2026 Irmgard Sinning: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	70	7151	6592	524	495	335	14465

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Current World Ranking

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Biology and Biochemistry

7151

6592

524

495

335

14465

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

14465

World Ranking

7151

National Ranking

524

Overview

Irmgard Sinning is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany. Their research spans primarily the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several related subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Genetics, Immunology, and Cell Biology.

Their recent research output includes papers published between 2020 and 2021 in multiple scientific journals. Notable papers include:

Structural Basis of Tail-Anchored Membrane Protein Biogenesis by the GET Insertase Complex (2020, Molecular Cell)
MetAP-like Ebp1 occupies the human ribosomal tunnel exit and recruits flexible rRNA expansion segments (2020, Nature Communications)
Structural and molecular mechanisms for membrane protein biogenesis by the Oxa1 superfamily (2021, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology)
Complexin Suppresses Spontaneous Exocytosis by Capturing the Membrane-Proximal Regions of VAMP2 and SNAP25 (2020, Cell Reports)
The Arabidopsis N^α-acetyltransferase NAA60 locates to the plasma membrane and is vital for the high salt stress response (2020, New Phytologist)

The scientist works frequently with the following coauthors:

Klemens Wild
Karine Lapouge
Dirk Flemming
Jürgen Kopp
Jonas Weidenhausen

Their work is regularly published in a set of venues that include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
eLife
Cell Reports

The main topics covered by their research include:

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
RNA Research and Splicing
RNA modifications and cancer
Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Signaling Pathways in Disease
Heat shock proteins research

Best Publications

Crystallographic refinement at 2.3 A resolution and refined model of the photosynthetic reaction centre from Rhodopseudomonas viridis.

Johann Deisenhofer;Otto Epp;Irmgard Sinning;Hartmut Michel

879
Citations
Structure determination and refinement of human alpha class glutathione transferase A1-1, and a comparison with the Mu and Pi class enzymes.

I. Sinning;G. J. Kleywegt;S. W. Cowan;P. Reinemer

543
Citations
Structure and Dynamics of the ATP-Bound Open Conformation of Hsp70 Chaperones

Roman Kityk;Jürgen Kopp;Irmgard Sinning;Matthias P. Mayer

444
Citations
Transient RNA-DNA Hybrids Are Required for Efficient Double-Strand Break Repair

Corina Ohle;Rafael Tesorero;Géza Schermann;Nikolay Dobrev

384
Citations
The crystal structure of the catalytic core domain of endoglucanase I from Trichoderma reesei at 3.6 A resolution, and a comparison with related enzymes.

G J Kleywegt;J Y Zou;Christina Divne;G J Davies

342
Citations
SRP-mediated protein targeting: structure and function revisited.

Joen Luirink;Irmgard Sinning

321
Citations
Crystal structure of the NG domain from the signal-recognition particle receptor FtsY.

Guillermo Montoya;Cecilia Svensson;Joen Luirink;Irmgard Sinning

258
Citations
Delivering proteins for export from the cytosol

Benedict C S Cross;Irmgard Sinning;Joen Luirink;Stephen High

237
Citations
Distinct Modes of Signal Recognition Particle Interaction with the Ribosome

Martin R. Pool;Joachim Stumm;Tudor A. Fulga;Irmgard Sinning

235
Citations
Following the signal sequence from ribosomal tunnel exit to signal recognition particle.

Mario Halic;Michael Blau;Thomas Becker;Thorsten Mielke

234
Citations
High-resolution X-ray and NMR Structures of the SMN Tudor Domain: Conformational Variation in the Binding Site for Symmetrically Dimethylated Arginine Residues

Remco Sprangers;Matthew R Groves;Irmgard Sinning;Michael Sattler

222
Citations
Structural analysis of human alpha-class glutathione transferase A1-1 in the apo-form and in complexes with ethacrynic acid and its glutathione conjugate.

A.D Cameron;I Sinning;G L'Hermite;B Olin

214
Citations
Membrane curvature induced by Arf1-GTP is essential for vesicle formation.

Rainer Beck;Zhe Sun;Frank Adolf;Chistoph Rutz

196
Citations
Anionic phospholipids are involved in membrane association of FtsY and stimulate its GTPase activity.

E. de Leeuw;K. te Kaat;C. Moser;G. Menestrina

191
Citations
FlhA provides the adaptor for coordinated delivery of late flagella building blocks to the type III secretion system

Gert Bange;Nico Kümmerer;Christoph Engel;Gunes Bozkurt

183
Citations
Visualizing the Assembly Pathway of Nucleolar Pre-60S Ribosomes.

Lukas Kater;Matthias Thoms;Clara Barrio-Garcia;Jingdong Cheng

183
Citations
Signal Recognition Particle Receptor Exposes the Ribosomal Translocon Binding Site

Mario Halic;Marco Gartmann;Oliver Schlenker;Thorsten Mielke

182
Citations
Protein targeting by the signal recognition particle

Przemyslaw Grudnik;Gert Bange;Irmgard Sinning

180
Citations
Head-to-tail interactions of the coiled-coil domains regulate ClpB activity and cooperation with Hsp70 in protein disaggregation.

Marta Carroni;Eva Kummer;Yuki Oguchi;Petra Wendler

177
Citations
Signal recognition particle mediates post-translational targeting in eukaryotes

Benjamin M Abell;Martin R Pool;Oliver Schlenker;Irmgard Sinning

167
Citations