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Jonathan A. Javitch

Jonathan A. Javitch

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Neuroscience

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112
Citations
39030
World Ranking
514
National Ranking
300

Biology and Biochemistry

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112
Citations
38967
World Ranking
914
National Ranking
571

Overview

Jonathan A. Javitch is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience.

Their extensive work has contributed notably to the subfields of Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Biochemistry.

Key topics addressed throughout their research include:

  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Chemical Synthesis and Alkaloids
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Jonathan A. Javitch has published numerous articles in several prominent venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Some recent significant publications include:

  • Single-molecule FRET imaging of GPCR dimers in living cells, 2021, Nature Methods
  • Cortical overgrowth in a preclinical forebrain organoid model of CNTNAP2-associated autism spectrum disorder, 2021, Nature Communications
  • GPCR-mediated β-arrestin activation deconvoluted with single-molecule precision, 2022, Cell
  • Structure of human GABAB receptor in an inactive state, 2020, Nature
  • G12/13 is activated by acute tethered agonist exposure in the adhesion GPCR ADGRL3, 2020, Nature Chemical Biology

Throughout their career, Jonathan A. Javitch has collaborated extensively with various researchers. Frequent co-authors include Wesley B. Asher, M. Hauge, J. Robert Lane, Lei Shi, and Meritxell Canals.

Best Publications

  • Parkinsonism-inducing neurotoxin, N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6 -tetrahydropyridine: uptake of the metabolite N-methyl-4-phenylpyridine by dopamine neurons explains selective toxicity.

    Jonathan A. Javitch;Robert J. D'Amato;Stephen M. Strittmatter;Solomon H. Snyder

  • Structure of the human dopamine d3 receptor in complex with a d2/d3 selective antagonist.

    Ellen Y. T. Chien;Wei Liu;Qiang Zhao;Vsevolod Katritch

  • Functional Selectivity and Classical Concepts of Quantitative Pharmacology

    Jonathan D. Urban;William P. Clarke;Mark Von Zastrow;David E. Nichols

  • Activation of the β2-Adrenergic Receptor Involves Disruption of an Ionic Lock between the Cytoplasmic Ends of Transmembrane Segments 3 and 6

    Juan A. Ballesteros;Anne D. Jensen;George Liapakis;George Liapakis;Søren G.F. Rasmussen

  • Structural mimicry in G protein-coupled receptors: implications of the high-resolution structure of rhodopsin for structure-function analysis of rhodopsin-like receptors.

    Juan A. Ballesteros;Lei Shi;Jonathan A. Javitch

  • β2 Adrenergic Receptor Activation MODULATION OF THE PROLINE KINK IN TRANSMEMBRANE 6 BY A ROTAMER TOGGLE SWITCH

    Lei Shi;George Liapakis;Rui Xu;Frank Guarnieri

  • Amphetamine-induced loss of human dopamine transporter activity: an internalization-dependent and cocaine-sensitive mechanism.

    Christine Saunders;Jasmine V. Ferrer;Lei Shi;Jiayun Chen

  • Building a new conceptual framework for receptor heteromers

    Sergi Ferré;Ruben Baler;Michel Bouvier;Marc G. Caron

  • The mechanism of a neurotransmitter:sodium symporter--inward release of Na+ and substrate is triggered by substrate in a second binding site.

    Lei Shi;Matthias Quick;Yongfang Zhao;Harel Weinstein

  • Treatment resistant depression: A multi-scale, systems biology approach.

    Huda Akil;Joshua Gordon;Rene Hen;Jonathan Javitch

  • The binding sites for cocaine and dopamine in the dopamine transporter overlap

    Thijs Beuming;Julie Kniazeff;Marianne L Bergmann;Lei Shi

  • The binding site of aminergic G protein-coupled receptors: the transmembrane segments and second extracellular loop.

    Lei Shi;Jonathan A Javitch

  • Allosteric communication between protomers of dopamine class A GPCR dimers modulates activation.

    Yang Han;Irina S Moreira;Eneko Urizar;Harel Weinstein

  • Discovery of β-Arrestin–Biased Dopamine D2 Ligands for Probing Signal Transduction Pathways Essential for Antipsychotic Efficacy

    John A. Allen;Julianne M. Yost;Vincent Setola;Xin Chen

  • Time-resolved FRET between GPCR ligands reveals oligomers in native tissues

    Laura Albizu;Martin Cottet;Martin Cottet;Martin Cottet;Michaela Kralikova;Stoytcho Stoev

  • Dopamine D2 receptors form higher order oligomers at physiological expression levels

    Wen Guo;Eneko Urizar;Michaela Kralikova;Juan Carlos Mobarec

  • A comprehensive structure-based alignment of prokaryotic and eukaryotic neurotransmitter/Na+ symporters (NSS) aids in the use of the LeuT structure to probe NSS structure and function.

    Thijs Beuming;Lei Shi;Jonathan A. Javitch;Harel Weinstein

  • Amphetamine induces dopamine efflux through a dopamine transporter channel

    Kristopher M. Kahlig;Francesca Binda;Habibeh Khoshbouei;Randy D. Blakely

  • Cyanine fluorophore derivatives with enhanced photostability

    Roger B Altman;Daniel S Terry;Zhou Zhou;Qinsi Zheng

  • [3H]mazindol binding associated with neuronal dopamine and norepinephrine uptake sites.

    J. A. Javitch;R. O. Blaustein;Solomon H Snyder

  • Uptake of MPP(+) by dopamine neurons explains selectivity of parkinsonism-inducing neurotoxin, MPTP

    Jonathan A. Javitch;Solomon H. Snyder

Frequent Co-Authors

Lei Shi
Lei Shi National Institute on Drug Abuse
Harel Weinstein
Harel Weinstein Cornell University
Aurelio Galli
Aurelio Galli University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ulrik Gether
Ulrik Gether University of Copenhagen
Scott C. Blanchard
Scott C. Blanchard St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Dalibor Sames
Dalibor Sames Columbia University
Solomon H. Snyder
Solomon H. Snyder Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Christoph Kellendonk
Christoph Kellendonk Columbia University
Jean-Philippe Pin
Jean-Philippe Pin University of Montpellier
Poul Nissen
Poul Nissen Aarhus University

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