Peter Walter

65.8k total citations · 25 hit papers
354 papers, 50.4k citations indexed

About

Peter Walter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Walter has authored 354 papers receiving a total of 50.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Molecular Biology, 149 papers in Cell Biology and 77 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter Walter's work include Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (114 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (98 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (67 papers). Peter Walter is often cited by papers focused on Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (114 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (98 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (67 papers). Peter Walter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Peter Walter's co-authors include David Ron, Günter Blobel, Carmela Sidrauski, Sebastián Bernales, Caroline E. Shamu, Jonathan H. Lin, Mauro Costa‐Mattioli, Reid Gilmore, Jodi Nunnari and Brooke M. Gardner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Peter Walter

347 papers receiving 49.2k citations

Hit Papers

Signal integration in the... 1981 2026 1996 2011 2007 2011 2007 1996 2009 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Signal integration in the endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response
    2007 5.2k citations Peter Walter et al. profile →
  2. The Unfolded Protein Response: From Stress Pathway to Homeostatic Regulation
    2011 4.5k citations Peter Walter et al. Science profile →
  3. IRE1 Signaling Affects Cell Fate During the Unfolded Protein Response
    2007 1.1k citations Jonathan H. Lin, Han Li et al. Science profile →
  4. Oligomerization and phosphorylation of the Ire1p kinase during intracellular signaling from the endoplasmic reticulum to the nucleus.
    1996 1.1k citations Peter Walter et al. profile →
  5. An ER-Mitochondria Tethering Complex Revealed by a Synthetic Biology Screen
    2009 1.0k citations Benoı̂t Kornmann, Erin Currie et al. Science profile →
  6. The integrated stress response: From mechanism to disease
    2020 892 citations Mauro Costa‐Mattioli, Peter Walter Science profile →
  7. Autophagy Counterbalances Endoplasmic Reticulum Expansion during the Unfolded Protein Response
    2006 802 citations Peter Walter et al. profile →
  8. Regulated Ire1-dependent decay of messenger RNAs in mammalian cells
    2009 775 citations Jonathan H. Lin, Han Li et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  9. Protein translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum
    1984 705 citations Peter Walter et al. profile →
  10. The Transmembrane Kinase Ire1p Is a Site-Specific Endonuclease That Initiates mRNA Splicing in the Unfolded Protein Response
    1997 692 citations Carmela Sidrauski, Peter Walter profile →
  11. Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Disease Pathogenesis
    2008 660 citations Jonathan H. Lin, Peter Walter et al. profile →
  12. Translocation of proteins across the endoplasmic reticulum III. Signal recognition protein (SRP) causes signal sequence-dependent and site-specific arrest of chain elongation that is released by microsomal membranes.
    1981 638 citations Peter Walter et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  13. [6] Preparation of microsomal membranes for cotranslational protein translocation
    1983 615 citations Peter Walter et al. profile →
  14. Functional genomic screen reveals genes involved in lipid-droplet formation and utilization
    2008 614 citations Peter Walter et al. profile →
  15. Signal recognition particle contains a 7S RNA essential for protein translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum
    1982 604 citations Peter Walter et al. profile →
  16. Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Sensing in the Unfolded Protein Response
    2013 587 citations Peter Walter et al. profile →
  17. Comprehensive Characterization of Genes Required for Protein Folding in the Endoplasmic Reticulum
    2009 578 citations Sean R. Collins, Peter Walter et al. Science profile →
  18. Unfolded Proteins Are Ire1-Activating Ligands That Directly Induce the Unfolded Protein Response
    2011 544 citations Peter Walter et al. Science profile →
  19. Translocation of proteins across the endoplasmic reticulum. I. Signal recognition protein (SRP) binds to in-vitro-assembled polysomes synthesizing secretory protein.
    1981 527 citations Peter Walter et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  20. The unfolded protein response signals through high-order assembly of Ire1
    2008 512 citations Alexei Korennykh, Janet Finer-Moore et al. profile →
  21. Pharmacological brake-release of mRNA translation enhances cognitive memory
    2013 500 citations Carmela Sidrauski, Diego Acosta‐Alvear et al. eLife profile →
  22. The small molecule ISRIB reverses the effects of eIF2α phosphorylation on translation and stress granule assembly
    2015 456 citations Carmela Sidrauski, Peter Walter et al. eLife profile →
  23. Opposing unfolded-protein-response signals converge on death receptor 5 to control apoptosis
    2014 447 citations Min Lu, David A. Lawrence et al. Science profile →
  24. Translocation of proteins across the endoplasmic reticulum. II. Signal recognition protein (SRP) mediates the selective binding to microsomal membranes of in-vitro-assembled polysomes synthesizing secretory protein.
    1981 341 citations Peter Walter et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  25. Protein translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum. I. Detection in the microsomal membrane of a receptor for the signal recognition particle.
    1982 310 citations Peter Walter et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Peter Walter 34.3k 24.8k 10.8k 7.1k 4.1k 354 50.4k
Scott D. Emr 31.8k 0.9× 27.5k 1.1× 7.1k 0.7× 2.7k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 247 44.5k
Alfred L. Goldberg 49.6k 1.4× 17.3k 0.7× 10.2k 0.9× 5.7k 0.8× 6.7k 1.7× 369 67.3k
Tom A. Rapoport 24.0k 0.7× 14.1k 0.6× 3.7k 0.3× 6.2k 0.9× 2.9k 0.7× 246 32.8k
Randal J. Kaufman 42.0k 1.2× 39.1k 1.6× 21.4k 2.0× 7.6k 1.1× 9.1k 2.2× 466 82.2k
Stephen J. Elledge 76.0k 2.2× 15.0k 0.6× 5.8k 0.5× 10.1k 1.4× 6.9k 1.7× 367 93.0k
J. Wade Harper 48.8k 1.4× 11.7k 0.5× 9.5k 0.9× 5.0k 0.7× 3.8k 0.9× 307 62.5k
Michael N. Hall 34.3k 1.0× 6.7k 0.3× 4.9k 0.5× 3.7k 0.5× 3.7k 0.9× 246 44.9k
Nahum Sonenberg 77.5k 2.3× 7.9k 0.3× 6.5k 0.6× 8.7k 1.2× 9.1k 2.2× 673 97.8k
Aaron Ciechanover 35.5k 1.0× 9.2k 0.4× 7.1k 0.7× 3.6k 0.5× 4.3k 1.0× 294 43.8k
Tony Hunter 77.6k 2.3× 17.5k 0.7× 4.1k 0.4× 9.5k 1.3× 11.8k 2.9× 504 103.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Walter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Walter

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Walter. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Walter based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Peter Walter. Peter Walter is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Lawrence, Rosalie, Sophie R. Shoemaker, Smriti Sangwan, et al.. (2023). A helical fulcrum in eIF2B coordinates allosteric regulation of stress signaling. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(4). 422–431. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Lan, Alexander G. Myasnikov, Xingjie Pan, & Peter Walter. (2020). Structure of the AAA protein Msp1 reveals mechanism of mislocalized membrane protein extraction. eLife. 9. 41 indexed citations
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Costa‐Mattioli, Mauro & Peter Walter. (2020). The integrated stress response: From mechanism to disease. Science. 368(6489). 892 indexed citations breakdown →
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Peschek, Jirka & Peter Walter. (2019). tRNA ligase structure reveals kinetic competition between non-conventional mRNA splicing and mRNA decay. eLife. 8. 24 indexed citations
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Cohen, Nir, Michal Breker, Anush Bakunts, et al.. (2017). Iron affects Ire1 clustering propensity and the amplitude of endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling. Journal of Cell Science. 130(19). 3222–3233. 35 indexed citations
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Starck, Shelley R., Jordan C. Tsai, Keling Chen, et al.. (2016). Translation from the 5′ untranslated region shapes the integrated stress response. Science. 351(6272). aad3867–aad3867. 275 indexed citations
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Rao, Meera, Voytek Okreglak, Un Seng Chio, et al.. (2016). Multiple selection filters ensure accurate tail-anchored membrane protein targeting. eLife. 5. 66 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaokai, Teresa A. Colvin, Jennifer N. Rauch, et al.. (2015). Validation of the Hsp70–Bag3 Protein–Protein Interaction as a Potential Therapeutic Target in Cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 14(3). 642–648. 101 indexed citations
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Okreglak, Voytek & Peter Walter. (2014). The conserved AAA-ATPase Msp1 confers organelle specificity to tail-anchored proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(22). 8019–8024. 170 indexed citations
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Lu, Min, David A. Lawrence, Scot A. Marsters, et al.. (2014). Opposing unfolded-protein-response signals converge on death receptor 5 to control apoptosis. Science. 345(6192). 98–101. 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Prisco, Gonzalo Viana Di, Wei‐Chien Huang, Shelly A. Buffington, et al.. (2014). Translational control of mGluR-dependent long-term depression and object-place learning by eIF2α. Nature Neuroscience. 17(8). 1073–1082. 153 indexed citations
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Pincus, David, et al.. (2011). Homeostatic adaptation to endoplasmic reticulum stress depends on Ire1 kinase activity. The Journal of Cell Biology. 193(1). 171–184. 124 indexed citations
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Kornmann, Benoı̂t, Erin Currie, Sean R. Collins, et al.. (2009). An ER-Mitochondria Tethering Complex Revealed by a Synthetic Biology Screen. Science. 325(5939). 477–481. 1013 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schuck, Sebastian, William A. Prinz, Kurt S. Thorn, Christiane Voss, & Peter Walter. (2009). Membrane expansion alleviates endoplasmic reticulum stress independently of the unfolded protein response. The Journal of Cell Biology. 187(4). 525–536. 438 indexed citations
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Shan, Shu‐ou, Sowmya Chandrasekar, & Peter Walter. (2007). Conformational changes in the GTPase modules of the signal reception particle and its receptor drive initiation of protein translocation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 178(4). 611–620. 62 indexed citations
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Bradshaw, Niels & Peter Walter. (2007). The Signal Recognition Particle (SRP) RNA Links Conformational Changes in the SRP to Protein Targeting. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 18(7). 2728–2734. 30 indexed citations
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Lin, Jonathan H., Han Li, Douglas Yasumura, et al.. (2007). IRE1 Signaling Affects Cell Fate During the Unfolded Protein Response. Science. 318(5852). 944–949. 1140 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heiman, Maxwell G., Alex Engel, & Peter Walter. (2007). The Golgi-resident protease Kex2 acts in conjunction with Prm1 to facilitate cell fusion during yeast mating. The Journal of Cell Biology. 176(2). 209–222. 32 indexed citations
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Credle, Joel J., Janet Finer-Moore, Feroz R. Papa, R. M. Stroud, & Peter Walter. (2005). On the mechanism of sensing unfolded protein in the endoplasmic reticulum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(52). 18773–18784. 423 indexed citations
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Papa, Feroz R., Chao Zhang, Kevan M. Shokat, & Peter Walter. (2003). Bypassing a Kinase Activity with an ATP-Competitive Drug. Science. 302(5650). 1533–1537. 195 indexed citations

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