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Johannes M. Herrmann is affiliated with the Technical University of Kaiserslautern in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable emphasis on molecular biology and cell biology. The body of work encompasses related subfields such as epidemiology, spectroscopy, and clinical biochemistry. The main scientific topics addressed include mitochondrial function and pathology, ATP synthase and ATPases research, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, RNA modifications and cancer, and photosynthetic processes and mechanisms.

Herrmann has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with selected recent publications highlighting work on mitochondrial processes and protein biogenesis. Key papers include:

  • Quality control of the mitochondrial proteome, 2020, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Cytosolic Events in the Biogenesis of Mitochondrial Proteins, 2020, Trends in Biochemical Sciences
  • The chaperone-binding activity of the mitochondrial surface receptor Tom70 protects the cytosol against mitoprotein-induced stress, 2021, Cell Reports
  • How the Mitoprotein-Induced Stress Response Safeguards the Cytosol: A Unified View, 2020, Trends in Cell Biology
  • MitoStores: chaperone-controlled protein granules store mitochondrial precursors in the cytosol, 2023, The EMBO Journal

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Herrmann's coauthors include Markus Räschle, Felix Boos, Zuzana Štorchová, Svenja Lenhard, and Carina Groh. The number of joint publications ranges from 10 to 17 with these contributors.

The primary venues publishing Herrmann's research are varied and include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Chemistry
  • The EMBO Journal
  • FEBS Letters
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell

Herrmann's work is situated within broad and interdisciplinary fields, merging fundamental molecular and cellular biological insights with applied biochemical research. The research output shows sustained attention to mitochondrial biology, protein homeostasis within cells, and mechanisms of cellular stress responses.

Best Publications

  • Translocation of proteins into mitochondria.

    Walter Neupert;Johannes M. Herrmann

  • A disulfide relay system in the intermembrane space of mitochondria that mediates protein import.

    Nikola Mesecke;Nadia Terziyska;Christian Kozany;Frank Baumann

  • COPII–cargo interactions direct protein sorting into ER-derived transport vesicles

    Meta J. Kuehn;Johannes M. Herrmann;Randy Schekman

  • Quality control of the mitochondrial proteome.

    Jiyao Song;Johannes M. Herrmann;Thomas Becker

  • Oxa1p, an essential component of the N-tail protein export machinery in mitochondria

    Kai Hell;Johannes M. Herrmann;Elke Pratje;Walter Neupert

  • AAA proteases with catalytic sites on opposite membrane surfaces comprise a proteolytic system for the ATP-dependent degradation of inner membrane proteins in mitochondria.

    K. Leonhard;J. M. Herrmann;R. A. Stuart;G. Mannhaupt

  • Ribosome binding to the Oxa1 complex facilitates co-translational protein insertion in mitochondria

    Gregor Szyrach;Martin Ott;Nathalie Bonnefoy;Walter Neupert

  • Disulfide Formation in the ER and Mitochondria: Two Solutions to a Common Process

    Jan Riemer;Neil Bulleid;Johannes M. Herrmann

  • Oxa1p mediates the export of the N- and C-termini of pCoxII from the mitochondrial matrix to the intermembrane space

    Kai Hell;Johannes Herrmann;Elke Pratje;Walter Neupert

  • Erp1p and Erp2p, partners for Emp24p and Erv25p in a yeast p24 complex.

    Martina Marzioch;Debbie C. Henthorn;Johannes M. Herrmann;Rose Wilson

  • Protein transport into mitochondria.

    Johannes M Herrmann;Walter Neupert

  • The disulfide relay system of mitochondria is connected to the respiratory chain

    Karl Bihlmaier;Nikola Mesecke;Nikola Mesecke;Nadia Terziyska;Melanie Bien

  • Insertion into the mitochondrial inner membrane of a polytopic protein, the nuclear‐encoded Oxa1p

    Johannes M. Herrmann;Walter Neupert;Rosemary A. Stuart

  • Mia40, a novel factor for protein import into the intermembrane space of mitochondria is able to bind metal ions.

    Nadia Terziyska;Thomas Lutz;Christian Kozany;Dejana Mokranjac

  • Co-translational membrane insertion of mitochondrially encoded proteins.

    Martin Ott;Johannes M. Herrmann

  • Guidelines and recommendations on yeast cell death nomenclature

    Didac Carmona-Gutierrez;Maria Anna Bauer;Andreas Zimmermann;Andrés Aguilera

  • Systematic analysis of the twin cx(9)c protein family.

    Sebastian Longen;Melanie Bien;Karl Bihlmaier;Christine Kloeppel

  • Mitochondrial disulfide bond formation is driven by intersubunit electron transfer in Erv1 and proofread by glutathione.

    Melanie Bien;Sebastian Longen;Nikola Wagener;Ilona Chwalla

  • Control of protein synthesis in yeast mitochondria: the concept of translational activators.

    Johannes M. Herrmann;Michael W. Woellhaf;Nathalie Bonnefoy

  • Mba1, a membrane-associated ribosome receptor in mitochondria

    Martin Ott;Martin Prestele;Heike Bauerschmitt;Soledad Funes

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Neupert
Walter Neupert Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Maya Schuldiner
Maya Schuldiner Weizmann Institute of Science
Doron Rapaport
Doron Rapaport University of Tübingen
Benedikt Westermann
Benedikt Westermann University of Bayreuth
Peter Rehling
Peter Rehling University of Göttingen
Anne Spang
Anne Spang University of Basel
Martin van der Laan
Martin van der Laan Saarland University
Michael Schroda
Michael Schroda Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Tobias P. Dick
Tobias P. Dick Heidelberg University
Rosemary A. Stuart
Rosemary A. Stuart Marquette University

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