Christian Altenbach

10.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
75 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Christian Altenbach is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Altenbach has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Biophysics and 34 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Christian Altenbach's work include Electron Spin Resonance Studies (35 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (30 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (21 papers). Christian Altenbach is often cited by papers focused on Electron Spin Resonance Studies (35 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (30 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (21 papers). Christian Altenbach collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Germany. Christian Altenbach's co-authors include Wayne L. Hubbell, H. Gobind Khorana, H. G. Khorana, David Farrens, Ke Yang, Kálmán Hideg, Joachim Seelig, Zhongyu Yang, Zohreh Farahbakhsh and Hassane S. Mchaourab and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christian Altenbach

75 papers receiving 8.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Requirement of Rigid-Body Motion of Transmembrane Helices for Light Activation of Rhodopsin

1996 994 citations David Farrens, Christian Altenbach et al. profile →
Identifying conformational changes with site-directed spin labeling.

2000 684 citations Wayne L. Hubbell, Christian Altenbach et al. profile →
Structural Insights into the Dynamic Process of β2-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling

2015 521 citations Aashish Manglik, Tae Hun Kim et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Altenbach United States	45	6.2k	3.2k	3.0k	1.7k	1.3k	75	9.0k
Hassane S. Mchaourab United States	49	5.6k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.3×	2.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	160	8.7k
Heinz‐Jürgen Steinhoff Germany	42	2.9k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	776 0.6×	160	5.8k
Kai Johnsson Switzerland	65	10.6k 1.7×	3.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	2.9k 1.7×	1.2k 0.9×	177	16.9k
Amy E. Palmer United States	46	7.0k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	2.0k 1.2×	2.3k 1.7×	110	12.7k
Luke D. Lavis United States	57	7.1k 1.1×	3.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	3.0k 1.7×	1.6k 1.2×	131	12.7k
Daniel Hilger United States	26	4.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	2.1k 0.7×	644 0.4×	827 0.6×	42	5.7k
David S. Cafiso United States	51	5.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	719 0.2×	837 0.5×	852 0.6×	159	7.1k
R. Scott Prosser Canada	41	5.4k 0.9×	549 0.2×	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	109	7.4k
S. James Remington United States	50	8.9k 1.4×	4.5k 1.4×	2.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	506 0.4×	89	11.9k
Ralf Langen United States	58	6.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	679 0.5×	128	10.2k

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Altenbach, Christian & David E. Budil. (2023). Analyzing CW EPR Spectra of Nitroxide Labeled Macromolecules. Applied Magnetic Resonance. 55(1-3). 159–186. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Qiuyan, Ya Zhuo, Pankaj Sharma, et al.. (2020). An Eight Amino Acid Segment Controls Oligomerization and Preferred Conformation of the two Non-visual Arrestins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 433(4). 166790–166790. 19 indexed citations

Eps, Ned Van, Christian Altenbach, Ng Lydia, et al.. (2018). G_i- and G_s-coupled GPCRs show different modes of G-protein binding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(10). 2383–2388. 61 indexed citations

Bergdoll, Lucie, Michael T. Lerch, John W. Patrick, et al.. (2017). Protonation state of glutamate 73 regulates the formation of a specific dimeric association of mVDAC1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(2). E172–E179. 37 indexed citations

Manglik, Aashish, Tae Hun Kim, Matthieu Masureel, et al.. (2015). Structural Insights into the Dynamic Process of β2-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling. Cell. 161(5). 1101–1111. 521 indexed citations breakdown →

Lerch, Michael, Zhongyu Yang, Christian Altenbach, & Wayne L. Hubbell. (2015). High-Pressure EPR and Site-Directed Spin Labeling for Mapping Molecular Flexibility in Proteins. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 564. 29–57. 12 indexed citations

Hubbell, Wayne L., Carlos J. López, Christian Altenbach, & Zhongyu Yang. (2013). Technological advances in site-directed spin labeling of proteins. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 23(5). 725–733. 260 indexed citations

Chen, Qiuyan, Ya Zhuo, Mi‐Yeon Kim, et al.. (2013). Self-Association of Arrestin Family Members. Handbook of experimental pharmacology. 219. 205–223. 26 indexed citations

Januszyk, Kurt, Mark R. Fleissner, Fa‐Kuen Shieh, et al.. (2011). Site‐directed spin labeling electron paramagnetic resonance study of the ORF1 protein from a mouse L1 retrotransposon. Protein Science. 20(7). 1231–1243. 2 indexed citations

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Fleissner, Mark R., Eric M. Brustad, Tamás Kálai, et al.. (2009). Site-directed spin labeling of a genetically encoded unnatural amino acid. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(51). 21637–21642. 209 indexed citations

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Altenbach, Christian, Ana Karin Kusnetzow, Oliver P. Ernst, Klaus Peter Hofmann, & Wayne L. Hubbell. (2008). High-resolution distance mapping in rhodopsin reveals the pattern of helix movement due to activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(21). 7439–7444. 378 indexed citations

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Смирнова, И. Н., Vladimir N. Kasho, Jun‐yong Choe, et al.. (2007). Sugar binding induces an outward facing conformation of LacY. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(42). 16504–16509. 152 indexed citations

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Hanson, Susan M., Ned Van Eps, Derek J. Francis, et al.. (2007). Structure and function of the visual arrestin oligomer. The EMBO Journal. 26(6). 1726–1736. 97 indexed citations

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Kim, Jong‐Myoung, Christian Altenbach, Masahiro Kono, et al.. (2004). Structural origins of constitutive activation in rhodopsin: Role of the K296/E113 salt bridge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(34). 12508–12513. 95 indexed citations

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Hubbell, Wayne L., et al.. (2003). Rhodopsin structure, dynamics, and activation: A perspective from crystallography, site-directed spin labeling, sulfhydryl reactivity, and disulfide cross-linking. Advances in protein chemistry. 63. 243–290. 295 indexed citations

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Gross, Adrian, Linda Columbus, Kálmán Hideg, Christian Altenbach, & Wayne L. Hubbell. (1999). Structure of the KcsA Potassium Channel from Streptomyces lividans: A Site-Directed Spin Labeling Study of the Second Transmembrane Segment. Biochemistry. 38(32). 10324–10335. 96 indexed citations

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Altenbach, Christian, Kewen Cai, H. G. Khorana, & Wayne L. Hubbell. (1999). Structural Features and Light-Dependent Changes in the Sequence 306−322 Extending from Helix VII to the Palmitoylation Sites in Rhodopsin: A Site-Directed Spin-Labeling Study^,. Biochemistry. 38(25). 7931–7937. 85 indexed citations

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Hubbell, Wayne L., Hassane S. Mchaourab, Christian Altenbach, & Michael A. Lietzow. (1996). Watching proteins move using site-directed spin labeling. Structure. 4(7). 779–783. 337 indexed citations

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Yang, Ke, David Farrens, Christian Altenbach, et al.. (1996). Structure and Function in Rhodopsin. Cysteines 65 and 316 Are in Proximity in a Rhodopsin Mutant As Indicated by Disulfide Formation and Interactions between Attached Spin Labels. Biochemistry. 35(45). 14040–14046. 73 indexed citations

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Altenbach, Christian, Wojciech Froncisz, James S. Hyde, & Wayne L. Hubbell. (1989). Conformation of spin-labeled melittin at membrane surfaces investigated by pulse saturation recovery and continuous wave power saturation electron paramagnetic resonance. Biophysical Journal. 56(6). 1183–1191. 117 indexed citations

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