Thomas Sommer

12.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
86 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Sommer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Sommer has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Cell Biology and 24 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Sommer's work include Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (42 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (37 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (24 papers). Thomas Sommer is often cited by papers focused on Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (42 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (37 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (24 papers). Thomas Sommer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Israel. Thomas Sommer's co-authors include Ernst Jarosch, Christian Hirsch, Dieter H. Wolf, Corinna Volkwein, Stefan Jentsch, Robert Gauss, Thomas Biederer, Javier Bordallo, Bernd Bukau and Alexander Buchberger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Sommer

84 papers receiving 9.3k citations

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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.

ERAD: the long road to destruction

2005 982 citations Christian Hirsch, Ernst Jarosch et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
Hakai, a c-Cbl-like protein, ubiquitinates and induces endocytosis of the E-cadherin complex

2002 693 citations Thomas Sommer et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
Mechanisms of substrate processing during ER-associated protein degradation

2023 78 citations Ernst Jarosch, Thomas Sommer et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Who with whom: functional coordination of E2 enzymes by RING E3 ligases during poly‐ubiquitylation 2020 ·The EMBO Journal ·(unknown), Tobias Ritterhoff, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thomas Sommer, Rachel E. Klevit	32
2	Chain Assembly and Disassembly Processes Differently Affect the Conformational Space of Ubiquitin Chains 2018 ·Structure ·Andreas Kniss, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Philipp E. Spindler, Vladimir V. Rogov, Koraljka Husnjak, Ivan Đikić, Peter Güntert, Thomas Sommer, Thomas F. Prisner, Volker Dötsch	18
3	A Complex of Htm1 and the Oxidoreductase Pdi1 Accelerates Degradation of Misfolded Glycoproteins 2016 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Heike Stephanowitz, Eberhard Krause, Corinna Volkwein, Christian Hirsch, Ernst Jarosch, Thomas Sommer	26
4	The Conundrum of Security in Modern Cloud Computing 2014 ·Communications of the IIMA ·Thomas Sommer, (unknown), (unknown)	7
5	Hexosamine Pathway Metabolites Enhance Protein Quality Control and Prolong Life 2014 ·Cell ·Martin S. Denzel, Nadia Storm, Aljona Gutschmidt, (unknown), Yvonne Hinze, Ernst Jarosch, Thomas Sommer, Thorsten Hoppe, Adam Antebi	164
6	The interplay of Hrd3 and the molecular chaperone system ensures efficient degradation of malfolded secretory proteins 2014 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Martin Mehnert, (unknown), (unknown), Sathish Kumar Lakshmipathy, Robert Gauss, Markus Aebi, Ernst Jarosch, Thomas Sommer	27
7	Implementing Cloud Computing in Small and Mid-Market Life-Sciences: A Mixed-Method Study 2013 ·Journal of international technology and information management ·Thomas Sommer, Ramesh Subramanian	3
8	Protein quality control and elimination of protein waste: The role of the ubiquitin–proteasome system 2013 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research ·Ingo Amm, Thomas Sommer, Dieter H. Wolf	353
9	Der1 promotes movement of misfolded proteins through the endoplasmic reticulum membrane 2013 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Martin Mehnert, Thomas Sommer, Ernst Jarosch	123
10	Herausforderungen an eine ganzheitliche Wirtschaftlichkeitsbetrachtung eines CFK-Lifecycles 2010 ·Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb ·(unknown), (unknown), Thomas Sommer	0
11	Protein dislocation from the ER 2010 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Katrin Bagola, Martin Mehnert, Ernst Jarosch, Thomas Sommer	102
12	Htm1 protein generates the N-glycan signal for glycoprotein degradation in the endoplasmic reticulum 2009 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·(unknown), Christian Hirsch, (unknown), Paola Deprez, Claude A. Jakob, Thomas Sommer, Markus Aebi	188
13	Coping with stress: cellular relaxation techniques 2006 ·Trends in Cell Biology ·Christian Hirsch, Robert Gauss, Thomas Sommer	28
14	Structure of palmitoylated BET3: insights into TRAPP complex assembly and membrane localization 2005 ·The EMBO Journal ·A.P. Turnbull, Daniel Kümmel, Bianka Prinz, Caterina Holz, (unknown), Christine Lang, F. Niesen, Klaus‐Peter Hofmann, Heinrich Delbrück, Joachim Behlke, Eva‐Christina Müller, Ernst Jarosch, Thomas Sommer, Udo Heinemann	49
15	Vpu-Mediated Degradation of CD4 Reconstituted in Yeast Reveals Mechanistic Differences to Cellular ER-Associated Protein Degradation 2004 ·Molecular Cell ·(unknown), Thomas Sommer	47
16	Endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation 2002 ·International review of cytology ·Ernst Jarosch, Uwe Lenk, Thomas Sommer	68
17	Accuracy and precision of bone mineral density and bone mineral content in excised rat humeri using fan beam dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry 2002 ·Bone ·S. Kastl, Thomas Sommer, Paul Klein, W. Hohenberger, Klaus Engelke	36
18	Ubiquitin-mediated Proteolysis of a Short-lived Regulatory Protein Depends on Its Cellular Localization 2000 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Uwe Lenk, Thomas Sommer	44
19	The Srp40 Protein Plays a Dose-Sensitive Role in Preribosome Assembly or Transport and Depends on Its Carboxy-Terminal Domain for Proper Localization to the Yeast Nucleoskeleton 1997 ·DNA and Cell Biology ·(unknown), Thomas Sommer, François Képès	6
20	Multiple ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes participate in the in vivo degradation of the yeast MATα2 repressor 1993 ·Cell ·Ping Chen, Phoebe Johnson, Thomas Sommer, Stefan Jentsch, Mark Hochstrasser	349

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