OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biophysical Chemistry is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Disordered regions tune order in chromatin organization and function	67
Intrinsic disorder and structural biology: Searching where the light isn't	61
Free energy landscape of wrapping of lipid nanocluster by polysaccharides	60
Editorial Board	47
Molecular conversion of MIG6 hotspot-3 peptide from the nonbinder to a moderate binder of HER2 by rational design of an orthogonal interaction system at the HER2–peptide interface	45
In silico investigation on the mutational analysis of BRCA1-BARD1 RING domains and its effect on nucleosome recognition and ubiquitination	44
The contrasting roles of co-solvents in protein formulations and food products	39
Membrane-water partitioning – Tackling the challenges of poorly soluble drugs using chaotropic co-solvents	39
Studies on stabilization of collagen using Cr-doped polydopamine complex	39
Interaction of gentamicin and gentamicin-AOT with poly-(lactide-co-glycolate) in a drug delivery system - density functional theory calculations and molecular dynamics simulation	37
Unveiling the mechanisms underlying photothermal efficiency of gold shell-isolated nanoparticles (AuSHINs) on ductal mammary carcinoma cells (BT-474)	36
Probing pharmaceutically important amino acids L-isoleucine and L-tyrosine Solubilities: Unraveling the solvation thermodynamics in diverse mixed solvent systems	28
Effect of cycloastragenol and punicalagin on Prp(106–126) and Aβ(25–35) oligomerization and fibrillizaton	27
Coupling of conformation and CPD damage in nucleosomal DNA	26
The role of hydrophobic patches of de novo designed MSI-78 and VG16KRKP antimicrobial peptides on fragmenting model bilayer membranes	26
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a stabilizing co-solvent for G-quadruplex DNA	24
PolyQ aggregation studied by model peptides with intrinsic tryptophan fluorophores	20
Editorial Board	20
Investigation of serotonin-receptor interactions, stability and signal transduction pathways via molecular dynamics simulations	20
The effect of various compounds on the COVID mechanisms, from chemical to molecular aspects	19
Potential allosteric sites captured in glycolytic enzymes via residue-based network models: Phosphofructokinase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and pyruvate kinase	19
Free energy simulations to understand the effect of Met → Ala mutations at positions 205, 206 and 213 on stability of human prion protein	19
How to evict HP1 from H3: Using a complex salt bridge	19
Structural aspects of the MHC expression control system	18
Selective IR super-resolution imaging of β-keratins at the bulk or interface in feather detected by using a nonlinear optical process	18

Dietary polyphenols inhibit plasma protein arabinosylation: Biomolecular interaction of genistein and ellagic acid with serum albumins	17
Protein vibrations and their localization behaviour. A numerical scaling analysis	17
Quantification of protein-protein interactions and activation dynamics: A new path to predictive biomarkers	16
A pH-dependent protein stability switch coupled to the perturbed pKa of a single ionizable residue	16
Atomic insights into the inhibition of R3 domain of tau protein by epigallocatechin gallate, quercetin and gallic acid	15
Editorial Board	15
The influence of N-alkyl chains in benzoyl-thiourea derivatives on urease inhibition: Soil studies and biophysical and theoretical investigations on the mechanism of interaction	15
Differential effect of polyol and sugar osmolytes on the refolding of homologous alpha amylases: A comparative study	15
smFRET study of rRNA dimerization at the peptidyl transfer center	13
Infrared spectrochemical findings on intermittent fasting-associated gross molecular modifications in rat myocardium	13
Editorial Board	13
Charge transfer across biomembranes: A solution to the conundrum of high desolvation free energy penalty in ion transport	13
Computational pharmacology: New avenues for COVID-19 therapeutics search and better preparedness for future pandemic crises	13
Transient protonic capacitor: Explaining the bacteriorhodopsin membrane experiment of Heberle et al. 1994	13
Hydrogen‑deuterium exchange mass spectrometry to study interactions and conformational changes of proteins in paints	13
Arbidol targeting influenza virus A Hemagglutinin; A comparative study	13
Protein folding in vitro and in the cell: From a solitary journey to a team effort	13
Editorial Board	13
Different behavior of Ferguson plot between agarose and polyacrylamide gels	13
Interdomain interactions in Grb2 revealed by the conformational stability and CD28 binding analysis	12
Elucidation of benzene sulfonamide derivative binding at a novel interprotomer pocket of wild type and mutants of coxsackievirus B3 viral capsid using molecular dynamics simulations and density functi	12
Challenges for design of aggregation-resistant variants of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor	12
Elucidating the conformational behavior and membrane-destabilizing capability of the antimicrobial peptide ecPis-4s	12
Molecular insights into the interaction of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and HEXXH motif	12
Studies of the highly potent lantibiotic peptide nisin Z in aqueous solutions of salts and biological buffer components	11
A deep learning framework for enhancer prediction using word embedding and sequence generation	11
Isolated auto-citrullinated regions of PADI4 associate to the intact protein without altering their disordered conformation	11
Exploring the aggregation of amyloid-β 42 through Monte Carlo simulations	11
C-terminal determinants for RNA binding motif 7 protein stability and RNA recognition	11
Biochemical and biophysical properties of a recombinant serine peptidase from Purpureocillium lilacinum	11
Decoding SARS-CoV-2 variants: Mutations, viral stability, and breakthroughs in vaccines and therapies	11
DODAB vesicles containing lysophosphatidylcholines: The relevance of acyl chain saturation on the membrane structure and thermal properties	11
Discovery of TGFBR1 (ALK5) as a potential drug target of quercetin glycoside derivatives (QGDs) by reverse molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation	11
Aβ42 fibril and non-fibril oligomers characterization using a nanopipette	11
Protonic conductor: Explaining the transient “excess protons” experiment of Pohl's group 2012	10
Exploring the physicochemical properties of the integration of Tristearoyl uridine in Langmuir monolayers: An approach to cell membrane modeling for prodrugs	10
A bactericide peptide changing the static and dilatational surface elasticity properties of zwitterionic lipids at the air-water interface: Relationship with the thermodynamic, structural and morpholo	10
Characterization of plasmatic proteins adsorption on poly(styrene sodium sulfonate) functionalized silicone surfaces	10
Probing the ligand-binding pocket of recombinant β-lactoglobulin: Calorimetric and spectroscopic studies	10
Sugar distributions on gangliosides guide the formation and stability of amyloid-β oligomers	10
Conformational changes of α-helical peptides with different hydrophobic residues induced by metal-ion binding	10
NMR and EPR study of the interaction of tris(3-hydroxy-4-pyridinonato) Ga(III) complexes with liposomes that mimic plant membranes	10
Structural and mechanical behavior of type-I collagen fibrils in presence of induced electrostatic interactions through ionic liquids	10
Oxygen vacancy assisted condensation of DNA molecule observed on ZnO thin film	9
Modeling of enzymatic activity of free β-glucosidase from palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum Linn. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae: Effects of pH and temperature	9
Chemical modifications to mRNA nucleobases impact translation elongation and termination	9
Self-assembling of coiled-coil peptides into virus-like particles: Basic principles, properties, design, and applications with special focus on vaccine design and delivery	9
Fifty-hertz magnetic fields induce DNA damage through activating mPTP associated mitochondrial permeability transition in senescent human fetal lung fibroblasts	9
The role of nonlinear axonal membrane capacitance in modulating ion channel cooperativity in action potential dynamics: Studies on Hodgkin-Huxley's model	9
The membrane-binding bacterial toxin long direct repeat D inhibits protein translation	9

Binding properties of recombinant LDL receptor and LOX-1 receptor to LDL measured using bio-layer interferometry and atomic force microscopy	9
Organic solvents aggregating and shaping structural folding of protein, a case study of the protease enzyme	9
Assessing the DNA structural integrity via selective annihilation of Watson-Crick hydrogen bonds: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations	9
Structural dynamics of a designed peptide pore under an external electric field	8
Editorial Board	8
Biophysical significance of fluorescence spectroscopy in deciphering nucleic acid dynamics: From fundamental to recent advancements	8
Crystal structure analysis of pyrrolidone carboxyl peptidase from Thermus thermophilus	8
A combination of structure-based virtual screening and experimental strategies to identify the potency of caffeic acid ester derivatives as SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro inhibitor from an in-house database	8
Computational design of a β-wrapin's N-terminal domain with canonical and non-canonical amino acid modifications mimicking curcumin's proposed inhibitory function	8
A pipeline to evaluate the discrepant interactions between typical nitrogenous disinfection byproduct haloacetonitriles and human hemoglobin	8
Analyzing the interaction of Helicobacter pylori GAPDH with host molecules and hemin: Inhibition of hemin binding	8
Exploring the binding kinetics and behaviors of self-aggregated beta-amyloid oligomers to phase-separated lipid rafts with or without ganglioside-clusters	8
Salt-dependent passive adsorption of IgG1κ-type monoclonal antibodies on hydrophobic microparticles	8
Oxidative damage to βL-crystallin in vitro by iron compounds formed in physiological buffers	8
Editorial Board	8
Excitation energy migration to study protein oligomerization and amyloid formation	8
The scientific adventures of Richard Epand	8
The B-box1 domain of PML mediates SUMO E2-E3 complex formation through an atypical interaction with UBC9	8
Simulated pressure changes in LacI suggest a link between hydration and functional conformational changes	8
Interaction of detergent with complex mimics of bacterial membranes	8
Editorial Board	7
The composition of fusogenic lipid mixtures at the air-water modulates the physicochemical properties changes upon interaction with lysicamine	7
Differential effects of DTT on HEWL amyloid fibrillation and fibril morphology at different pH	7
pH dependence of C•A, G•A and A•A mismatches in the stem of precursor microRNA-31	7
Thermodynamics of oligomerization and Helix-to-sheet structural transition of amyloid β-protein on anionic phospholipid vesicles	7
Reversible and irreversible mitochondrial swelling in vitro	7
Effects of curcumin in the interaction with cardiolipin-containg lipid monolayers and bilayers	7
Molecular dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants from Philippine isolates against hesperidin as spike protein inhibitor	7
Influence of amphotericin B on the DPPC/DOPC/sterols mixed monolayer in the presence of calcium ions	7
Editorial Board	7
Biotransformation of phenytoin in the electrochemically-driven CYP2C19 system	7
Editorial Board	7
How to best estimate the viscosity of lipid bilayers	7
A semiempirical and machine learning approach for fragment-based structural analysis of non-hydroxamate HDAC3 inhibitors	7
Editorial Board	7
ROC-guided virtual screening, molecular dynamics simulation, and bioactivity validation assessment Z195914464 as a 3CL Mpro inhibitor	7
Editorial Board	7
Tunnel connects lipid bilayer to occluded odorant-binding site of insect olfactory receptor	7
Isolation of Amyloid-like Protein Aggregates (APA) from white bread and their characterisation	7
Luteoloside inhibits Aβ1–42 fibrillogenesis, disintegrates preformed fibrils, and alleviates amyloid-induced cytotoxicity	7
Evidence of the different effect of mercury and cadmium on the hIAPP aggregation process	7
Mutations in asparaginase II from E. coli and implications for inactivation and PEGylation	6
Identification of the therapeutic potential of novel TIGIT/PVR interaction blockers based advanced computational techniques and experimental validation	6
The effect of human serum albumin glycation on the binding of antidiabetic agent-exenatide; the multispectroscopic studies. Part II	6
Editorial Board	6
Identification of determinants of lipid and ion transport in TMEM16/anoctamin proteins through a Bayesian statistical analysis	6
Proposal of novel natural inhibitors of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 main protease: Molecular docking and ab initio fragment molecular orbital calculations	6
Effect of partial O-methylation in dehydrodieugenol on its antitrypanosomal activity - correlation with the toxicity using cell membrane models	6
Exploring the solubility and intermolecular interactions of biologically significant amino acids l-serine and L-cysteine in binary mixtures of H2O + DMF, H2O + DMSO and H2O + ACN in temperature range	6
Targeting hydrophobicity in biofilm-associated protein (Bap) as a novel antibiofilm strategy against Staphylococcus aureus biofilm	6
Combined effect of the head groups and alkyl chains of archaea lipids when interacting with bacteriorhodopsin	6
Salvianolic acid B prevents the amyloid transformation of A53T mutant of α-synuclein	6
Secondary structure of peptides mimicking the Gly-rich regions of major ampullate spidroin protein 1 and 2	6
The role of the lipid environment in the activity of G protein coupled receptors	6
Richer than previously probed: An application of 1H NMR reveals one hundred metabolites using only fifty microliter serum	6
An interpretable machine learning method for homo-trimeric protein interface residue-residue interaction prediction	6
Liposomes encapsulating artificial cytosol as drug delivery system	6
Analyzing of L-tryptophan thermodynamics and its solubility in aqueous acetonitrile blends at diverse temperatures	6
Metal-binding and folding thermodynamics of Escherichia coli ribonuclease HI related to its catalytic function	6