Daniel W. Kneller

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Daniel W. Kneller is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel W. Kneller has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Daniel W. Kneller's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (9 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (9 papers). Daniel W. Kneller is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (9 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (9 papers). Daniel W. Kneller collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Japan. Daniel W. Kneller's co-authors include Andrey Kovalevsky, Leighton Coates, G.N. Phillips, Hugh O’Neill, A. Joachimiak, R. Jedrzejczak, Paul Langan, Lucy Stols, Irene T. Weber and Kevin L. Weiss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Daniel W. Kneller

30 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Structural plasticity of SARS-CoV-2 3CL Mpro active site cavity revealed by room temperature X-ray crystallography

2020 338 citations Daniel W. Kneller, G.N. Phillips et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel W. Kneller United States	16	563	538	478	194	127	30	1.0k
Özlem Taştan Bishop South Africa	23	521 0.9×	297 0.6×	1.2k 2.5×	123 0.6×	145 1.1×	100	1.7k
Alexander L. Perryman United States	23	554 1.0×	591 1.1×	993 2.1×	197 1.0×	218 1.7×	36	1.6k
Alessandro Schipani United Kingdom	14	244 0.4×	306 0.6×	346 0.7×	201 1.0×	46 0.4×	19	948
Parimal Kar India	23	288 0.5×	260 0.5×	877 1.8×	106 0.5×	159 1.3×	83	1.4k
Parth Sarthi Sen Gupta India	18	139 0.2×	252 0.5×	381 0.8×	120 0.6×	96 0.8×	46	732
Heather L. Osswald United States	15	275 0.5×	572 1.1×	303 0.6×	301 1.6×	25 0.2×	20	1.1k
Muhammad Usman Mirza Pakistan	24	621 1.1×	532 1.0×	825 1.7×	251 1.3×	65 0.5×	52	1.9k
Matthew J. Todd United States	12	135 0.2×	369 0.7×	570 1.2×	98 0.5×	135 1.1×	20	1.1k
Reaz Uddin Pakistan	23	440 0.8×	393 0.7×	906 1.9×	638 3.3×	66 0.5×	88	2.0k
Jun Takayama Japan	15	279 0.5×	563 1.0×	388 0.8×	309 1.6×	25 0.2×	41	1.2k

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Pan, Juan, Megumu Mabuchi, Daniel W. Kneller, et al.. (2025). Kinetic analysis and engineering of thermostable Cas12a for nucleic acid detection. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(11). 3 indexed citations

Aniana, Annie, Nashaat T. Nashed, Rodolfo Ghirlando, et al.. (2023). Insights into the mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 main protease autocatalytic maturation from model precursors. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1159–1159. 16 indexed citations

Anton, Brian P., Daniel W. Kneller, Mehul B. Ganatra, et al.. (2023). A novel family of sugar-specific phosphodiesterases that remove zwitterionic modifications of GlcNAc. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(12). 105437–105437. 3 indexed citations

Chan, Siu‐Hong, Nan Dai, Jackson Buss, et al.. (2023). Biochemical characterization of mRNA capping enzyme from Faustovirus. RNA. 29(11). 1803–1817. 8 indexed citations

Correy, G.J., Daniel W. Kneller, G.N. Phillips, et al.. (2022). The mechanisms of catalysis and ligand binding for the SARS-CoV-2 NSP3 macrodomain from neutron and x-ray diffraction at room temperature. Science Advances. 8(21). eabo5083–eabo5083. 24 indexed citations

Kneller, Daniel W., Hui Li, G.N. Phillips, et al.. (2022). Covalent narlaprevir- and boceprevir-derived hybrid inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease. Nature Communications. 13(1). 93 indexed citations

Nashed, Nashaat T., Daniel W. Kneller, Leighton Coates, et al.. (2022). Autoprocessing and oxyanion loop reorganization upon GC373 and nirmatrelvir binding of monomeric SARS-CoV-2 main protease catalytic domain. Communications Biology. 5(1). 976–976. 26 indexed citations

Gläser, Jens, Ada Sedova, Stephanie Galanie, et al.. (2022). Hit Expansion of a Noncovalent SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitor. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science. 5(4). 255–265. 18 indexed citations

Wang, Yuan-Fang, Daniel W. Kneller, Andrey Kovalevsky, et al.. (2022). HIV-1 protease with 10 lopinavir and darunavir resistance mutations exhibits altered inhibition, structural rearrangements and extreme dynamics. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 117. 108315–108315. 3 indexed citations

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Prates, Érica T., Michael R. Garvin, Irimpan I. Mathews, et al.. (2022). Structural and functional characterization of NEMO cleavage by SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5285–5285. 24 indexed citations

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Kneller, Daniel W., Qiu Zhang, Leighton Coates, John M. Louis, & Andrey Kovalevsky. (2021). Michaelis-like complex of SARS-CoV-2 main protease visualized by room-temperature X-ray crystallography. IUCrJ. 8(6). 973–979. 26 indexed citations

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Kneller, Daniel W., G.N. Phillips, Kevin L. Weiss, et al.. (2021). Direct Observation of Protonation State Modulation in SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease upon Inhibitor Binding with Neutron Crystallography. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 64(8). 4991–5000. 43 indexed citations

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Agniswamy, Johnson, Daniel W. Kneller, Arun K. Ghosh, & Irene T. Weber. (2021). Novel HIV PR inhibitors with C4-substituted bis-THF and bis-fluoro-benzyl target the two active site mutations of highly drug resistant mutant PRS17. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 566. 30–35. 6 indexed citations

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Kneller, Daniel W., Hui Li, Stephanie Galanie, et al.. (2021). Structural, Electronic, and Electrostatic Determinants for Inhibitor Binding to Subsites S1 and S2 in SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 64(23). 17366–17383. 38 indexed citations

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Kneller, Daniel W., G.N. Phillips, Hugh O’Neill, et al.. (2020). Structural plasticity of SARS-CoV-2 3CL Mpro active site cavity revealed by room temperature X-ray crystallography. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3202–3202. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pavlova, Ànna, Diane L. Lynch, Isabella Daidone, et al.. (2020). Inhibitor binding influences the protonation states of histidines in SARS-CoV-2 main protease. Chemical Science. 12(4). 1513–1527. 49 indexed citations

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Kneller, Daniel W., G.N. Phillips, Hugh O’Neill, et al.. (2020). Room-temperature X-ray crystallography reveals the oxidation and reactivity of cysteine residues in SARS-CoV-2 3CL M^pro: insights into enzyme mechanism and drug design. IUCrJ. 7(6). 1028–1035. 44 indexed citations

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Kneller, Daniel W., G.N. Phillips, Kevin L. Weiss, et al.. (2020). Unusual zwitterionic catalytic site of SARS–CoV-2 main protease revealed by neutron crystallography. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(50). 17365–17373. 90 indexed citations

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Kneller, Daniel W., G.N. Phillips, Andrey Kovalevsky, & Leighton Coates. (2020). Room-temperature neutron and X-ray data collection of 3CL M^profrom SARS-CoV-2. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 76(10). 483–487. 15 indexed citations

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Kneller, Daniel W., Johnson Agniswamy, Robert W. Harrison, & Irene T. Weber. (2020). Highly drug‐resistant HIV‐1 protease reveals decreased intra‐subunit interactions due to clusters of mutations. FEBS Journal. 287(15). 3235–3254. 10 indexed citations

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