Protein Science

Papers
(The median citation count of Protein Science is 1. 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.)
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Electronegative clusters modulate folding status and RNA binding of unstructured RNA‐binding proteins1363
Helicobacter pylori FlgN binds its substrate FlgK and the flagellum ATPase FliI in a similar manner observed for the FliT chaperone1178
Dimerization of the CNNM extracellular domain507
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Structural insights into the unique recognition module between α‐synuclein peptide and nanobody243
Escherichia coli strains with precise domain deletions in the ribonuclease RNase E can achieve greatly enhanced levels of membrane protein production211
Structural and functional validation of a highly specific Smurf2 inhibitor202
The Phenix‐AlphaFold webservice: Enabling AlphaFold predictions for use in Phenix189
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Protein salvage and repurposing in evolution: Phospholipase D toxins are stabilized by a remodeled scrap of a membrane association domain130
ParSe 2.0: A web tool to identify drivers of protein phase separation at the proteome level121
Binding specificity of type three secretion system effector NleH2 to multi‐cargo chaperone CesT and their phosphorylation113
Characterization of the SARS‐CoV‐2 E Protein: Sequence, Structure, Viroporin, and Inhibitors112
Evolutionary analysis of Quinone Reductases 1 and 2 suggests that NQO2 evolved to function as a pseudoenzyme95
Protection by desiccation‐tolerance proteins probed at the residue level90
CC+: A searchable database of validated coiled coils in PDB structures and AlphaFold2 models88
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Synthetic antibodies block receptor binding and current‐inhibiting effects of α‐cobratoxin from Naja kaouthia82
Arginine cluster introduction on framework region in anti‐lysozyme antibody improved association rate constant by changing conformational diversity of CDR loops76
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Structure determination of an unstable macromolecular complex enabled by nanobody‐peptide bridging68
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How hydrophobicity, side chains, and salt affect the dimensions of disordered proteins56
Structural studies of intrinsically disordered MLL‐fusion protein AF9 in complex with peptidomimetic inhibitors56
Reconstitution and characterization of BRAF in complex with 14‐3‐3 and KRAS4B on nanodiscs54
An ensemble machine learning model generates a focused screening library for the identification of CDK8 inhibitors52
Characterization of a novel format scFv×VHH single‐chain biparatopic antibody against metal binding protein MtsA51
Engineering G protein‐coupled receptors for stabilization50
Native ion mobility‐mass spectrometry reveals the binding mechanisms of anti‐amyloid therapeutic antibodies50
Effects of N‐ and C‐terminal regions on oligomeric formation of blue light sensor protein SyPixD45
In vitro characterization of the intramelanosomal domain of human recombinant TYRP1 and its oculocutaneous albinism type 3‐related mutant variants44
Molecular insights into alginate β‐lactoglobulin A multivalencies—The foundation for their amorphous aggregates and coacervation42
Substrate binding in the allosteric site mimics homotropic cooperativity in the SIS‐fold glucosamine‐6‐phosphate deaminases40
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Engineered protein G variants for multifunctional antibody‐based assemblies34
A functional helix shuffled variant of the B domain of Staphylococcus aureus34
Hijacking of plasminogen by dengue virus: The kringle‐4 and ‐5 domains of plasminogen binds synergistically to the domain I of envelope protein32
Methods for detecting, building, and improving tryptophan mannosylation in glycoprotein structures32
A novel method for expressing and purifying large quantities of functional and stable human voltage‐gated proton channel (hHv1)32
Insights into the flexibility of the domain‐linking loop in actinobacterial coproheme decarboxylase through structures and molecular dynamics simulations31
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Inline small‐angle X‐ray scattering‐coupled chromatography under extreme hydrostatic pressure30
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Engineered antigen‐binding fragments for enhanced crystallization of antibody:antigen complexes30
A conserved electrostatic membrane‐binding surface in synaptotagmin‐like proteins revealed using molecular phylogenetic analysis and homology modeling29
QSAR via multisite λ‐dynamics in the orphaned TSSK1B kinase29
Diphtheria toxin‐derived, anti‐PD‐1 immunotoxin, a potent and practical tool to selectively deplete PD‐1+ cells29
Reply to “Intrinsic protein disorder uncouples affinity from binding specificity”29
Torsion angles to map and visualize the conformational space of a protein29
Interface engineering of cellobiose dehydrogenase improves interdomain electron transfer29
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Engineering minimal tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase targeting MMPs via gene shuffling and yeast surface display28
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Characterization of an aminotransferase from Acanthamoeba polyphagaMimivirus24
Allosteric regulatory control in dihydrofolate reductase is revealed by dynamic asymmetry23
EFAMIX, a tool to decompose inline chromatography SAXS data from partially overlapping components23
Protein ensemble modeling and analysis with MMMx22
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CsgA gatekeeper residues control nucleation but not stability of functional amyloid21
Structural characterization of the Sel1‐like repeat protein LceB from Legionella pneumophila21
Evaluating the potential of non‐immunosuppressive cyclosporin analogs for targeting Toxoplasma gondii cyclophilin: Insights from structural studies21
Parkinson's disease‐linked V15A mutation facilitates α‐synuclein aggregation by reducing membrane affinity21
Probing effects of site‐specific aspartic acid isomerization on structure and stability of GB1 through chemical protein synthesis21
Development of charybdotoxin Q18F variant as a selective peptide blocker of neuronal BK(α + β4) channel for the treatment of epileptic seizures20
GGAssembler: Precise and economical design and synthesis of combinatorial mutation libraries20
Soluble SARS‐CoV‐2 RBD and human ACE2 peptidase domain produced in DrosophilaS2 cells show functions evoking virus–cell interface19
Selection of a PD‐1 blocking antibody from a novel fully human phage display library19
Evolutionary trajectory of receptor binding specificity and promiscuity of the spike protein of SARS‐CoV‐219
Probing the effect of glycosaminoglycan depletion on integrin interactions with collagen I fibrils in the native extracellular matrix environment19
Examining the mechanistic relationship of APC/CCDH1 and its interphase inhibitor EMI118
Synthesis and degradation of the cyclic dinucleotide messenger c‐di‐AMP in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus yayanosii18
Two residues determine nicotinic acetylcholine receptor requirement for RIC‐318
An ankyrin repeat chaperone targets toxic oligomers during amyloidogenesis18
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nightshift: A Python program for plotting simulated NMR spectra from assigned chemical shifts from the Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank18
Design of an effective small expression tag to enhance GPCR production in E. coli‐based cell‐free and whole cell expression systems18
Dissecting the general mechanisms of protein cage self‐assembly by coarse‐grained simulations18
Calcium mediated static and dynamic allostery in S100A12: Implications for target recognition by S100 proteins17
More is simpler: Decomposition of ligand‐binding affinity for proteins being disordered17
A hierarchical deep learning based approach for multi‐functional enzyme classification17
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Nucleocapsid proteins from human coronaviruses possess phase separation capabilities and promote FUS pathological aggregation17
Engineering gain‐of‐function mutants of a WW domain by dynamics and structural analysis17
Condensation of the β‐cell secretory granule luminal cargoes pro/insulin and ICA512 RESP18 homology domain17
From a dimer to a monomer: Construction of a chimeric monomeric isocitrate dehydrogenase17
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Reevaluation of bromodomain ligands targeting BAZ2A17
Liquid–liquid phase separation of α‐synuclein is highly sensitive to sequence complexity16
Active site architecture of coproporphyrin ferrochelatase with its physiological substrate coproporphyrin III: Propionate interactions and porphyrin core deformation16
CSM‐peptides: A computational approach to rapid identification of therapeutic peptides16
Structure‐based analysis and evolution of a monomerized red‐colored chromoprotein from the Olindias formosa jellyfish16
Human islet amyloid polypeptide‐induced β‐cell cytotoxicity is linked to formation of α‐sheet structure16
Structural hierarchy of mechanical extensibility in human von Willebrand factor multimers15
Exhaustive mutational analysis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ORF3a: An essential component in the pathogen's infectivity cycle15
Structural characterization of an intrinsically disordered protein complex using integrated small‐angle neutron scattering and computing15
Rapid directed molecular evolution of fluorescent proteins in mammalian cells15
Tubulin‐binding region alters tau–lipid interactions and changes toxicity of tau fibrils formed in the presence of phosphatidylserine lipids15
Kinetic isotope effect reveals rate‐limiting step in green‐to‐red photoconvertible fluorescent proteins15
Investigation of the enzymes required for the biosynthesis of an unusual formylated sugar in the emerging human pathogen Helicobacter canadensis15
Structural investigation on SPI‐6–associated Salmonella typhimuriumVirG‐like stress protein that promotes pathogen survival in macrophages14
Gating residues govern ligand unbinding kinetics from the buried cavity in HIF‐2α PAS‐B14
Structural dynamics shape the fitness window of alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase14
Structural polymorphism and cytotoxicity of brain‐derived β‐amyloid extracts14
Uncovering the promiscuous activity of IL‐6 proteins: A multi‐dimensional analysis of phylogeny, classification and residue conservation14
Structural analyses of the malaria parasite aminoacyl‐tRNA synthetases provide new avenues for antimalarial drug discovery14
BEAN and HABAS: Polyphyletic insertions in the DNA‐directed RNA polymerase14
Epitope‐directed anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 scFv engineered against the key spike protein region could block membrane fusion13
Engineering of IF1‐susceptive bacterial F1‐ATPase13
Multiplex measurement of protein–peptide dissociation constants using dialysis and mass spectrometry13
Correction to “Award Winners and Abstracts of the 30th Anniversary Symposium of the Protein Society, Baltimore, MD, July 16–19, 2016”13
Dynamic interchange between two protonation states is characteristic of active sites of cholinesterases13
Structural dynamics and binding of Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan‐extending lipid binding protein‐3 to polyunsaturated fatty acids13
Ion mobility mass spectrometry unveils conformational effects of drug lead EPI‐001 on the intrinsically disordered N‐terminal domain of the androgen receptor13
Exploring the inhibition of the soluble lytic transglycosylase Cj0843c of Campylobacter jejuni via targeting different sites with different scaffolds13
Adaptable SEC‐SAXS data collection for higher quality structure analysis in solution13
The structural landscape of the immunoglobulin fold by large‐scale de novo design13
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Structure‐based design of a Plasmodium vivax Duffy‐binding protein immunogen focuses the antibody response to functional epitopes13
Molecular basis of the CYFIP2 and NCKAP1 autism‐linked variants in the WAVE regulatory complex13
Expanding the family of extracellular chaperones: Identification of human plasma proteins with chaperone activity13
Big versus small: The impact of aggregate size in disease13
Evolution of affinity between p53 transactivation domain and MDM2 across the animal kingdom demonstrates high plasticity of motif‐mediated interactions13
HadBD dehydratase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis fatty acid synthase type II: A singular structure for a unique function13
A suicidal and extensively disordered luciferase with a bright luminescence13
Molecular mechanism of Fe3+ binding inhibition to Vibrio metschnikovii ferric ion‐binding protein, FbpA, by rosmarinic acid and its hydrolysate, danshensu13
A novel method for recombinant mammalian‐expressed S‐HBsAg virus‐like particle production for assembly status analysis and improved anti‐HBs serology13
Computational design of N‐linked glycans for high throughput epitope profiling13
Protein stability models fail to capture epistatic interactions of double point mutations12
A crucial active site network of titratable residues guides catalysis and NAD+ binding in human succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase12
Heat‐induced structural and chemical changes to a computationally designed miniprotein12
Kinetic evidence for multiple aggregation pathways in antibody light chain variable domains12
In situ characterization of amine‐forming enzymes shows altered oligomeric state12
Exploring the druggability of the UEV domain of human TSG101 in search for broad‐spectrum antivirals12
QuoteTarget: A sequence‐based transformer protein language model to identify potentially druggable protein targets12
Ca2+‐induced structural changes and intramolecular interactions in N‐terminal region of diacylglycerol kinase alpha12
PairK: Pairwise k‐mer alignment for quantifying protein motif conservation in disordered regions12
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Only kosmotrope anions trigger fibrillization of the recombinant core spidroin eADF4(C16) from Araneus diadematus12
The transmission of mutation effects in a multiprotein machine: A comprehensive metadynamics study of the cardiac thin filament12
Large library docking for novel SARS‐CoV‐2 main protease non‐covalent and covalent inhibitors11
Site‐specific photo‐crosslinking/cleavage for protein–protein interface identification reveals oligomeric assembly of lysosomal‐associated membrane protein type 2A in mammalian cells11
Heparins mediate the multimer assembly of secreted Noggin11
A look beyond the QR code of SNARE proteins11
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Protein structure–function continuum model: Emerging nexuses between specificity, evolution, and structure11
Exploring protein functions from structural flexibility using CABS‐flex modeling11
Stabilization of the open conformation οf insulin‐regulated aminopeptidase by a novel substrate‐selective small‐molecule inhibitor11
Trifluoroethanol and the behavior of a tardigrade desiccation‐tolerance protein11
Simple mechanisms for the evolution of protein complexity11
Classifying metal‐binding sites with neural networks11
The variable domain from dynamin‐related protein 1 promotes liquid–liquid phase separation that enhances its interaction with cardiolipin‐containing membranes11
Crystal structure of semisynthetic obelin‐v10
Adenosine triphosphate energy‐independently controls protein homeostasis with unique structure and diverse mechanisms10
Degradation mechanism of AtrA mediated by ClpXP and its application in daptomycin production in Streptomyces roseosporus10
New insights into cancer: MDM2 binds to the citrullinating enzyme PADI410
The catalytic domain of free or ligand bound histone deacetylase 4 occurs in solution predominantly in closed conformation10
Identifying the minimal sets of distance restraints for FRET‐assisted protein structural modeling10
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Ligand‐induced CaMKIIα hub Trp403 flip, hub domain stacking, and modulation of kinase activity10
Characterization of protein–ligand binding interactions of enoyl‐ACP reductase (FabI) by native MS reveals allosteric effects of coenzymes and the inhibitor triclosan10
Biophysical insights into the dimer formation of human Sirtuin 210
Mining unique cysteine synthetases and computational study on thoroughly eliminating feedback inhibition through tunnel engineering10
A novel violet fluorescent protein contains a unique oxidized tyrosine as the simplest chromophore ever reported in fluorescent proteins10
Disulfide‐mediated oligomerization of mutant Cu/Zn‐superoxide dismutase associated with canine degenerative myelopathy10
Characterizing (un)binding mechanism of USP7 inhibitors to unravel the cause of enhanced binding potencies at allosteric checkpoint10
Development of artificial photosystems based on designed proteins for mechanistic insights into photosynthesis10
A functional and structural comparative analysis of large tumor antigens reveals evolution of different importin α‐dependent nuclear localization signals10
The return of the rings: Evolutionary convergence of aromatic residues in the intrinsically disordered regions of RNA‐binding proteins for liquid–liquid phase separation10
PDBe and PDBe‐KB: Providing high‐quality, up‐to‐date and integrated resources of macromolecular structures to support basic and applied research and education10
Phosphorylation of cytochrome c at tyrosine 48 finely regulates its binding to the histone chaperone SET/TAF‐Iβ in the nucleus10
Structure–function mapping and mechanistic insights on the SARS CoV2 Nsp110
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Engineering a monobody specific to monomeric Cu/Zn‐superoxide dismutase associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis9
Deciphering CAD: Structure and function of a mega‐enzymatic pyrimidine factory in health and disease9
BenchmarkingAlphaFoldfor protein complex modeling reveals accuracy determinants9
AlzDiscovery: A computational tool to identify Alzheimer's disease‐causing missense mutations using protein structure information9
Allosteric inhibition of TEM‐1 β lactamase: Microsecond molecular dynamics simulations provide mechanistic insights9
High‐throughput cell‐free screening of eukaryotic membrane protein expression in lipidic mimetics9
Protective roles of highly conserved motif 1 in tardigrade cytosolic‐abundant heat soluble protein in extreme environments9
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Taming interleukin‐12: Engineering of bispecific antibody‐based IL‐12 mimetics with biased agonism capacities9
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Mechanistic basis of GPCR activation explored by ensemble refinement of crystallographic structures9
Exploring the pH dependence of the SARS‐CoV‐2 complete fusion domain and the role of its unique structural features9
ArtiaX: An electron tomography toolbox for the interactive handling of sub‐tomograms in UCSF ChimeraX9
Evaluation of AlphaFold2 structures as docking targets9
Semi‐synthetic nanobody‐ligand conjugates exhibit tunable signaling properties and enhanced transcriptional outputs at neurokinin receptor‐19
Reconstitution and use of highly active human CDK1:Cyclin‐B:CKS1 complexes9
Diversity in the protective role(s) of the conserved motif 1 from tardigrade cytoplasmic‐abundant heat‐soluble proteins during drying9
Insights into the low‐temperature adaptation of an enzyme as studied through ancestral sequence reconstruction9
Similar protein segments shared between domains of different evolutionary lineages9
Folding of a tandemly knotted protein: Evidence that a polypeptide chain can get out of deep kinetic traps9
Transition metal cation inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis esterase RV0045C9
What the protein data bank tells us about the evolutionary conservation of protein conformational diversity9
Hydrophobicity and molecular mass‐based separation method for autoantibody discovery from mammalian total cellular proteins9
Doses for X‐ray and electron diffraction: New features in RADDOSE‐3D including intensity decay models9
Liquid–liquid phase separation of tau: From molecular biophysics to physiology and disease9
Impact of local unfolding fluctuations on the evolution of regional sequence preferences in proteins9
The myth of high‐resolution liquid phase biological electron microscopy9
Non‐canonical ORFs‐derived protein products in mitochondria: A multifaceted exploration of their functions in health and disease9
Torsional twist of the SARSCoV and SARSCoV‐2 SUD‐N and SUD‐M domains9
Correction to “A novel violet fluorescent protein contains a unique oxidized tyrosine as the simplest chromophore ever reported in fluorescent proteins”9
RosettaDDGPrediction for high‐throughput mutational scans: From stability to binding8
DALI shines a light on remote homologs: One hundred discoveries8
Quantitative detection of amyloid fibrils using fluorescence resonance energy transfer between engineered yellow and cyan proteins8
AlphaFold2 fails to predict protein fold switching8
Intrinsic protein disorder and conditional folding in AlphaFoldDB8
Structural insights into the fusion of annexin A5 and fluorescent proteins generating hundredfold differentiated binding affinities to phosphatidylserine8
Rapid prediction and analysis of protein intrinsic disorder8
Data‐driven evaluation of suitable immunogens for improved antibody selection8
A new l‐arginine oxidase engineered from l‐glutamate oxidase8
PDBsum extras: SARS‐CoV‐2 and AlphaFold models8
A suite of pre‐assembled, pET28b‐based Golden Gate vectors for efficient protein engineering and expression8
Phylogenetic convergence of phase separation and mitotic function in the disordered protein BuGZ8
Affinity‐stability trade‐off mechanism of residue 35 in framework region 2 of VHH antibodies with β‐hairpin CDR38
Solution structure of the Z0 domain from transcription repressor BCL11A sheds light on the sequence properties of protein‐binding zinc fingers8
Epitope mapping of novel monoclonal antibodies to human angiotensin I‐converting enzyme8
Contributions of the N‐terminal intrinsically disordered region of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 nucleocapsid protein to RNA‐induced phase separation8
The evolution of the antimicrobial peptide database over 18 years: Milestones and new features8
Fine‐tuned interactions between globular and disordered regions of single‐stranded DNA binding (SSB) protein are required for dynamic condensation under physiological conditions8
Xplor‐NIH: Better parameters and protocols for NMR protein structure determination8
A synthetic heavy chain variable domain antibody library (VHL) provides highly functional antibodies with favorable developability8
Sizes, conformational fluctuations, and SAXS profiles for intrinsically disordered proteins8
Unraveling paralog‐specific Notch signaling through thermodynamics of ternary complex formation and transcriptional activation of chimeric receptors8
Allosteric links between the hydrophilic N‐terminus and transmembrane core of human Na+/H+ antiporter NHA27
Mutational and structural studies of (βα)8‐barrel fold methylene‐tetrahydropterin reductases utilizing a common catalytic mechanism7
A new lysine biosynthetic enzyme from a bacterial endosymbiont shaped by genetic drift and genome reduction7
Discovery of periplasmic solute binding proteins with specificity for ketone bodies: β‐hydroxybutyrate binding proteins7
Analysis of insertions and extensions in the functional evolution of the ribonucleotide reductase family7
Canonical or noncanonical? Structural plasticity of serine protease‐binding loops in Kunitz‐STI protease inhibitors7
Evaluation of acyllysine isostere interactions with the aromatic pocket of the AF9 YEATS domain7
Adaptive evolution: Eukaryotic enzyme's specificity shift to a bacterial substrate7
Characterization of βB2‐crystallin tryptophan mutants reveals two different folding states in solution7
Widespread amyloid aggregates formation by Zika virus proteins and peptides7
Vitamin D and COVID‐19: A review on the role of vitamin D in preventing and reducing the severity of COVID‐19 infection7
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Characterization of the Escherichia coli pyridoxal 5′‐phosphate homeostasis protein (YggS): Role of lysine residues in PLP binding and protein stability7
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
Phenotypic mutations contribute to protein diversity and shape protein evolution7
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Structural study for substrate recognition of human N‐terminal glutamine amidohydrolase 1 in the arginine N‐degron pathway7
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