Protein Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Protein Science is 5. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
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Electronegative clusters modulate folding status and RNA binding of unstructured RNA‐binding proteins978
Helicobacter pylori FlgN binds its substrate FlgK and the flagellum ATPase FliI in a similar manner observed for the FliT chaperone881
Dimerization of the CNNM extracellular domain446
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Structural insights into the unique recognition module between α‐synuclein peptide and nanobody215
Escherichia coli strains with precise domain deletions in the ribonuclease RNase E can achieve greatly enhanced levels of membrane protein production164
Structural and functional validation of a highly specific Smurf2 inhibitor158
Distinct specificities of the HEMK2 protein methyltransferase in methylation of glutamine and lysine residues156
The Phenix‐AlphaFold webservice: Enabling AlphaFold predictions for use in Phenix142
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Protein salvage and repurposing in evolution: Phospholipase D toxins are stabilized by a remodeled scrap of a membrane association domain103
Engineered protein G variants for multifunctional antibody‐based assemblies85
A novel method for expressing and purifying large quantities of functional and stable human voltage‐gated proton channel (hHv1)82
Insights into the flexibility of the domain‐linking loop in actinobacterial coproheme decarboxylase through structures and molecular dynamics simulations81
Methods for detecting, building, and improving tryptophan mannosylation in glycoprotein structures77
Hijacking of plasminogen by dengue virus: The kringle‐4 and ‐5 domains of plasminogen binds synergistically to the domain I of envelope protein75
A functional helix shuffled variant of the B domain of Staphylococcus aureus69
Reconstitution and use of highly active human CDK1:Cyclin‐B:CKS1 complexes68
ParSe 2.0: A web tool to identify drivers of protein phase separation at the proteome level58
PDBsum extras: SARS‐CoV‐2 and AlphaFold models56
Binding specificity of type three secretion system effector NleH2 to multi‐cargo chaperone CesT and their phosphorylation54
CC+: A searchable database of validated coiled coils in PDB structures and AlphaFold2 models52
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Synthetic antibodies block receptor binding and current‐inhibiting effects of α‐cobratoxin from Naja kaouthia47
How enzymes harness highly unfavorable proton transfer reactions47
Arginine cluster introduction on framework region in anti‐lysozyme antibody improved association rate constant by changing conformational diversity of CDR loops43
Effects of N‐ and C‐terminal regions on oligomeric formation of blue light sensor protein SyPixD42
Molecular insights into alginate β‐lactoglobulin A multivalencies—The foundation for their amorphous aggregates and coacervation42
In vitro characterization of the intramelanosomal domain of human recombinant TYRP1 and its oculocutaneous albinism type 3‐related mutant variants42
Substrate binding in the allosteric site mimics homotropic cooperativity in the SIS‐fold glucosamine‐6‐phosphate deaminases41
Engineered antigen‐binding fragments for enhanced crystallization of antibody:antigen complexes35
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QSAR via multisite λ‐dynamics in the orphaned TSSK1B kinase33
Allosteric inhibition of TEM‐1 β lactamase: Microsecond molecular dynamics simulations provide mechanistic insights33
Reply to “Intrinsic protein disorder uncouples affinity from binding specificity”33
Interface engineering of cellobiose dehydrogenase improves interdomain electron transfer32
Contributions of the N‐terminal intrinsically disordered region of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 nucleocapsid protein to RNA‐induced phase separation30
Active site architecture of coproporphyrin ferrochelatase with its physiological substrate coproporphyrin III: Propionate interactions and porphyrin core deformation28
Diphtheria toxin‐derived, anti‐PD‐1 immunotoxin, a potent and practical tool to selectively deplete PD‐1+ cells28
A conserved electrostatic membrane‐binding surface in synaptotagmin‐like proteins revealed using molecular phylogenetic analysis and homology modeling27
Structure determination of an unstable macromolecular complex enabled by nanobody‐peptide bridging26
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An ensemble machine learning model generates a focused screening library for the identification of CDK8 inhibitors25
How hydrophobicity, side chains, and salt affect the dimensions of disordered proteins25
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Reconstitution and characterization of BRAF in complex with 14‐3‐3 and KRAS4B on nanodiscs25
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Structural studies of intrinsically disordered MLL‐fusion protein AF9 in complex with peptidomimetic inhibitors25
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Engineering G protein‐coupled receptors for stabilization23
Characterization of a novel format scFv×VHH single‐chain biparatopic antibody against metal binding protein MtsA23
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Native ion mobility‐mass spectrometry reveals the binding mechanisms of anti‐amyloid therapeutic antibodies23
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QuoteTarget: A sequence‐based transformer protein language model to identify potentially druggable protein targets23
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CSM‐peptides: A computational approach to rapid identification of therapeutic peptides22
Characterization of an aminotransferase from Acanthamoeba polyphagaMimivirus22
EFAMIX, a tool to decompose inline chromatography SAXS data from partially overlapping components22
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Transition metal cation inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis esterase RV0045C22
Protein ensemble modeling and analysis with MMMx20
Protective roles of highly conserved motif 1 in tardigrade cytosolic‐abundant heat soluble protein in extreme environments20
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Allosteric regulatory control in dihydrofolate reductase is revealed by dynamic asymmetry20
Probing effects of site‐specific aspartic acid isomerization on structure and stability of GB1 through chemical protein synthesis19
Structural characterization of the Sel1‐like repeat protein LceB from Legionella pneumophila19
CsgA gatekeeper residues control nucleation but not stability of functional amyloid18
Parkinson's disease‐linked V15A mutation facilitates α‐synuclein aggregation by reducing membrane affinity18
Evaluating the potential of non‐immunosuppressive cyclosporin analogs for targeting Toxoplasma gondii cyclophilin: Insights from structural studies17
Examining the mechanistic relationship of APC/CCDH1 and its interphase inhibitor EMI117
GGAssembler: Precise and economical design and synthesis of combinatorial mutation libraries17
An ankyrin repeat chaperone targets toxic oligomers during amyloidogenesis17
Design of an effective small expression tag to enhance GPCR production in E. coli‐based cell‐free and whole cell expression systems16
nightshift: A Python program for plotting simulated NMR spectra from assigned chemical shifts from the Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank16
Only kosmotrope anions trigger fibrillization of the recombinant core spidroin eADF4(C16) from Araneus diadematus16
Synthesis and degradation of the cyclic dinucleotide messenger c‐di‐AMP in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus yayanosii16
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Two residues determine nicotinic acetylcholine receptor requirement for RIC‐315
A hierarchical deep learning based approach for multi‐functional enzyme classification15
The Lys 280 → Gln mutation mimicking disease‐linked acetylation of Lys 280 in tau extends the structural core of fibrils and modulates their catalytic properties15
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What the protein data bank tells us about the evolutionary conservation of protein conformational diversity15
Condensation of the β‐cell secretory granule luminal cargoes pro/insulin and ICA512 RESP18 homology domain15
Engineering gain‐of‐function mutants of a WW domain by dynamics and structural analysis15
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Dissecting the general mechanisms of protein cage self‐assembly by coarse‐grained simulations15
Reevaluation of bromodomain ligands targeting BAZ2A15
Epitope mapping of novel monoclonal antibodies to human angiotensin I‐converting enzyme15
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Hydrophobicity and molecular mass‐based separation method for autoantibody discovery from mammalian total cellular proteins14
More is simpler: Decomposition of ligand‐binding affinity for proteins being disordered14
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Calcium mediated static and dynamic allostery in S100A12: Implications for target recognition by S100 proteins14
Nucleocapsid proteins from human coronaviruses possess phase separation capabilities and promote FUS pathological aggregation14
Inline small‐angle X‐ray scattering‐coupled chromatography under extreme hydrostatic pressure14
From a dimer to a monomer: Construction of a chimeric monomeric isocitrate dehydrogenase14
Structure‐based analysis and evolution of a monomerized red‐colored chromoprotein from the Olindias formosa jellyfish14
Structural hierarchy of mechanical extensibility in human von Willebrand factor multimers13
A new l‐arginine oxidase engineered from l‐glutamate oxidase13
Evolutionary trajectory of receptor binding specificity and promiscuity of the spike protein of SARS‐CoV‐213
Kinetic isotope effect reveals rate‐limiting step in green‐to‐red photoconvertible fluorescent proteins13
Expanding the family of extracellular chaperones: Identification of human plasma proteins with chaperone activity13
Development of charybdotoxin Q18F variant as a selective peptide blocker of neuronal BK(α + β4) channel for the treatment of epileptic seizures13
Selection of a PD‐1 blocking antibody from a novel fully human phage display library13
Structural characterization of an intrinsically disordered protein complex using integrated small‐angle neutron scattering and computing13
Investigation of the enzymes required for the biosynthesis of an unusual formylated sugar in the emerging human pathogen Helicobacter canadensis13
Adaptable SEC‐SAXS data collection for higher quality structure analysis in solution13
Probing the effect of glycosaminoglycan depletion on integrin interactions with collagen I fibrils in the native extracellular matrix environment13
Soluble SARS‐CoV‐2 RBD and human ACE2 peptidase domain produced in DrosophilaS2 cells show functions evoking virus–cell interface13
Exhaustive mutational analysis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ORF3a: An essential component in the pathogen's infectivity cycle13
Rapid directed molecular evolution of fluorescent proteins in mammalian cells13
Tubulin‐binding region alters tau–lipid interactions and changes toxicity of tau fibrils formed in the presence of phosphatidylserine lipids13
Human islet amyloid polypeptide‐induced β‐cell cytotoxicity is linked to formation of α‐sheet structure12
Computational design of N‐linked glycans for high throughput epitope profiling12
The structural landscape of the immunoglobulin fold by large‐scale de novo design12
Exploring the inhibition of the soluble lytic transglycosylase Cj0843c of Campylobacter jejuni via targeting different sites with different scaffolds12
Similar protein segments shared between domains of different evolutionary lineages12
Unraveling paralog‐specific Notch signaling through thermodynamics of ternary complex formation and transcriptional activation of chimeric receptors12
Engineering a monobody specific to monomeric Cu/Zn‐superoxide dismutase associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis12
Big versus small: The impact of aggregate size in disease12
Epitope‐directed anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 scFv engineered against the key spike protein region could block membrane fusion12
Engineering of IF1‐susceptive bacterial F1‐ATPase12
Evolution of affinity between p53 transactivation domain and MDM2 across the animal kingdom demonstrates high plasticity of motif‐mediated interactions12
HadBD dehydratase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis fatty acid synthase type II: A singular structure for a unique function11
PairK: Pairwise k‐mer alignment for quantifying protein motif conservation in disordered regions11
The transmission of mutation effects in a multiprotein machine: A comprehensive metadynamics study of the cardiac thin filament11
Kinetic evidence for multiple aggregation pathways in antibody light chain variable domains11
Heat‐induced structural and chemical changes to a computationally designed miniprotein11
Multiplex measurement of protein–peptide dissociation constants using dialysis and mass spectrometry11
A crucial active site network of titratable residues guides catalysis and NAD+ binding in human succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase11
In situ characterization of amine‐forming enzymes shows altered oligomeric state11
Phylogenetic convergence of phase separation and mitotic function in the disordered protein BuGZ11
High‐throughput cell‐free screening of eukaryotic membrane protein expression in lipidic mimetics11
Protein stability models fail to capture epistatic interactions of double point mutations11
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Exploring the druggability of the UEV domain of human TSG101 in search for broad‐spectrum antivirals11
Semi‐synthetic nanobody‐ligand conjugates exhibit tunable signaling properties and enhanced transcriptional outputs at neurokinin receptor‐111
Ca2+‐induced structural changes and intramolecular interactions in N‐terminal region of diacylglycerol kinase alpha11
Structural investigation on SPI‐6–associated Salmonella typhimuriumVirG‐like stress protein that promotes pathogen survival in macrophages11
Heparins mediate the multimer assembly of secreted Noggin10
Trifluoroethanol and the behavior of a tardigrade desiccation‐tolerance protein10
Liquid–liquid phase separation of tau: From molecular biophysics to physiology and disease10
Molecular mechanism of Fe3+ binding inhibition to Vibrio metschnikovii ferric ion‐binding protein, FbpA, by rosmarinic acid and its hydrolysate, danshensu10
Site‐specific photo‐crosslinking/cleavage for protein–protein interface identification reveals oligomeric assembly of lysosomal‐associated membrane protein type 2A in mammalian cells10
Simple mechanisms for the evolution of protein complexity10
Large library docking for novel SARS‐CoV‐2 main protease non‐covalent and covalent inhibitors10
The variable domain from dynamin‐related protein 1 promotes liquid–liquid phase separation that enhances its interaction with cardiolipin‐containing membranes10
A look beyond the QR code of SNARE proteins10
Deciphering CAD: Structure and function of a mega‐enzymatic pyrimidine factory in health and disease10
Exploring the pH dependence of the SARS‐CoV‐2 complete fusion domain and the role of its unique structural features10
The return of the rings: Evolutionary convergence of aromatic residues in the intrinsically disordered regions of RNA‐binding proteins for liquid–liquid phase separation10
Structural dynamics shape the fitness window of alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase10
Engineering minimal tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase targeting MMPs via gene shuffling and yeast surface display10
Stabilization of the open conformation οf insulin‐regulated aminopeptidase by a novel substrate‐selective small‐molecule inhibitor10
Exploring protein functions from structural flexibility using CABS‐flex modeling10
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Xplor‐NIH: Better parameters and protocols for NMR protein structure determination10
Structural analyses of the malaria parasite aminoacyl‐tRNA synthetases provide new avenues for antimalarial drug discovery10
Protein structure–function continuum model: Emerging nexuses between specificity, evolution, and structure10
Torsion angles to map and visualize the conformational space of a protein10
Classifying metal‐binding sites with neural networks10
A novel method for recombinant mammalian‐expressed S‐HBsAg virus‐like particle production for assembly status analysis and improved anti‐HBs serology9
Crystal structure of semisynthetic obelin‐v9
Structure‐based design of a Plasmodium vivax Duffy‐binding protein immunogen focuses the antibody response to functional epitopes9
Mechanistic basis of GPCR activation explored by ensemble refinement of crystallographic structures9
New insights into cancer: MDM2 binds to the citrullinating enzyme PADI49
Molecular basis of the CYFIP2 and NCKAP1 autism‐linked variants in the WAVE regulatory complex9
A coarse‐grained model for disordered and multi‐domain proteins9
Biophysical characterization of RelA–p52 NFκB dimer—A link between the canonical and the non‐canonical NFκB pathway9
Dynamic interchange between two protonation states is characteristic of active sites of cholinesterases9
Structural and functional study of Legionella pneumophila effector RavA9
Uncovering the promiscuous activity of IL‐6 proteins: A multi‐dimensional analysis of phylogeny, classification and residue conservation9
Rapid prediction and analysis of protein intrinsic disorder9
DALI shines a light on remote homologs: One hundred discoveries9
A suicidal and extensively disordered luciferase with a bright luminescence9
Gating residues govern ligand unbinding kinetics from the buried cavity in HIF‐2α PAS‐B9
Structural dynamics and binding of Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan‐extending lipid binding protein‐3 to polyunsaturated fatty acids9
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The myth of high‐resolution liquid phase biological electron microscopy9
BenchmarkingAlphaFoldfor protein complex modeling reveals accuracy determinants9
Correction to “Award Winners and Abstracts of the 30th Anniversary Symposium of the Protein Society, Baltimore, MD, July 16–19, 2016”9
Structural polymorphism and cytotoxicity of brain‐derived β‐amyloid extracts9
BEAN and HABAS: Polyphyletic insertions in the DNA‐directed RNA polymerase9
Ion mobility mass spectrometry unveils conformational effects of drug lead EPI‐001 on the intrinsically disordered N‐terminal domain of the androgen receptor9
RosettaDDGPrediction for high‐throughput mutational scans: From stability to binding9
Ligand‐induced CaMKIIα hub Trp403 flip, hub domain stacking, and modulation of kinase activity9
N‐terminal acetylation modestly enhances phase separation and reduces aggregation of the low‐complexity domain of RNA‐binding protein fused in sarcoma8
Evolutionary analysis of Quinone Reductases 1 and 2 suggests that NQO2 evolved to function as a pseudoenzyme8
AlphaFold2 fails to predict protein fold switching8
Adenosine triphosphate energy‐independently controls protein homeostasis with unique structure and diverse mechanisms8
Mining unique cysteine synthetases and computational study on thoroughly eliminating feedback inhibition through tunnel engineering8
A functional and structural comparative analysis of large tumor antigens reveals evolution of different importin α‐dependent nuclear localization signals8
Characterizing (un)binding mechanism of USP7 inhibitors to unravel the cause of enhanced binding potencies at allosteric checkpoint8
PDBe and PDBe‐KB: Providing high‐quality, up‐to‐date and integrated resources of macromolecular structures to support basic and applied research and education8
Disulfide‐mediated oligomerization of mutant Cu/Zn‐superoxide dismutase associated with canine degenerative myelopathy8
Phosphorylation of cytochrome c at tyrosine 48 finely regulates its binding to the histone chaperone SET/TAF‐Iβ in the nucleus8
Liquid–liquid phase separation of α‐synuclein is highly sensitive to sequence complexity8
Doses for X‐ray and electron diffraction: New features in RADDOSE‐3D including intensity decay models8
Characterization of protein–ligand binding interactions of enoyl‐ACP reductase (FabI) by native MS reveals allosteric effects of coenzymes and the inhibitor triclosan8
Biophysical insights into the dimer formation of human Sirtuin 28
Intrinsic protein disorder and conditional folding in AlphaFoldDB8
AlzDiscovery: A computational tool to identify Alzheimer's disease‐causing missense mutations using protein structure information8
Identifying the minimal sets of distance restraints for FRET‐assisted protein structural modeling8
A novel violet fluorescent protein contains a unique oxidized tyrosine as the simplest chromophore ever reported in fluorescent proteins8
The catalytic domain of free or ligand bound histone deacetylase 4 occurs in solution predominantly in closed conformation8
Development of artificial photosystems based on designed proteins for mechanistic insights into photosynthesis8
The evolution of the antimicrobial peptide database over 18 years: Milestones and new features8
Degradation mechanism of AtrA mediated by ClpXP and its application in daptomycin production in Streptomyces roseosporus8
ArtiaX: An electron tomography toolbox for the interactive handling of sub‐tomograms in UCSF ChimeraX8
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Canonical or noncanonical? Structural plasticity of serine protease‐binding loops in Kunitz‐STI protease inhibitors7
Characterization of βB2‐crystallin tryptophan mutants reveals two different folding states in solution7
Molecular basis for different substrate‐binding sites and chaperone functions of the BRICHOS domain7
Signal peptide stabilizes folding and inhibits misfolding of serum amyloid A7
Rheostat functional outcomes occur when substitutions are introduced at nonconserved positions that diverge with speciation7
Evaluation of acyllysine isostere interactions with the aromatic pocket of the AF9 YEATS domain7
Phenotypic mutations contribute to protein diversity and shape protein evolution7
Allosteric links between the hydrophilic N‐terminus and transmembrane core of human Na+/H+ antiporter NHA27
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Structure–function mapping and mechanistic insights on the SARS CoV2 Nsp17
Award Winners/Abstracts from the 36th Annual Symposium of The Protein Society, July 7 – 10, 20227
Lectin‐anticancer peptide fusion demonstrates a significant cancer‐cell‐selective cytotoxic effect and inspires the production of “clickable” anticancer peptide in Escherichia coli7
The oligomeric states of dye‐decolorizing peroxidases from Streptomyces lividans and their implications for mechanism of substrate oxidation7
Structural study for substrate recognition of human N‐terminal glutamine amidohydrolase 1 in the arginine N‐degron pathway7
Local sequence‐structure relationships in proteins7
Vitamin D and COVID‐19: A review on the role of vitamin D in preventing and reducing the severity of COVID‐19 infection7
DbStRiPs: Database of structural repeats in proteins7
Efficient and economic protein labeling for NMR in mammalian expression systems: Application to a preT‐cell and T‐cell receptor protein7
Capturing the geometry, function, and evolution of enzymes with 3D templates7
Correction to “A novel violet fluorescent protein contains a unique oxidized tyrosine as the simplest chromophore ever reported in fluorescent proteins”7
Evaluation of AlphaFold2 structures as docking targets7
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Biophysical investigation of interactions between SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein and neuropilin‐17
Structural and functional characterization of Aedes aegypti pupal cuticle protein that controls dengue virus infection7
Discovery of periplasmic solute binding proteins with specificity for ketone bodies: β‐hydroxybutyrate binding proteins7
A new lysine biosynthetic enzyme from a bacterial endosymbiont shaped by genetic drift and genome reduction7
Neutralizing antibodies targeting the SARS‐CoV‐2 receptor binding domain isolated from a naïve human antibody library7
Characterization of the Escherichia coli pyridoxal 5′‐phosphate homeostasis protein (YggS): Role of lysine residues in PLP binding and protein stability7
Analysis of insertions and extensions in the functional evolution of the ribonucleotide reductase family7
1D2DSimScore: A novel method for comparing contacts in biomacromolecules and their complexes7
Characterization of the SARS‐CoV‐2 E Protein: Sequence, Structure, Viroporin, and Inhibitors7
Protection by desiccation‐tolerance proteins probed at the residue level7
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