Douglas C. Rees

35.7k citations

231 papers · 27.2k indexed · 14 hit papers · h-index 81

Impact in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.05%
- Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Catalysis top 0.1%
- Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction

Papers in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 76
- Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins 73
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 27
Inorganic Chemistry 46
- Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms 42

Co-authors: James B. Howard G. Fehér Jongsun Kim Oliver Einsle Allen T. Lee James P. Allen H. Komiya Oded Lewinson
Journals: Science (26 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (20 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (16 papers)Biochemistry (13 papers)Protein Science (13 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany France

In The Last Decade

Douglas C. Rees

227 papers receiving 26.6k citations

Hit Papers

14 papers align trajectories log scale

Evidence for Interstitial Carbon in Nitrogenase FeMo Cofactor 2011 · 728 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Science
2009 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2005 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
2002 Science
2002 Science
1998 Science
1997 Science
1996 Science
1996 Chemical Reviews
1992 Nature
1992 Science
1992 Science
1989 Nature
1987 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	Nucleotide- and metalloid-driven conformational changes in the arsenite efflux ATPase ArsA Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·أ.م. د تغريد فاضل عباس, Yang Jiaofen, 杜鹏举, Timothy L. Stemmler, Douglas C. Rees, William Clemons	2025	0
2	The nitrogenase mechanism: new roles for the dangler? JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry ·Oniria Gillenwaters, Douglas C. Rees	2024	1
3	Nitrogenase beyond the Resting State: A Structural Perspective Molecules ·Oniria Gillenwaters, Douglas C. Rees	2023	12
4	Localized Electronic Structure of Nitrogenase FeMoco Revealed by Selenium K-Edge High Resolution X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Justin T. Henthorn, J.A. Przyborowski, Sergey Koroidov, Thomas Kröll, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Uwe Bergmann, Douglas C. Rees, Serena DeBeer	2019	58
5	Elucidating a role for the cytoplasmic domain in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis mechanosensitive channel of large conductance Scientific Reports ·Nadia Herrera, Grigory Maksaev, Elizabeth S. Haswell, Douglas C. Rees	2018	7
6	Ligand binding to the FeMo-cofactor: Structures of CO-bound and reactivated nitrogenase Science ·Thomas Spatzal, Kathryn Perez, Oliver Einsle, James B. Howard, Douglas C. Rees	2014	343
7	Structural Basis for Heavy Metal Detoxification by an Atm1-Type ABC Exporter Science ·Pushpita Saha, Janet G. Yang, Sravanti Kurada, Oded Lewinson, Douglas C. Rees	2014	136
8	Self-assembled lipid and membrane protein polyhedral nanoparticles Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tamara Basta, М В Алешков, Mary Morphew, Robert E. Bathurst, Nilanjan Ghosh, Stephen Mugendi Mukaindo, John M. Heumann, Gedeon E. Nelson, Ruyun Zhang, Douglas C. Rees, Michael H. B. Stowell	2013	13
9	A P-type ATPase importer that discriminates between essential and toxic transition metals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Oded Lewinson, Allen T. Lee, Douglas C. Rees	2009	78
10	The High-Affinity E. coli Methionine ABC Transporter: Structure and Allosteric Regulation Science ·Filippo Cottiglia, Jens T. Kaiser, Eric F. Johnson, Allen Lee, Douglas C. Rees	2008	178
11	An Inward-Facing Conformation of a Putative Metal-Chelate-Type ABC Transporter Science ·Heather W. Pinkett, Putri Adinihaqi Chusnul Chotimah, Pek Yee Lum, Kaspar P. Locher, Douglas C. Rees	2006	228
12	Structural basis of biological nitrogen fixation Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·Douglas C. Rees, F. Akif Tezcan, Chad Haynes, Jialin Ye, Susana L. A. Andrade, Oliver Einsle, James B. Howard Hit paper breakdown →	2005	673
13	MoK- andL-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopic study of the ADP·AlF₄⁻-stabilized nitrogenase complex: comparison with MoFe protein in solution and single crystal Journal of Synchrotron Radiation ·Mary C. Corbett, F. Akif Tezcan, Oliver Einsle, Jialin Ye, Douglas C. Rees, Matthew J. Latimer, Britt Hedman, Keith O. Hodgson	2004	11
14	Structure of BtuCD, the ABC transporter for Vitamin B12 The FASEB Journal ·Douglas C. Rees, Putri Adinihaqi Chusnul Chotimah, Elizabeth L. Borths, Kaspar P. Locher	2003	1
15	The structure of Escherichia coli BtuF and binding to its cognate ATP binding cassette transporter Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Elizabeth L. Borths, Kaspar P. Locher, Allen T. Lee, Douglas C. Rees	2002	169
16	The E. coli BtuCD Structure: A Framework for ABC Transporter Architecture and Mechanism Science ·Kaspar P. Locher, Allen T. Lee, Douglas C. Rees Hit paper breakdown →	2002	857
17	Crystal Structure of Escherichia coli MscS, a Voltage-Modulated and Mechanosensitive Channel Science ·Randal B. Bass, Pavel Strop, 好弘長井, Douglas C. Rees	2002	465
18	Conformational variability in structures of the nitrogenase iron proteins from Azotobacter vinelandii and Clostridium pasteurianum Journal of Molecular Biology ·J.L. Schlessman, Sh Sh Akhmetzyanov, Leemor Joshua‐Tor, James B. Howard, Douglas C. Rees	1998	118
19	A simple device for studying macromolecular crystals under moderate gas pressures (0.1–10 MPa) Journal of Applied Crystallography ·Michael H. B. Stowell, S. Michael Soltis, Caroline Kisker, John W. Peters, Hermann Schindelin, Douglas C. Rees, Duilio Cascio, Lesa J. Beamer, Myriam Anna Hirscher, Michael C. Wiener, Frank G. Whitby	1996	21
20	NITROGENASE: A Nucleotide-Dependent Molecular Switch Annual Review of Biochemistry ·James B. Howard, Douglas C. Rees	1994	169

About Douglas C. Rees

Douglas C. Rees is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysis, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics, having authored 231 papers that have together received 27.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (73 papers), Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (42 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (27 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (26 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (25 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (25 papers), Trace Elements in Health (25 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (9.5k citations), Catalysis (3.4k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (4.6k citations), Molecular Biology (13.8k citations) and Oncology (3.4k citations). Douglas C. Rees has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include James B. Howard, G. Fehér, Jongsun Kim, Oliver Einsle, Allen T. Lee, James P. Allen, H. Komiya, Oded Lewinson, Kaspar P. Locher and Eric F. Johnson. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Protein Science.

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