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Wolfgang Voos

Wolfgang Voos

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
20401
World Ranking
14158
National Ranking
999

Overview

Wolfgang Voos is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focuses on Molecular Biology, with additional work in Cell Biology, Aging, Clinical Biochemistry, and Physiology.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wolfgang Voos include:

  • "The Mitochondrial Lon Protease: Novel Functions off the Beaten Track?", 2020, Biomolecules
  • "Proteomic analysis demonstrates the role of the quality control protease LONP1 in mitochondrial protein aggregation", 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Role of Mitochondrial Protein Import in Age-Related Neurodegenerative and Cardiovascular Diseases", 2021, Cells
  • "Accessing Mitochondrial Protein Import in Living Cells by Protein Microinjection", 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Elucidation of the interaction proteome of mitochondrial chaperone Hsp78 highlights its role in protein aggregation during heat stress", 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry

Wolfgang Voos frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Marc Sylvester
  • Karen Pollecker
  • Witold Jaworek
  • Andrey Bogorodskiy
  • I.S. Okhrimenko

The primary publication venues for Voos's work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Biomolecules
  • Cells
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Global Analysis of the Mitochondrial N-Proteome Identifies a Processing Peptidase Critical for Protein Stability

    F-Nora Vögtle;Stefanie Wortelkamp;René P Zahedi;Dorothea Becker;Dorothea Becker

  • Parkinson phenotype in aged PINK1-deficient mice is accompanied by progressive mitochondrial dysfunction in absence of neurodegeneration.

    Suzana Gispert;Filomena Ricciardi;Alexander Kurz;Mekhman Azizov

  • Molecular chaperones as essential mediators of mitochondrial biogenesis.

    Wolfgang Voos;Karin Röttgers

  • A dual role for mitochondrial heat shock protein 70 in membrane translocation of preproteins.

    B. D. Gambill;W. Voos;Pil Jung Kang;Binjie Miao

  • The Protein Import Motor of Mitochondria: Unfolding and Trapping of Preproteins Are Distinct and Separable Functions of Matrix Hsp70

    Cindy Voisine;Elizabeth A Craig;Nicole Zufall;Oliver von Ahsen

  • Chaperone-protease networks in mitochondrial protein homeostasis.

    Wolfgang Voos

  • Pam16 has an essential role in the mitochondrial protein import motor

    Ann E Frazier;Jan Dudek;Bernard Guiard;Wolfgang Voos

  • A J-protein is an essential subunit of the presequence translocase–associated protein import motor of mitochondria

    Kaye N. Truscott;Wolfgang Voos;Ann E. Frazier;Maria Lind

  • Tim50 maintains the permeability barrier of the mitochondrial inner membrane.

    Michael Meinecke;Richard Wagner;Peter Kovermann;Bernard Guiard

  • Protein unfolding by mitochondria. The Hsp70 import motor.

    Andreas T Matouschek;Nikolaus Pfanner;Wolfgang Voos

  • Mechanisms of protein translocation into mitochondria

    Wolfgang Voos;Heiko Martin;Thomas Krimmer;Nikolaus Pfanner

  • Presequence and mature part of preproteins strongly influence the dependence of mitochondrial protein import on heat shock protein 70 in the matrix.

    W Voos;B D Gambill;B Guiard;N Pfanner

  • Mitochondria as Potential Targets in Alzheimer Disease Therapy: An Update.

    Giovanna Cenini;Wolfgang Voos

  • Mitochondrial enzymes are protected from stress-induced aggregation by mitochondrial chaperones and the Pim1/LON protease

    Tom Bender;Ilka Lewrenz;Sebastian Franken;Catherina Baitzel

  • Assaying protein import into mitochondria.

    Michael T. Ryan;Wolfgang Voos;Nikolaus Pfanner

  • Mitochondrial translocation contact sites: separation of dynamic and stabilizing elements in formation of a TOM–TIM–preprotein supercomplex

    Agnieszka Chacinska;Peter Rehling;Bernard Guiard;Ann E. Frazier

  • Partner proteins determine multiple functions of Hsp70

    Joachim Rassow;Wolfgang Voos;Nikolaus Pfanner

  • Differential requirement for the mitochondrial Hsp70-Tim44 complex in unfolding and translocation of preproteins.

    W Voos;O von Ahsen;H Müller;B Guiard

  • The presequence translocase-associated protein import motor of mitochondria. Pam16 functions in an antagonistic manner to Pam18.

    Yanfeng Li;Jan Dudek;Bernard Guiard;Nikolaus Pfanner

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikolaus Pfanner
Nikolaus Pfanner University of Freiburg
Bernard Guiard
Bernard Guiard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Albert Sickmann
Albert Sickmann Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Peter Rehling
Peter Rehling University of Göttingen
Chris Meisinger
Chris Meisinger University of Freiburg
Wolfram S. Kunz
Wolfram S. Kunz University of Bonn
Elizabeth A. Craig
Elizabeth A. Craig University of Wisconsin–Madison
Vladimir N. Uversky
Vladimir N. Uversky University of South Florida
Andreas T Matouschek
Andreas T Matouschek The University of Texas at Austin
Serge Przedborski
Serge Przedborski Columbia University

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