Clyde A. Smith

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Clyde A. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Clyde A. Smith has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Molecular Medicine and 23 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Clyde A. Smith's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (40 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (22 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (22 papers). Clyde A. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (40 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (22 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (22 papers). Clyde A. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Canada. Clyde A. Smith's co-authors include Ivan Rayment, Edward N. Baker, Sergei B. Vakulenko, Márta Tóth, Heather M. Baker, James B. Thoden, Hazel M. Holden, Andrew J. Fisher, Nichole K. Stewart and Robert W. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Clyde A. Smith

129 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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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.

X-ray Structures of the Myosin Motor Domain of Dictyostelium discoideum Complexed with MgADP.cntdot.BeFx and MgADP.cntdot.AlF4-

1995 527 citations Clyde A. Smith, Ivan Rayment et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Clyde A. Smith United States	38	2.8k	811	764	713	600	133	5.0k
Osnat Herzberg United States	40	4.0k 1.4×	643 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	422 0.6×	1.4k 2.4×	135	6.4k
Banumathi Sankaran United States	42	3.3k 1.2×	413 0.5×	514 0.7×	866 1.2×	512 0.9×	161	6.0k
A. D’Arcy Switzerland	41	4.0k 1.4×	229 0.3×	250 0.3×	932 1.3×	958 1.6×	61	7.0k
Raz Zarivach Israel	36	4.7k 1.7×	189 0.2×	305 0.4×	338 0.5×	411 0.7×	124	6.2k
M Saraste Finland	22	5.4k 1.9×	208 0.3×	235 0.3×	862 1.2×	784 1.3×	25	7.3k
Cheryl A. Janson United States	43	3.1k 1.1×	177 0.2×	488 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	723 1.2×	67	5.1k
Roberto A. Steiner United Kingdom	24	6.6k 2.3×	166 0.2×	290 0.4×	899 1.3×	2.4k 4.0×	48	9.5k
Julie A. Leary United States	50	4.2k 1.5×	187 0.2×	165 0.2×	359 0.5×	510 0.8×	162	7.4k
Miquel Coll Spain	48	5.8k 2.0×	115 0.1×	521 0.7×	931 1.3×	769 1.3×	162	7.9k
David Giedroc United States	56	5.3k 1.9×	400 0.5×	444 0.6×	572 0.8×	1.0k 1.7×	206	10.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clyde A. Smith

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Stewart, Nichole K., et al.. (2025). Evolution of carbapenemase activity in the class C β-lactamase ADC-1. mBio. 16(6). e0018525–e0018525. 1 indexed citations

Tóth, Márta, Nichole K. Stewart, Jonathan A. G. Cox, et al.. (2025). Dual mechanism of the OXA-23 carbapenemase inhibition by the carbapenem NA-1-157. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 69(10). e0091825–e0091825.

Moinuddin, Syed, Clyde A. Smith, Robert Young, et al.. (2024). Dirigent isoflavene-forming PsPTS2: 3D structure, stereochemical, and kinetic characterization comparison with pterocarpan-forming PsPTS1 homolog in pea. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(3). 105647–105647. 2 indexed citations

Tóth, Márta, Nichole K. Stewart, Ailiena O. Maggiolo, et al.. (2024). Decarboxylation of the Catalytic Lysine Residue by the C5α-Methyl-Substituted Carbapenem NA-1-157 Leads to Potent Inhibition of the OXA-58 Carbapenemase. ACS Infectious Diseases. 10(12). 4347–4359. 3 indexed citations

Stewart, Nichole K., et al.. (2024). Restricted Rotational Flexibility of the C5α-Methyl-Substituted Carbapenem NA-1-157 Leads to Potent Inhibition of the GES-5 Carbapenemase. ACS Infectious Diseases. 10(4). 1232–1249. 4 indexed citations

Smith, Clyde A., et al.. (2023). The C5α-Methyl-Substituted Carbapenem NA-1-157 Exhibits Potent Activity against Klebsiella spp. Isolates Producing OXA-48-Type Carbapenemases. ACS Infectious Diseases. 9(5). 1123–1136. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Ruonan, Clyde A. Smith, Garry W. Buchko, et al.. (2022). Structural characterization of a soil viral auxiliary metabolic gene product – a functional chitosanase. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5485–5485. 35 indexed citations

Moinuddin, Syed, Sungjin Kim, Diana L. Bedgar, et al.. (2020). Pterocarpan synthase (PTS) structures suggest a common quinone methide–stabilizing function in dirigent proteins and proteins with dirigent-like domains. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(33). 11584–11601. 22 indexed citations

Terzyan, S., Anthony W. G. Burgett, A. Héroux, et al.. (2020). Crystal structures of glutathione- and inhibitor-bound human GGT1: critical interactions within the cysteinylglycine binding site. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100066–100066. 10 indexed citations

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Stewart, Nichole K., et al.. (2019). The crystal structures of CDD-1, the intrinsic class D β-lactamase from the pathogenic Gram-positive bacterium Clostridioides difficile, and its complex with cefotaxime. Journal of Structural Biology. 208(3). 107391–107391. 9 indexed citations

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Tóth, Márta, et al.. (2017). The role of conserved surface hydrophobic residues in the carbapenemase activity of the class D β-lactamases. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 73(8). 692–701. 26 indexed citations

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Tóth, Márta, Nuno T. Antunes, Nichole K. Stewart, et al.. (2015). Class D β-lactamases do exist in Gram-positive bacteria. Nature Chemical Biology. 12(1). 9–14. 50 indexed citations

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Mace, Peter D., Katrin Linke, Rebecca Feltham, et al.. (2008). Structures of the cIAP2 RING Domain Reveal Conformational Changes Associated with Ubiquitin-conjugating Enzyme (E2) Recruitment. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(46). 31633–31640. 137 indexed citations

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Young, Paul G., Clyde A. Smith, Xiaolin Sun, Edward N. Baker, & Peter Metcalf. (2006). Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis ofMycobacterium tuberculosisfolylpolyglutamate synthase (MtbFPGS). Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 62(6). 579–582. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, Clyde A. & Edward N. Baker. (2002). Aminoglycoside Antibiotic Resistance by Enzymatic Deactivation. PubMed. 2(2). 143–160. 88 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaolin, et al.. (2001). Folate-binding triggers the activation of folylpolyglutamate synthetase 1 1Edited by I. Wilson. Journal of Molecular Biology. 310(5). 1067–1078. 47 indexed citations

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Banfield, Mark J., Michael E. Salvucci, Edward N. Baker, & Clyde A. Smith. (2001). Crystal structure of the NADP(H)-dependent ketose reductase from Bemisia argentifolii at 2.3 Å resolution11Edited by R. Huber. Journal of Molecular Biology. 306(2). 239–250. 72 indexed citations

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Smith, Clyde A. & Ivan Rayment. (1996). Active site comparisons highlight structural similarities between myosin and other P-loop proteins. Biophysical Journal. 70(4). 1590–1602. 187 indexed citations

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Smith, Clyde A.. (1974). The Meaning and Significance of the Gorshkov Articles. Naval War College review. 27(2). 3.

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Smith, Clyde A.. (1974). Constraints of Naval Geography on Soviet Naval Power. Naval War College review. 27(5). 6. 2 indexed citations

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