Kenneth A. Johnson

17.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
216 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

Kenneth A. Johnson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth A. Johnson has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Cell Biology and 36 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Kenneth A. Johnson's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (41 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (39 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (32 papers). Kenneth A. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (41 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (39 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (32 papers). Kenneth A. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Arab Emirates. Kenneth A. Johnson's co-authors include Karen S. Anderson, Roger S. Goody, Gary G. Borisy, Susan P. Gilbert, Thomas Blom, Zachary Booth Simpson, Allison A. Johnson, Stephen J. Benkovic, Warren M. Kati and Zucai Suo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth A. Johnson

214 papers receiving 13.2k citations

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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.

The Original Michaelis Constant: Translation of the 1913 Michaelis–Menten Paper

2011 922 citations Kenneth A. Johnson et al. profile →
CONFORMATIONAL COUPLING IN DNA POLYMERASE FIDELITY

1993 486 citations Kenneth A. Johnson profile →
Construction and evaluation of the kinetic scheme associated with dihydrofolate reductase from Escherichia coli

1987 426 citations Kenneth A. Johnson et al. profile →
Structural basis for mismatch surveillance by CRISPR–Cas9

2022 175 citations Tyler L. Dangerfield, Kenneth A. Johnson et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Mechanistic conformational and substrate selectivity profiles emerging in the evolution of enzymes via parallel trajectories 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Christos S. Karamitros, (unknown), Yoichi Kumada, Kenneth A. Johnson, Sheena D’Arcy, George Georgiou	7
2	High fidelity DNA strand-separation is the major specificity determinant in DNA methyltransferase CcrM’s catalytic mechanism 2023 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Martin Kurnik, Kenneth A. Johnson, Norbert O. Reich	2
3	Leveraging intrinsic flexibility to engineer enhanced enzyme catalytic activity 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christos S. Karamitros, (unknown), (unknown), Candice Lamb, Everett Stone, Sheena D’Arcy, Kenneth A. Johnson, George Georgiou	26
4	Conformational Dynamics Contribute to Substrate Selectivity and Catalysis in Human Kynureninase 2020 ·ACS Chemical Biology ·Christos S. Karamitros, (unknown), Yusuke Sugiyama, Yoichi Kumada, Kenneth A. Johnson, George Georgiou, Sheena D’Arcy, Everett Stone	6
5	Exploring the Reaction Mechanism of HIV Reverse Transcriptase with a Nucleotide Substrate 2020 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·(unknown), (unknown), Tyler L. Dangerfield, Kenneth A. Johnson, Jiali Gao, Ron Elber	6
6	New standards for collecting and fitting steady state kinetic data 2019 ·Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Kenneth A. Johnson	76
7	The binding of Class II sRNA MgrR to two different sites on matchmaker protein Hfq enables efficient competition for Hfq and annealing to regulated mRNAs 2018 ·RNA ·(unknown), (unknown), Kenneth A. Johnson, Mikołaj Olejniczak	17
8	Pyrophosphate Release in the Protein HIV Reverse Transcriptase 2017 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Murat Ati̇ş, Kenneth A. Johnson, Ron Elber	14
9	HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase and RNase H (Ribonuclease H) Active Sites Work Simultaneously and Independently 2016 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Jiawen Li, Kenneth A. Johnson	20
10	Enzyme Selectivity of HIV Reverse Transcriptase: Conformations, Ligands and Free Energy Partitions 2016 ·Biophysical Journal ·Serdal Kırmızıaltın, Kenneth A. Johnson, Ron Elber	1
11	Yeast Cells Expressing the Human Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase Reveal Correlations between Polymerase Fidelity and Human Disease Progression 2014 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yufeng Qian, Aashiq H. Kachroo, Christopher M. Yellman, Edward M. Marcotte, Kenneth A. Johnson	18
12	A Single Mutation in Human Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase Pol γA Affects Both Polymerization and Proofreading Activities of Only the Holoenzyme 2010 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Kenneth A. Johnson, Ian J. Molineux, Y. Whitney Yin	29
13	Enzymatic Therapeutic Index of Acyclovir 2007 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Jeremiah W. Hanes, Yali Zhu, Deborah S. Parris, Kenneth A. Johnson	14
14	Real-time measurement of pyrophosphate release kinetics 2007 ·Analytical Biochemistry ·Jeremiah W. Hanes, Kenneth A. Johnson	20
15	The X-ray Structure of Ferric Escherichia coliFlavohemoglobin Reveals an Unexpected Geometry of the Distal Heme Pocket 2002 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Andrea Ilari, Alessandra Bonamore, (unknown), Kenneth A. Johnson, Alberto Boffi	115
16	[2] Rapid quench kinetic analysis of polymerases, adenosinetriphosphatases, and enzyme intermediates 1995 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Kenneth A. Johnson	163
17	Decoration of the microtubule surface by one kinesin head per tubulin heterodimer 1993 ·Nature ·(unknown), Silvio P. Marchese‐Ragona, Susan P. Gilbert, Naiqian Cheng, A.C. Steven, Kenneth A. Johnson	69
18	Conformational coupling in DNA polymerase information transfer 1992 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Kenneth A. Johnson	9
19	Kinetic mechanism of DNA polymerase I 1987 ·Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) ·Robert D. Kuchta, Valerie Mizrahi, Stephen J. Benkovic, Patricia A. Benkovic, Kenneth A. Johnson	30
20	THE PLUTONIUM-INDIUM SYSTEM 1965 ·F.H. Ellinger, C.C. Land, Kenneth A. Johnson	2

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