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Karl-Heinz Altmann

Karl-Heinz Altmann

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Chemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
11795
World Ranking
12048
National Ranking
220

Overview

Karl-Heinz Altmann is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has an extensive body of research across several interconnected scientific fields. Their work spans Chemistry, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Oncology.

The scientist's research focuses on various topics including:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Altmann has published multiple papers in well-recognized scientific journals. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Mechanism of substrate transport and inhibition of the human LAT1-4F2hc amino acid transporter," 2021, Cell Discovery
  • "Structural insight into the stabilization of microtubules by taxanes," 2023, eLife
  • "Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of C2-Modified Analogs of the Antimycobacterial Natural Product Pyridomycin," 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Small molecule inhibitors provide insights into the relevance of LAT1 and LAT2 in materno-foetal amino acid transport," 2020, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
  • "An RCM-Based Total Synthesis of the Antibiotic Disciformycin B," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Altmann's collaborative network includes co-authors they have worked with extensively, such as:

  • J. Fernando Díaz (16 joint publications)
  • Daniel Lucena-Agell (15 joint publications)
  • Jürg Gertsch (8 joint publications)
  • Christian P. Bold (7 joint publications)
  • Thomas M. Frossard (7 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • The ups and downs of nucleic acid duplex stability: Structure-stability studies on chemically-modified DNA:RNA duplexes

    Susan M. Freier;Karl-Heinz Altmann

  • Molecular Mechanism of Action of Microtubule-Stabilizing Anticancer Agents.

    Andrea E. Prota;Katja Bargsten;Didier Zurwerra;Jessica J. Field

  • Induction of Apoptosis in Small-Cell Lung Cancer Cells by an Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotide Targeting the Bcl-2 Coding Sequence

    Annemarie Ziegler;Gerd H. Luedke;Doriano Fabbro;Karl Heinz Altmann

  • Structural basis of small-molecule inhibition of human multidrug transporter ABCG2.

    Scott M. Jackson;Ioannis Manolaridis;Julia Kowal;Melanie Zechner

  • Second Generation of Antisense Oligonucleotides: From Nuclease Resistance to Biological Efficacy in Animals.

    K.-H. Altmann;N. M. Dean;D. Fabbro;S. M. Freier

  • Alkylamides from Echinacea are a new class of cannabinomimetics. Cannabinoid type 2 receptor-dependent and -independent immunomodulatory effects.

    Stefan Raduner;Adriana Majewska;Jian-Zhong Chen;Xiang-Qun Xie

  • A new tubulin-binding site and pharmacophore for microtubule-destabilizing anticancer drugs

    Andrea E. Prota;Katja Bargsten;J. Fernando Diaz;May Marsh

  • Puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidases

    Adriano Fontana;Daniel Beat Constam;Andreas Rudolf Tobler;Karl-Heinz Altmann

  • Epothilones and related structures--a new class of microtubule inhibitors with potent in vivo antitumor activity.

    Karl-Heinz Altmann;Markus Wartmann;Terence O’Reilly

  • GABA A receptors as in vivo substrate for the anxiolytic action of valerenic acid, a major constituent of valerian root extracts.

    Dietmar Benke;Andrea Barberis;Sascha Kopp;Karl Heinz Altmann

  • Template-Assembled Synthetic Proteins with 4-Helix-Bundle Topology - Total Chemical Synthesis and Conformational Studies

    Manfred Mutter;Gabriele G. Tuchscherer;Charleen Miller;Karl Heinz Altmann

  • SECOND-GENERATION ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES : STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS AND THE DESIGN OF IMPROVED SIGNAL-TRANSDUCTION INHIBITORS

    K H Altmann;D Fabbro;N M Dean;T Geiger

  • Backbone modifications in oligonucleotides and peptide nucleic acid systems

    Alain De Mesmaeker;Karl-Heinz Altmann;Adrian Waldner;Sebastian Wendeborn

  • Structural basis of microtubule stabilization by laulimalide and peloruside a.

    Andrea E. Prota;Katja Bargsten;Peter T. Northcote;May Marsh

  • Helix‐coil stability constants for the naturally occurring amino acids in water. XXIV. Half‐cystine parameters from random poly(hydroxybutylglutamine‐CO‐S‐methylthio‐L‐cysteine)

    J. Wójcik;K.-H. Altmann;H. A. Scheraga

  • 4′,6′-Methano carbocyclic thymidine: A conformationally constrained building block for oligonucleotides

    Karl-Heinz Altmann;Rudolf Kesselring;Eric Francotte;Grety Rihs

  • Chemical synthesis and biological properties of pyridine epothilones

    K C Nicolaou;R Scarpelli;B Bollbuck;B Werschkun

  • Chemical synthesis and biological evaluation of cis- and trans-12,13-cyclopropyl and 12,13-cyclobutyl epothilones and related pyridine side chain analogues.

    K. C. Nicolaou;K. C. Nicolaou;Kenji Namoto;Kenji Namoto;Andreas Ritzén;Andreas Ritzén;Trond Ulven;Trond Ulven

  • The chemistry and biology of epothilones--the wheel keeps turning.

    Karl-Heinz Altmann;Bernhard Pfeiffer;Stellios Arseniyadis;Benjamin A. Pratt

  • Microtubule-stabilizing agents: a growing class of important anticancer drugs.

    Unknown

  • Synergistic immunomopharmacological effects of N-alkylamides in Echinacea purpurea herbal extracts.

    Andrea Chicca;Stefan Raduner;Federica Pellati;Thomas Strompen

  • A collection of robust organic synthesis reactions for in silico molecule design.

    Markus Hartenfeller;Martin Eberle;Peter Meier;Cristina Nieto-Oberhuber

  • Second Generation Antisense Oligonucleotides—Inhibition of PKC-α and c-raf Kinase Expression by Chimeric Oligonucleotides Incorporating 6″-Substituted Carbocyclic Nucleosides and 2″-O-Ethylene Glycol Substituted Ribonucleosides

    Karl-Heinz Altmann;Pierre Martin;Nicholas M. Dean;Brett P. Mania

  • The high-resolution solution structure of epothilone A bound to tubulin: an understanding of the structure-activity relationships for a powerful class of antitumor agents.

    Teresa Carlomagno;Marcel J. J. Blommers;Jens Meiler;Jens Meiler;Wolfgang Jahnke

  • 1′,6′-methano carbocyclic thymidine: Synthesis, x-ray crystal structure, and effect on nucleic acid duplex stability

    Karl-Heinz Altmann;René Imwinkelried;Rudolf Kesselring;Grety Rihs

  • Switch Peptides: pH‐Induced α‐Helix to β‐Sheet Transitions of Bis‐amphiphilic Oligopeptides

    Manfred Mutter;R. Gassmann;U. Buttkus;K.-H. Altmann

  • Falcarinol is a covalent cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist and induces pro-allergic effects in skin

    Marco Leonti;Laura Casu;Stefan Raduner;Filippo Cottiglia

  • Epothilone B and its analogs - a new family of anticancer agents.

    Unknown

  • Dual Recognition of Double-Stranded DNA by 2'-Aminoethoxy-Modified Oligonucleotides.

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürg Gertsch
Jürg Gertsch University of Bern
Michel O. Steinmetz
Michel O. Steinmetz Paul Scherrer Institute
Gerd Pluschke
Gerd Pluschke Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
K. C. Nicolaou
K. C. Nicolaou Rice University
Doriano Fabbro
Doriano Fabbro Novartis (Switzerland)
Stewart T. Cole
Stewart T. Cole Institut Pasteur
José Manuel Andreu
José Manuel Andreu Spanish National Research Council
Nicholas M. Dean
Nicholas M. Dean Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)

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