OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Biological Chemistry is 49. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Rescuing activity of oxygen-damaged pyruvate formate-lyase by a spare part protein	233
A Split-Cre system designed to detect simultaneous expression of two genes based on SpyTag/SpyCatcher conjugation and Split-GFP dimerization	207
Impact of stress on cardiac phenotypes in mice harboring an ankyrin-B disease variant	195
The use of Mg2+ in investigations of the roles of intramitochondrial Ca2+ and the mitochondrial Ca2+-uniporter in the stimulation of oxidative phosphorylation	166
An oncoprotein CREPT functions as a co-factor in MYC-driven transformation and tumor growth	165
A more holistic view of the logarithmic dose–response curve offers greater insights into insulin responses	120
Structural and functional properties of the N- and C-terminal segments of the P4-ATPase phospholipid flippase ATP8A2	110
Two types of peptides derived from the neurotoxin GsMTx4 inhibit a mechanosensitive potassium channel by modifying the mechanogate	107
Withdrawal: Mitochondrial autophagy is an HIF-1-dependent adaptive metabolic response to hypoxia	107
High-resolution structures of the SAMHD1 dGTPase homolog from Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis reveal a novel mechanism of allosteric activation by dATP	101
A new regulation mechanism for KCNN4, the Ca2+-dependent K+ channel, by molecular interactions with the Ca2+pump PMCA4b	92
Enhanced dynamic coupling in a nuclear receptor underlies ligand activity	90
GRK5 regulates endocytosis of FPR2 independent of β-arrestins	83
Redox potential tuning by calcium ions in a novel c-type cytochrome from an anammox organism	83
Mechanistic insights into the selective targeting of P2X3 receptor by camlipixant antagonist	81
Inhibition of the neddylation E2 enzyme UBE2M in macrophages protects against E. coli-induced sepsis	78
Autophagy-related 7 (ATG7) regulates food intake and liver health during asparaginase exposure	77
Substrate and inhibitor specificity of Plasmodium nucleoside transporters ENT1 orthologs	76
Histone N-tails modulate sequence-specific positioning of nucleosomes	74
SF3B1 thermostability as an assay for splicing inhibitor interactions	73
Dilated cardiomyopathy variant R14del increases phospholamban pentamer stability, blunting dynamic regulation of calcium	73
Between scents and sterols: Cyclization of labdane-related diterpenes as model systems for enzymatic control of carbocation cascades	72
Disruption of deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate biosynthesis leads to RAS proto-oncogene activation and perturbation of mitochondrial metabolism	71
Analysis of eIF4E-family members in fungi contributes to their classification in eukaryotes	70
Prenylation-dependent membrane localization of a deubiquitinating enzyme and its role in regulating G protein–mediated signaling in yeast	67

Maternal obesity alters histone modifications mediated by the interaction between EZH2 and AMPK, impairing neural differentiation in the developing embryonic brain cortex	66
Disorder within order: Identification of the disordered loop of STAS domain as the inhibitory domain in SLC26A9 chloride channel	66
The steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone induces lipophagy via the brain-adipose tissue axis by promoting the adipokinetic hormone pathway	61
Correction: Characterization of a cytochrome P450 that catalyzes the O-demethylation of lignin-derived benzoates	60
Hypusinated and unhypusinated isoforms of the translation factor eIF5A exert distinct effects in models of pancreas development and function	59
Betagenin ameliorates diabetes by inducing insulin secretion and β-cell proliferation	58
The RecA-NT homology motif in ImuB mediates the interaction with ImuA′, which is essential for DNA damage–induced mutagenesis	58
mTOR signaling controls protein aggregation during heat stress and cellular aging in a translation- and Hsf1-independent manner	58
Targeting the mitotic kinase NEK2 enhances CDK4/6 inhibitor efficacy by potentiating genome instability	58
Phase partitioning of the neutrophil oxidative burst is coordinated by accessory pathways of glucose metabolism and mitochondrial activity	57
Distinct autoregulatory roles of ELFN1 intracellular and extracellular domains on membrane trafficking, synaptic localization, and dimerization	57
Acute heat stress upregulates Akr1b3 through Nrf-2 to increase endogenous fructose leading to kidney injury	57
Novel Z-DNA binding domains in giant viruses	56
Crystal structure and mechanistic studies of the PPM1D serine/threonine phosphatase catalytic domain	55
Aurora-B phosphorylates the myosin II heavy chain to promote cytokinesis	55
Lack of ApoE inhibits ADan amyloidosis in a mouse model of familial Danish dementia	54
Structure–function characterization of the mono- and diheme forms of MhuD, a noncanonical heme oxygenase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis	54
Bacterial cysteate dissimilatory pathway involves a racemase and d-cysteate sulfo-lyase	54
Identification and structural analysis of a carbohydrate-binding module specific to alginate, a representative of a new family, CBM96	54
Sequence- and structure-guided improvement of the catalytic performance of a GH11 family xylanase from Bacillus subtilis	53
Phosphorylation alters the mechanical stiffness of a model fragment of the dystrophin homologue utrophin	53
Release of immunomodulatory peptides at bacterial membrane interfaces as a novel strategy to fight microorganisms	52
Assessment of the roles of Spt5-nucleic acid contacts in promoter proximal pausing of RNA polymerase II	51
Functional characterization of Vip3Aa from Bacillus thuringiensis reveals the contributions of specific domains to its insecticidal activity	51
Interactome analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans synapses by TurboID-based proximity labeling	49
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Efficient killing of tumor cells by CAR-T cells requires greater number of engaged CARs than TCRs	49
Generative artificial intelligence in Journal of Biological Chemistry	49