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Biology and Biochemistry
Germany
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
120
Citations
52004
World Ranking
638
National Ranking
44

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Johannes Buchner is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their primary field of study is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research covers several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Materials Chemistry, Infectious Diseases, and Cell Biology. Key topics in their work encompass:

  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
  • Thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses

Johannes Buchner has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (30 publications)
  • Biological Chemistry (18 publications)
  • Nature Communications (8 publications)
  • Communications Biology (4 publications)
  • Molecular Cell (4 publications)

Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Conformational dynamics modulate the catalytic activity of the molecular chaperone Hsp90," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Hsp90-mediated regulation of DYRK3 couples stress granule disassembly and growth via mTORC1 signaling," 2021, EMBO Reports
  • "Breakdown of supersaturation barrier links protein folding to amyloid formation," 2021, Communications Biology
  • "The IMiD target CRBN determines HSP90 activity toward transmembrane proteins essential in multiple myeloma," 2021, Molecular Cell
  • "Fatal amyloid formation in a patient's antibody light chain is caused by a single point mutation," 2020, eLife

Buchner frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Lila M. Gierasch
  • F. Peter Guengerich
  • Ruma Banerjee
  • Roger Colbran
  • Peter Cresswell

Best Publications

  • The Heat Shock Response: Life on the Verge of Death

    Klaus Richter;Martin Haslbeck;Johannes Buchner

  • Small heat shock proteins are molecular chaperones

    U Jakob;M Gaestel;K Engel;J Buchner

  • The HSP90 chaperone machinery

    Florian H. Schopf;Maximilian M. Biebl;Johannes Buchner

  • Binding of non-native protein to Hsp25 during heat shock creates a reservoir of folding intermediates for reactivation

    Monika Ehrnsperger;Simone Gräber;Matthias Gaestel;Johannes Buchner

  • Regulation of Hsp27 Oligomerization, Chaperone Function, and Protective Activity against Oxidative Stress/Tumor Necrosis Factor α by Phosphorylation

    Thorsten Rogalla;Monika Ehrnsperger;Xavier Preville;Alexey Kotlyarov

  • Some like it hot: the structure and function of small heat-shock proteins

    Martin Haslbeck;Titus Franzmann;Daniel Weinfurtner;Johannes Buchner

  • Hsp90 & Co. – a holding for folding

    Johannes Buchner

  • Hsp70 and Hsp90--a relay team for protein folding.

    H. Wegele;L. Müller;J. Buchner

  • Hsp90: Chaperoning signal transduction

    Klaus Richter;Johannes Buchner

  • The Hsp90 Chaperone Machinery

    Sebastian Karl Wandinger;Klaus Richter;Johannes Buchner

  • GroE facilitates refolding of citrate synthase by suppressing aggregation.

    Johannes Buchner;Marion Schmidt;Miriam Fuchs;Rainer Jaenicke

  • Hsp90 chaperones protein folding in vitro.

    Hans Wiech;Johannes Buchner;Richard Zimmermann;Ursula Jakob

  • Hsp26: a temperature‐regulated chaperone

    Martin Haslbeck;Stefan Walke;Stefan Walke;Thusnelda Stromer;Monika Ehrnsperger;Monika Ehrnsperger

  • Supervising the fold: functional principles of molecular chaperones.

    Johannes Buchner

  • The Hsp90 chaperone machinery: Conformational dynamics and regulation by co-chaperones

    Jing Li;Joanna Soroka;Johannes Buchner

  • Protein Aggregation in vitro and in vivo: A Quantitative Model of the Kinetic Competition between Folding and Aggregation

    Thomas Kiefhaber;Rainer Rudolph;Hans-Helmut Kohler;Johannes Buchner

  • Molecular chaperones--cellular machines for protein folding.

    Stefan Walter;Johannes Buchner

  • A method for increasing the yield of properly folded recombinant fusion proteins: Single-chain immunotoxins from renaturation of bacterial inclusion bodies

    Johannes Buchner;Ira Pastan;Ulrich Brinkmann

  • Renaturation, Purification and Characterization of Recombinant Fab-Fragments Produced in Escherichia coli

    Johannes Buchner;Rainer Rudolph

  • Reduction of disulphide bonds unmasks potent antimicrobial activity of human β-defensin 1

    Bjoern O. Schroeder;Zhihong Wu;Sabine Nuding;Sabine Nuding;Sandra Groscurth

Frequent Co-Authors

Horst Kessler
Horst Kessler Technical University of Munich
Jochen Reinstein
Jochen Reinstein Max Planck Society
Hauke Lilie
Hauke Lilie Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Bernd Reif
Bernd Reif Technical University of Munich
Michael Sattler
Michael Sattler Technical University of Munich
Martin Zacharias
Martin Zacharias Technical University of Munich
Ursula Jakob
Ursula Jakob University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Matthias Gaestel
Matthias Gaestel Hannover Medical School
Ville R. I. Kaila
Ville R. I. Kaila Stockholm University
Thomas Scheibel
Thomas Scheibel University of Bayreuth

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