K. K. Kannan

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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K. K. Kannan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, K. K. Kannan has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in K. K. Kannan's work include Enzyme function and inhibition (13 papers), Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (8 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers). K. K. Kannan is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme function and inhibition (13 papers), Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (8 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers). K. K. Kannan collaborates with scholars based in India, Sweden and United States. K. K. Kannan's co-authors include Seved Lövgren, K. Fridborg, B. Strandberg, Anders Liljas, M. Ramanadham, M. A. Viswamitra, T. Alwyn Jones, M.V. Hosur, Bindu Pillai and Lina Nyström and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

K. K. Kannan

37 papers receiving 1.4k 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 Human Carbonic Anhydrase C

1972 373 citations Anders Liljas, K. K. Kannan et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. K. Kannan India	16	1.2k	402	351	212	212	39	1.6k
R. W. King United Kingdom	23	1.2k 1.0×	466 1.2×	263 0.7×	107 0.5×	420 2.0×	40	1.9k
Carlos H. Faerman United States	16	778 0.7×	478 1.2×	364 1.0×	348 1.6×	296 1.4×	28	1.9k
A.H. Robbins United States	22	1.3k 1.1×	573 1.4×	236 0.7×	202 1.0×	363 1.7×	42	2.4k
Paul Beroza United States	21	1.2k 1.1×	267 0.7×	131 0.4×	193 0.9×	276 1.3×	32	1.8k
S. Zoë Fisher United States	27	1.5k 1.3×	438 1.1×	288 0.8×	173 0.8×	636 3.0×	80	2.0k
Rick L. Ornstein United States	31	1.6k 1.4×	464 1.2×	272 0.8×	85 0.4×	376 1.8×	83	2.6k
M. Tabak Brazil	16	1.1k 1.0×	450 1.1×	173 0.5×	54 0.3×	353 1.7×	41	1.5k
Mikael Peräkylä Finland	28	980 0.9×	497 1.2×	137 0.4×	53 0.3×	237 1.1×	79	2.0k
Michel Rougée France	30	1.6k 1.4×	470 1.2×	273 0.8×	43 0.2×	705 3.3×	51	2.5k
Paul Vigny France	27	1.2k 1.0×	384 1.0×	175 0.5×	133 0.6×	274 1.3×	108	2.1k

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Kannan, K. K., et al.. (2025). Dithiocarbamate-Based Sequence-Defined Oligomers as Promising Membrane-Disrupting Antibacterial Agents: Design, Activity, and Mechanism. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 8(2). 1547–1558. 2 indexed citations

Kannan, K. K., et al.. (2024). Lipophilic derivatives of EGCG as potent α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitors ameliorating oxidative stress and inflammation. Bioorganic Chemistry. 153. 107786–107786. 1 indexed citations

Kannan, K. K., et al.. (2024). Unconventional fluorescence behavior of ε-polylysine: Selective and sensitive detection of Cu2+ in real water samples, test paper strips, living cells, and anticounterfeiting applications. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 409. 135589–135589. 10 indexed citations

Kannan, K. K., et al.. (2024). Insights into one drug, multi-target aspects of polyphenols for diabetes management: in vitro, in vivo, and clinical evidence. Phytochemistry Reviews. 24(5). 4545–4593. 4 indexed citations

Pillai, Bindu, K. K. Kannan, Sujata V. Bhat, & M.V. Hosur. (2004). Rapid screening for HIV-1 protease inhibitor leads through X-ray diffraction. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 60(3). 594–596. 7 indexed citations

Kumar, Mukesh, K. K. Kannan, M.V. Hosur, et al.. (2002). Effects of remote mutation on the autolysis of HIV-1 PR: X-ray and NMR investigations. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 294(2). 395–401. 29 indexed citations

Pillai, Bindu, K. K. Kannan, & M.V. Hosur. (2001). 1.9 � x-ray study shows closed flap conformation in crystals of tethered HIV-1 PR. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 43(1). 57–64. 53 indexed citations

Kumar, Mukesh, et al.. (1999). Purification, crystallisation and preliminary X-ray diffraction study of ribosome inactivating protein: saporin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1429(2). 506–511. 1 indexed citations

Kannan, K. K., et al.. (1994). Drug-Protein Interactions. Journal of Molecular Biology. 243(2). 298–309. 146 indexed citations

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Kannan, K. K., et al.. (1994). Enzyme-Substrate Interactions. Journal of Molecular Biology. 241(2). 226–232. 46 indexed citations

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Hosur, M.V., et al.. (1994). Crystallization of a scRIP—gelonin isolated from plant seeds Gelonium multiforum. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 19(4). 340–342. 1 indexed citations

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Hosur, M.V., Jayashree K. Sainis, & K. K. Kannan. (1993). Crystallization and X-ray Analysis of a Multienzyme Complex Containing RUBISCO and RuBP. Journal of Molecular Biology. 234(4). 1274–1278. 4 indexed citations

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Hosur, Ramakrishna V., et al.. (1989). Solution conformation of d-CTCGAGCTCGAG by two-dimensional NMR: conformational heterogeneity at XhoI cleavage site. Biochemistry. 28(18). 7275–7282. 12 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vinay, et al.. (1987). Human carbonic anhydrase I–iodide complex: structure and inhibition mechanism. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 43(a1). C23–C24. 2 indexed citations

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Kannan, K. K. & M. Ramanadham. (1981). Structure, refinement, and function of human carbonic anhydrase‐B. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 20(1). 199–209. 4 indexed citations

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Carlsson, Lars, Lina Nyström, Uno Lindberg, et al.. (1976). Crystallization of a non-muscle actin. Journal of Molecular Biology. 105(3). 353–366. 127 indexed citations

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Strandberg, B., Michael G. Rossmann, K. Fridborg, et al.. (1972). X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Structure of Satellite Tobacco Necrosis Virus. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 36(0). 469–483. 11 indexed citations

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Kannan, K. K., Anders Liljas, Seved Lövgren, et al.. (1972). Crystal Structure of Human Erythrocyte Carbonic Anhydrase C. VI. The Three-dimensional Structure at High Resolution in Relation to Other Mammalian Carbonic Anhydrases. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 36(0). 221–231. 48 indexed citations

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Fridborg, K., K. K. Kannan, Anders Liljas, et al.. (1967). Crystal structure of human erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase C. Journal of Molecular Biology. 25(3). 505–516. 116 indexed citations

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Viswamitra, M. A. & K. K. Kannan. (1962). Simple gas-cooling device for low temperature investigations with Weissenberg cameras. Journal of Scientific Instruments. 39(6). 318–319. 1 indexed citations

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