Kutti R. Vinothkumar

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Kutti R. Vinothkumar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kutti R. Vinothkumar has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Kutti R. Vinothkumar's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers). Kutti R. Vinothkumar is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers). Kutti R. Vinothkumar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, India and United States. Kutti R. Vinothkumar's co-authors include Judy Hirst, Jiapeng Zhu, Richard A. Henderson, Werner Kühlbrandt, Özkan Yıldız, Panchali Goswami, James N. Blaza, Matthew Freeman, Steven H. L. Verhelst and Greg McMullan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Kutti R. Vinothkumar

40 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Structure of mammalian respiratory complex I 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Structure of mammalian respiratory complex I
    2016 426 citations Kutti R. Vinothkumar, Judy Hirst et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kutti R. Vinothkumar United Kingdom 20 1.6k 257 218 197 156 40 2.2k
M.G. Iadanza United Kingdom 18 1.4k 0.8× 222 0.9× 143 0.7× 466 2.4× 157 1.0× 21 2.1k
Prashant Rao United States 25 1.8k 1.1× 365 1.4× 79 0.4× 301 1.5× 166 1.1× 41 2.3k
Alexey Amunts Sweden 30 3.4k 2.1× 210 0.8× 48 0.2× 231 1.2× 178 1.1× 57 3.7k
Soojay Banerjee United States 21 2.5k 1.5× 681 2.6× 84 0.4× 461 2.3× 121 0.8× 24 3.7k
Ashwin Chari Germany 28 2.3k 1.4× 403 1.6× 73 0.3× 319 1.6× 92 0.6× 44 2.9k
Kaoru Mitsuoka Japan 25 2.4k 1.4× 303 1.2× 112 0.5× 332 1.7× 182 1.2× 61 3.2k
Joanna Kirkpatrick Germany 21 1.2k 0.7× 145 0.6× 169 0.8× 53 0.3× 121 0.8× 50 1.8k
Teruhisa Hirai Japan 23 2.5k 1.5× 199 0.8× 182 0.8× 429 2.2× 272 1.7× 52 3.6k
Terrence Frey United States 20 1.8k 1.1× 163 0.6× 72 0.3× 182 0.9× 28 0.2× 41 2.5k
Christoph von Ballmoos Switzerland 30 2.0k 1.2× 67 0.3× 94 0.4× 172 0.9× 206 1.3× 69 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kutti R. Vinothkumar

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All Works

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Goyal, Parveen, Mariafrancesca Scalise, Rosmarie Friemann, et al.. (2025). Molecular determinants of Neu5Ac binding to a tripartite ATP independent periplasmic (TRAP) transporter. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Vinothkumar, Kutti R., et al.. (2025). An Oryza-specific histone H4 variant predisposes H4 lysine 5 acetylation to modulate salt stress responses. Nature Plants. 11(4). 790–807. 3 indexed citations
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Vinothkumar, Kutti R., et al.. (2024). Factors affecting macromolecule orientations in thin films formed in cryo-EM. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 80(7). 535–550. 1 indexed citations
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Yeramala, Lahari, et al.. (2023). Regulatory mechanisms of c‐di‐AMP synthase from Mycobacterium smegmatis revealed by a structure: Function analysis. Protein Science. 32(3). e4568–e4568. 3 indexed citations
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Fine, Jonathan, Ana Casañal, Gaurav Chopra, et al.. (2020). A 2‐Tyr‐1‐carboxylate Mononuclear Iron Center Forms the Active Site of a Paracoccus Dimethylformamidase. Angewandte Chemie. 132(39). 17109–17114. 1 indexed citations
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Fine, Jonathan, Ana Casañal, Gaurav Chopra, et al.. (2020). A 2‐Tyr‐1‐carboxylate Mononuclear Iron Center Forms the Active Site of a Paracoccus Dimethylformamidase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(39). 16961–16966. 11 indexed citations
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Vinothkumar, Kutti R., et al.. (2020). Comparison of CryoEM and X-ray structures of dimethylformamidase. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 160. 66–78. 3 indexed citations
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Cannone, Giuseppe, et al.. (2019). Molecular basis for metabolite channeling in a ring opening enzyme of the phenylacetate degradation pathway. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4127–4127. 18 indexed citations
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Itoh, Yuzuru, et al.. (2019). Structure-based mechanism for activation of the AAA+ GTPase McrB by the endonuclease McrC. Nature Communications. 10(1). 15 indexed citations
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Blaza, James N., Kutti R. Vinothkumar, & Judy Hirst. (2018). Structure of the Deactive State of Mammalian Respiratory Complex I. Structure. 26(2). 312–319.e3. 101 indexed citations
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Vinothkumar, Kutti R. & Richard A. Henderson. (2016). Single particle electron cryomicroscopy: trends, issues and future perspective. Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics. 49. e13–e13. 137 indexed citations
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Vinothkumar, Kutti R.. (2015). Membrane protein structures without crystals, by single particle electron cryomicroscopy. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 33. 103–114. 43 indexed citations
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Vinothkumar, Kutti R., Greg McMullan, & Richard A. Henderson. (2014). Molecular Mechanism of Antibody-Mediated Activation of β-galactosidase. Structure. 22(4). 621–627. 23 indexed citations
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Vinothkumar, Kutti R. & Matthew Freeman. (2013). Intramembrane proteolysis by rhomboids: catalytic mechanisms and regulatory principles. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 23(6). 851–858. 10 indexed citations
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Vinothkumar, Kutti R.. (2011). Structure of Rhomboid Protease in a Lipid Environment. Journal of Molecular Biology. 407(2). 232–247. 72 indexed citations
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Vinothkumar, Kutti R. & Richard A. Henderson. (2010). Structures of membrane proteins. Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics. 43(1). 65–158. 129 indexed citations
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Vinothkumar, Kutti R., Kvido Střı́šovský, Antonina Andreeva, et al.. (2010). The structural basis for catalysis and substrate specificity of a rhomboid protease. The EMBO Journal. 29(22). 3797–3809. 87 indexed citations
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Vinothkumar, Kutti R., et al.. (2008). Conformations of NhaA, the Na/H Exchanger from Escherichia coli, in the pH-Activated and Ion-Translocating States. Journal of Molecular Biology. 386(2). 351–365. 61 indexed citations
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Yıldız, Özkan, Kutti R. Vinothkumar, Panchali Goswami, & Werner Kühlbrandt. (2006). Structure of the monomeric outer‐membrane porin OmpG in the open and closed conformation. The EMBO Journal. 25(15). 3702–3713. 138 indexed citations

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