J. Deisenhofer

34.7k total citations · 23 hit papers
134 papers, 27.5k citations indexed

About

J. Deisenhofer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Deisenhofer has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 27.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in J. Deisenhofer's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (40 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (32 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (22 papers). J. Deisenhofer is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (40 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (32 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (22 papers). J. Deisenhofer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. J. Deisenhofer's co-authors include Hartmut Michel, Robert Huber, Boštjan Kobe, O. Epp, Kunio Miki, Eva S. Istvan, Julian A. Peterson, W. Steigemann, Sekhar Boddupalli and Di Xia and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

J. Deisenhofer

134 papers receiving 26.5k citations

Hit Papers

Structure of the protein subunits in the photosynthetic r... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1985 1984 2001 1981 1981 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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  1. Structure of the protein subunits in the photosynthetic reaction centre of Rhodopseudomonas viridis at 3Å resolution
    1985 2.2k citations J. Deisenhofer, O. Epp et al. profile →
  2. X-ray structure analysis of a membrane protein complex
    1984 1.4k citations J. Deisenhofer, O. Epp et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  3. Structural Mechanism for Statin Inhibition of HMG-CoA Reductase
    2001 1.3k citations J. Deisenhofer et al. Science profile →
  4. Crystallographic refinement and atomic models of a human Fc fragment and its complex with fragment B of protein A from Staphylococcus aureus at 2.9- and 2.8-A resolution.
    1981 1.2k citations J. Deisenhofer PubMed profile →
  5. Crystallographic refinement and atomic models of a human Fc fragment and its complex with fragment B of protein A from Staphylococcus aureus at 2.9- and 2.8-.ANG. resolution
    1981 1.1k citations J. Deisenhofer profile →
  6. The leucine-rich repeat: a versatile binding motif
    1994 1.0k citations J. Deisenhofer et al. profile →
  7. Crystal Structure of the Cytochrome bc 1 Complex from Bovine Heart Mitochondria
    1997 759 citations Di Xia, Chang-An Yu et al. Science profile →
  8. Crystal Structure of Hemoprotein Domain of P450BM-3, a Prototype for Microsomal P450's
    1993 739 citations Julian A. Peterson, J. Deisenhofer et al. Science profile →
  9. Human α1-proteinase inhibitor
    1984 681 citations J. Deisenhofer, Robert Huber et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  10. Relevance of the photosynthetic reaction center from purple bacteria to the structure of photosystem II
    1988 606 citations Hartmut Michel, J. Deisenhofer profile →
  11. Structure and function of cytochromes P450:a comparative analysis of three crystal structures
    1995 584 citations Charles A. Hasemann, Julian A. Peterson et al. profile →
  12. A structural basis of the interactions between leucine-rich repeats and protein ligands
    1995 559 citations J. Deisenhofer et al. profile →
  13. Structure of N-Terminal Domain of NPC1 Reveals Distinct Subdomains for Binding and Transfer of Cholesterol
    2009 515 citations J. Deisenhofer et al. Cell profile →
  14. Crystal structure of porcine ribonuclease inhibitor, a protein with leucine-rich repeats
    1993 511 citations J. Deisenhofer et al. profile →
  15. Crystallographic refinement at 2.3 Å Resolution and Refined Model of the Photosynthetic Reaction Centre fromRhodopseudomonas viridis
    1995 508 citations J. Deisenhofer, O. Epp et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  16. The geometry of the reactive site and of the peptide groups in trypsin, trypsinogen and its complexes with inhibitors
    1983 507 citations J. Deisenhofer et al. profile →
  17. Crystal Structure of DNA Photolyase from Escherichia coli
    1995 497 citations J. Deisenhofer et al. Science profile →
  18. Structure of the complex formed by bovine trypsin and bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor
    1974 481 citations Robert Huber, J. Deisenhofer et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  19. Crystallographic refinement of the structure of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor at l.5 Å resolution
    1975 474 citations J. Deisenhofer et al. profile →
  20. Pigment-protein interactions in the photosynthetic reaction centre from Rhodopseudomonas viridis
    1986 401 citations O. Epp, J. Deisenhofer et al. profile →
  21. Crystallographic refinement and atomic models of the intact immunoglobulin molecule Kol and its antigen-binding fragment at 3.0 Å and 1.9 Å resolution
    1980 392 citations J. Deisenhofer, Robert Huber et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  22. Crystallographic structure studies of an IgG molecule and an Fc fragment
    1976 345 citations Robert Huber, J. Deisenhofer et al. profile →
  23. Structural homology of reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides and Rhodopseudomonas viridis as determined by x-ray diffraction.
    1986 229 citations J. Deisenhofer, Hartmut Michel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Deisenhofer United States 72 19.4k 4.4k 3.1k 3.0k 2.6k 134 27.5k
Brian D. Sykes Canada 74 19.2k 1.0× 4.2k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 468 28.5k
William F. DeGrado United States 111 32.1k 1.7× 6.7k 1.5× 2.2k 0.7× 2.6k 0.9× 2.3k 0.9× 538 43.5k
Stephan Grzesiek Switzerland 66 22.5k 1.2× 6.0k 1.4× 1.6k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 1.7k 0.7× 171 29.5k
Mitsuhiko Ikura Canada 86 22.1k 1.1× 4.0k 0.9× 4.3k 1.4× 942 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 305 29.8k
Gerald D. Fasman United States 64 22.3k 1.2× 4.3k 1.0× 1.6k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 234 30.2k
Donald M. Engelman United States 85 21.0k 1.1× 2.0k 0.5× 3.1k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 250 25.8k
John L. Markley United States 72 20.1k 1.0× 5.2k 1.2× 1.2k 0.4× 859 0.3× 1.4k 0.6× 507 27.9k
Robert Kaptein Netherlands 64 14.1k 0.7× 3.8k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 889 0.3× 347 20.1k
H. Jane Dyson United States 94 31.4k 1.6× 10.1k 2.3× 1.4k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 305 37.3k
Wonpil Im United States 64 20.2k 1.0× 2.7k 0.6× 2.4k 0.8× 3.1k 1.1× 988 0.4× 319 27.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ferguson, Andrew D., Vyacheslav M. Labunskyy, Dmitri E. Fomenko, et al.. (2005). NMR Structures of the Selenoproteins Sep15 and SelM Reveal Redox Activity of a New Thioredoxin-like Family. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(6). 3536–3543. 155 indexed citations
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Pili‐Floury, Sébastien, Mireille Hervé, Claudine Parquet, et al.. (2004). A Drosophila Pattern Recognition Receptor Contains a Peptidoglycan Docking Groove and Unusual L,D-Carboxypeptidase Activity. PLoS Biology. 2(9). e277–e277. 93 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Andrew D. & J. Deisenhofer. (2004). Metal Import through Microbial Membranes. Cell. 116(1). 15–24. 116 indexed citations
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Hunt, J.F. & J. Deisenhofer. (2003). Ping-pong cross-validation in real space: a method for increasing the phasing power of a partial model without risk of model bias. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 59(2). 214–224. 5 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Andrew D., Ranjan Chakraborty, Barbara Smith, et al.. (2002). Structural Basis of Gating by the Outer Membrane Transporter FecA. Science. 295(5560). 1715–1719. 287 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Andrew D. & J. Deisenhofer. (2002). TonB-dependent receptors—structural perspectives. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1565(2). 318–332. 127 indexed citations
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Usher, Ken C., Engin Özkan, Kevin H. Gardner, & J. Deisenhofer. (2001). The plug domain of FepA, a TonB-dependent transport protein from Escherichia coli , binds its siderophore in the absence of the transmembrane barrel domain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(19). 10676–10681. 51 indexed citations
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Yu, Chang‐An, Kaiping Deng, Di Xia, et al.. (1999). Structure and reaction mechanisms of multifunctional mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex. BioFactors. 9(2-4). 103–109. 11 indexed citations
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Kim, Hoeon, Lothar Esser, M. Bilayet Hossain, et al.. (1999). Structure of Antimycin A1, a Specific Electron Transfer Inhibitor of Ubiquinol−Cytochrome c Oxidoreductase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 121(20). 4902–4903. 35 indexed citations
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Yu, Chang-An, et al.. (1998). Structural basis of functions of the mitochondrial cytochrome bc1 complex. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1365(1-2). 151–158. 46 indexed citations
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Kim, Hoeon, Di Xia, J. Deisenhofer, et al.. (1997). X-ray crystallographic studies on an inhibitor-induced conformational change of the iron-sulfur protein in mitochondrial BC1 complex. The FASEB Journal. 11(9). 2 indexed citations
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Buchanan, Susan K., Brian J. Smith, Lalitha Venkatramani, D. VAN DER HELM, & J. Deisenhofer. (1996). Overexpression, refolding, and crystallization of an 80 kDa outer membrane protein. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 52(a1). C141–C141. 1 indexed citations
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Hasemann, Charles A., Kirubhagaran Ravichandran, Julian A. Peterson, & J. Deisenhofer. (1994). Crystal structure and refinement of cytochrome P450terp at 2·3 Å resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology. 236(4). 1169–1185. 329 indexed citations
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Wu, Donghai, et al.. (1993). Expression, Purification, and Characterization of Recombinant Drosophila Choline Acetyltransferase. Journal of Neurochemistry. 61(4). 1416–1422. 3 indexed citations
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Deisenhofer, J. & Hartmut Michel. (1991). Structures of Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers. PubMed. 7(1). 1–23. 46 indexed citations
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Michel, Hartmut & J. Deisenhofer. (1988). The structure of the photosynthetic reaction centre from Rhodopseudomonas viridis. 86(1). 37–45. 1 indexed citations
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Zinth, Wolfgang, E. W. Knapp, Sighart F. Fischer, et al.. (1985). Correlation of structural and spectroscopic properties of a photosynthetic reaction center. Chemical Physics Letters. 119(1). 1–4. 47 indexed citations
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Deisenhofer, J., et al.. (1983). Structural parameters of ligand binding by lupine leghemoglobin at 2.0 A resolution.. 270. 190–195. 1 indexed citations
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Huber, Robert, Henning Scholze, Eric P. PÂQUES, & J. Deisenhofer. (1980). Crystal Structure Analysis and Molecular Model of Human C3a Anaphylatoxin. Hoppe-Seyler´s Zeitschrift für physiologische Chemie. 361(2). 1389–1400. 101 indexed citations
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Huber, Robert, J. Deisenhofer, Peter M. Colman, et al.. (1976). Proceedings: X-ray diffraction analysis of immunoglobulin structure.. PubMed. 357(5). 614–5. 4 indexed citations

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