H.C. Watson

6.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
68 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

H.C. Watson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, H.C. Watson has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Materials Chemistry and 17 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in H.C. Watson's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (40 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (23 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (16 papers). H.C. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (40 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (23 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (16 papers). H.C. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Switzerland. H.C. Watson's co-authors include J Kendrew, Jim Warwicker, David M. Shotton, M. F. Perutz, P.L. Wendell, Linda A. Fothergill‐Gilmore, Jennifer A. Littlechild, T. N. Bryant, Lubert Stryer and Leonard Banaszak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

H.C. Watson

68 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Calculation of the electric potential in the active site cleft due to α-helix dipoles

1982 762 citations H.C. Watson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
Structure and function of haemoglobin

1965 494 citations J Kendrew, H.C. Watson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
A Partial Determination by X-ray Methods, and its Correlation with Chemical Data

1961 392 citations J Kendrew, H.C. Watson et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
H.C. Watson United Kingdom	35	3.8k	1.9k	1.2k	632	440	68	5.4k
C. C. F. Blake United Kingdom	32	5.4k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	658 1.0×	158 0.4×	65	6.9k
Earle Stellwagen United States	45	4.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	874 0.7×	713 1.1×	285 0.6×	134	5.7k
J.M. Guss Australia	42	4.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.5×	811 0.7×	432 0.7×	464 1.1×	154	6.9k
Simon E. V. Phillips United Kingdom	43	5.6k 1.5×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	458 0.7×	464 1.1×	151	8.4k
Hilary Muirhead United Kingdom	27	2.3k 0.6×	961 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	319 0.5×	172 0.4×	42	3.6k
Jacqueline A. Reynolds United States	37	5.4k 1.4×	542 0.3×	992 0.8×	1.2k 1.9×	299 0.7×	60	7.6k
Gordon G. Hammes United States	54	7.2k 1.9×	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.7×	1.0k 2.3×	241	10.0k
Gary K. Ackers United States	47	6.3k 1.7×	776 0.4×	2.8k 2.3×	1.3k 2.0×	244 0.6×	144	8.4k
Lynn F. Ten Eyck United States	39	6.0k 1.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	398 0.6×	156 0.4×	65	7.1k
Yasuhiko Nozaki United States	26	3.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	607 0.5×	883 1.4×	137 0.3×	32	5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H.C. Watson

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Willetts, Andrew, et al.. (1995). Purification, crystallisation and preliminary X‐ray analysis of the vanadium‐dependent haloperoxidase from Corallina officinalis. FEBS Letters. 359(2-3). 244–246. 31 indexed citations

Davies, G.J., S.J. Gamblin, J.A. Littlechild, et al.. (1994). Structure of the ADP complex of the 3-phosphoglycerate kinase from Bacillus stearothermophilus at 1.65 Å. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 50(2). 202–209. 65 indexed citations

Watson, H.C., et al.. (1993). Site‐directed mutagenesis of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase. FEBS Letters. 320(3). 193–197. 6 indexed citations

Littlechild, Jennifer A. & H.C. Watson. (1993). A data-based reaction mechanism for type I fructose bisphosphate aldolase. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 18(2). 36–39. 41 indexed citations

Davies, G.J., S.J. Gamblin, Jennifer A. Littlechild, & H.C. Watson. (1993). The structure of a thermally stable 3‐phosphoglycerate kinase and a comparison with its mesophilic equivalent. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 15(3). 283–289. 65 indexed citations

Walker, P.A., Heidi C. João, Jennifer A. Littlechild, Robert J. P. Williams, & H.C. Watson. (1992). Characterisation of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase modified by mutagenesis at residue 21. European Journal of Biochemistry. 207(1). 29–37. 7 indexed citations

Davies, G.J., et al.. (1992). Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the 3-phosphoglycerate kinase from Bacillus stearothermophilus. Journal of Molecular Biology. 227(4). 1263–1264. 3 indexed citations

Gamblin, S.J., et al.. (1991). Activity and specificity of human aldolases. Journal of Molecular Biology. 219(4). 573–576. 87 indexed citations

Davies, G.J., J.A. Littlechild, H.C. Watson, & L Hall. (1991). Sequence and expression of the gene encoding 3-phosphoglycerate kinase from Bacillus stearothermophilus. Gene. 109(1). 39–45. 24 indexed citations

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Littlechild, Jennifer A., et al.. (1991). A proton‐NMR study of a site‐directed mutation (His388 → Glu) in the interdomain region of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase. European Journal of Biochemistry. 196(2). 261–269. 18 indexed citations

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Minard, Philippe, D. J. Bowen, L Hall, J.A. Littlechild, & H.C. Watson. (1990). Site-directed mutagenesis of aspartic acid 372 at the ATP binding site of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase: over-expression and characterization of the mutant enzyme. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 3(6). 515–521. 20 indexed citations

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Fothergill‐Gilmore, Linda A. & H.C. Watson. (1989). The Phosphoglycerate Mutases. Advances in enzymology and related areas of molecular biology/Advances in enzymology and related subjects. 62. 227–313. 195 indexed citations

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Fairbrother, Wayne J., P.A. Walker, Philippe Minard, et al.. (1989). NMR analysis of site‐specific mutants of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase. European Journal of Biochemistry. 183(1). 57–67. 37 indexed citations

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Fairbrother, Wayne J., et al.. (1989). Site‐directed mutagenesis of histidine 62 in the ‘basic patch’ region of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase. FEBS Letters. 258(2). 247–250. 12 indexed citations

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Walker, P.A., et al.. (1989). Site‐directed mutagenesis of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase. European Journal of Biochemistry. 183(1). 49–55. 25 indexed citations

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Williams, Robert J. P., et al.. (1988). NMR analysis of the interdomain region of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase. European Journal of Biochemistry. 170(3). 529–538. 44 indexed citations

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Watson, H.C., et al.. (1981). Structure and activity of phosphoglycerate mutase. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 293(1063). 121–130. 99 indexed citations

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Shaw, Peter, et al.. (1981). The low-resolution structure of human muscle aldolase. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 293(1063). 209–214. 16 indexed citations

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Banaszak, Leonard, H.C. Watson, & J Kendrew. (1965). The binding of cupric and zinc ions to crystalline sperm whale myoglobin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 12(1). 130–137. 71 indexed citations

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Watson, H.C. & Leonard Banaszak. (1964). Structure of Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase: Structural Symmetry Within the Molecule. Nature. 204(4962). 918–920. 78 indexed citations

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