Erkan Karakaş

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Erkan Karakaş is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erkan Karakaş has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Erkan Karakaş's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers) and Caveolin-1 and cellular processes (5 papers). Erkan Karakaş is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers) and Caveolin-1 and cellular processes (5 papers). Erkan Karakaş collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Türkiye. Erkan Karakaş's co-authors include Hiro Furukawa, Noriko Simorowski, Caroline Kisker, Nikolaus Grigorieff, Timothy Grant, J.J. Truglio, Bennett Van Houten, Michael C. Regan, Rubén Díaz-Avalos and N. Tajima and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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Erkan Karakaş

29 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Crystal structure of a heterotetrameric NMDA receptor ion channel

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A conserved mechanism of LRRC8 channel inhibition by two structurally distinct drugs 2025 ·Communications Biology ·Toshiki Yamada, Paola Bisignano, Erkan Karakaş, Jerod S. Denton	1
2	Evolutionarily diverse caveolins share a common structural framework built around amphipathic disks 2025 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Bing Han, (unknown), Darrin T. Schultz, Louis F.L. Wilson, Alican Gulsevin, Jens Meiler, Erkan Karakaş, Melanie D. Ohi, Anne K. Kenworthy	0
3	Exploring Conformal Soliton Structures in Tangent Bundles with Ricci-Quarter Symmetric Metric Connections 2024 ·Mathematics ·Yanlin Li, Aydın Gezer, Erkan Karakaş	7
4	Conformational cycle of a protease-containing ABC transporter in lipid nanodiscs reveals the mechanism of cargo-protein coupling 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Kevin L. Jagessar, (unknown), (unknown), Richard A. Stein, Mahmoud Moradi, Erkan Karakaş, Hassane S. Mchaourab	3
5	Cryo-EM structures of an LRRC8 chimera with native functional properties reveal heptameric assembly 2023 ·eLife ·Hirohide Takahashi, Toshiki Yamada, Jerod S. Denton, Kevin Strange, Erkan Karakaş	16
6	Molecular architecture of the human caveolin-1 complex 2022 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), Bing Han, Alican Gulsevin, Jeong Min Chung, Yelena Peskova, (unknown), Hassane S. Mchaourab, Jens Meiler, Erkan Karakaş, Anne K. Kenworthy, Melanie D. Ohi	62
7	Structural basis for activation and gating of IP3 receptors 2022 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Hirohide Takahashi, Erkan Karakaş	38
8	Structural insights into the mechanism of the sodium/iodide symporter 2022 ·Nature ·(unknown), Juan P. Nicola, (unknown), Fred J. Sigworth, Erkan Karakaş, L. Mario Amzel, Mario A. Bianchet, Nancy Carrasco	24
9	Structure and assembly of CAV1 8S complexes revealed by single particle electron microscopy 2020 ·Science Advances ·Bing Han, (unknown), (unknown), Yelena Peskova, Elad Binshtein, Kelly A. Dryden, Derek P. Claxton, Hassane S. Mchaourab, Erkan Karakaş, Melanie D. Ohi, Anne K. Kenworthy	24
10	Structural Mechanism of Functional Modulation by Gene Splicing in NMDA Receptors 2018 ·Neuron ·Michael C. Regan, Timothy Grant, Miranda J. McDaniel, Erkan Karakaş, Jing Zhang, Stephen F. Traynelis, Nikolaus Grigorieff, Hiro Furukawa	53
11	Activation of NMDA receptors and the mechanism of inhibition by ifenprodil 2016 ·Nature ·N. Tajima, Erkan Karakaş, Timothy Grant, Noriko Simorowski, Rubén Díaz-Avalos, Nikolaus Grigorieff, Hiro Furukawa	172
12	Emerging structural insights into the function of ionotropic glutamate receptors 2015 ·Trends in Biochemical Sciences ·Erkan Karakaş, Michael C. Regan, Hiro Furukawa	59
13	Crystal structure of a heterotetrameric NMDA receptor ion channel breakdown → 2014 ·Science ·Erkan Karakaş, Hiro Furukawa	482
14	Structural Determinants and Mechanism of Action of a GluN2C-selective NMDA Receptor Positive Allosteric Modulator 2014 ·Molecular Pharmacology ·Alpa Khatri, Pieter B. Burger, Sharon A. Swanger, Kasper B. Hansen, (unknown), Erkan Karakaş, Dennis C. Liotta, Hiro Furukawa, James P. Snyder, Stephen F. Traynelis	59
15	Mapping the Binding of GluN2B-Selective N-Methyl-d-aspartate Receptor Negative Allosteric Modulators 2012 ·Molecular Pharmacology ·Pieter B. Burger, Hongjie Yuan, Erkan Karakaş, Matthew T. Geballe, Hiro Furukawa, Dennis C. Liotta, James P. Snyder, Stephen F. Traynelis	36
16	Subunit arrangement and phenylethanolamine binding in GluN1/GluN2B NMDA receptors 2011 ·Nature ·Erkan Karakaş, Noriko Simorowski, Hiro Furukawa	282
17	Structure of the zinc‐bound amino‐terminal domain of the NMDA receptor NR2B subunit 2009 ·The EMBO Journal ·Erkan Karakaş, Noriko Simorowski, Hiro Furukawa	154
18	Structural basis for DNA recognition and processing by UvrB 2006 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·J.J. Truglio, Erkan Karakaş, (unknown), Hong Wang, Matthew J. DellaVecchia, Bennett Van Houten, Caroline Kisker	93
19	Structural Insights into Sulfite Oxidase Deficiency 2005 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Erkan Karakaş, Heather L. Wilson, Tyler N. Graf, Song Xiang, (unknown), K.V. Rajagopalan, Caroline Kisker	67
20	Structural insights into the first incision reaction during nucleotide excision repair 2005 ·The EMBO Journal ·J.J. Truglio, (unknown), Deborah L. Croteau, Liqun Wang, Milan Škorvaga, Erkan Karakaş, Matthew J. DellaVecchia, Hong Wang, Bennett Van Houten, Caroline Kisker	75

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