Klaus Brettel

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

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Klaus Brettel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Klaus Brettel has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 31 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Klaus Brettel's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (61 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (43 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (29 papers). Klaus Brettel is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (61 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (43 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (29 papers). Klaus Brettel collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Klaus Brettel's co-authors include Martin Byrdin, André P. M. Eker, E. Schlodder, Winfried Leibl, Marten H. Vos, Paul Mathis, Margaret Ahmad, Pavel Müller, H. T. Witt and Pièrre Sétif and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Klaus Brettel

76 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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The Cryptochromes: Blue Light Photoreceptors in Plants and Animals

2011 645 citations Martin Byrdin, Thorsten Ritz et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Kinetics of Electron Returns in Successive Two-Photon DNA Repair by (6-4) Photolyase 2022 ·ACS Catalysis ·Klaus Brettel, Pavel Müller, Junpei Yamamoto	2
2	Sub-nanosecond tryptophan radical deprotonation mediated by a protein-bound water cluster in class II DNA photolyases 2017 ·Chemical Science ·Pavel Müller, (unknown), Stephan Kiontke, Klaus Brettel, Lars‐Oliver Essen	28
3	Ultrafast flavin photoreduction in an oxidized animal (6-4) photolyase through an unconventional tryptophan tetrad 2017 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Ryan Martin, Fabien Lacombat, Agathe Espagne, (unknown), Pascal Plaza, Junpei Yamamoto, Pavel Müller, Klaus Brettel, Aurélien de la Lande	21
4	An algal photoenzyme converts fatty acids to hydrocarbons 2017 ·Science ·Damien Sorigué, Bertrand Légeret, Stéphan Cuiné, Stéphanie Blangy, Solène Moulin, Emmanuelle Billon, Pierre Richaud, Sabine Brugière, Yohann Couté, Didier Nurizzo, Pavel Müller, Klaus Brettel, David Pignol, Pascal Arnoux, Yonghua Li‐Beisson, Gilles Peltier, Fred Beisson	367
5	Photochemistry of Wild‐Type and N378D Mutant E. coli DNA Photolyase with Oxidized FAD Cofactor Studied by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy 2016 ·ChemPhysChem ·Pavel Müller, Klaus Brettel, László Grama, Miklós Nyitrai, András Lukács	28
6	ATP Binding Turns Plant Cryptochrome Into an Efficient Natural Photoswitch 2014 ·Scientific Reports ·Pavel Müller, Jean‐Pierre Bouly, Kenichi Hitomi, Véronique Balland, Elizabeth D. Getzoff, Thorsten Ritz, Klaus Brettel	81
7	Reaction mechanisms of DNA photolyase 2010 ·Current Opinion in Structural Biology ·Klaus Brettel, Martin Byrdin	144
8	Light-induced Electron Transfer in Arabidopsis Cryptochrome-1 Correlates with in Vivo Function 2005 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Martin Byrdin, Jean‐Pierre Bouly, (unknown), Baldissera Giovani, Klaus Brettel, Margaret Ahmad	131
9	Temperature dependence of biphasic forward electron transfer from the phylloquinone(s) A1 in photosystem I: only the slower phase is activated 2003 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·(unknown), Klaus Brettel	67
10	Electron Transfer in Cyanobacterial Photosystem I 2003 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Wu Xu, Parag R. Chitnis, А. И. Валиева, Art van der Est, Klaus Brettel, Mariana Guergova-Kuras, Yulia Pushkar, Stephan G. Zech, D. Stehlik, Gaozhong Shen, Boris Zybailov, John H. Golbeck	86
11	Control of Electron Transport in Photosystem I by the Iron-Sulfur Cluster FX in Response to Intra- and Intersubunit Interactions 2003 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Xiaomin Gong, (unknown), Klaus Brettel, C. Carmeli	19
12	Assembly of Photosystem I 2002 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Gaozhong Shen, Mikhail L. Antonkine, Art van der Est, Ilya R. Vassiliev, Klaus Brettel, Robert Bittl, Stephan G. Zech, Jindong Zhao, D. Stehlik, Donald A. Bryant, John H. Golbeck	66
13	Electron transfer in photosystem I 2001 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Klaus Brettel, Winfried Leibl	312
14	Spectroscopic resolution of the picosecond reduction kinetics of the secondary electron acceptor A₁ in photosystem I 1999 ·FEBS Letters ·Klaus Brettel, Marten H. Vos	29
15	Electron transfer in the heliobacterial reaction center: evidence against a quinone-type electron acceptor functioning analogous to A1 in photosystem I 1998 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Klaus Brettel, Winfried Leibl, Ursula Liebl	42
16	Secondary Pair Charge Recombination in Photosystem I under Strongly Reducing Conditions: Temperature Dependence and Suggested Mechanism 1998 ·Biophysical Journal ·(unknown), Klaus Brettel	17
17	Spectral and kinetic characterization of electron acceptor A1 in a Photosystem I core devoid of iron-sulfur centers FX, FB and FA 1995 ·Photosynthesis Research ·Klaus Brettel, John H. Golbeck	37
18	Transient electron paramagnetic resonance of the triplet state of P700 in photosystem I: Evidence for triplet delocalization at room temperature 1993 ·Biochemistry ·(unknown), Klaus Brettel, Christian Bock, Arthur van der Est, D. Stehlik	36
19	Evidence for only one stable electron acceptor in the reaction center of Photosystem II in spinach chloroplasts 1985 ·Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics. ·Klaus Brettel, E. Schlodder, H. T. Witt	7
20	Reduction kinetics of the photo-oxidized chlorophyll a11 in chloroplasts measured in the nanosecond range at 837 nm under repetitive flash excitation 1983 ·Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics. ·Klaus Brettel, Horst Tobias Witt	18

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