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Biology and Biochemistry
Poland
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
13423
World Ranking
12465
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Poland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Poland Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2016 - Polish Academy of Science
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Agnieszka Chacinska is affiliated with the IMol Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland and specializes in research within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The primary focus of their work lies in Molecular Biology, with contributions also spanning Cell Biology, Clinical Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Aging.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, notably:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Agnieszka Chacinska has published frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Molecular Biology
  • EMBO Reports
  • FEBS Letters
  • Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Recent papers reflect a continued engagement with mitochondrial biology and protein homeostasis. Examples include:

  • Cytosolic aggregation of mitochondrial proteins disrupts cellular homeostasis by stimulating the aggregation of other proteins (2021) published in eLife
  • Mitochondrial protein biogenesis in the synapse is supported by local translation (2020) published in EMBO Reports
  • Muscle-derived exophers promote reproductive fitness (2021) published in EMBO Reports
  • COA6 Facilitates Cytochrome c Oxidase Biogenesis as Thiol-reductase for Copper Metallochaperones in Mitochondria (2020) published in Journal of Molecular Biology
  • The ubiquitin-proteasome system and its crosstalk with mitochondria as therapeutic targets in medicine (2020) published in Pharmacological Research

Frequent co-authors in their body of work include:

  • M Wasilewski
  • Ben Hur Marins Mussulini
  • Remigiusz A. Serwa
  • Bettina Warscheid
  • Vanessa Linke

Agnieszka Chacinska has been recognized by several awards and memberships such as:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2018)
  • Polish Academy of Science (2016)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Importing Mitochondrial Proteins: Machineries and Mechanisms

    Agnieszka Chacinska;Carla M Koehler;Dusanka Milenkovic;Trevor James Lithgow

  • The proteome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria

    Albert Sickmann;Jörg Reinders;Yvonne Wagner;Cornelia Joppich

  • Essential role of Mia40 in import and assembly of mitochondrial intermembrane space proteins.

    Agnieszka Chacinska;Sylvia Pfannschmidt;Nils Wiedemann;Vera Kozjak

  • Machinery for protein sorting and assembly in the mitochondrial outer membrane

    Nils Wiedemann;Vera Kozjak;Agnieszka Chacinska;Birgit Schönfisch

  • Dual Role of Mitofilin in Mitochondrial Membrane Organization and Protein Biogenesis

    Karina von der Malsburg;Judith M. Müller;Maria Bohnert;Silke Oeljeklaus

  • Mitochondrial presequence translocase: switching between TOM tethering and motor recruitment involves Tim21 and Tim17.

    Agnieszka Chacinska;Maria Lind;Maria Lind;Ann E. Frazier;Jan Dudek

  • Mistargeted mitochondrial proteins activate a proteostatic response in the cytosol

    Lidia Wrobel;Ulrike Topf;Piotr Bragoszewski;Sebastian Wiese;Sebastian Wiese

  • The Mitochondrial Presequence Translocase: An Essential Role of Tim50 in Directing Preproteins to the Import Channel

    Andreas Geissler;Agnieszka Chacinska;Kaye N. Truscott;Nils Wiedemann

  • The Mitochondrial Morphology Protein Mdm10 Functions in Assembly of the Preprotein Translocase of the Outer Membrane

    Chris Meisinger;Michael Rissler;Agnieszka Chacinska;Luiza K.Sanjuán Szklarz

  • Uniform nomenclature for the mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system

    Nikolaus Pfanner;Martin van der Laan;Paolo Amati;Roderick A. Capaldi

  • Tim50 maintains the permeability barrier of the mitochondrial inner membrane.

    Michael Meinecke;Richard Wagner;Peter Kovermann;Bernard Guiard

  • Quantitative proteomics identifies redox switches for global translation modulation by mitochondrially produced reactive oxygen species.

    Ulrike Topf;Ida Suppanz;Lukasz Samluk;Lukasz Samluk;Lidia Wrobel

  • Novel Mitochondrial Intermembrane Space Proteins as Substrates of the MIA Import Pathway

    Kipros Gabriel;Dusanka Milenkovic;Agnieszka Chacinska;Judith M Muller

  • The essential mitochondrial protein Erv1 cooperates with Mia40 in biogenesis of intermembrane space proteins.

    Michael Rissler;Nils Wiedemann;Sylvia Pfannschmidt;Kipros Gabriel

  • Intermembrane Space Proteome of Yeast Mitochondria

    F.-Nora Vögtle;Julia M. Burkhart;Sanjana Rao;Carolin Gerbeth

  • Identification of the Signal Directing Tim9 and Tim10 into the Intermembrane Space of Mitochondria

    Dusanka Milenkovic;Thomas Ramming;Judith M. Müller;Lena-Sophie Wenz

  • The morphology proteins Mdm12/Mmm1 function in the major β-barrel assembly pathway of mitochondria

    Chris Meisinger;Sylvia Pfannschmidt;Michael Rissler;Dusanka Milenkovic

  • Mitochondrial translocation contact sites: separation of dynamic and stabilizing elements in formation of a TOM–TIM–preprotein supercomplex

    Agnieszka Chacinska;Peter Rehling;Bernard Guiard;Ann E. Frazier

  • The mitochondrial import protein Mim1 promotes biogenesis of multispanning outer membrane proteins

    Thomas Becker;Lena-Sophie Wenz;Vivien Krüger;Vivien Krüger;Waltraut Lehmann

  • Control of mitochondrial biogenesis and function by the ubiquitin-proteasome system.

    Piotr Bragoszewski;Michal Turek;Agnieszka Chacinska;Agnieszka Chacinska

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikolaus Pfanner
Nikolaus Pfanner University of Freiburg
Peter Rehling
Peter Rehling University of Göttingen
Bernard Guiard
Bernard Guiard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Chris Meisinger
Chris Meisinger University of Freiburg
Nils Wiedemann
Nils Wiedemann University of Freiburg
Martin van der Laan
Martin van der Laan Saarland University
Helmut E. Meyer
Helmut E. Meyer Ruhr University Bochum
Bettina Warscheid
Bettina Warscheid University of Freiburg
Thomas Becker
Thomas Becker Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Albert Sickmann
Albert Sickmann Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology

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