Michael Forgac

14.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
124 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Michael Forgac is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Forgac has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Forgac's work include ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (110 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (77 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (43 papers). Michael Forgac is often cited by papers focused on ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (110 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (77 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (43 papers). Michael Forgac collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Michael Forgac's co-authors include Tsuyoshi Nishi, Tom H. Stevens, Laura Stransky, Shoko Kawasaki-Nishi, Yu Feng, Elena Vasilyeva, Kristina Cotter, Sarah Bond, Takao Inoué and Stephan Wilkens and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Physiological Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Michael Forgac

123 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Vacuolar ATPases: rotary proton pumps in physiology and pathophysiology

2007 1.2k citations Michael Forgac Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
The vacuolar (H+)-ATPases — nature's most versatile proton pumps

2002 981 citations Tsuyoshi Nishi, Michael Forgac Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
Structure and function of vacuolar class of ATP-driven proton pumps

1989 527 citations Michael Forgac profile →
STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND REGULATION OF THE VACUOLAR (H⁺)-ATPase

1997 506 citations Tom H. Stevens, Michael Forgac profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Forgac United States	61	9.6k	1.3k	1.0k	748	653	124	11.5k
Masamitsu Futai Japan	64	12.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	645 0.6×	684 0.9×	1.6k 2.4×	290	15.3k
Yoh Wada Japan	47	5.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.3×	252 0.3×	1.1k 1.5×	456 0.7×	117	7.0k
Mark Skehel United Kingdom	54	8.0k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	338 0.3×	671 0.9×	730 1.1×	151	9.9k
Tom H. Stevens United States	71	11.3k 1.2×	7.5k 5.9×	706 0.7×	972 1.3×	470 0.7×	136	14.1k
Sen‐Fang Sui China	40	4.4k 0.5×	551 0.4×	560 0.6×	778 1.0×	554 0.8×	172	5.9k
F. Lottspeich Germany	55	5.1k 0.5×	1.8k 1.4×	218 0.2×	481 0.6×	585 0.9×	134	8.2k
Stephen L. Gluck United States	42	5.5k 0.6×	665 0.5×	187 0.2×	657 0.9×	524 0.8×	83	7.3k
John M. Lucocq United Kingdom	51	6.4k 0.7×	3.5k 2.7×	119 0.1×	751 1.0×	988 1.5×	128	9.7k
Emma Jean Bowman United States	31	4.0k 0.4×	583 0.5×	309 0.3×	376 0.5×	229 0.4×	48	5.3k
Boris Maček Germany	55	10.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	197 0.2×	916 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	203	14.7k

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Collins, Michael P., Laura Stransky, & Michael Forgac. (2020). AKT Ser/Thr kinase increases V-ATPase–dependent lysosomal acidification in response to amino acid starvation in mammalian cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(28). 9433–9444. 21 indexed citations

Forgac, Michael. (2016). Regulation of V-ATPase assembly and function of V-ATPases in tumor cell invasiveness. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1857. e6–e6. 1 indexed citations

Cotter, Kristina, et al.. (2014). Activity of Plasma Membrane V-ATPases Is Critical for the Invasion of MDA-MB231 Breast Cancer Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(6). 3680–3692. 82 indexed citations

Hinton, Ayana, Souad R. Sennoune, Sarah Bond, et al.. (2009). Function of a Subunit Isoforms of the V-ATPase in pH Homeostasis and in Vitro Invasion of MDA-MB231 Human Breast Cancer Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(24). 16400–16408. 167 indexed citations

Forgac, Michael. (2008). S1/7 Structure, function and regulation of the vacuolar ATPases. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1777. S10–S10. 1 indexed citations

Inoué, Takao, et al.. (2005). Structure and Regulation of the V-ATPases. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 37(6). 393–398. 44 indexed citations

Wang, Yanru, Takao Inoué, & Michael Forgac. (2005). Subunit a of the Yeast V-ATPase Participates in Binding of Bafilomycin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(49). 40481–40488. 64 indexed citations

Wang, Yanru, Takao Inoué, & Michael Forgac. (2004). TM2 but Not TM4 of Subunit c″ Interacts with TM7 of Subunit a of the Yeast V-ATPase as Defined by Disulfide-mediated Cross-linking. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(43). 44628–44638. 29 indexed citations

Wilkens, Stephan, Takao Inoué, & Michael Forgac. (2004). Three-Dimensional Structure of the Vacuolar ATPase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(40). 41942–41949. 81 indexed citations

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Nishi, Tsuyoshi, Shoko Kawasaki-Nishi, & Michael Forgac. (2003). Expression and Function of the Mouse V-ATPase d Subunit Isoforms. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(47). 46396–46402. 48 indexed citations

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Nishi, Tsuyoshi, Shoko Kawasaki-Nishi, & Michael Forgac. (2003). The First Putative Transmembrane Segment of Subunit c“ (Vma16p) of the Yeast V-ATPase Is Not Necessary for Function. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(8). 5821–5827. 32 indexed citations

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Nishi, Tsuyoshi & Michael Forgac. (2002). The vacuolar (H+)-ATPases — nature's most versatile proton pumps. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 3(2). 94–103. 981 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kawasaki-Nishi, Shoko, Katherine Bowers, Tsuyoshi Nishi, Michael Forgac, & Tom H. Stevens. (2001). The Amino-terminal Domain of the Vacuolar Proton-translocating ATPase a Subunit Controls Targeting and in Vivo Dissociation, and the Carboxyl-terminal Domain Affects Coupling of Proton Transport and ATP Hydrolysis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(50). 47411–47420. 164 indexed citations

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Wilkens, Stephan & Michael Forgac. (2001). Three-dimensional Structure of the Vacuolar ATPase Proton Channel by Electron Microscopy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(47). 44064–44068. 76 indexed citations

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Forgac, Michael. (1999). The Vacuolar H+-ATPase of Clathrin-coated Vesicles Is Reversibly Inhibited by S-Nitrosoglutathione. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(3). 1301–1305. 50 indexed citations

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Forgac, Michael. (1999). Structure and Properties of the Clathrin-Coated Vesicle and Yeast Vacuolar V-ATPases. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 31(1). 57–65. 34 indexed citations

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Forgac, Michael. (1999). Structure and Properties of the Vacuolar (H+)-ATPases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(19). 12951–12954. 260 indexed citations

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Forgac, Michael. (1998). Structure, function and regulation of the vacuolar (H⁺)‐ATPases. FEBS Letters. 440(3). 258–263. 107 indexed citations

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Liu, Qing, et al.. (1997). Site-directed Mutagenesis of the Yeast V-ATPase A Subunit. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(18). 11750–11756. 73 indexed citations

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Forgac, Michael. (1992). Introduction. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 24(4). 339–340. 6 indexed citations

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