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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1963 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Klaus Peter Hofmann is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a specialization in molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and spectroscopy.

The main topics covered in their work include receptor mechanisms and signaling, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, retinal development and disorders, and molecular spectroscopy and chirality.

Hofmann's recent publications include the paper titled "Rhodopsin, light-sensor of vision", published in 2022 in Progress in Retinal and Eye Research. Another recent contribution is "A Novel Incident Circular Polarized Light Raman Optical Activity (ICP-ROA) Spectrometer With Advanced Polarization Control", published in 2024 in the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy.

  • Rhodopsin, light-sensor of vision (2022, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research)
  • A Novel Incident Circular Polarized Light Raman Optical Activity (ICP-ROA) Spectrometer With Advanced Polarization Control (2024, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy)

Frequent co-authors across these works include Trevor D. Lamb, Luisa Martin, and Ingo Fischer.

  • Trevor D. Lamb
  • Luisa Martin
  • Ingo Fischer

The venues commonly associated with Hofmann's publications are Progress in Retinal and Eye Research and Journal of Raman Spectroscopy.

  • Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
  • Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

Awards received by Klaus Peter Hofmann include membership of the National Academy of Sciences and fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), both awarded in 1963.

Best Publications

  • Crystal structure of opsin in its G-protein-interacting conformation

    Patrick Scheerer;Jung Hee Park;Peter W Hildebrand;Yong Ju Kim

  • Crystal structure of the ligand-free G-protein-coupled receptor opsin

    Jung Hee Park;Patrick Scheerer;Klaus Peter Hofmann;Klaus Peter Hofmann;Hui Woog Choe;Hui Woog Choe

  • Crystal structure of metarhodopsin II.

    Hui Woog Choe;Yong Ju Kim;Jung Hee Park;Takefumi Morizumi;Takefumi Morizumi

  • Activation of rhodopsin: new insights from structural and biochemical studies

    Tetsuji Okada;Oliver P. Ernst;Krzysztof Palczewski;Klaus Peter Hofmann

  • A G protein-coupled receptor at work: the rhodopsin model

    Klaus Peter Hofmann;Klaus Peter Hofmann;Patrick Scheerer;Peter W. Hildebrand;Hui-Woog Choe

  • Role of the conserved NPxxY(x)5,6F motif in the rhodopsin ground state and during activation

    Olaf Fritze;Sławomir Filipek;Vladimir Kuksa;Krzysztof Palczewski

  • Micropatterned immobilization of a G protein-coupled receptor and direct detection of G protein activation.

    Christoph Bieri;Oliver P. Ernst;Stephan Heyse;Klaus Peter Hofmann

  • Monomeric G protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin in solution activates its G protein transducin at the diffusion limit.

    Oliver P. Ernst;Verena Gramse;Michael Kolbe;Klaus Peter Hofmann

  • Kinetics, binding constant, and activation energy of the 48-kDa protein-rhodopsin complex by extra-metarhodopsin II.

    Andreas Schleicher;Hermann Kuehn;Klaus Peter Hofmann

  • Rod outer segment retinol dehydrogenase: substrate specificity and role in phototransduction.

    K Palczewski;S Jäger;J Buczyłko;R K Crouch

  • Maximal rate and nucleotide dependence of rhodopsin-catalyzed transducin activation: initial rate analysis based on a double displacement mechanism.

    Martin Heck;Klaus Peter Hofmann

  • Mutation of the Fourth Cytoplasmic Loop of Rhodopsin Affects Binding of Transducin and Peptides Derived from the Carboxyl-terminal Sequences of Transducin α and γ Subunits

    Oliver P. Ernst;Christoph K. Meyer;Ethan P. Marin;Peter Henklein

  • Two different forms of metarhodopsin II : Schiff base deprotonation precedes proton uptake and signaling state

    Sophia Arnis;Klaus Peter Hofmann

  • Crystal structure of pre-activated arrestin p44

    Yong Ju Kim;Klaus Peter Hofmann;Klaus Peter Hofmann;Oliver P. Ernst;Patrick Scheerer

  • Crystal structure of a common GPCR-binding interface for G protein and arrestin

    Michal Szczepek;Florent Beyrière;Klaus-Peter Hofmann;Klaus-Peter Hofmann;Matthias Elgeti;Matthias Elgeti

  • Sequence of late molecular events in the activation of rhodopsin.

    Bernhard Knierim;Klaus Peter Hofmann;Oliver P. Ernst;Wayne L. Hubbell

  • Interaction of rhodopsin with the G-protein, transducin.

    Paul A. Hargrave;Heidi E. Hamm;K. P. Hofmann

  • Phosphorylated rhodopsin and heparin induce similar conformational changes in arrestin.

    Krzysztof Palczewski;Alexander Pulvermüller;Janina Buczyłko;Klaus Peter Hofmann

  • Interaction between photoactivated rhodopsin and its kinase: stability and kinetics of complex formation.

    Pulvermüller A;Palczewski K;Hofmann Kp

  • Interaction of glutamic-acid-rich proteins with the cGMP signalling pathway in rod photoreceptors

    Heinz G. Körschen;Michael Beyermann;Frank Müller;Martin Heck

Frequent Co-Authors

Krzysztof Palczewski
Krzysztof Palczewski University of California, Irvine
Uwe Wolfrum
Uwe Wolfrum Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Peter Henklein
Peter Henklein Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Wayne L. Hubbell
Wayne L. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Christian M. T. Spahn
Christian M. T. Spahn Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Udo Heinemann
Udo Heinemann Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Thorsten Mielke
Thorsten Mielke Max Planck Society
Wolfgang Gärtner
Wolfgang Gärtner Leipzig University
Peter Hegemann
Peter Hegemann Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Horst Vogel
Horst Vogel Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology

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