OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications is 2. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Site 2 of the Yersinia pestis substrate-binding protein YfeA is a dynamic surface metal-binding site	31
Improved resolution crystal structure ofAcanthamoebaactophorin reveals structural plasticity not induced by microgravity	12
Structural characterization of dUTPase from Legionella pneumophila	11
Serial crystallography with multi-stage merging of thousands of images	10
Analysis of Burkholderia pseudomallei IspF in complex with sulfapyridine, sulfamonomethoxine, ethoxzolamide and acetazolamide	10
Crystallization and low-resolution structure solution of the SALM3–PTPσ synaptic adhesion complex	9
Multi-species cryoEM calibration and workflow verification standard	9
Relating protein crystal structure to ligand-binding thermodynamics	8
The crystal structure of DynF from the dynemicin-biosynthesis pathway of Micromonospora chersina	8
Effects of the T337M and G391V disease-related variants on human phosphoglucomutase 1: structural disruptions large and small	7
Crystal structure of the C1 domain of the surface-layer protein SlpM from Lactobacillus brevis: a module involved in protein self-assembly	7
Structure and activity of a thermally stable mutant of Acanthamoeba actophorin	7
Structures of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 peptide deformylase bound to nickel(II) and actinonin	7
Crystal structure of the S-adenosylmethionine-dependent mycolic acid synthase UmaA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis	6
Expression, purification and crystallization of a novel metagenome-derived salicylaldehyde dehydrogenase from Alpine soil	6
Structural and biophysical characterization of the Borna disease virus 1 phosphoprotein	6
Purification, crystallization and crystallographic analysis of the PorX response regulator associated with the type IX secretion system	5
The first report of structural analysis of a nucleic acid using crystals grown in space	5
Characterization of a family I inorganic pyrophosphatase from Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia 1	5
Crystal structure of Sphingobacterium multivorum serine palmitoyltransferase complexed with tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane	4
Online carbohydrate 3D structure validation with the Privateer web app	4
Crystal structure of an inorganic pyrophosphatase from Chlamydia trachomatis D/UW-3/Cx	4
Crystallographic analysis of the Escherichia coli tRNA seleno-modification enzyme in complex with tRNA	4
Structural and functional characterization of FabG4 from Mycolicibacterium smegmatis	4
The structure of His15 acetamide-modified hen egg-white lysozyme: a nice surprise from an old friend	4

Purification and structure of luminal domain C of human Niemann–Pick C1 protein	4
Crystal structure of the long Rib domain of the LPXTG-anchored surface protein from Limosilactobacillus reuteri	4
Crystal structure of a recombinant Agaricus bisporus mushroom mannose-binding protein with a longer C-terminal region	4
Crystal structure of a hypothetical protein from Giardia lamblia. Corrigendum	4
Identification, structure determination and analysis of Mycobacterium smegmatis acyl-carrier protein synthase (AcpS) crystallized serendipitously	3
Crystal structures of NAD(P)H nitroreductases from Klebsiella pneumoniae	3
Using structural genomics depositions in undergraduate teaching of protein crystallography: everybody wins	3
Structures of Brucella ovis leucine-, isoleucine-, valine-, threonine- and alanine-binding protein reveal a conformationally flexible peptide-binding cavity	3
Molecular interactions between piperine and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma ligand-binding domain revealed using co-crystallization studies	3
Small-angle X-ray scattering of engineered antigen-binding fragments: the case of glycosylated Fab from the Mannitou IgM antibody	3
Structural insights into the role of the prosegment binding loop in a papain-superfamily cysteine protease from Treponema denticola	3
Revisiting sodium phosphotungstate and ammonium molybdate as nonradioactive negative-staining agents for single-particle analysis	3
Structural and biochemical characterization of the M405S variant of Desulfovibrio vulgaris formate dehydrogenase	3
High-throughput protein crystallography to empower natural product-based drug discovery	3
Crystal structure of Prp16 in complex with ADP	3
Introduction to the virtual thematic issue on room-temperature biological crystallography	3
Preliminary XFEL data from spontaneously grown endo-1,4-β-xylanase crystals from Hypocrea virens	3
Tricks and tips for trips	3
Human transforming growth factor β type I receptor in complex with kinase inhibitor SB505124	2
Conformational flexibility in the zinc solute-binding protein ZnuA	2
An unusual disulfide-linked dimerization in the fluorescent protein rsCherryRev1.4	2
Nanocrystalline protein domains via salting-out	2
Structure of the outer membrane porin OmpW from the pervasive pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae	2
Structural analysis of YcdY, a member of the redox-enzyme maturation protein family	2
Crystal structure of the [2Fe–2S] protein I (Shethna protein I) from Azotobacter vinelandii	2
Crystal structure of a hypothetical protein from Giardia lamblia	2
Structure of Plasmodium vivax N-myristoyltransferase with inhibitor IMP-1088: exploring an NMT inhibitor for antimalarial therapy	2
Crystal structure of the Rib domain of the cell-wall-anchored surface protein from Limosilactobacillus reuteri	2
Nucleotide-bound crystal structures of the SARS-CoV-2 helicase NSP13	2
Cryo-EM structures of apo and atorvastatin-bound human 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase	2
Tetracycline-modifying enzymeSmTetX fromStenotrophomonas maltophilia	2
Crystal structure of N-terminal degron-truncated human glutamine synthetase	2
Expression, purification and crystallization of N-acetyl-(R)-β-phenylalanine acylases derived from Burkholderia sp. AJ110349 and Variovorax sp. AJ110348 and structure deter	2
Microcrystal preparation for serial femtosecond X-ray crystallography of bacterial copper amine oxidase	2
Crystal structures of glutamyl-tRNA synthetase from Elizabethkingia anopheles and E. meningosepticum	2
Structures of Trichomonas vaginalis macrophage migratory inhibitory factor	2
Crystal structure of N-terminally hexahistidine-tagged Onchocerca volvulus macrophage migration inhibitory factor-1	2
AlphaFold and the future of structural biology	2
Structure of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-bound D-threonine aldolase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	2
Co-crystal structure of Helicobacter pylori biotin protein ligase with biotinyl-5-ATP	2
Structural and functional analysis of the SET3 histone deacetylase complex	2
Improving the diffraction quality of heat-shock protein 47 crystals	2
LOPAC library screening identifies suramin as a TRIM21 binder with a unique binding mode revealed by crystal structure	2
Cryo-EM sample preparation for high-resolution structure studies	2
Preparing for successful protein crystallization experiments	2
Crystallization and biochemical studies of the NYN domain of human KHNYN	2
Crystal structure of betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase from Burkholderia pseudomallei	2
Ternary structure of Plasmodium vivax N-myristoyltransferase with myristoyl-CoA and inhibitor IMP-0001173	2
Structural basis for the development of potential inhibitors targeting FadD23 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis	2
Structural characterization of DynU16, a START/Bet v1-like protein involved in dynemicin biosynthesis	2