Joseph A. Lyons

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Joseph A. Lyons is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph A. Lyons has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Joseph A. Lyons's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (10 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers). Joseph A. Lyons is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (10 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers). Joseph A. Lyons collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Ireland and France. Joseph A. Lyons's co-authors include Martin Caffrey, Pil Seok Chae, Brian K. Kobilka, Samuel H. Gellman, Roger K. Sunahara, Søren G. F. Rasmussen, William I. Weis, Brian T. DeVree, Syed Tasadaque Ali Shah and Andrew C. Kruse and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Joseph A. Lyons

31 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Crystal structure of the β2 adrenergic receptor–Gs protein complex

2011 2.4k citations Søren G. F. Rasmussen, Brian T. DeVree et al. Nature profile →
Structure and function of an irreversible agonist-β2 adrenoceptor complex

2011 643 citations Daniel M. Rosenbaum, Cheng Zhang et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph A. Lyons Denmark	21	3.8k	1.8k	520	360	295	33	4.3k
Tetsuya Hori Japan	11	4.5k 1.2×	3.0k 1.7×	543 1.0×	239 0.7×	354 1.2×	15	5.2k
Mark T. Griffith United States	11	3.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	500 1.0×	209 0.6×	359 1.2×	11	3.8k
Patrick Scheerer Germany	36	4.8k 1.3×	3.0k 1.7×	419 0.8×	271 0.8×	253 0.9×	122	6.0k
C. Roth United States	8	3.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	369 0.7×	236 0.7×	274 0.9×	9	3.4k
Ka Young Chung South Korea	23	4.1k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	604 1.2×	534 1.5×	362 1.2×	82	4.5k
Tony Warne United Kingdom	24	4.4k 1.2×	2.4k 1.4×	814 1.6×	434 1.2×	496 1.7×	33	4.8k
Jesper Mosolff Mathiesen Denmark	24	4.6k 1.2×	3.0k 1.7×	694 1.3×	362 1.0×	421 1.4×	45	5.2k
David Farrens United States	38	4.9k 1.3×	3.5k 2.0×	385 0.7×	318 0.9×	169 0.6×	68	5.7k
Naomi R. Latorraca United States	22	3.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	429 0.8×	428 1.2×	405 1.4×	33	3.7k
Yaozhong Zou United States	11	3.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	606 1.2×	380 1.1×	381 1.3×	13	4.0k

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Beaune, Grégory, et al.. (2025). Flippase‐Mediated Hybrid Vesicle Division. Advanced Materials. 37(39). e2504519–e2504519. 1 indexed citations

Dieudonné, Thibaud, Rasmus Kock Flygaard, Syma Khalid, et al.. (2023). Activation and substrate specificity of the human P4-ATPase ATP8B1. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7492–7492. 16 indexed citations

Rosenbæk, Lena L., Rasmus Kock Flygaard, Michael Habeck, et al.. (2022). Cryo‐EM structure of the human NKCC1 transporter reveals mechanisms of ion coupling and specificity. The EMBO Journal. 41(23). e110169–e110169. 20 indexed citations

Dieudonné, Thibaud, Christine Jaxel, Joseph A. Lyons, et al.. (2022). Autoinhibition and regulation by phosphoinositides of ATP8B1, a human lipid flippase associated with intrahepatic cholestatic disorders. eLife. 11. 30 indexed citations

Lyons, Joseph A., et al.. (2022). Variations on a theme: crystal forms of the amino-acid transporter MhsT. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 78(8). 297–305.

Dieudonné, Thibaud, Cédric Montigny, Thomas Boesen, et al.. (2021). Structural Basis of Substrate-Independent Phosphorylation in a P4-ATPase Lipid Flippase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 433(16). 167062–167062. 25 indexed citations

Lyons, Joseph A., Rikard Blunck, L. Malinauskaitė, et al.. (2020). A non‐helical region in transmembrane helix 6 of hydrophobic amino acid transporter MhsT mediates substrate recognition. The EMBO Journal. 40(1). e105164–e105164. 23 indexed citations

Veen, Sarah van, Shaun Martin, Chris Van den Haute, et al.. (2020). ATP13A2 deficiency disrupts lysosomal polyamine export. Nature. 578(7795). 419–424. 216 indexed citations

Lyons, Joseph A., et al.. (2020). P4-ATPases: how an old dog learnt new tricks — structure and mechanism of lipid flippases. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 63. 65–73. 27 indexed citations

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Montigny, Cédric, Thibaud Dieudonné, Philippe Champeil, et al.. (2017). High phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P)-dependent ATPase activity for the Drs2p-Cdc50p flippase after removal of its N- and C-terminal extensions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(19). 7954–7970. 29 indexed citations

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Lyons, Joseph A., Andreas Bøggild, Poul Nissen, & Jens Frauenfeld. (2017). Saposin-Lipoprotein Scaffolds for Structure Determination of Membrane Transporters. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 594. 85–99. 37 indexed citations

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Lyons, Joseph A., et al.. (2016). Expression strategies for structural studies of eukaryotic membrane proteins. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 38. 137–144. 45 indexed citations

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Montigny, Cédric, Joseph A. Lyons, Philippe Champeil, Poul Nissen, & Guillaume Lenoir. (2015). On the molecular mechanism of flippase- and scramblase-mediated phospholipid transport. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1861(8). 767–783. 72 indexed citations

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Fowler, Philip W., Marcella Orwick‐Rydmark, Sebastian Radestock, et al.. (2015). Gating Topology of the Proton-Coupled Oligopeptide Symporters. Structure. 23(2). 290–301. 94 indexed citations

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Lyons, Joseph A., Joanne L. Parker, Nicolae Solcan, et al.. (2014). Structural basis for polyspecificity in the POT family of proton‐coupled oligopeptide transporters. EMBO Reports. 15(8). 886–893. 82 indexed citations

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Li, Dianfan, Joseph A. Lyons, Valerie E. Pye, et al.. (2013). Crystal structure of the integral membrane diacylglycerol kinase. Nature. 497(7450). 521–524. 80 indexed citations

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Lyons, Joseph A., et al.. (2012). A fast, simple and robust protocol for growing crystals in the lipidic cubic phase. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 45(6). 1330–1333. 26 indexed citations

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Rasmussen, Søren G. F., Brian T. DeVree, Yaozhong Zou, et al.. (2011). Crystal structure of the β2 adrenergic receptor–Gs protein complex. Nature. 477(7366). 549–555. 2351 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rosenbaum, Daniel M., Cheng Zhang, Joseph A. Lyons, et al.. (2011). Structure and function of an irreversible agonist-β2 adrenoceptor complex. Nature. 469(7329). 236–240. 643 indexed citations breakdown →

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Curtin, William, et al.. (1994). The chondrogenic potential of carbon fiber and carbon fiber periosteum implants: an ultrastructural study in the rabbit. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2(4). 253–258. 6 indexed citations

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