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Nenad Ban

Nenad Ban is a biochemist born in Zagreb, Croatia who currently works at the ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, as a professor of Structural Molecular Biology. He is a pioneer in studying gene expression mechanisms and the participating protein synthesis machinery.

Nenad Ban
Born (1966-05-03) May 3, 1966 (age 58)
Zagreb, Croatia
NationalityCroatian
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb, Croatia, University of California at Riverside
Known forStructural biology, structure and function of the ribosome, structure and function of multi-enzymes
SpouseEilika Weber-Ban
AwardsNewcomb Cleveland Prize (2001)
Rössler Prize (2009)
Heinrich Wieland Prize (2010)
Ernst Jung Prize (2017)
Otto Naegeli Prize (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry and Biophysics
InstitutionsETH Zurich
Doctoral advisorAlexander McPherson
Other academic advisorsThomas A. Steitz

Career

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Nenad Ban was born in 1966 in Zagreb. His parents, Jasna and Zvonimir, were scientists and university professors.[1] He received a degree in molecular biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb and decided to continue with his studies in the United States where he obtained a PhD degree at the University of California, Riverside in the laboratory of Alexander McPherson. He carried out his postdoctoral studies at Yale University in the laboratory of Thomas A. Steitz.

Already in high school he developed an interest in understanding the mechanisms of protein synthesis, which led him to the laboratory of Prof. Zeljko Kucan and Ivana Weygand in Zagreb where he investigated tRNA synthetases, enzymes that charge tRNAs with amino acids to prepare them as substrates for protein synthesis on the ribosome. These interests brought him to the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University where he determined the atomic structure of the large ribosomal subunit by X-ray crystallography, as part of the group in the laboratory of Thomas A. Steitz. These results demonstrated that the ribosome is a ribozyme.[2]

Since 2000 Nenad Ban is a professor of structural molecular biology at the ETH Zurich.[3] (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). His group is investigating protein synthesis both in terms of the chemistry of the process and with respect to how it is regulated, how proteins co-translationally fold,[4][5] how they are co-translationally modified,[6] and how they are targeted to membranes[7] and sorted to different cellular compartments.[8][9][10][11]

Nenad Ban’s group at ETH Zurich revealed the mechanisms behind the key steps in eukaryotic cytoplasmic and mitochondrial translation with a broad impact on a wide range of fields in biology, chemistry and biomedicine.[12][13]

His group also contributed to our understanding of giant multifunctional enzymes involved in fatty acid synthesis offering mechanistic insights into substrate shuttling and delivery in such megasynthases.[14][15][16][17][18]

Honors

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Nenad Ban is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), the German Academy of Sciences, the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences and the recipient of several prizes and awards including the Heinrich Wieland Prize,[19] Rössler Prize of the ETH Zurich,[20] the Latsis prize,[21] the Friedrich Miescher Prize of the Swiss Society for Biochemistry,[22] Spiridon Brusina medal, the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize.[23] and the Jung Prize.[24]

Personal life

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Ban is married to Eilika Weber, a German scientist whom he met in the United States during his doctoral study. They have two sons, Arvid and Ivo.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rudež, Tanja (26 February 2016). "Genijalnom Hrvatu za dlaku izmakla nobelova nagrada: Upoznajte čovjeka koji je riješio jedan od najvećih misterija molekularne biologije". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. ^ Ban, Nenad; Nissen, Poul; Hansen, Jeffrey; Moore, Peter B.; Steitz, Thomas A. (11 August 2000). "The Complete Atomic Structure of the Large Ribosomal Subunit at 2.4 Å Resolution". Science. 289 (5481). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 905–920. Bibcode:2000Sci...289..905B. doi:10.1126/science.289.5481.905. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 10937989.
  3. ^ "ETH Zurich: Prof. Nenad Ban". Mol.biol.ethz.ch. 2013-02-05. Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  4. ^ Ferbitz, Lars; Maier, Timm; Patzelt, Holger; Bukau, Bernd; Deuerling, Elke; Ban, Nenad (29 August 2004). "Trigger factor in complex with the ribosome forms a molecular cradle for nascent proteins". Nature. 431 (7008). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 590–596. Bibcode:2004Natur.431..590F. doi:10.1038/nature02899. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 15334087. S2CID 4427021.
  5. ^ Kramer, Günter; Rauch, Thomas; Rist, Wolfgang; Vorderwülbecke, Sonja; Patzelt, Holger; Schulze-Specking, Agnes; Ban, Nenad; Deuerling, Elke; Bukau, Bernd (2002). "L23 protein functions as a chaperone docking site on the ribosome". Nature. 419 (6903). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 171–174. Bibcode:2002Natur.419..171K. doi:10.1038/nature01047. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 12226666. S2CID 2365591.
  6. ^ Bingel-Erlenmeyer, Rouven; Kohler, Rebecca; Kramer, Günter; Sandikci, Arzu; Antolić, Snježana; Maier, Timm; Schaffitzel, Christiane; Wiedmann, Brigitte; Bukau, Bernd; Ban, Nenad (20 February 2008). "A peptide deformylase–ribosome complex reveals mechanism of nascent chain processing". Nature. 452 (7183). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 108–111. Bibcode:2008Natur.452..108B. doi:10.1038/nature06683. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 18288106. S2CID 4411842.
  7. ^ Ataide, Sandro F.; Schmitz, Nikolaus; Shen, Kuang; Ke, Ailong; Shan, Shu-ou; Doudna, Jennifer A.; Ban, Nenad (18 February 2011). "The Crystal Structure of the Signal Recognition Particle in Complex with Its Receptor". Science. 331 (6019). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 881–886. Bibcode:2011Sci...331..881A. doi:10.1126/science.1196473. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 3758919. PMID 21330537.
  8. ^ Estrozi, Leandro F; Boehringer, Daniel; Shan, Shu-ou; Ban, Nenad; Schaffitzel, Christiane (12 December 2010). "Cryo-EM structure of the E. coli translating ribosome in complex with SRP and its receptor". Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 88–90. doi:10.1038/nsmb.1952. ISSN 1545-9993. PMC 3764645. PMID 21151118.
  9. ^ Schaffitzel, Christiane; Oswald, Miro; Berger, Imre; Ishikawa, Takashi; Abrahams, Jan Pieter; Koerten, Henk K.; Koning, Roman I.; Ban, Nenad (29 October 2006). "Structure of the E. coli signal recognition particle bound to a translating ribosome". Nature. 444 (7118). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 503–506. Bibcode:2006Natur.444..503S. doi:10.1038/nature05182. hdl:1887/3620885. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 17086205. S2CID 4400092.
  10. ^ Kobayashi, Kan; Jomaa, Ahmad; Lee, Jae Ho; Chandrasekar, Sowmya; Boehringer, Daniel; Shan, Shu-ou; Ban, Nenad (2018-04-20). "Structure of a prehandover mammalian ribosomal SRP·SRP receptor targeting complex". Science. 360 (6386): 323–327. doi:10.1126/science.aar7924. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 6309883. PMID 29567807.
  11. ^ Jomaa, Ahmad; Gamerdinger, Martin; Hsieh, Hao-Hsuan; Wallisch, Annalena; Chandrasekaran, Viswanathan; Ulusoy, Zeynel; Scaiola, Alain; Hegde, Ramanujan S.; Shan, Shu-ou; Ban, Nenad; Deuerling, Elke (2022-02-25). "Mechanism of signal sequence handover from NAC to SRP on ribosomes during ER-protein targeting". Science. 375 (6583): 839–844. doi:10.1126/science.abl6459. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 7612438. PMID 35201867.
  12. ^ Klinge, Sebastian; Voigts-Hoffmann, Felix; Leibundgut, Marc; Arpagaus, Sofia; Ban, Nenad (18 November 2011). "Crystal Structure of the Eukaryotic 60 S Ribosomal Subunit in Complex with Initiation Factor 6". Science. 334 (6058). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 941–948. Bibcode:2011Sci...334..941K. doi:10.1126/science.1211204. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 22052974. S2CID 206536444.
  13. ^ Rabl, Julius; Leibundgut, Marc; Ataide, Sandro F.; Haag, Andrea; Ban, Nenad (11 February 2011). "Crystal Structure of the Eukaryotic 40 S Ribosomal Subunit in Complex with Initiation Factor 1". Science. 331 (6018). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 730–736. Bibcode:2011Sci...331..730R. doi:10.1126/science.1198308. hdl:20.500.11850/153130. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 21205638. S2CID 24771575.
  14. ^ Maier, Timm; Leibundgut, Marc; Ban, Nenad (5 September 2008). "The Crystal Structure of a Mammalian Fatty Acid Synthase". Science. 321 (5894). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 1315–1322. Bibcode:2008Sci...321.1315M. doi:10.1126/science.1161269. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 18772430. S2CID 3168991.
  15. ^ Leibundgut, Marc; Jenni, Simon; Frick, Christian; Ban, Nenad (13 April 2007). "Structural Basis for Substrate Delivery by Acyl Carrier Protein in the Yeast Fatty Acid Synthase". Science. 316 (5822). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 288–290. Bibcode:2007Sci...316..288L. doi:10.1126/science.1138249. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17431182. S2CID 32176226.
  16. ^ Jenni, Simon; Leibundgut, Marc; Boehringer, Daniel; Frick, Christian; Mikolásek, Bohdan; Ban, Nenad (13 April 2007). "Structure of Fungal Fatty Acid Synthase and Implications for Iterative Substrate Shuttling". Science. 316 (5822). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 254–261. Bibcode:2007Sci...316..254J. doi:10.1126/science.1138248. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17431175. S2CID 12820568.
  17. ^ Maier, Timm; Jenni, Simon; Ban, Nenad (3 March 2006). "Architecture of Mammalian Fatty Acid Synthase at 4.5 Å Resolution". Science. 311 (5765). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 1258–1262. Bibcode:2006Sci...311.1258M. doi:10.1126/science.1123248. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 16513975. S2CID 39658597.
  18. ^ Jenni, Simon; Leibundgut, Marc; Maier, Timm; Ban, Nenad (3 March 2006). "Architecture of a Fungal Fatty Acid Synthase at 5 Å Resolution". Science. 311 (5765). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 1263–1267. Bibcode:2006Sci...311.1263J. doi:10.1126/science.1123251. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 16513976. S2CID 2191407.
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