Dr. Ingrid Eileen Meyer Cifuentes
- Scientist in the CoMet Project
- Department of Molecular Environmental Biotechnology
- Research group Biotechnology of Metalloproteins
Contact / Address:
Phone: +49 (0) 341 6025-4132
Office: Building 1.0, Room 106
Office: Building 1.0, Room 106
Research
My research focuses on investigating, optimizing the heterologous expression, and improving enzymatic activity of a methyltransferase (MTaseI). The gene of MTaseI has been previously identified in a strain of Dehalococcoides and the enzyme could use Acetyl-CoA as the methyl donor. This enzyme is of unique interest to the chemical and pharmaceutical industry as MTaseI is a good substitute to non-chemo-and regioselective methylations reactions routinely performed in these types of industries. Furthermore, MTaseI is part of a more intricated protein system consisting of B12-Shuttle proteins and MTaseII. Therefore, the activity and affinity of METaseI will be additionally investigated in the presence of the whole protein complex.
Curriculum Vitae
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2025 - Present |
Scientist, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Department of Molecular Environmental Biotechnology, Leipzig |
| 2018 - 2022 | PostDoc, The Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Junior Research Group Microbial Biotechnology, Braunschweig |
| 2013 - 2018 | PhD in Biology, University of Leipzig and The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research |
| 2011 - 2013 | Master in Environmental, Industrial and Food Biotechnology, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain |
| 2009 - 2010 | Bachelor in Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA |
| 2007 - 2011 | Research assistant, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Department of Biochemistry, Valparaíso, Chile |
| 2003 - 2010 | Licenciate degree in Biology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Deparment of Biology, Valparaíso, Chile |
Publications
- Meyer-Cifuentes, I., Gruhl, S., Haange, S.-B., Lünsmann, V., Jehmlich, N., von Bergen, M., Heipieper, H.J., Müller, J.A. (2020):
Benzylsuccinate synthase is post-transcriptionally regulated in the toluene-degrading denitrifier Magnetospirillum sp. strain 15-1
Microorganisms 8 (5), art. 681 10.3390/microorganisms8050681 - Meyer-Cifuentes, I. (2018):
Understanding the role of a novel Magnetospirillum strain as an anaerobic toluene degrader in constructed wetland model systems through integrated omics
Dissertation, Universität Leipzig
135 pp. - Meyer-Cifuentes, I., Fiedler, S., Müller, J.A., Kappelmeyer, U., Mäusezahl, I., Heipieper, H.J. (2017):
Draft genome sequence of Magnetospirillum sp. strain 15-1, a denitrifying toluene degrader isolated from a planted fixed-bed reactor
Genome Announc. 5 (32), e00764-17 10.1128/genomeA.00764-17 - Meyer-Cifuentes, I., Martinez-Lavanchy, P.M., Marin-Cevada, V., Böhnke, S., Harms, H., Müller, J.A., Heipieper, H.J. (2017):
Isolation and characterization of Magnetospirillum sp. strain 15-1 as a representative anaerobic toluene-degrader from a constructed wetland model
PLOS One 12 (4), e0174750 10.1371/journal.pone.0174750
Other Publications
- Meyer Cifuentes, I.E., Degenhardt, J., Neumann-Schaal, M., Jehmlich, N., Ngugi, D.K., Öztürk, B. (2023):
Comparative biodegradation analysis of three compostable polyesters by a marine microbial community.
Appl. Environ. Microb. 89 (12), e01060-23. 10.1128/aem.01060-23 - Meyer Cifuentes, I.E., Wu, P., Zhao, Y., Liu, W., Neumann-Schaal, M., Pfaff, L., Barys, J., Li, Z., Gao, J., Han, X., Bornscheuer, U.T., Wei., R. & Öztürk, B.(2022):
Molecular and Biochemical Differences of the Tandem and Cold-Adapted PET Hydrolases Ple628 and Ple629, Isolated From a Marine Microbial Consortium.
Front.Bioeng.Biotechnol.,10. 10.3389/fbioe.2022.930140 - Meyer Cifuentes, I.E. & Öztürk, B.(2021):
Mle046 Is a Marine Mesophilic MHETase-Like Enzyme.
Front. Microbiol., 12. 10.3389/fmicb.2021.693985 - Meyer Cifuentes, I.E. & Öztürk, B. (2020):
Exploring microbial consortia from various environments for plastic degradation.
Methods in Enzymology 648. 10.1016/bs.mie.2020.12.005 - Meyer Cifuentes, I.E., Werner, J., Jehmlich, N., Will, S.E., Neumann-Schaal, M. & Öztürk, B. (2020):
Synergistic biodegradation of aromatic-aliphatic copolyester plastic by a marine microbial consortium.
Nat. Commun., 11, 5790. 10.1038/s41467-020-19583-2