Sonja Lorenz

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Sonja Lorenz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Lorenz has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Sonja Lorenz's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (17 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (8 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (6 papers). Sonja Lorenz is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (17 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (8 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (6 papers). Sonja Lorenz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Sonja Lorenz's co-authors include Eike Brunner, Manfred Sumper, Nils Kröger, John Kuriyan, Michael Rapé, David E. Wemmer, Katherine E. Wickliffe, Eric R. Strieter, Kirandeep K. Deol and Emily Montal and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Lorenz

30 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Self-Assembly of Highly Phosphorylated Silaffins and Thei... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Self-Assembly of Highly Phosphorylated Silaffins and Their Function in Biosilica Morphogenesis
    2002 662 citations Sonja Lorenz, Eike Brunner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonja Lorenz Germany 16 1.1k 706 280 232 186 33 1.8k
Jeroen Goos Netherlands 16 390 0.4× 839 1.2× 173 0.6× 415 1.8× 157 0.8× 32 1.8k
Zhiyi Zhou China 27 662 0.6× 271 0.4× 149 0.5× 175 0.8× 739 4.0× 82 2.1k
Ha‐Young Lee South Korea 25 504 0.5× 554 0.8× 69 0.2× 585 2.5× 178 1.0× 94 2.4k
Yoseph Addadi Israel 20 488 0.5× 192 0.3× 242 0.9× 68 0.3× 51 0.3× 43 1.2k
Naama Kessler Israel 20 1.2k 1.1× 218 0.3× 365 1.3× 133 0.6× 48 0.3× 36 1.8k
Farid J. Ghadessy Singapore 23 1.8k 1.7× 118 0.2× 302 1.1× 169 0.7× 47 0.3× 70 2.4k
Ian Henderson United States 27 959 0.9× 90 0.1× 170 0.6× 189 0.8× 40 0.2× 104 2.1k
Paolo Arcari Italy 22 1.1k 1.0× 142 0.2× 149 0.5× 375 1.6× 23 0.1× 89 2.0k
Jean‐Claude Scimeca France 29 1.2k 1.1× 171 0.2× 309 1.1× 138 0.6× 24 0.1× 56 2.2k
Jennifer Cha United States 6 367 0.3× 508 0.7× 81 0.3× 231 1.0× 66 0.4× 11 996

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonja Lorenz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonja Lorenz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Silbern, Ivan, et al.. (2025). Ca2+-Triggered (de)ubiquitination Events in Synapses. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 24(4). 100946–100946.
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Wolter, M., Jon M. Huibregtse, Falk Butter, et al.. (2025). A Leishmania virulence factor harnesses an allosteric kinase switch to regulate its ubiquitin ligase activity. Molecular Cell. 85(19). 3711–3728.e11.
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Kokić, Goran, Diana van den Heuvel, Yana van der Weegen, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for RNA polymerase II ubiquitylation and inactivation in transcription-coupled repair. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 31(3). 536–547. 24 indexed citations
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Ambrozkiewicz, Mateusz C. & Sonja Lorenz. (2024). Understanding ubiquitination in neurodevelopment by integrating insights across space and time. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(1). 14–22. 2 indexed citations
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Wolter, M., Olexandr Dybkov, Katherine E. Bohnsack, et al.. (2024). Structural mechanisms of autoinhibition and substrate recognition by the ubiquitin ligase HACE1. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 31(2). 364–377. 13 indexed citations
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Hodgson, G. S., Stefan M.V. Freund, Sarah Maslen, et al.. (2023). Recruitment of trimeric eIF2 by phosphatase non-catalytic subunit PPP1R15B. Molecular Cell. 84(3). 506–521.e11. 2 indexed citations
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Pettitt, Stephen J., Nan Shao, Diana Zatreanu, et al.. (2023). A HUWE1 defect causes PARP inhibitor resistance by modulating the BRCA1-∆11q splice variant. Oncogene. 42(36). 2701–2709. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Bing, et al.. (2021). Reconstitution and Structural Analysis of a HECT Ligase-Ubiquitin Complex via an Activity-Based Probe. ACS Chemical Biology. 16(9). 1615–1621. 12 indexed citations
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Möglich, Andreas, et al.. (2021). Identification of an atypical interaction site in the BTB domain of the MYC-interacting zinc-finger protein 1. Structure. 29(11). 1230–1240.e5. 8 indexed citations
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Schweimer, Kristian, et al.. (2020). Dimerization regulates the human APC/C-associated ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBE2S. Science Signaling. 13(654). 12 indexed citations
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Deol, Kirandeep K., Sonja Lorenz, & Eric R. Strieter. (2019). Enzymatic Logic of Ubiquitin Chain Assembly. Frontiers in Physiology. 10. 835–835. 81 indexed citations
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Schweimer, Kristian, Lu Yu, Theodoros I. Roumeliotis, et al.. (2019). Autoinhibition Mechanism of the Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme UBE2S by Autoubiquitination. Structure. 27(8). 1195–1210.e7. 21 indexed citations
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Deol, Kirandeep K., et al.. (2019). Analysis of ubiquitin recognition by the HECT ligase E6AP provides insight into its linkage specificity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(15). 6113–6129. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Chien‐Feng, Jiabei He, Emily Montal, et al.. (2019). Non-proteolytic ubiquitination of Hexokinase 2 by HectH9 controls tumor metabolism and cancer stem cell expansion. Nature Communications. 10(1). 107 indexed citations
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Xu, Wenshan, et al.. (2017). A conformational switch regulates the ubiquitin ligase HUWE1. eLife. 6. 51 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Sonja, Aaron J. Cantor, Michael Rapé, & John Kuriyan. (2013). Macromolecular juggling by ubiquitylation enzymes. BMC Biology. 11(1). 65–65. 49 indexed citations
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Wickliffe, Katherine E., Sonja Lorenz, David E. Wemmer, John Kuriyan, & Michael Rapé. (2011). The Mechanism of Linkage-Specific Ubiquitin Chain Elongation by a Single-Subunit E2. Cell. 144(5). 769–781. 231 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Sonja, Ioannis Vakonakis, E.D. Lowe, et al.. (2008). Structural Analysis of the Interactions Between Paxillin LD Motifs and α-Parvin. Structure. 16(10). 1521–1531. 30 indexed citations
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Sumper, Manfred, Sonja Lorenz, & Eike Brunner. (2003). Biomimetic Control of Size in the Polyamine‐Directed Formation of Silica Nanospheres. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42(42). 5192–5195. 170 indexed citations
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Spudich, Giulietta, Sonja Lorenz, & Susan Marqusee. (2002). Propagation of a single destabilizing mutation throughout the Escherichia coli ribonuclease HI native state. Protein Science. 11(3). 522–528. 19 indexed citations

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