Author

Kai Fredriksson

Technical University of Munich

Listed by name: these papers carry no ORCID for this author, so different people with the same name may be mixed together.

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Biophysics· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Organism:human· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Christos GatsogiannisiD· 1 shared Dierk NiessingiD· 1 shared Franz HagniD· 1 shared George BroutzakisiD· 1 shared Kira D. LeitliD· 1 shared Melina DaniilidisiD· 1 shared Robert JanowskiiD· 1 shared Umut GünseliD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2025-2025 · peak 1/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

8 top collaborators · 28 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

1 shared paperBiophysics

Christos GatsogiannisORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

1 paper

Recent·Most cited

Structural basis of apoptosis induction by the mitochondrial voltage dependent anion channel

Melina Daniilidis, Umut Günsel, George Broutzakis, Kira D. Leitl, Robert Janowski, Kai Fredriksson, Dierk Niessing, Christos Gatsogiannis, Franz Hagn

This study reveals how VDAC1 oligomerization triggers apoptosis by exposing its N-terminal helix, which neutralizes anti-apoptotic BclxL and promotes pore formation by Bak.

Nature Communications · Oct 27, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics