Martin Högbom

Martin Ivar Högbom (born 29 May 1974) is a Swedish biochemist and structural biologist. He was appointed professor of structural biochemistry at Stockholm University in 2013 and worked as visiting professor at Stanford University during 2016 and 2018.[1][2]

Martin Högbom
Born (1974-05-29) May 29, 1974
NationalitySwedish
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Structural biology
Bio-inorganic chemistry
InstitutionsStockholm University
Stanford University

Högbom's research regards bio-inorganic chemistry, mainly how enzymes employ metal ions and radical species to perform particularly challenging chemical reactions. The research concerns biological energy conversion,[3][4] deoxyribonucleotide synthesis,[5] and biochemical oxidation of hydrocarbons.[6]

Högbom was awarded The European Medal for Bio-Inorganic Chemistry in 2010[7] and the Svedberg prize in 2012.[8]

He was a member of the Young Academy of Sweden (2011–2016) and served as its president from 2014 to 2015.[9] He was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2020.[10]

References
  1. "Martin Högbom – Stockholm University". www.su.se. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  2. "Biochemist at Stockholm University new member of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences – Kemiska sektionen". www.kemi.su.se. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  3. Wiseman, Benjamin; Nitharwal, Ram Gopal; Fedotovskaya, Olga; Schäfer, Jacob; Guo, Hui; Kuang, Qie; Benlekbir, Samir; Sjöstrand, Dan; Ädelroth, Pia; Rubinstein, John L.; Brzezinski, Peter (2018-12-01). "Structure of a functional obligate complex III 2 IV 2 respiratory supercomplex from Mycobacterium smegmatis". Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 25 (12): 1128–1136. doi:10.1038/s41594-018-0160-3. ISSN 1545-9985. PMID 30518849. S2CID 54449337.
  4. Lundgren, Camilla A. K.; Sjöstrand, Dan; Biner, Olivier; Bennett, Matthew; Rudling, Axel; Johansson, Ann-Louise; Brzezinski, Peter; Carlsson, Jens; von Ballmoos, Christoph; Högbom, Martin (2018-08-01). "Scavenging of superoxide by a membrane-bound superoxide oxidase". Nature Chemical Biology. 14 (8): 788–793. doi:10.1038/s41589-018-0072-x. ISSN 1552-4469. PMC 6379055. PMID 29915379.
  5. Srinivas, Vivek; Lebrette, Hugo; Lundin, Daniel; Kutin, Yuri; Sahlin, Margareta; Lerche, Michael; Eirich, Jürgen; Branca, Rui M. M.; Cox, Nicholas; Sjöberg, Britt-Marie; Högbom, Martin (2018-11-01). "Metal-free ribonucleotide reduction powered by a DOPA radical in Mycoplasma pathogens". Nature. 563 (7731): 416–420. Bibcode:2018Natur.563..416S. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0653-6. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 6317698. PMID 30429545.
  6. Srinivas, Vivek; Banerjee, Rahul; Lebrette, Hugo; Jones, Jason C.; Aurelius, Oskar; Kim, In-Sik; Pham, Cindy C.; Gul, Sheraz; Sutherlin, Kyle D.; Bhowmick, Asmit; John, Juliane (2020-08-19). "High-Resolution XFEL Structure of the Soluble Methane Monooxygenase Hydroxylase Complex with its Regulatory Component at Ambient Temperature in Two Oxidation States". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142 (33): 14249–14266. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c05613. ISSN 0002-7863. PMC 7457426. PMID 32683863.
  7. "EuroBIC". www.bioinorganic-chemistry.org. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  8. "The Svedberg-priset | Svenska Föreningen för Biokemi, Biofysik och Molekylärbiologi". 2013-06-21. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  9. "Sveriges Unga Akademi – Sveriges Unga Akademi". www.sverigesungaakademi.se. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  10. "Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences new members". Retrieved 27 Nov 2020.
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