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Gunter Fischer

Gunter Fischer

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Chemistry

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77
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21289
World Ranking
4007
National Ranking
301

Biology and Biochemistry

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78
Citations
21541
World Ranking
4545
National Ranking
336

Overview

Gunter Fischer is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans Molecular Biology and Virology, with primary focus areas including Signaling Pathways in Disease, HIV Research and Treatment, and Protein purification and stability.

The scientist has contributed to several publications across notable venues. These include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • UNC Libraries
  • Advanced Science
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Gunter Fischer are:

  • Non-Immunosuppressive Cyclophilin Inhibitors, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Cyclophilin A complexed with a fragment of HIV-1 gag protein: insights into HIV-1 infectious activity, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Inflammation-Controlled Anti-Inflammatory Hydrogels (Adv. Sci. 7/2023), 2023, Advanced Science
  • Nicht-immunsuppressive Cyclophilin-Inhibitoren, 2022, Angewandte Chemie
  • (Digital Presentation) Sub-THz Front Ends for Future Communication and Sensing Technologies in 130nm Sige Bicmos Technology, 2022, ECS Meeting Abstracts

Gunter Fischer has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Prominent co-authors include:

  • Cordelia Schiene-Fischer
  • Manfred Braun
  • Yingdong Zhao
  • Yong Q. Chen
  • Mike Schutkowski

Best Publications

  • Cyclophilin and peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase are probably identical proteins.

    Gunter Fischer;Brigitte Wittmann-Liebold;Kurt Lang;Thomas Kiefhaber

  • Sequence-specific and phosphorylation dependent proline isomerization: A potential mitotic regulatory mechanism

    Michael B. Yaffe;Mike Schutkowski;Minhui Shen;Xiao Zhen Zhou

  • Pin1-dependent prolyl isomerization regulates dephosphorylation of Cdc25C and tau proteins.

    Xiao Zhen Zhou;Oliver Kops;Andreas Werner;Pei Jung Lu

  • Catalysis of protein folding by prolyl isomerase.

    Kurt Lang;Franz X. Schmid;Gunter Fischer

  • Polypeptide flux through bacterial Hsp70: DnaK cooperates with trigger factor in chaperoning nascent chains.

    S. A. Teter;W. A. Houry;D. Ang;T. Tradler

  • The mechanism of protein folding. Implications of in vitro refolding models for de novo protein folding and translocation in the cell.

    Gunter Fischer;Franz X. Schmid

  • SIDE-CHAIN EFFECTS ON PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS/TRANS ISOMERISATION

    Ulf Reimer;Gerd Scherer;Mario Drewello;Susanne Kruber

  • Chemical aspects of peptide bond isomerisation

    Gunter Fischer

  • Peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerases and their effectors

    Gunter Fischer

  • A ribosome-associated peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase identified as the trigger factor.

    G. Stoller;K. P. Rücknagel;K. H. Nierhaus;F. X. Schmid

  • Characterization of cspB, a Bacillus subtilis inducible cold shock gene affecting cell viability at low temperatures.

    G Willimsky;H Bang;G Fischer;M A Marahiel

  • Insights into the catalytic mechanism of peptidyl prolyl cis/trans isomerases.

    Jörg Fanghänel;Gunter Fischer

  • Regulation of peptide bond cis/trans isomerization by enzyme catalysis and its implication in physiological processes

    G. Fischer;T. Aumüller

  • Cooperation of enzymatic and chaperone functions of trigger factor in the catalysis of protein folding.

    Christian Scholz;Gerlind Stoller;Toralf Zarnt;Gunter Fischer

  • Confirmation of the existence of a third family among peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerases Amino acid sequence and recombinant production of parvulin

    Jens-U. Rahfeld;Karl Peter Rücknagel;Birte Schelbert;Birgit Ludwig

  • Enzymes that catalyse the restructuring of proteins.

    Cordelia Schiene;Gunter Fischer

  • Mip protein of Legionella pneumophila exhibits peptidyl-prolyl-cis/trans isomerase (PPlase) activity.

    Gunter Fischer;Holger Bang;Birgit Ludwig;Karlheinz Mann

  • ROLE OF PHOSPHORYLATION IN DETERMINING THE BACKBONE DYNAMICS OF THE SERINE/ THREONINE-PROLINE MOTIF AND PIN1 SUBSTRATE RECOGNITION

    Mike Schutkowski;Anne Bernhardt;Xiao Zhen Zhou;Minhui Shen

  • Barriers to Rotation of Secondary Amide Peptide Bonds

    Gerd Scherer;Michael L. Kramer;Mike Schutkowski;and Ulf Reimer

  • THE ESCHERICHIA COLI SLYD IS A METAL ION-REGULATED PEPTIDYL-PROLYL CIS/TRANS-ISOMERASE

    Sandra Hottenrott;Thomas Schumann;Andreas Plückthun;Gunter Fischer

  • Conformational specificity of chymotrypsin toward proline-containing substrates

    Gunter Fischer;Holger Bang;Edith Berger;Alfred Schellenberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike Schutkowski
Mike Schutkowski Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Franz X. Schmid
Franz X. Schmid University of Bayreuth
Jörg Hacker
Jörg Hacker University of Würzburg
Michael Bukrinsky
Michael Bukrinsky George Washington University
Michael Steinert
Michael Steinert Technische Universität Braunschweig
Klaus Neubert
Klaus Neubert Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Johannes Buchner
Johannes Buchner Technical University of Munich
Karlheinz Mann
Karlheinz Mann Max Planck Society
Joerg Hacker
Joerg Hacker University of Würzburg
Holger Barth
Holger Barth University of Ulm

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