dortrecht; pp. 329-334.

Hoffmann-Benning, S. and Kende, H. (1993): Roles of abscisic acid and gibberellin in regulation. Rice Biotechnology Quarterly 13:17-18.

Rock, C.D., Bowlby, N.R., Hoffmann-Benning, S. and Zeevaart, J.A.D. (1992): The aba mutant o Arabidopsis thaliana (L) Heyn has reduced chlorophyll fluorescence yields and reduced thylakoid stacking. Plant Physiol. 100 (4):1796-1801. Link to publication

Hoffmann-Benning, S. and Kende, H. (1992): On the role of abscisic-acid and gibberellin in the regulation of growth in rice. Plant Physiol. 99 (3):1156-1161. Link to publication

Heyn, A., Hoffmann, S., and Hertel, R. (1987): In-vitro auxin transport in membrane vesicles from maize coleoptiles. Planta 172: 285-287.

Hoffmann-Benning Home Page

  • BMB Home Page
  • Research Focus Areas
  • Graduate Program
  • Departmental Directory
  • MSU Homepage
  • Feedback
  • DHTML Menu By Milonic JavaScript