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Johan Lugtenburg

Johan Lugtenburg

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Chemistry
Netherlands
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
17698
World Ranking
4120
National Ranking
99

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Johan Lugtenburg is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands. Their research spans several interconnected fields within the life sciences, with a primary focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as neuroscience.

Their work prominently features molecular biology and cellular and molecular neuroscience as key subfields. These areas serve as the foundation for investigations into photoreceptor and optogenetics research, retinal development and disorders, and receptor mechanisms and signaling.

Recent published work includes the paper titled "Isorhodopsin: An Undervalued Visual Pigment Analog", which appeared in 2022 in the journal Colorants. This publication contributes to scientific discourse on visual pigments and photoreceptor function.

  • Isorhodopsin: An Undervalued Visual Pigment Analog (2022, Colorants)

Their collaborations include work with coauthor Willem J. de Grip, with whom they have co-published research. This partnership reflects interdisciplinary approaches within their study areas.

  • Willem J. de Grip

Johan Lugtenburg frequently publishes in venues such as Colorants, supporting the dissemination of research in pigment science and related biochemical topics.

  • Colorants

The research topics covered throughout their career encompass:

  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Overall, their academic profile reflects expertise in molecular mechanisms underlying visual processes and receptor biology within the context of cellular neuroscience and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Chromophore structure in bacteriorhodopsin's N intermediate: implications for the proton-pumping mechanism.

    S. P. A. Fodor;J. B. Ames;R. Gebhard;E. M. M. Van Den Berg

  • 13C NMR Study of the Grafting of Maleic Anhydride onto Polyethene, Polypropene, and Ethene−Propene Copolymers

    W. Heinen;C. H. Rosenmöller;C. B. Wenzel;H. J. M. De Groot

  • Vibrational analysis of the all-trans-retinal chromophore in light-adapted bacteriorhodopsin

    Steven O. Smith;Mark S. Braiman;Anne B. Myers;Johannes A. Pardoen

  • Determination of membrane protein structure by rotational resonance NMR : bacteriorhodopsin

    F Creuzet;A McDermott;R Gebhard;K van der Hoef

  • Determination of retinal chromophore structure in bacteriorhodopsin with resonance Raman spectroscopy.

    Steven O. Smith;Johan Lugtenburg;Richard A. Mathies

  • Dark-adapted bacteriorhodopsin contains 13-cis, 15-syn and all-trans, 15-anti retinal Schiff bases

    Gerard S. Harbison;Steven O. Smith;Johannes A. Pardoen;Chris Winkel

  • Solid-state 13C NMR detection of a perturbed 6-s-trans chromophore in bacteriorhodopsin.

    G. S. Harbison;S. O. Smith;J. A. Pardoen;J. M. L. Courtin

  • Assignment and interpretation of hydrogen out-of-plane vibrations in the resonance Raman spectra of rhodopsin and bathorhodopsin.

    Gregory Eyring;Bostick Curry;Albert Broek;Johan Lugtenburg

  • Assignment of fingerprint vibrations in the resonance Raman spectra of rhodopsin, isorhodopsin, and bathorhodopsin: implications for chromophore structure and environment.

    Palings I;Pardoen Ja;van den Berg E;Winkel C

  • Vibrational analysis of the 13-cis-retinal chromophore in dark-adapted bacteriorhodopsin

    Steven O. Smith;Johannes A. Pardoen;Johan. Lugtenburg;Richard A. Mathies

  • Chromophore structure in bacteriorhodopsin's O640 photointermediate

    Steven O. Smith;Johannes A. Pardoen;Patrick P. J. Mulder;Bo. Curry

  • Determination of retinal Schiff base configuration in bacteriorhodopsin.

    Steven O. Smith;Anne B. Myers;Johannes A. Pardoen;Chris Winkel

  • Direct determination of a molecular torsional angle in the membrane protein rhodopsin by solid-state NMR

    X. Feng;P.J.E. Verdegem;Y. Lee;D. Sandström

  • Pyrromethene-BF2 complexes (4,4′-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacenes). Synthesis and luminescence properties

    E. Vos de Wael;J. A. Pardoen;J. A. van Koeveringe;J. Lugtenburg

  • Interpretation of the resonance Raman spectrum of bathorhodopsin based on visual pigment analogues.

    Gregory Eyring;Bostick Curry;Richard Mathies;Ruud Fransen

  • Asymmetric binding of the 1- and 4-C=O groups of QA in Rhodobacter sphaeroides R26 reaction centres monitored by Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy using site-specific isotopically labelled ubiquinone-10.

    R. Brudler;H. J. M. De Groot;W. B. S. Van Liemt;W. F. Steggerda

  • Carbon-13 magic-angle spinning NMR studies of bathorhodopsin, the primary photoproduct of rhodopsin

    S.O. Smith;J. Courtin;H. de Groot;R. Gebhard

  • Solid-state 13C and 15N NMR study of the low pH forms of bacteriorhodopsin.

    H. J. M. De Groot;S. O. Smith;J. Courtin;E. Van Den Berg

  • (1)H and (13)C MAS NMR evidence for pronounced ligand-protein interactions involving the ionone ring of the retinylidene chromophore in rhodopsin.

    Alain F. L. Creemers;Suzanne Kiihne;Petra H. M. Bovee-Geurts;Willem J. DeGrip

  • Vibrational Assignment of Torsional Normal Modes of Rhodopsin: Probing Excited-State Isomerization Dynamics along the Reactive C11C12 Torsion Coordinate

    Steven W. Lin;Michel Groesbeek;Ineke van der Hoef;Peter Verdegem

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Mathies
Richard A. Mathies University of California, Berkeley
Judith Herzfeld
Judith Herzfeld Brandeis University
Huub J. M. de Groot
Huub J. M. de Groot Leiden University
Harry A. Frank
Harry A. Frank University of Connecticut
Arnold J. Hoff
Arnold J. Hoff Leiden University
Steven O. Smith
Steven O. Smith Stony Brook University
Kenneth J. Rothschild
Kenneth J. Rothschild Boston University
Malcolm H. Levitt
Malcolm H. Levitt University of Southampton
Hideki Kandori
Hideki Kandori Nagoya Institute of Technology

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