B. L. Sibanda

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

B. L. Sibanda is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, B. L. Sibanda has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in B. L. Sibanda's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (17 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (16 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers). B. L. Sibanda is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (17 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (16 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers). B. L. Sibanda collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. B. L. Sibanda's co-authors include Janet M. Thornton, Tom L. Blundell, Dimitri Y. Chirgadze, Michael J.E. Sternberg, Laurence H. Pearl, Stephen P. Jackson, Luca Pellegrini, David B. Ascher, Owen R. Davies and Susan E. Critchlow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

B. L. Sibanda

33 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Knowledge-based prediction of protein structures and the design of novel molecules

1987 505 citations Tom L. Blundell, B. L. Sibanda et al. Nature profile →
β-Hairpin families in globular proteins

1985 478 citations B. L. Sibanda, Janet M. Thornton Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. L. Sibanda United Kingdom	22	3.1k	963	382	251	229	33	3.5k
L. Serrano Germany	12	2.6k 0.9×	726 0.8×	163 0.4×	215 0.9×	163 0.7×	18	3.2k
F. Niesen United Kingdom	19	2.7k 0.9×	443 0.5×	422 1.1×	219 0.9×	209 0.9×	25	3.5k
J. Janin France	22	2.0k 0.6×	794 0.8×	151 0.4×	206 0.8×	196 0.9×	35	2.5k
Ashley C. Stuart United States	7	2.2k 0.7×	482 0.5×	207 0.5×	154 0.6×	301 1.3×	8	2.9k
John Spurlino United States	24	1.6k 0.5×	707 0.7×	538 1.4×	126 0.5×	184 0.8×	42	2.8k
Glen Spraggon United States	37	2.3k 0.8×	466 0.5×	454 1.2×	179 0.7×	147 0.6×	70	4.0k
Kannan Gunasekaran United States	24	2.5k 0.8×	730 0.8×	202 0.5×	487 1.9×	283 1.2×	39	2.9k
Neera Borkakoti United Kingdom	25	2.1k 0.7×	782 0.8×	425 1.1×	104 0.4×	363 1.6×	54	2.8k
Robbie P. Joosten Netherlands	23	3.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	272 0.7×	149 0.6×	377 1.6×	50	4.1k
John Karanicolas United States	29	3.6k 1.2×	988 1.0×	256 0.7×	278 1.1×	463 2.0×	66	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. L. Sibanda

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Sibanda, B. L., Dimitri Y. Chirgadze, David B. Ascher, & Tom L. Blundell. (2017). DNA-PKcs structure suggests an allosteric mechanism modulating DNA double-strand break repair. Science. 355(6324). 520–524. 140 indexed citations

Chirgadze, Dimitri Y., David B. Ascher, Tom L. Blundell, & B. L. Sibanda. (2017). DNA-PKcs, Allostery, and DNA Double-Strand Break Repair. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 592. 145–157. 6 indexed citations

Liang, Shikang, Shannon R. Esswein, Takashi Ochi, et al.. (2016). Achieving selectivity in space and time with DNA double-strand-break response and repair: molecular stages and scaffolds come with strings attached. Structural Chemistry. 28(1). 161–171. 11 indexed citations

Bolaños-García, Víctor M., Qian Wu, Takashi Ochi, et al.. (2012). Spatial and temporal organization of multi-protein assemblies: achieving sensitive control in information-rich cell-regulatory systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 370(1969). 3023–3039. 24 indexed citations

Ochi, Takashi, B. L. Sibanda, Qian Wu, et al.. (2010). Structural Biology of DNA Repair: Spatial Organisation of the Multicomponent Complexes of Nonhomologous End Joining. Journal of Nucleic Acids. 2010(1). 24 indexed citations

Sibanda, B. L., Dimitri Y. Chirgadze, & Tom L. Blundell. (2009). Crystal structure of DNA-PKcs reveals a large open-ring cradle comprised of HEAT repeats. Nature. 463(7277). 118–121. 175 indexed citations

Li, Yi, Dimitri Y. Chirgadze, Víctor M. Bolaños-García, et al.. (2007). Crystal structure of human XLF/Cernunnos reveals unexpected differences from XRCC4 with implications for NHEJ. The EMBO Journal. 27(1). 290–300. 97 indexed citations

Dore, A.S., Nicholas Furnham, Owen R. Davies, et al.. (2006). Structure of an Xrcc4–DNA ligase IV yeast ortholog complex reveals a novel BRCT interaction mode. DNA repair. 5(3). 362–368. 52 indexed citations

Blundell, Tom L., Víctor M. Bolaños-García, Dimitri Y. Chirgadze, et al.. (2002). Asymmetry in the Multiprotein Systems of Molecular Biology. Structural Chemistry. 13(3-4). 405–412. 11 indexed citations

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Albert, Armando, V. Dhanaraj, Ulrich Genschel, et al.. (1998). Crystal structure of aspartate decarboxylase at 2.2 Å resolution provides evidence for an ester in protein self–processing. Nature Structural Biology. 5(4). 289–293. 81 indexed citations

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Sibanda, B. L. & Janet M. Thornton. (1993). Accommodating Sequence Changes in β-Hairpins in Proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 229(2). 428–447. 68 indexed citations

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Dhanaraj, V., Chris Dealwis, Carlos Frazão, et al.. (1992). X-ray analyses of peptide–inhibitor complexes define the structural basis of specificity for human and mouse renins. Nature. 357(6378). 466–472. 102 indexed citations

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Badasso, M., Carlos Frazão, B. L. Sibanda, et al.. (1992). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of complexes of peptide inhibitors with human recombinant and mouse submandibular renins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 223(2). 447–453. 6 indexed citations

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Badasso, M., B. L. Sibanda, J.B. Cooper, Chris Dealwis, & S. P. Wood. (1992). Crystal quality and inhibitor binding by aspartic proteinases; preparation of high quality crystals of mouse renin. Journal of Crystal Growth. 122(1-4). 393–399. 3 indexed citations

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Humblet, Christine, et al.. (1991). Molecular Modeling of Renin Inhibitor P2 Substituents. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 306. 391–394. 2 indexed citations

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Blundell, T.L., Stephen P. Gardner, Tim Hubbard, et al.. (1989). Protein engineering and design. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 324(1224). 447–460. 14 indexed citations

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Sibanda, B. L., Tom L. Blundell, & Janet M. Thornton. (1989). Conformation of β-hairpins in protein structures. Journal of Molecular Biology. 206(4). 759–777. 426 indexed citations

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Blundell, Tom L., Stephen P. Gardner, Brendan J. Howlin, et al.. (1988). Knowledge‐based protein modelling and design. European Journal of Biochemistry. 172(3). 513–520. 217 indexed citations

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Blundell, T.L., David J. Barlow, B. L. Sibanda, et al.. (1986). Three-dimensional structural aspects of the design of new protein molecules. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 317(1540). 333–344. 9 indexed citations

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Hemmings, Andrew M., Stephen I. Foundling, B. L. Sibanda, et al.. (1985). Energy calculations on aspartic proteinases: human renin, endothiapepsin and its complex with an angiotensinogen fragment analogue, H-142. Biochemical Society Transactions. 13(6). 1036–1041. 13 indexed citations

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