UCSF

Norman Oppenheimer, PhD

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
[email protected]
Phone: +1 415 476-4031
Fax: +1 415 476-0688
513 Parnassus Avenue, MSB, Rm 1124A
UCSF Box 0912
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States

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Educational programs

What I do

Since retiring, I continue to teach PC 131 and lecture in PC 122.

Research keywords

  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Cyclic ADP-Ribose
  • Niacinamide
  • ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1
  • Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose
  • Second Messenger Systems
  • ADP-ribosyl Cyclase
  • NAD
  • Antigens, CD
  • Alcohols
  • Deuterium
  • Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic
  • Alcohol Dehydrogenase
  • 2-Propanol

Publications

Malver O, Sebastian MJ, Oppenheimer NJ. Alteration in substrate specificity of horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase by an acyclic nicotinamide analog of NAD(+). DNA Repair (Amst). 2014 Nov; 23:95-100.
Egea PF, Muller-Steffner H, Kuhn I, Cakir-Kiefer C, Oppenheimer NJ, Stroud RM, Kellenberger E, Schuber F. Insights into the mechanism of bovine CD38/NAD+glycohydrolase from the X-ray structures of its Michaelis complex and covalently-trapped intermediates. PLoS One. 2012; 7(4):e34918.
Graeff R, Liu Q, Kriksunov IA, Kotaka M, Oppenheimer N, Hao Q, Lee HC. Mechanism of cyclizing NAD to cyclic ADP-ribose by ADP-ribosyl cyclase and CD38. J Biol Chem. 2009 Oct 02; 284(40):27629-36.
Liu Q, Graeff R, Kriksunov IA, Jiang H, Zhang B, Oppenheimer N, Lin H, Potter BV, Lee HC, Hao Q. Structural basis for enzymatic evolution from a dedicated ADP-ribosyl cyclase to a multifunctional NAD hydrolase. J Biol Chem. 2009 Oct 02; 284(40):27637-45.
Lund FE, Muller-Steffner H, Romero-Ramirez H, Moreno-García ME, Partida-Sánchez S, Makris M, Oppenheimer NJ, Santos-Argumedo L, Schuber F. CD38 induces apoptosis of a murine pro-B leukemic cell line by a tyrosine kinase-dependent but ADP-ribosyl cyclase- and NAD glycohydrolase-independent mechanism. Int Immunol. 2006 Jul; 18(7):1029-42.
Gasser A, Glassmeier G, Fliegert R, Langhorst MF, Meinke S, Hein D, Krüger S, Weber K, Heiner I, Oppenheimer N, Schwarz JR, Guse AH. Activation of T cell calcium influx by the second messenger ADP-ribose. J Biol Chem. 2006 Feb 03; 281(5):2489-96.
Krebs C, Adriouch S, Braasch F, Koestner W, Leiter EH, Seman M, Lund FE, Oppenheimer N, Haag F, Koch-Nolte F. CD38 controls ADP-ribosyltransferase-2-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of T cell surface proteins. J Immunol. 2005 Mar 15; 174(6):3298-305.
Gerth A, Nieber K, Oppenheimer NJ, Hauschildt S. Extracellular NAD+ regulates intracellular free calcium concentration in human monocytes. Biochem J. 2004 Sep 15; 382(Pt 3):849-56.
Moreno-García ME, Partida-Sánchez S, Primack J, Sumoza-Toledo A, Muller-Steffner H, Schuber F, Oppenheimer N, Lund FE, Santos-Argumedo L. CD38 is expressed as noncovalently associated homodimers on the surface of murine B lymphocytes. Eur J Biochem. 2004 Mar; 271(5):1025-34.
Partida-Sánchez S, Goodrich S, Kusser K, Oppenheimer N, Randall TD, Lund FE. Regulation of dendritic cell trafficking by the ADP-ribosyl cyclase CD38: impact on the development of humoral immunity. Immunity. 2004 Mar; 20(3):279-91.
Partida-Sánchez S, Iribarren P, Moreno-García ME, Gao JL, Murphy PM, Oppenheimer N, Wang JM, Lund FE. Chemotaxis and calcium responses of phagocytes to formyl peptide receptor ligands is differentially regulated by cyclic ADP ribose. J Immunol. 2004 Feb 01; 172(3):1896-906.
Lacapère JJ, Boulla G, Lund FE, Primack J, Oppenheimer N, Schuber F, Deterre P. Fluorometric studies of ligand-induced conformational changes of CD38. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2003 Nov 03; 1652(1):17-26.
Jackson MD, Schmidt MT, Oppenheimer NJ, Denu JM. Mechanism of nicotinamide inhibition and transglycosidation by Sir2 histone/protein deacetylases. J Biol Chem. 2003 Dec 19; 278(51):50985-98.
Guse AH, Cakir-Kiefer C, Fukuoka M, Shuto S, Weber K, Bailey VC, Matsuda A, Mayr GW, Oppenheimer N, Schuber F, Potter BV. Novel hydrolysis-resistant analogues of cyclic ADP-ribose: modification of the "northern" ribose and calcium release activity. Biochemistry. 2002 May 28; 41(21):6744-51.
Buckley N, Oppenheimer NJ. Reactions of Charged Substrates. 8. The Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions of (4-Methoxybenzyl)dimethylsulfonium Chloride. J Org Chem. 1997 Feb 07; 62(3):540-551.
Buckley N, Oppenheimer NJ. Reactions of Charged Substrates. 6. The Methoxymethyl Carbenium Ion Problem. 1. A Semiempirical Study of the Kinetic and Thermodynamic Stabilities of Linear and Cyclic Oxo- and Thiocarbenium Ions Generated from Pyridinium and Dimethylanilinium Ions. J Org Chem. 1996 Nov 15; 61(23):8039-8047.
Buckley N, Oppenheimer NJ. Reactions of Charged Substrates. 7. The Methoxymethyl Carbenium Ion Problem. 2. A Semiempirical Study of the Kinetic and Thermodynamic Stabilities of Linear and Cyclic Oxo- and Thiocarbenium Ions Generated from Aldehyde Hydrates, Hemiacetals, Acetals, and Methyl Ribosides and Glucosides. J Org Chem. 1996 Nov 15; 61(23):8048-8062.
Buckley N, Oppenheimer NJ. Reactions of Charged Substrates. 5. The Solvolysis and Sodium Azide Substitution Reactions of Benzylpyridinium Ions in Deuterium Oxide. J Org Chem. 1996 Oct 18; 61(21):7360-7372.
Buckley N, Maltby D, Burlingame AL, Oppenheimer NJ. Reactions of Charged Substrates. 4. The Gas-Phase Dissociation of (4-Substituted benzyl)dimethylsulfoniums and -pyridiniums. J Org Chem. 1996 Apr 19; 61(8):2753-2762.
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