Bertrand Castro

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

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Bertrand Castro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Bertrand Castro has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Organic Chemistry and 15 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Bertrand Castro's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (31 papers), Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (10 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (10 papers). Bertrand Castro is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (31 papers), Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (10 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (10 papers). Bertrand Castro collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Bertrand Castro's co-authors include Jean‐Alain Fehrentz, Patrick Jouin, Annie Heitz, J. H. Coste, Jean‐Robert Dormoy, Dino Nisato, Dung Le‐Nguyen, Claude Selve, Antoine Pantaloni and Jean Martínez and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Bertrand Castro

74 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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An Efficient Synthesis of Optically Active α-(t-Butoxycarbonylamino)-aldehydes from α-Amino Acids

1983 307 citations Jean‐Alain Fehrentz, Bertrand Castro Synthesis profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	X‐ray, ESR, and quantum mechanics studies unravel a spin well in the cofactor‐less urate oxidase 2011 ·Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·(unknown), (unknown), N. Colloc’h, Fabienne Peyrot, Bertrand Castro, Mohamed El Hajji, (unknown), Gérald Monard, M. Chiadmi, T. Prangé	15
2	Near-atomic resolution structures of urate oxidase complexed with its substrate and analogues: the protonation state of the ligand 2010 ·Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography ·(unknown), M. Chiadmi, Mohamed El Hajji, Bertrand Castro, N. Colloc’h, T. Prangé	26
3	Intrinsic reactivity of uric acid with dioxygen: Towards the elucidation of the catalytic mechanism of urate oxidase 2009 ·Bioorganic Chemistry ·(unknown), Bertrand Castro, Gérald Monard	15
4	Structural analysis of urate oxidase in complex with its natural substrate inhibited by cyanide: Mechanistic implications 2008 ·BMC Structural Biology ·(unknown), T. Prangé, N. Colloc’h, Mohamed El Hajji, Bertrand Castro, M. Chiadmi	47
5	Oxygen Pressurized X-Ray Crystallography: Probing the Dioxygen Binding Site in Cofactorless Urate Oxidase and Implications for Its Catalytic Mechanism 2008 ·Biophysical Journal ·N. Colloc’h, (unknown), Gérald Monard, (unknown), M. Chiadmi, (unknown), Jana Sopková‐de Oliveira Santos, Mohamed El Hajji, Bertrand Castro, Jacques H. Abraini, T. Prangé	63
6	Complexed and ligand-free high-resolution structures of urate oxidase (Uox) fromAspergillus flavus: a reassignment of the active-site binding mode 2004 ·Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography ·Pascal Retailleau, N. Colloc’h, Denis Vivarès, Françoise Bonneté, Bertrand Castro, (unknown), J.-P. Mornon, Gérald Monard, T. Prangé	90
7	The Iodothyronine Selenodeiodinases Are Thioredoxin-fold Family Proteins Containing a Glycoside Hydrolase Clan GH-A-like Structure 2003 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Isabelle Callebaut, Cyntia Curcio‐Morelli, (unknown), Balázs Gereben, Christoph Buettner, Stephen A. Huang, Bertrand Castro, Tatiana L. Fonseca, John W. Harney, P. Reed Larsen, Antônio C. Bianco	108
8	Low molecular weight serine protease inhibitors from insects are proteins with highly conserved sequences 2000 ·Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ·Rose-Anne Boigegrain, Martine Pugnière, (unknown), Bertrand Castro, Michel Brehélin	15
9	Folding of the Squash Trypsin Inhibitor EETI II 1995 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·Annie Heitz, L. Chiche, Dung Le‐Nguyen, Bertrand Castro	23
10	Pronase in amino acid technology: Optical resolution of nonproteinogenic α‐amino acids 1994 ·Chirality ·Martine Pugnière, (unknown), Bertrand Castro, (unknown)	8
11	Repetitive BOP coupling (REBOP) in solid phase peptide synthesis 1990 ·International journal of peptide & protein research ·René Seyer, André Aumelas, Alain Caraty, (unknown), Bertrand Castro	9
12	Characterization of melatonin receptors in the ram pars tuberalis: influence of light 1990 ·European Journal of Endocrinology ·(unknown), Bertrand Castro, (unknown), Renée Wylde, M. de Reviers	24
13	Solid phase synthesis of a trypsin inhibitor isolated from the Cucurbitaceae Ecballium elaterium 1989 ·International journal of peptide & protein research ·Dung Le‐Nguyen, (unknown), Bertrand Castro	31
14	Use of restrained molecular dynamics in water to determine three‐dimensional protein structure: Prediction of the three‐dimensional structure of Ecballium elaterium trypsin inhibitor II 1989 ·Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·L. Chiche, Christine Gaboriaud, Annie Heitz, J.-P. Mornon, Bertrand Castro, Peter A. Kollman	54
15	Proton 2D NMR and distance geometry study of the folding of Ecballium elaterium trypsin inhibitor, a member of the squash inhibitors family 1989 ·Biochemistry ·Annie Heitz, L. Chiche, (unknown), Bertrand Castro	85
16	Synthesis of a biotinylated, iodinatable, and photoactivatable probe for angiotensin receptors 1989 ·International journal of peptide & protein research ·René Seyer, André Aumelas, Martine Tencé, Jacky Marie, Jean‐Claude Bonnafous, Serge Jard, Bertrand Castro	14
17	1H and 13C n.m.r. studies of pseudo‐peptide analogues of theC‐terminal tetrapeptide of gastrin 1987 ·International journal of peptide & protein research ·André Aumelas, Marc Rodriguez, Annie Heitz, Bertrand Castro, Jean Martínez	7
18	Renin substrates. Part 2. Rapid solid phase synthesis of the ratine sequence tetradecapeptide using BOP reagent 1987 ·Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 ·Dung Le‐Nguyen, Annie Heitz, Bertrand Castro	52
19	Synthesis of aldehydic peptides inhibiting renin 1985 ·International journal of peptide & protein research ·Jean‐Alain Fehrentz, Annie Heitz, Bertrand Castro	29
20	Peptide Coupling Reagents VI¹. A Novel, Cheaper Preparation of Benzotriazolyloxytris[dimethylamino]phosphonium Hexafluorophosphate (BOP Reagent) 1976 ·Synthesis ·Bertrand Castro, Jean‐Robert Dormoy, (unknown), Geneviève Evin, Claude Selve, Jean-Claude Ziegler	127

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