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Overview

Otto Berninghausen is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily falls within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, focusing particularly on Molecular Biology as a subfield. Other areas of study include Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, and Oncology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research

Recent papers authored by Otto Berninghausen include:

  • Structural basis for translational shutdown and immune evasion by the Nsp1 protein of SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Science
  • The Ccr4-Not complex monitors the translating ribosome for codon optimality, 2020, Science
  • Structure of Gcn1 bound to stalled and colliding 80S ribosomes, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ribosome collisions induce mRNA cleavage and ribosome rescue in bacteria, 2022, Nature
  • Structure and function of yeast Lso2 and human CCDC124 bound to hibernating ribosomes, 2020, PLoS Biology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Otto Berninghausen include:

  • Roland Beckmann
  • Jingdong Cheng
  • Thomas Becker
  • Robert Buschauer
  • Ed Hurt

Otto Berninghausen publishes frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Molecular Cell
  • Science

Best Publications

  • Membrane nanotubes physically connect T cells over long distances presenting a novel route for HIV-1 transmission

    Stefanie Sowinski;Clare Jolly;Otto Berninghausen;Marco A. Purbhoo

  • Structural basis for translational shutdown and immune evasion by the Nsp1 protein of SARS-CoV-2.

    Matthias Thoms;Robert Buschauer;Michael Ameismeier;Lennart Koepke

  • Structures of the human and Drosophila 80S ribosome

    Andreas M. Anger;Jean Paul Armache;Otto Berninghausen;Michael Habeck

  • Structure of Monomeric Yeast and Mammalian Sec61 Complexes Interacting with the Translating Ribosome

    Thomas Becker;Shashi Bhushan;Alexander Jarasch;Jean Paul Armache

  • Cryo-EM structure of the ribosome–SecYE complex in the membrane environment

    Jens Frauenfeld;James Gumbart;Eli O van der Sluis;Eli O van der Sluis;Soledad Funes

  • Structural basis of highly conserved ribosome recycling in eukaryotes and archaea

    Thomas Becker;Sibylle Franckenberg;Stephan Wickles;Christopher J. Shoemaker

  • Cryo-EM structure and rRNA model of a translating eukaryotic 80S ribosome at 5.5-A resolution.

    Jean Paul Armache;Alexander Jarasch;Andreas M. Anger;Elizabeth Villa

  • Structure and Subunit Topology of the INO80 Chromatin Remodeler and Its Nucleosome Complex

    Alessandro Tosi;Caroline Haas;Franz Herzog;Franz Herzog;Andrea Gilmozzi

  • Latrophilin 1 and its endogenous ligand Lasso/teneurin-2 form a high-affinity transsynaptic receptor pair with signaling capabilities

    John-Paul Silva;Vera G. Lelianova;Yaroslav S. Ermolyuk;Nickolai Vysokov

  • [alpha]-Helical nascent polypeptide chains visualized within distinct regions of the ribosomal exit tunnel

    Shashi Bhushan;Marco Gartmann;Mario Halic;Mario Halic;Jean Paul Armache

  • The Ccr4-Not complex monitors the translating ribosome for codon optimality.

    Robert Buschauer;Yoshitaka Matsuo;Takato Sugiyama;Ying Hsin Chen

  • Structures of the Sec61 Complex Engaged in Nascent Peptide Translocation or Membrane Insertion.

    Marko Gogala;Thomas Becker;Birgitta Beatrix;Jean Paul Armache

  • Molecular Basis of RNA Polymerase III Transcription Repression by Maf1

    Alessandro Vannini;Rieke Ringel;Anselm G. Kusser;Otto Berninghausen

  • Architecture of the 90S Pre-ribosome: A Structural View on the Birth of the Eukaryotic Ribosome.

    Markus Kornprobst;Martin Turk;Nikola Kellner;Jingdong Cheng

  • Structural basis for TetM-mediated tetracycline resistance.

    Alexandra Dönhöfer;Sibylle Franckenberg;Stephan Wickles;Otto Berninghausen

  • Coupled chaperone action in folding and assembly of hexadecameric Rubisco

    Cuimin Liu;Anna L. Young;Amanda Starling-Windhof;Andreas Bracher

  • Structural basis for coupling protein transport and N-glycosylation at the mammalian endoplasmic reticulum

    Katharina Braunger;Stefan Pfeffer;Shiteshu Shrimal;Reid Gilmore

  • SecM-stalled ribosomes adopt an altered geometry at the peptidyl transferase center

    Shashi Bhushan;Thomas Hoffmann;Birgit Seidelt;Jens Frauenfeld

  • Structure of the no-go mRNA decay complex Dom34-Hbs1 bound to a stalled 80S ribosome.

    Thomas Becker;Jean Paul Armache;Alexander Jarasch;Andreas M. Anger

  • Visualizing the Assembly Pathway of Nucleolar Pre-60S Ribosomes.

    Lukas Kater;Matthias Thoms;Clara Barrio-Garcia;Jingdong Cheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Beckmann
Roland Beckmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Daniel N. Wilson
Daniel N. Wilson Universität Hamburg
Thorsten Mielke
Thorsten Mielke Max Planck Society
Thomas Becker
Thomas Becker Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gunnar von Heijne
Gunnar von Heijne Stockholm University
Klaus Schulten
Klaus Schulten University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ed Hurt
Ed Hurt Heidelberg University
Thomas S. Becker
Thomas S. Becker University of Sydney
Walter Neupert
Walter Neupert Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Rachel Green
Rachel Green Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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