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  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Jan Löwe is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom. Their research outputs focus primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant emphasis on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Plant Science, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms

Jan Löwe has contributed to numerous publications across various scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • eLife
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Nature

Key recent publications by Jan Löwe are:

  • Structure of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in the presence of favipiravir-RTP, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cryo-EM structures of holo condensin reveal a subunit flip-flop mechanism, 2020, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • The structure of human thyroglobulin, 2020, Nature
  • Transport of DNA within cohesin involves clamping on top of engaged heads by Scc2 and entrapment within the ring by Scc3, 2020, eLife
  • Asgard archaea shed light on the evolutionary origins of the eukaryotic ubiquitin-ESCRT machinery, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators of Jan Löwe include:

  • Byung-Gil Lee
  • Frank Bürmann
  • Kim Nasmyth
  • Francesca Coscia
  • Christopher J. Russo

Jan Löwe has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom since 2008.

Best Publications

  • Structure of 20S proteasome from yeast at 2.4 A resolution.

    Michael Groll;Lars Ditzel;Jan Löwe;Daniela Stock

  • Crystal structure of the 20S proteasome from the archaeon T. acidophilum at 3.4 A resolution.

    Jan Löwe;Daniela Stock;Bing Jap;Peter Zwickl

  • Refined structure of alpha beta-tubulin at 3.5 A resolution.

    J Löwe;H Li;K.H Downing;E Nogales;E Nogales

  • Crystal structure of the bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ

    Jan Löwe;Linda A. Amos

  • Prokaryotic origin of the actin cytoskeleton

    Fusinita van den Ent;Linda A. Amos;Jan Löwe

  • Molecular Architecture of SMC Proteins and the Yeast Cohesin Complex

    Christian H. Haering;Jan Löwe;Andreas Hochwagen;Kim Nasmyth

  • Proteasome from Thermoplasma acidophilum: A threonine protease

    Erika Seemüller;Andrei Lupas;Daniela Stock;Jan Löwe

  • RF cloning: A restriction-free method for inserting target genes into plasmids

    Fusinita van den Ent;Jan Löwe

  • Tubulin and FtsZ form a distinct family of GTPases.

    Eva Nogales;Kenneth H. Downing;Linda A. Amos;Jan Löwe

  • Crystal structure of the thermosome, the archaeal chaperonin and homolog of CCT.

    Lars Ditzel;Jan Löwe;Daniela Stock;Karl-Otto Stetter

  • Structure and Stability of Cohesin's Smc1-Kleisin Interaction

    Christian H. Haering;Doris Schoffnegger;Tatsuya Nishino;Wolfgang Helmhart

  • Structural Insights Into Ftsz Protofilament Formation

    Maria A Oliva;Suzanne C Cordell;Jan Löwe

  • How Taxol stabilises microtubule structure.

    Linda A Amos;Jan Löwe

  • Bacterial chromosome segregation: structure and DNA binding of the Soj dimer — a conserved biological switch

    Thomas A Leonard;P Jonathan Butler;Jan Löwe

  • Crystal structure of dimethyl sulfoxide reductase from Rhodobacter capsulatus at 1.88 A resolution.

    Frank Schneider;Jan Löwe;Robert Huber;Hermann Schindelin

  • Closing the cohesin ring: Structure and function of its Smc3-kleisin interface

    Thomas G. Gligoris;Johanna C. Scheinost;Frank Bürmann;Naomi Petela

  • Prokaryotic DNA segregation by an actin-like filament.

    Jakob Møller-Jensen;Rasmus Bugge Jensen;Jan Löwe;Kenn Gerdes

  • F-actin-like filaments formed by plasmid segregation protein ParM

    Fusinita van den Ent;Jakob Møller‐Jensen;Linda A. Amos;Kenn Gerdes

  • Crystal Structure of the Cell Division Protein Ftsa from Thermotoga Maritima

    Fusinita van den Ent;Jan Löwe

  • Direct Membrane Binding by Bacterial Actin MreB

    Jeanne Salje;Fusinita van den Ent;Piet de Boer;Jan Löwe

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda A. Amos
Linda A. Amos MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Kim Nasmyth
Kim Nasmyth University of Oxford
Juri Rappsilber
Juri Rappsilber Technical University of Berlin
Kenn Gerdes
Kenn Gerdes University of Copenhagen
Robert Huber
Robert Huber University of Duisburg-Essen
David J. Sherratt
David J. Sherratt University of Oxford
Dmitry B. Veprintsev
Dmitry B. Veprintsev University of Nottingham
Stefan M.V. Freund
Stefan M.V. Freund MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
José Manuel Andreu
José Manuel Andreu Spanish National Research Council
Wolfgang Baumeister
Wolfgang Baumeister Max Planck Society

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