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Matthias Wilmanns

Matthias Wilmanns

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
14264
World Ranking
7537
National Ranking
554

Overview

Matthias Wilmanns is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in the field of Medicine. Within these domains, their work focuses on several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Cell Biology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Wilmanns has published extensively in several scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Cancer Research

Recent publications by Matthias Wilmanns include:

  • Structural basis of p62/SQSTM1 helical filaments and their role in cellular cargo uptake, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Structure of the mycobacterial ESX-5 type VII secretion system pore complex, 2021, Science Advances
  • Tuning Transcription Factor Availability through Acetylation-Mediated Genomic Redistribution, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • FoldAffinity: binding affinities from nDSF experiments, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Molecular basis for the allosteric activation mechanism of the heterodimeric imidazole glycerol phosphate synthase complex, 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wilmanns include:

  • Simon A. Mortensen
  • Grzegorz Chojnowski
  • Edukondalu Mullapudi
  • Jérôme Bürgi
  • Nishit Goradia

Best Publications

  • Crystal Structure of a POU/Hmg/DNA Ternary Complex Suggests Differential Assembly of Oct4 and Sox2 on Two Enhancers

    Attila Reményi;Katharina Lins;L. Johan Nissen;Rolland Reinbold

  • Structural basis for activation of the titin kinase domain during myofibrillogenesis

    O. Mayans;P. F. M. Van Der Ven;M. Wilm;A. Mues

  • Structural Evidence for Evolution of the β/α Barrel Scaffold by Gene Duplication and Fusion

    Dietmar Lang;Ralf Thoma;Martina Henn-Sax;Reinhard Sterner;Reinhard Sterner;Reinhard Sterner

  • HIGH-RESOLUTION CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF TYROSINE KINASE SH3 DOMAINS COMPLEXED WITH PROLINE-RICH PEPTIDES

    Andrea Musacchio;Matti Saraste;Matthias Wilmanns

  • Structure of the binding site for inositol phosphates in a PH domain.

    M Hyvonen;M.J Macias;M Nilges;H Oschkinat

  • Combinatorial control of gene expression.

    Attila Reményi;Hans R Schöler;Matthias Wilmanns

  • Different folding transition states may result in the same native structure

    Ana Rosa Viguera;Luis Serrano;Matthias Wilmanns

  • Directed evolution of a (beta alpha)8-barrel enzyme to catalyze related reactions in two different metabolic pathways.

    Catharina Jürgens;Alexander Strom;Dennis Wegener;Stefan Hettwer

  • Structure and function of the SH3 domain.

    Andrea Musacchio;Matthias Wilmanns;Matti Saraste

  • Crystal structure of the membrane-exposed domain from a respiratory quinol oxidase complex with an engineered dinuclear copper center

    Matthias Wilmanns;Pekka Lappalainen;Mark Kelly;Elisabeth Sauer-Eriksson

  • Model-based local density sharpening of cryo-EM maps.

    Arjen J Jakobi;Matthias Wilmanns;Carsten Sachse

  • Palindromic assembly of the giant muscle protein titin in the sarcomeric Z-disk

    Peijian Zou;Nikos Pinotsis;Stephan Lange;Stephan Lange;Young-Hwa Song

  • Human alpha-defensins neutralize anthrax lethal toxin and protect against its fatal consequences.

    Chun Kim;Nadesan Gajendran;Hans-Willi Mittrücker;Matthias Weiwad

  • Recognition of a functional peroxisome type 1 target by the dynamic import receptor pex5p.

    Will A. Stanley;Fabian V. Filipp;Petri Kursula;Nicole Schüller

  • Elucidating Human Phosphatase-Substrate Networks

    Xun Li;Matthias Wilmanns;Janet Thornton;Maja Köhn

  • Synergism with the Coactivator OBF-1 (OCA-B, BOB-1) Is Mediated by a Specific POU Dimer Configuration

    Alexey Tomilin;Alexey Tomilin;Attila Reményi;Katharina Lins;Hanne Bak

  • The crystal structure of anthranilate synthase from Sulfolobus solfataricus: Functional implications

    Thorsten Knöchel;Andreas Ivens;Gerko Hester;Ana Gonzalez

  • Restricted leucine zipper dimerization and specificity of DNA recognition of the melanocyte master regulator MITF

    Vivian Pogenberg;Margrét H Ögmundsdóttir;Kristín Bergsteinsdóttir;Alexander Schepsky

  • Crystal structure of the abl-SH3 domain complexed with a designed high-affinity peptide ligand: implications for SH3-ligand interactions.

    M.T Pisabarro;L Serrano;M. Wilmanns

  • Unusual binding properties of the SH3 domain of the yeast actin-binding protein Abp1. Structural and functional analysis

    Barbara Fazi;M. Jamie T.V. Cope;Alice Douangamath;Silvia Ferracuti

Frequent Co-Authors

Dmitri I. Svergun
Dmitri I. Svergun European Bioinformatics Institute
Mathias Gautel
Mathias Gautel King's College London
Michael Sattler
Michael Sattler Technical University of Munich
Ben Distel
Ben Distel Erasmus MC
Ralf Erdmann
Ralf Erdmann Ruhr University Bochum
Hans R. Schöler
Hans R. Schöler Max Planck Society
Eirikur Steingrimsson
Eirikur Steingrimsson University of Iceland
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Matti Saraste
Matti Saraste European Bioinformatics Institute
Luis Serrano
Luis Serrano Centre for Genomic Regulation

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