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Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp

Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
9165
World Ranking
16257
National Ranking
1142

Overview

Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several specialized subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Immunology and Allergy.

The main topics addressed in their work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, RNA Research and Splicing, Cellular Transport and Secretion, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, RNA Modifications and Cancer, Hippo Pathway Signaling and YAP/TAZ, and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research.

They have published articles in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Molecular Neurobiology

Notable recent papers include:

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors (2021) in British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: G protein-coupled receptors (2023) in British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Germline AGO2 mutations impair RNA interference and human neurological development (2020) in Nature Communications
  • Autism-associated SHANK3 missense point mutations impact conformational fluctuations and protein turnover at synapses (2021) in eLife
  • Missense mutations in CASK, coding for the calcium-/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase, interfere with neurexin binding and neurexin-induced oligomerization (2020) in Journal of Neurochemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kreienkamp include:

  • Fatemeh Hassani Nia
  • Debora Tibbe
  • Daniel Woike
  • Justo P. Castaño
  • Zsolt Csaba

Best Publications

  • Homo- and Heterodimerization of Somatostatin Receptor Subtypes INACTIVATION OF sst3 RECEPTOR FUNCTION BY HETERODIMERIZATION WITH sst2A

    Manuela Pfeiffer;Thomas Koch;Helmut Schröder;Marcus Klutzny

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Arthur Christopoulos;Anthony P. Davenport;Eamonn Kelly

  • Identification of melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) as the natural ligand for the orphan somatostatin-like receptor 1 (SLC-1).

    Dietmar Bächner;Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp;Christoph Weise;Friedrich Buck

  • Reverse physiology in drosophila: identification of a novel allatostatin-like neuropeptide and its cognate receptor structurally related to the mammalian somatostatin/galanin/opioid receptor family.

    Necla Birgül;Christoph Weise;Hans‐Jürgen Kreienkamp;Dietmar Richter

  • Regulation of cell shape by Cdc42 is mediated by the synergic actin-bundling activity of the Eps8-IRSp53 complex.

    Andrea Disanza;Sara Mantoani;Maud Hertzog;Silke Gerboth

  • Differential β-Arrestin Trafficking and Endosomal Sorting of Somatostatin Receptor Subtypes

    Giovanni Tulipano;Ralf Stumm;Manuela Pfeiffer;Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp

  • Molecular dissection of subunit interfaces in the acetylcholine receptor: Identification of determinants of α-Conotoxin M1 selectivity

    Steven M. Sines;Hans Jurgen Kreienkamp;Nina Bren;Robert Maeda

  • Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Regulates the Levels of Scaffold Proteins and Glutamate Receptors in Postsynaptic Densities

    Janin Schütt;Katrin Falley;Dietmar Richter;Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp

  • Differential expression and dendritic transcript localization of Shank family members: identification of a dendritic targeting element in the 3′ untranslated region of Shank1 mRNA

    Tobias M. Böckers;Tobias M. Böckers;Mailin Segger-Junius;Peter Iglauer;Jürgen Bockmann;Jürgen Bockmann

  • Somatostatin receptor interacting protein defines a novel family of multidomain proteins present in human and rodent brain.

    Heike Zitzer;Hans-Hinrich Hönck;Dietmar Bächner;Dietmar Richter

  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. CV. Somatostatin Receptors: Structure, Function, Ligands, and New Nomenclature.

    Thomas Günther;Giovanni Tulipano;Pascal Dournaud;Corinne Bousquet

  • Synaptic scaffolding proteins in rat brain. Ankyrin repeats of the multidomain Shank protein family interact with the cytoskeletal protein alpha-fodrin.

    Tobias M. Böckers;Marie Germaine Mameza;Michael R. Kreutz;Jürgen Bockmann

  • Conserved tyrosines in the alpha subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor stabilize quaternary ammonium groups of agonists and curariform antagonists.

    Steven M. Sine;Polly Quiram;Frank Papanikolaou;Hans Jürgen Kreienkamp

  • Dysregulation of Rho GTPases in the αPix/Arhgef6 mouse model of X-linked intellectual disability is paralleled by impaired structural and synaptic plasticity and cognitive deficits

    Ger J A Ramakers;Ger J A Ramakers;David Wolfer;David Wolfer;Georg Rosenberger;Kerstin Kuchenbecker

  • SHANK proteins limit integrin activation by directly interacting with Rap1 and R-Ras.

    Johanna Lilja;Thomas Zacharchenko;Maria Georgiadou;Guillaume Jacquemet

  • Phosphorylation of Four Amino Acid Residues in the Carboxyl Terminus of the Rat Somatostatin Receptor Subtype 3 Is Crucial for Its Desensitization and Internalization

    Adelheid Roth;Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp;Wolfgang Meyerhof;Dietmar Richter

  • The Insulin Receptor Substrate IRSp53 Links Postsynaptic shank1 to the Small G-Protein cdc42

    Michaela Soltau;Dietmar Richter;Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp

  • Functional Annotation of Two Orphan G-protein-coupled Receptors, Drostar1 and -2, from Drosophila melanogaster and Their Ligands by Reverse Pharmacology

    Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp;Hannes Jon Larusson;Ines Witte;Thomas Roeder

  • Postsynaptic Shank Antagonizes Dendrite Branching Induced by the Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein Densin-180

    Arne Quitsch;Kerstin Berhörster;Chong Wee Liew;Dietmar Richter

  • Glycosylation sites selectively interfere with alpha-toxin binding to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

    Hans Jürgen Kreienkamp;Steven M. Sine;Robert K. Maeda;Palmer Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Dietmar Richter
Dietmar Richter Universität Hamburg
Christoph Weise
Christoph Weise Freie Universität Berlin
Alexander Dityatev
Alexander Dityatev German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Stefan Schulz
Stefan Schulz Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Palmer Taylor
Palmer Taylor University of California, San Diego
Ferdinand Hucho
Ferdinand Hucho Freie Universität Berlin
Michael R. Kreutz
Michael R. Kreutz Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Christian Kubisch
Christian Kubisch Universität Hamburg
Laurence A. Bindoff
Laurence A. Bindoff Haukeland University Hospital
Han G. Brunner
Han G. Brunner Radboud University

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