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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
115
Citations
37054
World Ranking
807
National Ranking
54

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Roland Lill is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to the fields of energy and environmental science. The subfields addressed include molecular biology, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, nutrition and dietetics, inorganic chemistry, and environmental engineering.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Trace elements in health
  • Metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms
  • Mitochondrial function and pathology
  • Microbial fuel cells and bioremediation
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Heat shock proteins research

Among Roland Lill's recent research papers are:

  • "Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Iron-Sulfur Protein Biogenesis," 2020, Annual Review of Biochemistry
  • "Structural and functional diversity calls for a new classification of ABC transporters," 2020, FEBS Letters
  • "Mechanistic concepts of iron-sulfur protein biogenesis in Biology," 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
  • "Functional spectrum and specificity of mitochondrial ferredoxins FDX1 and FDX2," 2022, Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Mitochondrial [4Fe-4S] protein assembly involves reductive [2Fe-2S] cluster fusion on ISCA1-ISCA2 by electron flow from ferredoxin FDX2," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Roland Lill include:

  • Oliver Stehling
  • Ulrich Mühlenhoff
  • Sven-A. Freibert
  • Joseph J. Braymer
  • Sven-Andreas Freibert

Roland Lill has published extensively in notable scientific venues. Common publication outlets for their work are:

  • FEBS Letters
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Function and biogenesis of iron–sulphur proteins

    Roland Lill

  • The mitochondrial proteins Atm1p and Nfs1p are essential for biogenesis of cytosolic Fe/S proteins.

    Gyula Kispal;Peter Csere;Corinna Prohl;Roland Lill

  • A fraction of yeast Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase and its metallochaperone, CCS, localize to the intermembrane space of mitochondria. A physiological role for SOD1 in guarding against mitochondrial oxidative damage.

    Lori A. Sturtz;Kerstin Diekert;Laran T. Jensen;Roland Lill

  • Maturation of Iron-Sulfur Proteins in Eukaryotes: Mechanisms, Connected Processes, and Diseases

    Roland Lill;Ulrich Mühlenhoff

  • The ATPase activity of secA is regulated by acidic phospholipids, secY, and the leader and mature domains of precursor proteins

    Roland Lill;William Dowhan;William Wickner

  • The role of mitochondria in cellular iron–sulfur protein biogenesis and iron metabolism ☆

    Roland Lill;Bastian Hoffmann;Sabine Molik;Antonio J. Pierik

  • Maturation of cellular Fe–S proteins: an essential function of mitochondria

    Roland Lill;Gyula Kispal

  • Components involved in assembly and dislocation of iron-sulfur clusters on the scaffold protein Isu1p.

    Ulrich Mühlenhoff;Jana Gerber;Nadine Richhardt;Roland Lill

  • SecA protein hydrolyzes ATP and is an essential component of the protein translocation ATPase of Escherichia coli.

    R. Lill;K. Cunningham;L. A. Brundage;K. Ito

  • Iron-sulfur protein biogenesis in eukaryotes: components and mechanisms

    Roland Lill;Ulrich Mühlenhoff

  • Iron–sulfur-protein biogenesis in eukaryotes

    Roland Lill;Ulrich Mühlenhoff

  • An interaction between frataxin and Isu1/Nfs1 that is crucial for Fe/S cluster synthesis on Isu1.

    Jana Gerber;Ulrich Mühlenhoff;Roland Lill

  • The Preprotein Translocation Channel of the Outer Membrane of Mitochondria

    Klaus-Peter Künkele;Susanne Heins;Markus Dembowski;Frank E Nargang

  • Three pure chaperone proteins of Escherichia coli--SecB, trigger factor and GroEL--form soluble complexes with precursor proteins in vitro.

    Lecker S;Lill R;Ziegelhoffer T;Georgopoulos C

  • Eukaryotic DNA polymerases require an iron-sulfur cluster for the formation of active complexes

    Daili J A Netz;Carrie M Stith;Martin Stümpfig;Gabriele Köpf

  • Iron–sulfur cluster biogenesis and trafficking in mitochondria

    Joseph J. Braymer;Roland Lill

  • The ABC transporter Atm1p is required for mitochondrial iron homeostasis.

    Gyula Kispal;Peter Csere;Bernard Guiard;Roland Lill

  • An essential function of the mitochondrial sulfhydryl oxidase Erv1p/ALR in the maturation of cytosolic Fe/S proteins.

    Heike Lange;Thomas Lisowsky;Jana Gerber;Ulrich Mühlenhoff

  • The yeast frataxin homolog Yfh1p plays a specific role in the maturation of cellular Fe/S proteins

    Ulrich Mühlenhoff;Nadine Richhardt;Michael Ristow;Gyula Kispal

  • A mitochondrial ferredoxin is essential for biogenesis of cellular iron-sulfur proteins

    Heike Lange;Anita Kaut;Gyula Kispal;Roland Lill

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Mühlenhoff
Ulrich Mühlenhoff Philipp University of Marburg
Antonio J. Pierik
Antonio J. Pierik Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Janneke Balk
Janneke Balk John Innes Centre
Eckhard Bill
Eckhard Bill Max Planck Society
Walter Neupert
Walter Neupert Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Christopher Horst Lillig
Christopher Horst Lillig University of Greifswald
James A. Wohlschlegel
James A. Wohlschlegel University of California, Los Angeles
Dennis R. Winge
Dennis R. Winge University of Utah
Nicolas Rouhier
Nicolas Rouhier University of Lorraine
Robert N. Lightowlers
Robert N. Lightowlers Newcastle University

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