Selected publications

Impact of N-heteroaromatic N-termini in Cu(II) ATCUN metallopeptides on their biorelevant redox activity
J. Barrera, H. H. Haeri, J. Heinrich, M. Stein, D. Hinderberger, N. Kulak*
Dalton Trans. 2023, 52, 3279-3286 (with cover picture).

Forty years after the discovery of its nucleolytic activity: [Cu(phen)₂]²⁺ shows unattended DNA cleavage activity upon fluorination
C. Lüdtke, S. Sobottka, J. Heinrich, P. Liebing, S. Wedepohl, B. Sarkar, N. Kulak*
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 3273-3277.

A fluorescence assay for the detection of hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radicals generated by metallonucleases
S. Leichnitz, J. Heinrich, N. Kulak*
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 13411–13414.

Multiply intercalator-substituted Cu(II) cyclen complexes as DNA condensers and DNA/RNA synthesis inhibitors
J. Hormann, J. Malina, O. Lemke, M. J. Hülsey, S. Wedepohl, J. Potthoff, C. Schmidt, I. Ott, B. G. Keller, V. Brabec, N. Kulak*
Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 5004–5012.

Significantly enhanced proteolytic activity of cyclen complexes by monoalkylation
C. Perera-Bobusch, J. Hormann, C. Weise, S. Wedepohl, J. Dernedde, N. Kulak*
Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 10500–10504.

Fluorophore ATCUN complexes: combining agent and probe for oxidative DNA cleavage
C. Wende, N. Kulak*
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 12395–12398.

Copper complexes of N-donor ligands as artificial nucleases
C. Wende, C. Lüdtke, N. Kulak*
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 2597–2612 (invited review article with cover picture and profile).

Straightforward approach to efficient oxidative DNA cleaving agents based on Cu(II) complexes of heterosubstituted cyclens
J. Hormann, C. Perera, N. Deibel, D. Lentz, B. Sarkar, N. Kulak*
Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 4357–4360.