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Martin van der Laan

Martin van der Laan

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
9507
World Ranking
12822
National Ranking
917

Overview

Martin van der Laan is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany and conducts research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly work includes a significant focus on Molecular Biology, alongside contributions to Clinical Biochemistry, Surgery, Cell Biology, and Physiology.

The research topics covered by Martin van der Laan include:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Martin van der Laan's recent papers highlight their involvement in mitochondrial biology and related molecular mechanisms. Notable publications include:

  • Structural mechanism of mitochondrial membrane remodelling by human OPA1, 2023, Nature
  • Central role of Tim17 in mitochondrial presequence protein translocation, 2023, Nature
  • The mitochondrial carrier pathway transports non-canonical substrates with an odd number of transmembrane segments, 2020, BMC Biology
  • Hexokinases inhibit death receptor-dependent apoptosis on the mitochondria, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Structural insights into crista junction formation by the Mic60-Mic19 complex, 2022, Science Advances

The frequent co-authors Martin van der Laan has collaborated with include:

  • Karina von der Malsburg
  • Heike Rampelt
  • Inge Perschil
  • Thomas Becker
  • Lilia Colina-Tenorio

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, the most frequent being:

  • Cell Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Dual Role of Mitofilin in Mitochondrial Membrane Organization and Protein Biogenesis

    Karina von der Malsburg;Judith M. Müller;Maria Bohnert;Silke Oeljeklaus

  • Definition of a High-Confidence Mitochondrial Proteome at Quantitative Scale

    Marcel Morgenstern;Sebastian B. Stiller;Philipp Lübbert;Christian D. Peikert

  • Cellular Metabolism Regulates Contact Sites between Vacuoles and Mitochondria

    Carina Hönscher;Muriel Mari;Kathrin Auffarth;Maria Bohnert

  • Mitochondrial protein import: common principles and physiological networks

    Jan Dudek;Peter Rehling;Peter Rehling;Martin van der Laan

  • Uniform nomenclature for the mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system

    Nikolaus Pfanner;Martin van der Laan;Paolo Amati;Roderick A. Capaldi

  • F1F0 ATP synthase subunit c is a substrate of the novel YidC pathway for membrane protein biogenesis

    Martin van der Laan;Philipp Bechtluft;Stef Kol;Nico Nouwen

  • Motor-free mitochondrial presequence translocase drives membrane integration of preproteins

    Martin van der Laan;Michael Meinecke;Jan Dudek;Dana P. Hutu

  • A Role for Tim21 in Membrane-Potential-Dependent Preprotein Sorting in Mitochondria

    Martin van der Laan;Nils Wiedemann;David U. Mick;Bernard Guiard

  • Role of the mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system in membrane architecture and dynamics

    Heike Rampelt;Ralf M. Zerbes;Martin van der Laan;Nikolaus Pfanner

  • Profiling phosphoproteins of yeast mitochondria reveals a role of phosphorylation in assembly of the ATP synthase.

    Jörg Reinders;Karina Wagner;Rene P. Zahedi;Diana Stojanovski

  • Mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system

    Martin van der Laan;Susanne E Horvath;Nikolaus Pfanner

  • Role of MINOS in mitochondrial membrane architecture and biogenesis

    Martin van der Laan;Maria Bohnert;Nils Wiedemann;Nikolaus Pfanner

  • Mitochondrial protein-induced stress triggers a global adaptive transcriptional programme.

    Felix Boos;Lena Krämer;Carina Groh;Ferris Jung

  • Shy1 couples Cox1 translational regulation to cytochrome c oxidase assembly

    David U Mick;Karina Wagner;Martin van der Laan;Ann E Frazier;Ann E Frazier

  • Dual function of Sdh3 in the respiratory chain and TIM22 protein translocase of the mitochondrial inner membrane.

    Natalia Gebert;Michael Gebert;Silke Oeljeklaus;Karina von der Malsburg

  • Composition and topology of the endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria encounter structure.

    David A. Stroud;Silke Oeljeklaus;Sebastian Wiese;Maria Bohnert

  • Central Role of Mic10 in the Mitochondrial Contact Site and Cristae Organizing System

    Maria Bohnert;Ralf M Zerbes;Karen M Davies;Alexander W Mühleip

  • Role of MINOS in Mitochondrial Membrane Architecture: Cristae Morphology and Outer Membrane Interactions Differentially Depend on Mitofilin Domains

    Ralf M. Zerbes;Maria Bohnert;David A. Stroud;Karina von der Malsburg

  • Mitofilin complexes: conserved organizers of mitochondrial membrane architecture

    Ralf M. Zerbes;Ida J. van der Klei;Marten Veenhuis;Nikolaus Pfanner

  • Coupling of Mitochondrial Import and Export Translocases by Receptor-Mediated Supercomplex Formation

    Jian Qiu;Lena Sophie Wenz;Ralf M. Zerbes;Silke Oeljeklaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikolaus Pfanner
Nikolaus Pfanner University of Freiburg
Peter Rehling
Peter Rehling University of Göttingen
Nils Wiedemann
Nils Wiedemann University of Freiburg
Bettina Warscheid
Bettina Warscheid University of Freiburg
Agnieszka Chacinska
Agnieszka Chacinska IMol Polish Academy of Sciences
Thomas Becker
Thomas Becker Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bernard Guiard
Bernard Guiard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Arnold J. M. Driessen
Arnold J. M. Driessen University of Groningen
Chris Meisinger
Chris Meisinger University of Freiburg
Ida J. van der Klei
Ida J. van der Klei University of Groningen

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