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81
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19866
World Ranking
3318
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1094

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

William A. Cramer is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry, with a focus on Molecular Biology and related subfields.

The scientist's work spans various topics including Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, ATP Synthase and ATPases Research, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, as well as Thermodynamics and Calorimetric Analyses.

Selected recent papers authored by William A. Cramer include:

  • "An evolutionarily conserved iron-sulfur cluster underlies redox sensory function of the Chloroplast Sensor Kinase" (2020, Communications Biology)
  • "Thiol redox switches regulate the oligomeric state of cyanobacterial Rre1, RpaA and RpaB response regulators" (2022, FEBS Letters)
  • "Isothermal titration calorimetry of membrane protein interactions: FNR and the cytochrome b6f complex" (2021, Biophysical Journal)
  • "A novel chloroplast super-complex consisting of the ATP synthase and photosystem I reaction center" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Concerning the enigmatic cytochrome b-559 of oxygenic photosynthesis" (2022, Photosynthesis Research)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with William A. Cramer include:

  • Stanisłav D. Zakharov
  • Iskander M. Ibrahim
  • Yuko Misumi
  • Genji Kurisu
  • Sujith Puthiyaveetil

The scientist has published primarily in the following journals:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • Communications Biology
  • FEBS Letters
  • Photosynthesis Research
  • PLoS ONE

William A. Cramer has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016 and also as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of molecular masses and oligomeric states of protein complexes by blue native electrophoresis and isolation of membrane protein complexes by two-dimensional native electrophoresis.

    H. Schagger;W.A. Cramer;G. Vonjagow

  • Structure of the Cytochrome b6f Complex of Oxygenic Photosynthesis: Tuning the Cavity

    Genji Kurisu;Genji Kurisu;Huamin Zhang;Janet L. Smith;William A. Cramer

  • Sequence homology and structural similarity between cytochrome b of mitochondrial complex III and the chloroplast b6-f complex: position of the cytochrome b hemes in the membrane.

    W R Widger;W A Cramer;R G Herrmann;A Trebst

  • Crystal structure of chloroplast cytochrome freveals a novel cytochrome fold and unexpected heme ligation

    Sergio E Martinez;Deru Huang;Andrzej Szczepaniak;William A Cramer

  • Ferredoxin:NADP+ oxidoreductase is a subunit of the chloroplast cytochrome b6f complex.

    Huamin Zhang;Julian P. Whitelegge;William A. Cramer

  • SOME NEW STRUCTURAL ASPECTS AND OLD CONTROVERSIES CONCERNING THE CYTOCHROME b6f COMPLEX OF OXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

    W. A. Cramer;G. M. Soriano;M. Ponomarev;D. Huang

  • Structure-function of the channel-forming colicins.

    W A Cramer;J B Heymann;S L Schendel;B N Deriy

  • Full subunit coverage liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LCMS+) of an oligomeric membrane protein: cytochrome b(6)f complex from spinach and the cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus.

    Julian P. Whitelegge;Huamin Zhang;Rodrigo Aguilera;Ross M. Taylor

  • The Q cycle of cytochrome bc complexes: a structure perspective.

    William A. Cramer;S. Saif Hasan;Eiki Yamashita

  • Nucleotide sequence of the gene for apocytochrome b‐559 on the spinach plastid chromosome: implications for the structure of the membrane protein

    Reinhold G. Herrmann;Juliane Alt;Barbara Schiller;W.R. Widger

  • Biological identity and diversity in photosynthesis and respiration: structure of the lumen-side domain of the chloroplast Rieske protein

    Christopher J Carrell;Huamin Zhang;William A Cramer;Janet L Smith

  • Energy Transduction in Biological Membranes

    William A. Cramer;David B. Knaff

  • Transmembrane traffic in the cytochrome b6f complex.

    William A. Cramer;Huamin Zhang;Jiusheng Yan;Genji Kurisu

  • Axial ligands of chloroplast cytochrome b-559: Identification and requirement for a heme-crosslinked polypeptide structure

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  • Potentiometric titration of the fluorescence yield of spinach chloroplasts.

    W.A. Cramer;W.L. Butler

  • Structure-function of the cytochrome b6f complex

    D. Baniulis;E. Yamashita;H. Zhang;S. S. Hasan

  • The heme redox center of chloroplast cytochrome f is linked to a buried five‐water chain

    Sergio Martinez;D Huang;M Ponomarev;W A Cramer

  • The structure of BtuB with bound colicin E3 R-domain implies a translocon

    Genji Kurisu;Stanislav D Zakharov;Stanislav D Zakharov;Mariya V Zhalnina;Sufiya Bano

  • Structure of the cytochrome b6f complex: Quinone analogue inhibitors as ligands of heme Cn

    E. Yamashita;H. Zhang;W.A. Cramer

  • Structural insight into the role of the Ton complex in energy transduction

    Hervé Celia;Nicholas Noinaj;Stanislav D. Zakharov;Enrica Bordignon

  • A mechanism for toxin insertion into membranes is suggested by the crystal structure of the channel-forming domain of colicin E1

    Patricia Elkins;Amy Bunker;William A Cramer;Cynthia V Stauffacher

  • Crystal structures of the OmpF porin: function in a colicin translocon

    Eiki Yamashita;Mariya V Zhalnina;Stanislav D Zakharov;Stanislav D Zakharov;Onkar Sharma

  • Characterization of the chloroplast cytochrome b6f complex as a structural and functional dimer.

    D. Huang;R. M. Everly;R. H. Cheng;J. B. Heymann

  • On the structure and function of cytochrome b-559

    W. A. Cramer;S. M. Theg;W. R. Widger

  • Helical α-Synuclein Forms Highly Conductive Ion Channels†

    Stanislav D. Zakharov;John D. Hulleman;Elena A. Dutseva;Yuri N. Antonenko

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiki Yamashita
Eiki Yamashita Osaka University
Janet L. Smith
Janet L. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Julian P. Whitelegge
Julian P. Whitelegge University of California, Los Angeles
Fredric S. Cohen
Fredric S. Cohen Rush University Medical Center
Yuri N. Antonenko
Yuri N. Antonenko Lomonosov Moscow State University
David B. Knaff
David B. Knaff Texas Tech University
Peter Horton
Peter Horton University of Sheffield
Victor L. Davidson
Victor L. Davidson University of Central Florida
Kurt R. Brunden
Kurt R. Brunden University of Pennsylvania
Barry L. Wanner
Barry L. Wanner Harvard University

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