Ai Niitsu

626 total citations
13 papers, 447 citations indexed

About

Ai Niitsu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ai Niitsu has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 447 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Materials Chemistry and 2 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Ai Niitsu's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (3 papers). Ai Niitsu is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (4 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (3 papers). Ai Niitsu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and India. Ai Niitsu's co-authors include Derek N. Woolfson, Andrew R. Thomson, Gail J. Bartlett, Jack W. Heal, Antony J. Burton, Christopher W. Wood, Kozhinjampara R. Mahendran, Hagan Bayley, Yuji Sugita and Richard B. Sessions and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biochemistry and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ai Niitsu

13 papers receiving 444 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ai Niitsu Japan 10 359 83 70 63 53 13 447
David Garenne United States 15 514 1.4× 107 1.3× 64 0.9× 63 1.0× 32 0.6× 20 656
Eric J. M. Lang United Kingdom 12 304 0.8× 38 0.5× 99 1.4× 63 1.0× 34 0.6× 15 369
Nina Hartrampf Switzerland 13 498 1.4× 115 1.4× 100 1.4× 32 0.5× 194 3.7× 28 689
Alex Macmillan Australia 8 261 0.7× 113 1.4× 32 0.5× 110 1.7× 29 0.5× 12 449
Jennifer L. Hickey Canada 14 376 1.0× 56 0.7× 25 0.4× 50 0.8× 316 6.0× 22 616
Oliver Ries Denmark 11 388 1.1× 108 1.3× 25 0.4× 39 0.6× 70 1.3× 16 466
Fabian B. H. Rehm Australia 16 603 1.7× 45 0.5× 26 0.4× 28 0.4× 73 1.4× 28 693
Patrick Durkin Germany 12 307 0.9× 22 0.3× 49 0.7× 21 0.3× 117 2.2× 21 486
Terrance J. Sereda Canada 6 388 1.1× 56 0.7× 47 0.7× 41 0.7× 45 0.8× 6 564
Hsien‐Wei Yeh United States 11 697 1.9× 282 3.4× 67 1.0× 23 0.4× 48 0.9× 17 876

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ai Niitsu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ai Niitsu

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Niitsu, Ai, Andrew R. Thomson, Jason T. Sengel, et al.. (2025). Rational Design Principles for De Novo α-Helical Peptide Barrels with Dynamic Conductive Channels. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(14). 11741–11753. 2 indexed citations
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Tan, Cheng, Ai Niitsu, & Yuji Sugita. (2023). Highly Charged Proteins and Their Repulsive Interactions Antagonize Biomolecular Condensation. JACS Au. 3(3). 834–848. 20 indexed citations
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Niitsu, Ai & Yuji Sugita. (2023). Towards de novo design of transmembrane α-helical assemblies using structural modelling and molecular dynamics simulation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(5). 3595–3606. 7 indexed citations
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Niitsu, Ai, Huong T. Kratochvil, Eric J. M. Lang, et al.. (2021). Constructing ion channels from water-soluble α-helical barrels. Nature Chemistry. 13(7). 643–650. 77 indexed citations
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Niitsu, Ai, Suyong Re, Hiraku Oshima, Motoshi Kamiya, & Yuji Sugita. (2019). De Novo Prediction of Binders and Nonbinders for T4 Lysozyme by gREST Simulations. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 59(9). 3879–3888. 23 indexed citations
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Niitsu, Ai, et al.. (2018). Veratridine binding to a transmembrane helix of sodium channel Nav1.4 determined by solid-state NMR. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 26(21). 5644–5653. 1 indexed citations
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Niitsu, Ai, et al.. (2017). Membrane-spanning α-helical barrels as tractable protein-design targets. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1726). 20160213–20160213. 24 indexed citations
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Thomas, Franziska, et al.. (2017). Conformational Dynamics of Asparagine at Coiled-Coil Interfaces. Biochemistry. 56(50). 6544–6554. 26 indexed citations
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Mahendran, Kozhinjampara R., Ai Niitsu, Andrew R. Thomson, et al.. (2016). A monodisperse transmembrane α-helical peptide barrel. Nature Chemistry. 9(5). 411–419. 89 indexed citations
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Woolfson, Derek N., Gail J. Bartlett, Antony J. Burton, et al.. (2015). De novo protein design: how do we expand into the universe of possible protein structures?. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 33. 16–26. 130 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dahai, Seketsu Fukuzawa, Masayuki Satake, et al.. (2012). Ophiobolin O and 6-Epi-Ophiobolin O, Two New Cytotoxic Sesterterpenes from the Marine Derived Fungus Aspergillus Sp. Natural Product Communications. 7(11). 1411–4. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dahai, Masayuki Satake, Seketsu Fukuzawa, et al.. (2011). Two new indole alkaloids, 2-(3,3-dimethylprop-1-ene)-costaclavine and 2-(3,3-dimethylprop-1-ene)-epicostaclavine, from the marine-derived fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Journal of Natural Medicines. 66(1). 222–226. 22 indexed citations
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Niitsu, Ai, Masanori Harada, Tohru Yamagaki, & Kazuo Tachibana. (2008). Conformations of 3-carboxylic esters essential for neurotoxicity in veratrum alkaloids are loosely restricted and fluctuate. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 16(6). 3025–3031. 13 indexed citations

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