Jan Löwe

Jan Löwe

University of Cambridge

H-index: 82

Europe-United Kingdom

About Jan Löwe

Jan Löwe, With an exceptional h-index of 82 and a recent h-index of 45 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Cambridge, specializes in the field of Prokaryotic cytoskeletons, cell division, SMC complexes, microbiology, structural biology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Proteins containing photosynthetic reaction centre domains modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division

Filament structure and subcellular organization of the bacterial intermediate filament–like protein crescentin

Mysterious Asgard archaea microbes reveal their inner secrets

What AlphaFold tells us about cohesin’s retention on and release from chromosomes

PRC domain-containing proteins modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division

Cryo-EM structure of the bacterial divisome core complex and antibiotic target FtsWIQBL

Structural biology of SMC complexes across the tree of life

Diverse cytomotive actins and tubulins share a polymerization switch mechanism conferring robust dynamics

Jan Löwe Information

University

Position

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Citations(all)

26310

Citations(since 2020)

6557

Cited By

22229

hIndex(all)

82

hIndex(since 2020)

45

i10Index(all)

139

i10Index(since 2020)

118

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Jan Löwe Skills & Research Interests

Prokaryotic cytoskeletons

cell division

SMC complexes

microbiology

structural biology

Top articles of Jan Löwe

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Proteins containing photosynthetic reaction centre domains modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division

Nature Microbiology

Phillip Nußbaum

Danguole Kureisaite-Ciziene

Dom Bellini

Chris van der Does

Marko Kojic

...

2024/3/4

Filament structure and subcellular organization of the bacterial intermediate filament–like protein crescentin

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Yue Liu

Fusinita van den Ent

Jan Löwe

2024/2/13

Mysterious Asgard archaea microbes reveal their inner secrets

Jan Löwe

2023/1/12

What AlphaFold tells us about cohesin’s retention on and release from chromosomes

Elife

Kim A Nasmyth

Byung-Gil Lee

Maurici Brunet Roig

Jan Löwe

2023/11/17

PRC domain-containing proteins modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division

bioRxiv

Phillip Nussbaum

Danguole Kureisaite-Ciziene

Dom Bellini

Chris van der Does

Marko Kojic

...

2023

Cryo-EM structure of the bacterial divisome core complex and antibiotic target FtsWIQBL

Nature microbiology

Lisa Käshammer

Fusinita van den Ent

Magnus Jeffery

Nicolas L Jean

Victoria L Hale

...

2023/6

Structural biology of SMC complexes across the tree of life

Frank Bürmann

Jan Löwe

2023/6/1

Diverse cytomotive actins and tubulins share a polymerization switch mechanism conferring robust dynamics

Science Advances

James Mark Wagstaff

Vicente José Planelles-Herrero

Grigory Sharov

Aisha Alnami

Frank Kozielski

...

2023/3/29

The patterned assembly and stepwise Vps4-mediated disassembly of composite ESCRT-III polymers drives archaeal cell division

Science advances

Fredrik Hurtig

Thomas CQ Burgers

Alice Cezanne

Xiuyun Jiang

Frank N Mol

...

2023/3/15

Clamping of DNA shuts the condensin neck gate

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Byung-Gil Lee

James Rhodes

Jan Löwe

2022/4/5

High-resolution mapping of metal ions reveals principles of surface layer assembly in Caulobacter crescentus cells

Structure

Matthew Herdman

Andriko von Kügelgen

Danguole Kureisaite-Ciziene

Ramona Duman

Kamel El Omari

...

2022/2/3

Divisome core complex in bacterial cell division revealed by cryo-EM

bioRxiv

Lisa Käshammer

Fusinita van den Ent

Magnus Jeffery

Nicolas L Jean

Victoria L Hale

...

2022/11/21

Bacterial divisome protein FtsA forms curved antiparallel double filaments when binding to FtsN

Nature microbiology

Tim Nierhaus

Stephen H McLaughlin

Frank Bürmann

Danguole Kureisaite-Ciziene

Sarah L Maslen

...

2022/10

Asgard archaea shed light on the evolutionary origins of the eukaryotic ubiquitin-ESCRT machinery

Nature communications

Tomoyuki Hatano

Saravanan Palani

Dimitra Papatziamou

Ralf Salzer

Diorge P Souza

...

2022/6/13

Single-dose immunisation with a multimerised SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (RBD) induces an enhanced and protective response in mice

FEBS Letters

Ralf Salzer

Jordan J Clark

Marina Vaysburd

Veronica T Chang

Anna Albecka-Moreau

...

2021/7

Folding of cohesin’s coiled coil is important for Scc2/4-induced association with chromosomes

Elife

Naomi J Petela

Andres Gonzalez Llamazares

Sarah Dixon

Bin Hu

Byung-Gil Lee

...

2021/7/14

Cell division in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii relies on two FtsZ proteins with distinct functions in division ring assembly and constriction

Nature microbiology

Yan Liao

Solenne Ithurbide

Christian Evenhuis

Jan Löwe

Iain G Duggin

2021/5

Cryo-EM structure of MukBEF reveals DNA loop entrapment at chromosomal unloading sites

Molecular cell

Frank Bürmann

Louise FH Funke

Jason W Chin

Jan Löwe

2021/12/2

Structure of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in the presence of favipiravir-RTP

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Katerina Naydenova

Kyle W Muir

Long-Fei Wu

Ziguo Zhang

Francesca Coscia

...

2021/2/16

The bacterial actin-like cell division protein FtsA forms curved antiparallel double filaments upon binding of FtsN

BioRxiv

Tim Nierhaus

Stephen H McLaughlin

Frank Bürmann

Danguole Kureisaite-Ciziene

Sarah Maslen

...

2021/11/8

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