Ann H. West

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Ann H. West is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ann H. West has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Materials Chemistry and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ann H. West's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (30 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (15 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (13 papers). Ann H. West is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (30 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (15 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (13 papers). Ann H. West collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Ann H. West's co-authors include Ann Stock, George B. Richter‐Addo, Babak Andi, Qingping Xu, Paul Cook, Paul Cook, Jan S. Fassler, Jonghyuk Lee, Li Chen and Erik Martı́nez-Hackert and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ann H. West

67 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Histidine kinases and response regulator proteins in two-component signaling systems

2001 765 citations Ann H. West, Ann Stock profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ann H. West United States	25	1.9k	748	599	406	288	67	3.0k
Eduardo A. Ceccarelli Argentina	26	3.2k 1.7×	513 0.7×	528 0.9×	383 0.9×	243 0.8×	73	4.2k
Zhao‐Xun Liang Singapore	34	2.1k 1.1×	637 0.9×	279 0.5×	306 0.8×	261 0.9×	88	3.2k
Frédéric Kerff Belgium	24	1.5k 0.8×	535 0.7×	293 0.5×	191 0.5×	413 1.4×	67	3.0k
Chwan‐Deng Hsiao Taiwan	33	2.8k 1.5×	617 0.8×	281 0.5×	442 1.1×	335 1.2×	101	4.1k
Jure Piškur Sweden	40	3.9k 2.0×	456 0.6×	1.2k 2.1×	269 0.7×	251 0.9×	146	5.7k
Mark Paetzel Canada	32	2.2k 1.2×	960 1.3×	151 0.3×	445 1.1×	175 0.6×	59	3.3k
Ronald V. Swanson United States	31	3.1k 1.6×	996 1.3×	303 0.5×	472 1.2×	327 1.1×	44	4.5k
Santosh Panjikar Australia	34	2.8k 1.5×	510 0.7×	416 0.7×	1.0k 2.5×	176 0.6×	151	4.6k
Steven L. Roderick United States	31	2.6k 1.4×	385 0.5×	253 0.4×	774 1.9×	126 0.4×	53	3.5k
Richard J. Lewis United Kingdom	40	3.0k 1.6×	1.5k 2.0×	417 0.7×	523 1.3×	154 0.5×	86	4.5k

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Menon, Smita, et al.. (2016). Extended N-terminal region of the essential phosphorelay signaling protein Ypd1 fromCryptococcus neoformanscontributes to structural stability, phosphostability and binding of calcium ions. FEMS Yeast Research. 16(6). fow068–fow068. 8 indexed citations

West, Ann H., et al.. (2016). Use of restrained molecular dynamics to predict the conformations of phosphorylated receiver domains in two‐component signaling systems. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 85(1). 155–176. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Bing, Fares Z. Najar, Leonard M. Thomas, et al.. (2016). Crystal structures of two nitroreductases from hypervirulent Clostridium difficile and functionally related interactions with the antibiotic metronidazole. Nitric Oxide. 60. 32–39. 10 indexed citations

West, Ann H., et al.. (2011). Contribution of K99 and D319 to substrate binding and catalysis in the saccharopine dehydrogenase reaction. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 514(1-2). 8–15. 4 indexed citations

Kim, Pil Joo, et al.. (2011). The oxidation state of active site thiols determines activity of saccharopine dehydrogenase at low pH. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 513(2). 71–80. 4 indexed citations

Kumar, Vidya P., Ann H. West, & Paul Cook. (2011). Kinetic and Chemical Mechanisms of Homocitrate Synthase from Thermus thermophilus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(33). 29428–29439. 5 indexed citations

Fassler, Jan S. & Ann H. West. (2010). Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of the SLN1 Pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 471. 291–317. 16 indexed citations

Khandogin, Jana, et al.. (2008). Evidence for a Catalytic Dyad in the Active Site of Homocitrate Synthase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemistry. 47(26). 6851–6858. 18 indexed citations

West, Ann H., et al.. (2008). Potassium Is an Activator of Homoisocitrate Dehydrogenase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemistry. 47(40). 10809–10815. 11 indexed citations

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Andi, Babak, Hengyu Xu, Paul Cook, & Ann H. West. (2007). Crystal Structures of Ligand-Bound Saccharopine Dehydrogenase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae^,. Biochemistry. 46(44). 12512–12521. 16 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiaodong, et al.. (2007). Crystal Structure of a Complex between the Phosphorelay Protein YPD1 and the Response Regulator Domain of SLN1 Bound to a Phosphoryl Analog. Journal of Molecular Biology. 375(4). 1141–1151. 46 indexed citations

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Soares, Alexei S., et al.. (2006). Crystal structures of the nitrite and nitric oxide complexes of horse heart myoglobin. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 100(8). 1413–1425. 93 indexed citations

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Andi, Babak, Ann H. West, & Paul Cook. (2005). Regulatory Mechanism of Histidine-tagged Homocitrate Synthase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(36). 31624–31632. 23 indexed citations

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Cook, Paul, et al.. (2004). Kinetic Analysis of YPD1-Dependent Phosphotransfer Reactions in the Yeast Osmoregulatory Phosphorelay System. Biochemistry. 44(1). 377–386. 48 indexed citations

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Xu, Qingping, et al.. (2003). Ssk1p Response Regulator Binding Surface on Histidine- Containing Phosphotransfer Protein Ypd1p. Eukaryotic Cell. 2(1). 27–33. 19 indexed citations

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Xu, Qingping, et al.. (2003). The Yeast YPD1/SLN1 Complex. Structure. 11(12). 1569–1581. 59 indexed citations

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Andi, Babak, Ann H. West, & Paul Cook. (2003). Stabilization and characterization of histidine-tagged homocitrate synthase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 421(2). 243–254. 19 indexed citations

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Lee, Jonghyuk, Li Chen, Ann H. West, & George B. Richter‐Addo. (2002). Interactions of Organic Nitroso Compounds with Metals. Chemical Reviews. 102(4). 1019–1066. 224 indexed citations

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West, Ann H., et al.. (1995). Purification, crystallization, and preliminary X‐ray diffraction analyses of the bacterial chemotaxis receptor modifying enzymes. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 21(4). 345–350. 10 indexed citations

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Carlson, James R., et al.. (1983). Comparative in vitro activities of ten antimicrobial agents against bacterial enteropathogens. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 24(4). 509–513. 79 indexed citations

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