Tom A. Rapoport

42.1k citations

246 papers · 32.8k indexed · 14 hit papers · h-index 99

Impact in

Cell Biology top 0.01%
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
- Cellular transport and secretion
Molecular Biology top 0.05%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
- Protein Structure and Dynamics

Papers in

Cell Biology 120
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease 67
- Cellular transport and secretion 63
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics 19
Molecular Biology 200
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 75
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior 34
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways 19

Co-authors: Enno Hartmann Reinhart Heinrich Yihong Ye Yoko Shibata William A. Prinz Gia K. Voeltz Hemmo Meyer Siegfried Prehn
Journals: Cell (27 papers)The Journal of Cell Biology (24 papers)Nature (23 papers)European Journal of Biochemistry (15 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (13 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany China

In The Last Decade

Tom A. Rapoport

243 papers receiving 32.2k citations

Hit Papers

14 papers align trajectories log scale

Mechanistic insights into ER-associated protein degradation 2018 · 265 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Current Opinion in Cell Biology
2017 Nature
2007 Nature
2006 Cell
2006 Cell
2004 Nature
2003 Nature
2003 The Journal of Cell Biology
2002 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2001 Nature
2001 The Journal of Cell Biology
1996 Nature
1989 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1974 European Journal of Biochemistry

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Import mechanism of peroxisomal proteins with an N-terminal signal sequence Nature Cell Biology ·Michael L. Skowyra, Tom A. Rapoport	2025	0
2	A heterotrimeric protein complex assembles the metazoan V-ATPase upon dissipation of proton gradients Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Christopher Nardone, Julian Mintseris, Ling Wei Wang, Justine C. Rutter, Benjamin L. Ebert, Steven P. Gygi, Tom A. Rapoport	2025	1
3	Bidirectional substrate shuttling between the 26S proteasome and the Cdc48 ATPase promotes protein degradation Molecular Cell ·Hao Li, Zhejian Ji, João A. Paulo, Steven P. Gygi, Tom A. Rapoport	2024	9
4	A Berlin-sided retrospective of the origins of metabolic control theory Interface Focus ·Tom A. Rapoport	2024	1
5	The membrane curvature-inducing REEP1-4 proteins generate an ER-derived vesicular compartment Nature Communications ·Inna Dencheva Ruseva, Hanaa Shaffiek, Buyan Pan, João A. Paulo, Steven P. Gygi, Jocelyn C. Hemming, 席志海, Jiuchun Zhang, Tom A. Rapoport	2024	3
6	A conserved membrane curvature-generating protein is crucial for autophagosome formation in fission yeast Nature Communications ·Ning Wang, Yoko Shibata, João A. Paulo, Steven P. Gygi, Tom A. Rapoport	2023	14
7	Towards solving the mystery of peroxisomal matrix protein import Trends in Cell Biology ·Michael L. Skowyra, ダニエル L ティムス, Tom A. Rapoport	2023	10
8	A peroxisomal ubiquitin ligase complex forms a retrotranslocation channel Nature ·ダニエル L ティムス, Xudong Wu, Satchal K. Erramilli, João A. Paulo, 鲁南, Steven P. Gygi, Anthony A. Kossiakoff, Tom A. Rapoport	2022	39
9	Protein import into peroxisomes occurs through a nuclear pore–like phase Science ·Yuan Gao, Michael L. Skowyra, ダニエル L ティムス, Tom A. Rapoport	2022	52
10	Cryo-EM structure determination of small proteins by nanobody-binding scaffolds (Legobodies) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xudong Wu, Tom A. Rapoport	2021	72
11	Translocation of polyubiquitinated protein substrates by the hexameric Cdc48 ATPase Molecular Cell ·Zhejian Ji, Hao Li, Daniele Peterle, João A. Paulo, Scott B. Ficarro, Thomas E. Wales, Jarrod A. Marto, Steven P. Gygi, John R. Engen, Tom A. Rapoport	2021	55
12	Structural basis of ER-associated protein degradation mediated by the Hrd1 ubiquitin ligase complex Science ·Xudong Wu, Marc Siggel, Sergey Ovchinnikov, Wei Mi, Vladimir Svetlov, Evgeny Nudler, Maofu Liao, Gerhard Hummer, Tom A. Rapoport	2020	158
13	Protease protection assays show polypeptide movement into the SecY channel by power strokes of the SecA ATPase EMBO Reports ·守城松隈, Tom A. Rapoport	2020	10
14	Substrate processing by the Cdc48 ATPase complex is initiated by ubiquitin unfolding Science ·Edward C. Twomey, Zhejian Ji, Thomas E. Wales, Xabier Martínez-Garagarza, Scott B. Ficarro, Jarrod A. Marto, John R. Engen, Tom A. Rapoport	2019	221
15	Involvement of VAT‐1 in Phosphatidylserine Transfer from the Endoplasmic Reticulum to Mitochondria Traffic ·Mirco Junker, Tom A. Rapoport	2015	12
16	A “Push and Slide” Mechanism Allows Sequence-Insensitive Translocation of Secretory Proteins by the SecA ATPase Cell ·Benedikt Bauer, Tom Shemesh, Yu Chen, Tom A. Rapoport	2014	83
17	Structures of the atlastin GTPase provide insight into homotypic fusion of endoplasmic reticulum membranes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xin Bian, Robin W. Klemm, Tina Y. Liu, Miao Zhang, Sha Sun, Xuewu Sui, Xinqi Liu, Tom A. Rapoport, Junjie Hu	2011	189
18	Crystal Structure of the Long-Chain Fatty Acid Transporter FadL Science ·Bert van den Berg, Paul N. Black, William Clemons, Tom A. Rapoport	2004	178
19	Targeting of Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane Proteins and Ribosomes in Invertebrate Neurons Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Melissa M. Rolls, David H. Hall, Martin Victor, Ernst H. K. Stelzer, Tom A. Rapoport	2002	135
20	Chapter 11 Probing the Molecular Environment of Translocating Polypeptide Chains by Cross-Linking Methods in cell biology ·Dirk Görlich, Teymuras V. Kurzchalia, Martin Wiedmann, Tom A. Rapoport	1991	30

About Tom A. Rapoport

Tom A. Rapoport is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Structural Biology and Molecular Medicine, having authored 246 papers that have together received 32.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (75 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (67 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (63 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (62 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (34 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (19 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (19 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (14.1k citations), Molecular Biology (24.0k citations), Genetics (6.2k citations), Aging (347 citations) and Structural Biology (254 citations). Tom A. Rapoport has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Frequent co-authors include Enno Hartmann, Reinhart Heinrich, Yihong Ye, Yoko Shibata, William A. Prinz, Gia K. Voeltz, Hemmo Meyer, Siegfried Prehn, Billy Tsai and Walther Mothes. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, The Journal of Cell Biology, Nature, European Journal of Biochemistry and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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