Reinhard Jahn

66.9k citations

375 papers · 48.0k indexed · 25 hit papers · h-index 114

Molecular Biology top 0.02%
Cell Biology top 0.01%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.01%
Physiology top 0.1%
Neurology top 0.1%

Co-authors: Thomas C. Südhof Dirk Fasshauer Richard H. Scheller Axel T. Brünger Pietro De Camilli R. Bryan Sutton Phyllis I. Hanson Edwin R. Chapman
Topics: Cellular transport and secretion (282 papers)Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (227 papers)Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (97 papers)
Cited by: Cell Biology Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Physiology
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: Germany United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Reinhard Jahn

372 papers receiving 47.3k citations

Hit Papers

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SNAREs — engines for membrane fusion

2006 2.0k citations Reinhard Jahn et al. profile →
Crystal structure of a SNARE complex involved in synaptic exocytosis at 2.4 Å resolution

1998 1.9k citations Reinhard Jahn et al. Nature profile →
Membrane Fusion

2003 1.1k citations Reinhard Jahn, Thorsten Lang et al. profile →
Membrane Fusion and Exocytosis

1999 1.0k citations Reinhard Jahn et al. profile →
Botulinum neurotoxin A selectively cleaves the synaptic protein SNAP-25

1993 964 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. Nature profile →
STED microscopy reveals that synaptotagmin remains clustered after synaptic vesicle exocytosis

2006 884 citations Silvio O. Rizzoli, Volker Westphal et al. Nature profile →
Synaptotagmin: a Calcium Sensor on the Synaptic Vesicle Surface

1992 778 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. Science profile →
Conserved structural features of the synaptic fusion complex: SNARE proteins reclassified as Q- and R-SNAREs

1998 777 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A 38,000-dalton membrane protein (p38) present in synaptic vesicles.

1985 763 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Molecular machines governing exocytosis of synaptic vesicles

2012 747 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. Nature profile →
Identification of a vesicular glutamate transporter that defines a glutamatergic phenotype in neurons

2000 711 citations Shigeo Takamori, Reinhard Jahn et al. Nature profile →
Phospholipid binding by a synaptic vesicle protein homologous to the regulatory region of protein kinase C

1990 694 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. Nature profile →
Structure and Conformational Changes in NSF and Its Membrane Receptor Complexes Visualized by Quick-Freeze/Deep-Etch Electron Microscopy

1997 655 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. profile →
Protein p38: an integral membrane protein specific for small vesicles of neurons and neuroendocrine cells.

1986 614 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. profile →
Video-Rate Far-Field Optical Nanoscopy Dissects Synaptic Vesicle Movement

2008 596 citations Volker Westphal, Silvio O. Rizzoli et al. Science profile →
Vesicle fusion from yeast to man

1994 544 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. Nature profile →
Membrane protein sequestering by ionic protein–lipid interactions

2011 477 citations Stefan W. Hell, Ulf Diederichsen et al. Nature profile →
A Broken α-Helix in Folded α-Synuclein

2003 437 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. profile →
Cellubrevin is a ubiquitous tetanus-toxin substrate homologous to a putative synaptic vesicle fusion protein

1993 436 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. Nature profile →
rab3 is a small GTP-binding protein exclusively localized to synaptic vesicles.

1990 435 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Macromolecular-scale resolution in biological fluorescence microscopy

2006 389 citations Gerald Donnert, Jan Keller‐Findeisen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Proteolysis of SNAP-25 by types E and A botulinal neurotoxins.

1994 356 citations Reinhard Jahn et al. profile →
Local externalization of phosphatidylserine mediates developmental synaptic pruning by microglia

2020 285 citations Nicole Scott‐Hewitt, Fabio Perrucci et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate clusters act as molecular beacons for vesicle recruitment

2013 216 citations Dragomir Milovanović, Ulf Diederichsen et al. profile →
Mechanisms of SNARE proteins in membrane fusion

2023 108 citations Reinhard Jahn, Lukas K. Tamm et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Synaptophysin accelerates synaptic vesicle fusion by expanding the membrane upon neurotransmitter loading 2025 ·Science Advances ·Julia Preobraschenski,Alex J.B. Kreutzberger,Marcelo Ganzella,Agnieszka Münster‐Wandowski,Mark A. B. Kreutzberger,(unknown),(unknown),Volker Kiessling,Dietmar Riedel,Agata Witkowska,Gudrun Ahnert‐Hilger,Lukas K. Tamm,Reinhard Jahn	3
2	Vesicle condensation induced by synapsin: condensate size, geometry, and vesicle shape deformations 2024 ·The European Physical Journal E ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Christian Hoffmann,Marcelo Ganzella,Arsen Petrović,David Zwicker,Rubén Fernández‐Busnadiego,Reinhard Jahn,Dragomir Milovanović,Tim Salditt	1
3	Regulation of the mammalian-brain V-ATPase through ultraslow mode-switching 2022 ·Nature ·(unknown),Christopher G. Shuttle,Julia Preobraschenski,Marcelo Ganzella,Peter Johnson,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Michael Grabe,Jesper Lund Pedersen,Reinhard Jahn,Dimitrios Stamou	22
4	Colocalization of different neurotransmitter transporters on synaptic vesicles is sparse except for VGLUT1 and ZnT3 2022 ·Neuron ·(unknown),Jialin Jin,(unknown),Marcelo Ganzella,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Antonio Z. Politi,Momchil Ninov,Ivan Silbern,Marcel Leutenegger,Henning Urlaub,Dietmar Riedel,Julia Preobraschenski,Ira Milošević,Stefan W. Hell,Reinhard Jahn,Sivakumar Sambandan	48
5	En route to dynamic life processes by SNARE-mediated fusion of polymer and hybrid membranes 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Lado Otrin,Agata Witkowska,Nika Marušič,Ziliang Zhao,Rafael B. Lira,Fotis L. Kyrilis,Farzad Hamdi,Ivan Ivanov,Reinhard Lipowsky,Panagiotis L. Kastritis,Rumiana Dimova,Kai Sundmacher,Reinhard Jahn,Tanja Vidaković‐Koch	28
6	Protein Phosphorylation in Depolarized Synaptosomes: Dissecting Primary Effects of Calcium from Synaptic Vesicle Cycling 2021 ·Molecular & Cellular Proteomics ·Ivan Silbern,Kuan‐Ting Pan,(unknown),Stefan Bonn,Silvio O. Rizzoli,Eugenio F. Fornasiero,Henning Urlaub,Reinhard Jahn	10
7	Local externalization of phosphatidylserine mediates developmental synaptic pruning by microgliabreakdown → 2020 ·The EMBO Journal ·Nicole Scott‐Hewitt,Fabio Perrucci,Raffaella Morini,Marco Erreni,Matthew Mahoney,Agata Witkowska,(unknown),Elisa Faggiani,(unknown),(unknown),Matteo Tamborini,Matteo Bizzotto,Lorena Passoni,Fabia Filipello,Reinhard Jahn,Beth Stevens,Michela Matteoli	285
8	Hidden proteome of synaptic vesicles in the mammalian brain 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zacharie Taoufiq,Momchil Ninov,Alejandro Villar‐Briones,(unknown),Toshio Sasaki,Michael C. Roy,(unknown),Yasunori Mori,(unknown),Shigeo Takamori,Reinhard Jahn,Tomoyuki Takahashi	70
9	In vitro fusion of single synaptic and dense core vesicles reproduces key physiological properties 2019 ·Nature Communications ·Alex J.B. Kreutzberger,Volker Kiessling,Christopher Stroupe,Binyong Liang,Julia Preobraschenski,Marcelo Ganzella,Mark A. B. Kreutzberger,Robert K. Nakamoto,Reinhard Jahn,J. David Castle,Lukas K. Tamm	35
10	Reconstitution of calcium-mediated exocytosis of dense-core vesicles 2017 ·Science Advances ·Alex J.B. Kreutzberger,Volker Kiessling,Binyong Liang,Patrick Seelheim,(unknown),Reinhard Jahn,J. David Castle,Lukas K. Tamm	45
11	SNARE-mediated membrane fusion trajectories derived from force-clamp experiments 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),Hannes Witt,(unknown),Reinhard Jahn,Andreas Janshoff	24
12	Role of the transmembrane domain in SNARE protein mediated membrane fusion: peptide nucleic acid/peptide model systems 2016 ·Molecular BioSystems ·(unknown),(unknown),Pawan Kumar,Samit Guha,(unknown),Reinhard Jahn,Ulf Diederichsen	21
13	The GTPase Rab26 links synaptic vesicles to the autophagy pathway 2015 ·eLife ·Beyenech Binotti,Nathan J. Pavlos,Dietmar Riedel,Dirk Wenzel,Gerd Vorbrüggen,Amanda M. Schalk,Karin Kühnel,Janina Boyken,Christian Erck,Henrik Martens,John Jia En Chua,Reinhard Jahn	158
14	Two synaptobrevin molecules are sufficient for vesicle fusion in central nervous system synapses 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Raunak Sinha,Saheeb Ahmed,Reinhard Jahn,Jürgen Klingauf	134
15	Dynamic structure of lipid-bound synaptobrevin suggests a nucleation-propagation mechanism for trans-SNARE complex formation 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jeffrey F. Ellena,Binyong Liang,(unknown),Alexander Stein,David S. Cafiso,Reinhard Jahn,Lukas K. Tamm	95
16	Video-Rate Far-Field Optical Nanoscopy Dissects Synaptic Vesicle Movementbreakdown → 2008 ·Science ·Volker Westphal,Silvio O. Rizzoli,Marcel A. Lauterbach,Dirk Kamin,Reinhard Jahn,Stefan W. Hell	596
17	Homotypic fusion of early endosomes: SNAREs do not determine fusion specificity 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),Daniel Zwilling,Silvio O. Rizzoli,Undine Lippert,Thorsten Lang,Reinhard Jahn	113
18	Macromolecular-scale resolution in biological fluorescence microscopybreakdown → 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Gerald Donnert,Jan Keller‐Findeisen,Rebecca Medda,(unknown),Silvio O. Rizzoli,Reinhard Lührmann,Reinhard Jahn,Christian Eggeling,Stefan W. Hell	389
19	Distinct Kinetic Changes in Neurotransmitter Release After SNARE Protein Cleavage 2005 ·Science ·Takeshi Sakaba,Alexander Stein,Reinhard Jahn,Erwin Neher	104
20	Expression of synaptobrevin II, cellubrevin and syntaxin but not SNAP‐25 in cultured astrocytes 1995 ·FEBS Letters ·(unknown),(unknown),Trent A. Basarsky,Reinhard Jahn,Philip G. Haydon	163

About Reinhard Jahn

Reinhard Jahn is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology, having authored 375 papers that have together received 48.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cellular transport and secretion (282 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (227 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (97 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (28.6k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (15.9k citations) and Physiology (3.3k citations). Reinhard Jahn has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Thomas C. Südhof, Dirk Fasshauer, Richard H. Scheller, Axel T. Brünger, Pietro De Camilli, R. Bryan Sutton, Phyllis I. Hanson, Edwin R. Chapman, Thorsten Lang and Paul Greengard. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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