John R. Somoza

2.8k total citations
35 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

John R. Somoza is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, John R. Somoza has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Infectious Diseases and 8 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in John R. Somoza's work include Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (8 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (8 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (7 papers). John R. Somoza is often cited by papers focused on Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (8 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (8 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (7 papers). John R. Somoza collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. John R. Somoza's co-authors include Mary E. McGrath, James T. Palmer, Robert J. Fletterick, Joseph D. Ho, Joong Myung Cho, Ching C. Wang, Ruth Wang, Marian S. Chin, Pamela J. Focia and Kyle Mortara and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

John R. Somoza

35 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John R. Somoza United States 20 765 211 170 136 127 35 1.2k
Paul J. Berti Canada 21 1.2k 1.6× 304 1.4× 101 0.6× 116 0.9× 133 1.0× 42 1.8k
René Coulombe Canada 19 768 1.0× 252 1.2× 158 0.9× 295 2.2× 218 1.7× 33 1.5k
Ross I. Brinkworth Australia 23 988 1.3× 183 0.9× 79 0.5× 181 1.3× 65 0.5× 41 1.6k
Céline Plouffe Canada 18 719 0.9× 195 0.9× 110 0.6× 92 0.7× 264 2.1× 23 1.2k
Gregory A. Wasney Canada 23 1.4k 1.8× 167 0.8× 75 0.4× 132 1.0× 75 0.6× 29 1.9k
Ellen W. Moomaw United States 13 1.1k 1.5× 137 0.6× 268 1.6× 256 1.9× 41 0.3× 19 1.8k
Achim Dickmanns Germany 33 2.4k 3.2× 167 0.8× 183 1.1× 154 1.1× 130 1.0× 70 3.1k
Hung V. Le United States 20 755 1.0× 85 0.4× 242 1.4× 147 1.1× 36 0.3× 55 1.7k
Roger Mayer France 25 1.4k 1.8× 316 1.5× 130 0.8× 64 0.5× 45 0.4× 75 1.9k
I.W. McNae United Kingdom 26 1.1k 1.4× 371 1.8× 234 1.4× 74 0.5× 95 0.7× 46 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John R. Somoza

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Koltun, Dmitry O., Rao Kalla, Thao Perry, et al.. (2017). Discovery of potent and selective inhibitors of calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 28(3). 541–546. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Stephanie X., Kailash C. Pandey, John R. Somoza, et al.. (2006). Structural basis for unique mechanisms of folding and hemoglobin binding by a malarial protease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(31). 11503–11508. 87 indexed citations
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Lee, Chang-Sun, Weili Liu, Paul A. Sprengeler, et al.. (2006). Design of novel, potent, and selective human β-tryptase inhibitors based on α-keto-[1,2,4]-oxadiazoles. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(15). 4036–4040. 11 indexed citations
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Katz, B.A., Christine Luong, Joseph D. Ho, et al.. (2004). Dissecting and Designing Inhibitor Selectivity Determinants at the S1 Site Using an Artificial Ala190 Protease (Ala190 uPA). Journal of Molecular Biology. 344(2). 527–547. 29 indexed citations
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Somoza, John R., Joseph D. Ho, Christine Luong, et al.. (2003). The Structure of the Extracellular Region of Human Hepsin Reveals a Serine Protease Domain and a Novel Scavenger Receptor Cysteine-Rich (SRCR) Domain. Structure. 11(9). 1123–1131. 66 indexed citations
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Somoza, John R., James T. Palmer, & Joseph D. Ho. (2002). The Crystal Structure of Human Cathepsin F and Its Implications for the Development of Novel Immunomodulators. Journal of Molecular Biology. 322(3). 559–568. 49 indexed citations
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Ho, Joseph D., Joseph J. Buggy, James T. Palmer, et al.. (2002). Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of human cathepsin F complexed with an irreversible vinyl sulfone inhibitor. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 58(12). 2187–2190. 7 indexed citations
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Somoza, John R., A. Szöke, & H. Szöke. (2001). A simple inverse method for calculating electron-density maps. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 57(6). 678–680. 4 indexed citations
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Somoza, John R., Hangjun Zhan, Krista K. Bowman, et al.. (2001). Crystal Structure of Human Cathepsin V. Biochemistry. 40(13). 4200–4200. 1 indexed citations
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Somoza, John R., Saurabh Menon, Harald Schmidt, et al.. (2000). Structural and kinetic analysis of Escherichia coli GDP-mannose 4,6 dehydratase provides insights into the enzyme’s catalytic mechanism and regulation by GDP-fucose. Structure. 8(2). 123–135. 77 indexed citations
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Somoza, John R., Hangjun Zhan, Krista K. Bowman, et al.. (2000). Crystal Structure of Human Cathepsin V,. Biochemistry. 39(41). 12543–12551. 56 indexed citations
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McGrath, Mary E., et al.. (1998). Crystal structure of human cathepsin S. Protein Science. 7(6). 1294–1302. 60 indexed citations
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Whitby, Frank G., Hartmut Luecke, Peter Kühn, et al.. (1997). Crystal Structure ofTritrichomonas foetusInosine-5‘-monophosphate Dehydrogenase and the Enzyme−Product Complex. Biochemistry. 36(35). 10666–10674. 38 indexed citations
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Kanaani, Jamil, David Maltby, John R. Somoza, & Ching C. Wang. (1997). Inactivation of Tritrichomonas Foetus and Schistosoma Mansoni Purine Phosphoribosyltransferases by Arginine‐Specific Reagents. European Journal of Biochemistry. 244(3). 810–817. 7 indexed citations
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Truckses, Dagmar M., Kenneth E. Prehoda, Stephen C. Miller, John L. Markley, & John R. Somoza. (1996). Coupling between trans/cis proline isomerization and protein stability in staphylococcal nuclease. Protein Science. 5(9). 1907–1916. 32 indexed citations
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Somoza, John R., H. Szöke, David Goodman, et al.. (1995). Holographic methods in X-ray crystallography. IV. A fast algorithm and its application to macromolecular crystallography. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 51(5). 691–708. 18 indexed citations
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Somoza, John R., Joong Myung Cho, & Sung‐Hou Kim. (1995). The Taste-active Regions of Monellin, a Potently Sweet Protein. Chemical Senses. 20(1). 61–68. 43 indexed citations
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Somoza, John R., Fan Jiang, Liang Tong, et al.. (1993). Two Crystal Structures of a Potently Sweet Protein. Journal of Molecular Biology. 234(2). 390–404. 69 indexed citations
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Tomić, Milan, et al.. (1992). 1H resonance assignments, secondary structure and general topology of single-chain monellin in solution as determined by1H 2D-NMR. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 2(6). 557–572. 10 indexed citations
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Somoza, John R. & John W. Brady. (1988). Vasopressin conformational fluctuations: A molecular dynamics study. Biopolymers. 27(6). 939–956. 7 indexed citations

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