Roland Lill

28.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
232 papers, 22.4k citations indexed

About

Roland Lill is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland Lill has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 22.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Molecular Biology, 109 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 56 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Roland Lill's work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (108 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (63 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (56 papers). Roland Lill is often cited by papers focused on Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (108 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (63 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (56 papers). Roland Lill collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Roland Lill's co-authors include Ulrich Mühlenhoff, Gyula Kispál, Antonio J. Pierik, Oliver Stehling, Walter Neupert, Daili J. A. Netz, William Wickner, Heike Lange, Kerstin Diekert and Péter Csere and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Roland Lill

229 papers receiving 22.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Function and biogenesis of iron–sulphur proteins

2009 870 citations Roland Lill profile →
A Fraction of Yeast Cu,Zn-Superoxide Dismutase and Its Metallochaperone, CCS, Localize to the Intermembrane Space of Mitochondria

2001 568 citations Kerstin Diekert, Roland Lill et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
The mitochondrial proteins Atm1p and Nfs1p are essential for biogenesis of cytosolic Fe/S proteins

1999 556 citations Roland Lill et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roland Lill Germany	93	16.1k	7.2k	4.3k	1.7k	1.6k	232	22.4k
Tracey A. Rouault United States	87	11.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.3×	6.5k 1.5×	8.3k 4.8×	789 0.5×	240	22.9k
Ulrich Mühlenhoff Germany	53	6.1k 0.4×	3.9k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	793 0.5×	168 0.1×	96	8.8k
Antonio J. Pierik Germany	53	4.7k 0.3×	3.7k 0.5×	1.2k 0.3×	407 0.2×	250 0.2×	142	8.0k
Gebhard von Jagow Germany	40	12.1k 0.8×	880 0.1×	853 0.2×	201 0.1×	1.6k 1.0×	72	16.8k
Peter Reichard Sweden	74	12.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.2×	355 0.1×	311 0.2×	1.2k 0.7×	231	16.9k
Richard D. Klausner United States	116	22.1k 1.4×	493 0.1×	5.1k 1.2×	4.0k 2.3×	1.9k 1.2×	243	37.7k
Rowena G. Matthews United States	56	6.8k 0.4×	520 0.1×	387 0.1×	451 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	146	9.8k
Dennis J. Thiele United States	82	9.8k 0.6×	250 0.0×	9.4k 2.2×	1.8k 1.0×	515 0.3×	191	22.4k
Bruce Demple United States	75	13.3k 0.8×	625 0.1×	751 0.2×	134 0.1×	3.4k 2.1×	181	17.3k
Hazel M. Holden United States	67	11.0k 0.7×	698 0.1×	416 0.1×	117 0.1×	845 0.5×	239	16.5k

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Freibert, Sven‐A., et al.. (2024). Two-stage binding of mitochondrial ferredoxin-2 to the core iron-sulfur cluster assembly complex. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10559–10559. 11 indexed citations

Peña‐Diaz, Priscila, Joseph J. Braymer, Vojtěch Vacek, et al.. (2024). Characterization of the SUF FeS cluster synthesis machinery in the amitochondriate eukaryote Monocercomonoides exilis. Current Biology. 34(17). 3855–3865.e7.

Lempp, Martin, et al.. (2019). Systematic identification of metabolites controlling gene expression in E. coli. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4463–4463. 68 indexed citations

Uzarska, Marta A., et al.. (2018). Conserved functions of Arabidopsis mitochondrial late-acting maturation factors in the trafficking of iron‑sulfur clusters. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1865(9). 1250–1259. 18 indexed citations

García‐Santamarina, Sarela, Marta A. Uzarska, Richard A. Festa, Roland Lill, & Dennis J. Thiele. (2017). Cryptococcus neoformans Iron-Sulfur Protein Biogenesis Machinery Is a Novel Layer of Protection against Cu Stress. mBio. 8(5). 41 indexed citations

Paul, Viktoria D. & Roland Lill. (2015). Biogenesis of cytosolic and nuclear iron–sulfur proteins and their role in genome stability. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1853(6). 1528–1539. 176 indexed citations

Bolar, Nikhita, Arnaud Vanlander, Nathalie Van der Aa, et al.. (2013). Mutation of the iron-sulfur cluster assembly gene IBA57 causes severe myopathy and encephalopathy. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(13). 2590–2602. 90 indexed citations

Stehling, Oliver & Roland Lill. (2013). The role of mitochondria in cellular iron–sulfur protein biogenesis: mechanisms, connected processes, and diseases.. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 3(7). 1. 26 indexed citations

Rietzschel, Nicole, et al.. (2013). The Functional Interaction of Mitochondrial Hsp70s with the Escort Protein Zim17 Is Critical for Fe/S Biogenesis and Substrate Interaction at the Inner Membrane Preprotein Translocase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(43). 30931–30943. 13 indexed citations

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Lill, Roland, Bastian Hoffmann, Sabine Molik, et al.. (2012). The role of mitochondria in cellular iron–sulfur protein biogenesis and iron metabolism. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1823(9). 1491–1508. 380 indexed citations

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Gitlin, Jonathan D. & Roland Lill. (2012). Special issue: Cell Biology of Metals. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1823(9). 1405–1405. 9 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Bastian, Marta A. Uzarska, Carsten Berndt, et al.. (2011). The Multidomain Thioredoxin-Monothiol Glutaredoxins Represent a Distinct Functional Group. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 15(1). 19–30. 44 indexed citations

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Ozeir, Mohammad, Ulrich Mühlenhoff, Holger Webert, et al.. (2011). Coenzyme Q Biosynthesis: Coq6 Is Required for the C5-Hydroxylation Reaction and Substrate Analogs Rescue Coq6 Deficiency. Chemistry & Biology. 18(9). 1134–1142. 92 indexed citations

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Pierrel, Fabien, Olivier Hamelin, Thierry Douki, et al.. (2010). Involvement of Mitochondrial Ferredoxin and Para-Aminobenzoic Acid in Yeast Coenzyme Q Biosynthesis. Chemistry & Biology. 17(5). 449–459. 91 indexed citations

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Molik, Sabine, Roland Lill, & Ulrich Mühlenhoff. (2007). Methods for Studying Iron Metabolism in Yeast Mitochondria. Methods in cell biology. 80. 261–280. 36 indexed citations

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Lill, Roland, Rafał Dutkiewicz, Hans‐Peter Elsässer, et al.. (2006). Mechanisms of iron–sulfur protein maturation in mitochondria, cytosol and nucleus of eukaryotes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1763(7). 652–667. 133 indexed citations

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Gitlin, Jonathan D. & Roland Lill. (2006). Special issue: Cell biology of metals. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1763(7). 577–577. 4 indexed citations

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Rawls, John M., Wolfgang Knecht, Kerstin Diekert, Roland Lill, & Monika Löffler. (2000). Requirements for the mitochondrial import and localization of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase. European Journal of Biochemistry. 267(7). 2079–2087. 100 indexed citations

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Mühlenhoff, Ulrich & Roland Lill. (2000). Biogenesis of iron–sulfur proteins in eukaryotes: a novel task of mitochondria that is inherited from bacteria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1459(2-3). 370–382. 167 indexed citations

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Chinnery, Patrick F., Robert W. Taylor, Kerstin Diekert, et al.. (1999). Peptide nucleic acid delivery to human mitochondria. Gene Therapy. 6(12). 1919–1928. 129 indexed citations

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