OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Protein Science is 35. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
	1525
Structural and functional validation of a highly specific Smurf2 inhibitor	1238
Helicobacter pylori FlgN binds its substrate FlgK and the flagellum ATPase FliI in a similar manner observed for the FliT chaperone	519
Soluble SARS‐CoV‐2 RBD and human ACE2 peptidase domain produced in DrosophilaS2 cells show functions evoking virus–cell interface	372
Epitope‐directed anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 scFv engineered against the key spike protein region could block membrane fusion	338
Two residues determine nicotinic acetylcholine receptor requirement for RIC‐3	252
An ankyrin repeat chaperone targets toxic oligomers during amyloidogenesis	222
The Phenix‐AlphaFold webservice: Enabling AlphaFold predictions for use in Phenix	209
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CSM‐peptides: A computational approach to rapid identification of therapeutic peptides	173
Substrate binding in the allosteric site mimics homotropic cooperativity in the SIS‐fold glucosamine‐6‐phosphate deaminases	137
Evolution of affinity between p53 transactivation domain and MDM2 across the animal kingdom demonstrates high plasticity of motif‐mediated interactions	123
Structural hierarchy of mechanical extensibility in human von Willebrand factor multimers	122
	118
Biophysical insights into the dimer formation of human Sirtuin 2	92
Structure–function mapping and mechanistic insights on the SARS CoV2 Nsp1	92
Design of an effective small expression tag to enhance GPCR production in E. coli‐based cell‐free and whole cell expression systems	91
Effects of N‐ and C‐terminal regions on oligomeric formation of blue light sensor protein SyPixD	91
A novel method for expressing and purifying large quantities of functional and stable human voltage‐gated proton channel (hH_v1)	83
Issue information	74
Kinetic evidence for multiple aggregation pathways in antibody light chain variable domains	73
Active site architecture of coproporphyrin ferrochelatase with its physiological substrate coproporphyrin III: Propionate interactions and porphyrin core deformation	62
BEAN and HABAS: Polyphyletic insertions in the DNA‐directed RNA polymerase	60
Torsional twist of the SARS‐CoV and SARS‐CoV‐2 SUD‐N and SUD‐M domains	58
Impact of local unfolding fluctuations on the evolution of regional sequence preferences in proteins	58

Epitope mapping of novel monoclonal antibodies to human angiotensin I‐converting enzyme	55
Similar protein segments shared between domains of different evolutionary lineages	53
CsgA gatekeeper residues control nucleation but not stability of functional amyloid	53
Biophysical characterization of RelA–p52 NF‐κB dimer—A link between the canonical and the non‐canonical NF‐κB pathway	52
Structural dynamics shape the fitness window of alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase	46
Fine‐tuned interactions between globular and disordered regions of single‐stranded DNA binding (SSB) protein are required for dynamic condensation under physiological conditions	45
Solution structure of the Z0 domain from transcription repressor BCL11A sheds light on the sequence properties of protein‐binding zinc fingers	44
Contributions of the N‐terminal intrinsically disordered region of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 nucleocapsid protein to RNA‐induced phase separation	42
Rapid directed molecular evolution of fluorescent proteins in mammalian cells	36
Xplor‐NIH: Better parameters and protocols for NMR protein structure determination	36
Molecular mechanism of Fe³⁺ binding inhibition to Vibrio metschnikovii ferric ion‐binding protein, FbpA, by rosmarinic acid and its hydrolysate, danshensu	35
Large library docking for novel SARS‐CoV‐2 main protease non‐covalent and covalent inhibitors	35