Matthias P. Mayer

18.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
137 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Matthias P. Mayer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias P. Mayer has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 22 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Matthias P. Mayer's work include Heat shock proteins research (96 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (44 papers) and thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses (25 papers). Matthias P. Mayer is often cited by papers focused on Heat shock proteins research (96 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (44 papers) and thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses (25 papers). Matthias P. Mayer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Matthias P. Mayer's co-authors include Bernd Bukau, Roman Kityk, Nadinath B. Nillegoda, Stefan Rüdiger, Rina Rosenzweig, Thomas Laufen, Axel Mogk, Jürgen Kopp, Markus Vogel and Laura Le Breton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Matthias P. Mayer

136 papers receiving 13.6k 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.

Hsp70 chaperones: Cellular functions and molecular mechanism

2005 2.2k citations Matthias P. Mayer, Bernd Bukau Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences profile →
The Hsp70 chaperone network

2019 855 citations Nadinath B. Nillegoda, Matthias P. Mayer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthias P. Mayer Germany	61	11.7k	2.9k	1.9k	1.6k	1.2k	137	13.8k
Laurence H. Pearl United Kingdom	76	18.0k 1.5×	2.2k 0.8×	2.7k 1.4×	2.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	217	21.3k
Manajit Hayer‐Hartl Germany	53	15.6k 1.3×	3.5k 1.2×	3.6k 1.9×	1.6k 1.0×	744 0.6×	98	18.1k
Judith Frydman United States	68	12.9k 1.1×	3.4k 1.2×	2.5k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	382 0.3×	157	15.8k
Luke Whitesell United States	59	10.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	780 0.4×	4.2k 2.7×	1.1k 0.9×	147	15.8k
Chrisostomos Prodromou United Kingdom	51	11.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	111	12.1k
Klaus Richter Germany	51	7.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	827 0.5×	673 0.6×	172	9.9k
Andreas Bracher Germany	47	8.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	688 0.4×	323 0.3×	100	10.1k
Elizabeth A. Craig United States	80	22.0k 1.9×	4.3k 1.5×	2.2k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	2.6k 2.1×	232	24.6k
Stuart K. Calderwood United States	72	12.4k 1.1×	3.4k 1.2×	497 0.3×	3.4k 2.2×	1.8k 1.5×	230	16.4k
Axel Mogk Germany	64	10.8k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	2.6k 1.4×	928 0.6×	355 0.3×	127	13.2k

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Vermeulen, Bram J. A., et al.. (2025). Structural insights into the interplay between microtubule polymerases, γ-tubulin complexes and their receptors. Nature Communications. 16(1). 402–402. 1 indexed citations

Mayer, Matthias P., et al.. (2024). An Approach for Expulsion Predicting in Resistance Spot Welding. Procedia CIRP. 130. 1732–1738. 1 indexed citations

Breton, Laura Le, et al.. (2020). Feedback regulation of heat shock factor 1 (Hsf1) activity by Hsp70‐mediated trimer unzipping and dissociation from DNA. The EMBO Journal. 39(14). e104096–e104096. 61 indexed citations

Waarde, Maria A.W.H. van, Anne S. Wentink, Maarten J. Kamphuis, et al.. (2020). Functional diversity between HSP70 paralogs caused by variable interactions with specific co-chaperones. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(21). 7301–7316. 42 indexed citations

Malsam, Jörg, Thorsten Trimbuch, Andreas F.‐P. Sonnen, et al.. (2020). Complexin Suppresses Spontaneous Exocytosis by Capturing the Membrane-Proximal Regions of VAMP2 and SNAP25. Cell Reports. 32(3). 107926–107926. 28 indexed citations

Xu, Wanping, Kristin Beebe, Juan D. Chavez, et al.. (2019). Hsp90 middle domain phosphorylation initiates a complex conformational program to recruit the ATPase-stimulating cochaperone Aha1. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2574–2574. 47 indexed citations

Wen, Ying, Xueqiong Zhou, Meiling He, et al.. (2018). Bclaf1 promotes angiogenesis by regulating HIF-1α transcription in hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncogene. 38(11). 1845–1859. 85 indexed citations

Mayer, Matthias P. & Lila M. Gierasch. (2018). Recent advances in the structural and mechanistic aspects of Hsp70 molecular chaperones. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(6). 2085–2097. 202 indexed citations

Kityk, Roman, Jürgen Kopp, & Matthias P. Mayer. (2017). Molecular Mechanism of J-Domain-Triggered ATP Hydrolysis by Hsp70 Chaperones. Molecular Cell. 69(2). 227–237.e4. 191 indexed citations

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Kityk, Roman, Alok Jain, Véronique Albanèse, et al.. (2016). Multivalent contacts of the Hsp70 Ssb contribute to its architecture on ribosomes and nascent chain interaction. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13695–13695. 25 indexed citations

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Ahlmann-Eltze, Constantin, Jan Gleixner, Carolin Schmelas, et al.. (2015). Backbone circularization of Bacillus subtilis family 11 xylanase increases its thermostability and its resistance against aggregation. Molecular BioSystems. 11(12). 3231–3243. 20 indexed citations

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Stankiewicz-Kosyl, Marta & Matthias P. Mayer. (2011). The universe of Hsp90. BioMolecular Concepts. 3(1). 79–97. 15 indexed citations

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Rutkowska, Anna, Matthias P. Mayer, Anja Hoffmann, et al.. (2007). Dynamics of Trigger Factor Interaction with Translating Ribosomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(7). 4124–4132. 77 indexed citations

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Hu, Bin, Matthias P. Mayer, & Masaru Tomita. (2006). Modeling Hsp70-Mediated Protein Folding. Biophysical Journal. 91(2). 496–507. 31 indexed citations

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Mayer, Matthias P. & Bernd Bukau. (2005). Hsp70 chaperones: Cellular functions and molecular mechanism. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 62(6). 670–84. 2200 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pröls, Felicitas, et al.. (2003). Revisiting vimentin expression in early chick development. Anatomy and Embryology. 206(5). 391–397. 3 indexed citations

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Roth, Sabine, Nicholas Willcox, Rafał Rzepka, Matthias P. Mayer, & Inga Melchers. (2002). Major Differences in Antigen-Processing Correlate with a Single Arg71↔Lys Substitution in HLA-DR Molecules Predisposing to Rheumatoid Arthritis and with Their Selective Interactions with 70-kDa Heat Shock Protein Chaperones. The Journal of Immunology. 169(6). 3015–3020. 19 indexed citations

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Mayer, Matthias P., Dirk Brehmer, Claudia S. Gässler, & Bernd Bukau. (2001). Hsp70 chaperone machines. Advances in protein chemistry. 59. 1–44. 113 indexed citations

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Gässler, Claudia S., et al.. (2001). Bag-1M Accelerates Nucleotide Release for Human Hsc70 and Hsp70 and Can Act Concentration-dependent as Positive and Negative Cofactor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(35). 32538–32544. 130 indexed citations

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Mayer, Matthias P. & Bernd Bukau. (1999). Molecular chaperones: The busy life of Hsp90. Current Biology. 9(9). R322–R325. 123 indexed citations

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