OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Protein Science is 37. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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An ankyrin repeat chaperone targets toxic oligomers during amyloidogenesis	447
Design of an effective small expression tag to enhance GPCR production in E. coli‐based cell‐free and whole cell expression systems	260
Molecular mechanism of Fe³⁺ binding inhibition to Vibrio metschnikovii ferric ion‐binding protein, FbpA, by rosmarinic acid and its hydrolysate, danshensu	184
Helicobacter pylori FlgN binds its substrate FlgK and the flagellum ATPase FliI in a similar manner observed for the FliT chaperone	160
Issue information	149
Extrinsic and intrinsic factors affect copper‐induced protein precipitation across eukaryotic and prokaryotic proteomes	135
Structure–function mapping and mechanistic insights on the SARS CoV2 Nsp1	129
Soluble SARS‐CoV‐2 RBD and human ACE2 peptidase domain produced in DrosophilaS2 cells show functions evoking virus–cell interface	126
Structural polymorphism and cytotoxicity of brain‐derived β‐amyloid extracts	108
BEAN and HABAS: Polyphyletic insertions in the DNA‐directed RNA polymerase	104
The peptidyl‐prolyl cis‐trans isomerase, Pin1, is a regulator of the protein kinase C θ ( PKCθ ) catal	100
Epitope‐directed anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 scFv engineered against the key spike protein region could block membrane fusion	97
An open axial channel of the AAA ClpXP protease enhances degradation of specific classes of protein substrates	95
A novel method for expressing and purifying large quantities of functional and stable human voltage‐gated proton channel (hH_v1)	84
Effects of N‐ and C‐terminal regions on oligomeric formation of blue light sensor protein SyPixD	71
Fine‐tuned interactions between globular and disordered regions of single‐stranded DNA binding (SSB) protein are required for dynamic condensation under physiological conditions	71
Single‐molecule force spectroscopy discovers a dual‐binding mode in the hCG ‐mediated activation of LHCGR	64
The subunit composition of the mammalian Mediator complex is not conserved in all vertebrates: Insights from evolutionary plasticity of fish genomes	59
Impact of local unfolding fluctuations on the evolution of regional sequence preferences in proteins	58
Structural and functional validation of a highly specific Smurf2 inhibitor	57
Torsional twist of the SARS ‐ CoV and SARS ‐	56
Kinetic evidence for multiple aggregation pathways in antibody light chain variable domains	54
Structural hierarchy of mechanical extensibility in human von Willebrand factor multimers	48

Substrate binding in the allosteric site mimics homotropic cooperativity in the SIS‐fold glucosamine‐6‐phosphate deaminases	46
Predicting compatibility between ferredoxins and the Fe protein of nitrogenase using in silico protein modeling	44
A multi‐pore model of the blood–brain barrier tight junction strands recapitulates the permeability features of wild‐type and mutant claudin‐5	43
CsgA gatekeeper residues control nucleation but not stability of functional amyloid	43
Torsion angles to map and visualize the conformational space of a protein	42
Similar protein segments shared between domains of different evolutionary lineages	42
Two residues determine nicotinic acetylcholine receptor requirement for RIC ‐3	41
Large library docking for novel SARS‐CoV ‐2 main protease non‐covalent and covalent inhibitors	40
CSM‐peptides: A computational approach to rapid identification of therapeutic peptides	40
Xplor‐NIH: Better parameters and protocols for NMR protein structure determination	40
Gating residues govern ligand unbinding kinetics from the buried cavity in HIF‐2α PAS‐B	40
Detergents alter the stability and lipid binding properties of the CD1d immunoreceptor	39
Biophysical insights into the dimer formation of human Sirtuin 2	37