Esmond E. Snell

19.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
242 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Esmond E. Snell is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Esmond E. Snell has authored 242 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Molecular Biology, 79 papers in Biochemistry and 68 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Esmond E. Snell's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (66 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (58 papers) and Polyamine Metabolism and Applications (41 papers). Esmond E. Snell is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (66 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (58 papers) and Polyamine Metabolism and Applications (41 papers). Esmond E. Snell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. Esmond E. Snell's co-authors include David E. Metzler, Miyoshi Ikawa, Hiroshi Wada, Yoshimasa Morino, P A Recsei, Donald B. McCormick, Beverly M. Guirard, Hayato Kihara, John B. Longenecker and Paul D. van Poelje and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Esmond E. Snell

242 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A General Mechanism for Vitamin B₆-catalyzed Reactions¹

1954 520 citations Esmond E. Snell et al. profile →
The Enzymatic Oxidation of Pyridoxine and Pyridoxamine Phosphates

1961 485 citations Esmond E. Snell et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Esmond E. Snell	6.3k	3.1k	2.6k	1.2k	1.1k	242	10.0k
B.L. Horecker	6.2k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	667 0.6×	802 0.7×	233	10.8k
Emil L. Smith	6.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	897 0.8×	434 0.4×	197	10.2k
Fritz Lipmann	8.2k 1.3×	1.0k 0.3×	749 0.3×	752 0.6×	599 0.5×	172	11.0k
G. Schneider	6.4k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	976 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	276	10.9k
Salih J. Wakil	9.4k 1.5×	2.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	405 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	177	13.9k
Robert H. Abeles	6.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	856 0.8×	191	9.4k
Jeremy R. Knowles	9.8k 1.5×	1.3k 0.4×	3.1k 1.2×	2.6k 2.2×	518 0.5×	229	14.5k
P. Roy Vagelos	6.0k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	532 0.2×	479 0.4×	922 0.8×	127	8.4k
Frank M. Raushel	7.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.4×	2.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.7×	786 0.7×	343	13.1k
Paul A. Srere	6.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	235 0.2×	1.7k 1.5×	192	9.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Snell, Esmond E.. (1992). Microorganisms in Vitamin and Biofactor Research. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology. 38(Special). 34–39. 2 indexed citations

Poelje, Paul D. van & Esmond E. Snell. (1990). Cloning, sequencing, expression, and site-directed mutagenesis of the gene from Clostridium perfringens encoding pyruvoyl-dependent histidine decarboxylase. Biochemistry. 29(1). 132–139. 27 indexed citations

Poelje, Paul D. van & Esmond E. Snell. (1990). PYRUVOYL-DEPENDENT ENZYMES. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 59(1). 29–59. 202 indexed citations

Snell, Esmond E.. (1990). Vitamin B₆ and Decarboxylation of Histidine. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 585(1). 1–12. 21 indexed citations

Snell, Esmond E.. (1989). Nutrition Research with Lactic Acid Bacteria: A Retrospective View. Annual Review of Nutrition. 9(1). 1–20. 10 indexed citations

Hsu, Lily C., Mitsuhiro Okamoto, & Esmond E. Snell. (1989). L-Histidinol phosphate aminotransferase from Salmonella typhimurium. Kinetic behavior and sequence at the pyridoxal-P binding site. Biochimie. 71(4). 477–489. 9 indexed citations

Snell, Esmond E., et al.. (1989). Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate dependent histidine decarboxylase: overproduction, purification, biosynthesis of soluble site-directed mutant proteins and replacement of conserved residues. Biochemistry. 28(18). 7306–7313. 39 indexed citations

Gallagher, Travis, Esmond E. Snell, & Marvin L. Hackert. (1989). Pyruvoyl-dependent Histidine Decarboxylase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(21). 12737–12743. 69 indexed citations

Suelter, Clarence H. & Esmond E. Snell. (1977). Monovalent cation activation of tryptophanase.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252(6). 1852–1857. 49 indexed citations

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Snell, Esmond E.. (1969). A. Rev. Biochem.. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 38. 15 indexed citations

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Snell, Esmond E., et al.. (1968). Biosynthesis of Sphingolipid Bases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 243(14). 3775–3783. 86 indexed citations

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Morino, Yoshimasa & Esmond E. Snell. (1967). Coenzymatic activity of homologues of pyridoxal phosphate.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 57(6). 1692–1699. 30 indexed citations

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Snell, Esmond E., et al.. (1966). Pyridoxal catalysis : enzymes and model systems : proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Chemical and Biological Aspects of Pyridoxal Catalysis sponsored by the International Union of Biochemistry, Moscow, September, 1966. 12 indexed citations

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Snell, Esmond E., et al.. (1966). Purification and Properties of d-Serine Dehydrase from Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 241(5). 1233–1238. 58 indexed citations

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Leach, Franklin R. & Esmond E. Snell. (1959). Occurrence of independent uptake mechanisms for glycine and glycine peptides in Lactobacillus casel. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 34. 292–293. 15 indexed citations

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Snell, Esmond E.. (1958). Chemical Structure in Relation to Biological Activities of Vitamin B6. Vitamins and hormones. 77–125. 226 indexed citations

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Snell, Esmond E. & Gene M. Brown. (1953). Pantethine and Related Forms of the Lactobacillus Bulgaricus Factor (LBF). Advances in enzymology and related areas of molecular biology/Advances in enzymology and related subjects. 14. 49–71. 5 indexed citations

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Waibel, P.E., W.W. Cravens, & Esmond E. Snell. (1952). The Effect of Diet on the Comparative Activities of Pyridoxal, Pyridoxamine and Pyridoxine for Chicks. Journal of Nutrition. 48(4). 531–538. 18 indexed citations

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Kihara, Hayato, et al.. (1952). PEPTIDES AND BACTERIAL GROWTH. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 197(2). 783–789. 35 indexed citations

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Broquist, Harry P. & Esmond E. Snell. (1951). BIOTIN AND BACTERIAL GROWTH. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 188(1). 431–444. 84 indexed citations

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