Lindsay Sawyer

9.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
103 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Lindsay Sawyer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lindsay Sawyer has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Food Science and 30 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lindsay Sawyer's work include Proteins in Food Systems (36 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (29 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (24 papers). Lindsay Sawyer is often cited by papers focused on Proteins in Food Systems (36 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (29 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (24 papers). Lindsay Sawyer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Lindsay Sawyer's co-authors include George Kontopidis, Carl Holt, A.C.T. North, Elias Eliopoulos, Igor Polikarpov, Su‐Ying Wu, Sharon Brownlow, Miroslav Z. Papiz, João H. Morais‐Cabral and Simon Parsons and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Lindsay Sawyer

102 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 structure of β-lactoglobulin and its similarity to plasma retinol-binding protein

1986 752 citations Lindsay Sawyer, Elias Eliopoulos et al. profile →
Bovine β-lactoglobulin at 1.8 Å resolution — still an enigmatic lipocalin

1997 600 citations João H. Morais‐Cabral, Igor Polikarpov et al. Structure profile →
Invited Review: β-Lactoglobulin: Binding Properties, Structure, and Function

2004 580 citations George Kontopidis, Carl Holt et al. Journal of Dairy Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lindsay Sawyer United Kingdom	41	3.5k	3.0k	1.1k	910	813	103	7.3k
Geoffrey B. Jameson New Zealand	49	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	2.7k 2.4×	589 0.6×	385 0.5×	240	7.4k
Faizan Ahmad India	52	6.7k 1.9×	855 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	410 0.5×	360 0.4×	346	10.2k
Rosangela Marchelli Italy	50	3.4k 1.0×	937 0.3×	538 0.5×	319 0.4×	334 0.4×	239	7.6k
Serge Pérez France	40	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	671 0.6×	1.8k 2.0×	509 0.6×	168	6.3k
Gary M. Gray United States	53	2.4k 0.7×	459 0.2×	507 0.4×	1.3k 1.4×	381 0.5×	266	9.5k
Jen Tsi Yang United States	42	8.9k 2.5×	644 0.2×	1.7k 1.5×	407 0.4×	407 0.5×	127	12.4k
H. Susi United States	31	3.5k 1.0×	979 0.3×	916 0.8×	357 0.4×	247 0.3×	66	6.7k
Lawrence J. Berliner United States	43	2.4k 0.7×	657 0.2×	1.4k 1.2×	733 0.8×	130 0.2×	168	5.9k
Marcia E. Newcomer United States	41	3.4k 1.0×	550 0.2×	576 0.5×	412 0.5×	269 0.3×	102	5.7k
D. Michael Byler United States	24	2.9k 0.8×	916 0.3×	726 0.6×	336 0.4×	216 0.3×	48	5.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lindsay Sawyer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lindsay Sawyer

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Thireou, Trias, Yvan Choiset, Thomas Haertlé, et al.. (2018). Thermodynamic, crystallographic and computational studies of non-mammalian fatty acid binding to bovine β-Lactoglobulin. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 118(Pt A). 296–303. 15 indexed citations

Shafaei, Zahra, Behafarid Ghalandari, Akbar Vaseghi, et al.. (2017). β-Lactoglobulin: An efficient nanocarrier for advanced delivery systems. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 13(5). 1685–1692. 85 indexed citations

Kontopidis, George, et al.. (2014). Ovine β-lactoglobulin at atomic resolution. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 70(11). 1498–1503. 6 indexed citations

Kontopidis, George, Carl Holt, & Lindsay Sawyer. (2004). Invited Review: β-Lactoglobulin: Binding Properties, Structure, and Function. Journal of Dairy Science. 87(4). 785–796. 580 indexed citations breakdown →

Gaudin, Jean‐Charles, Jean‐Marc Chobert, Tatiana V. Burova, et al.. (2004). A Recombinant C121S Mutant of Bovine β-Lactoglobulin Is More Susceptible to Peptic Digestion and to Denaturation by Reducing Agents and Heating. Biochemistry. 43(20). 6312–6321. 47 indexed citations

Clarke, David J., et al.. (2004). Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of the full-length single-stranded DNA-binding protein from the hyperthermophilic bacteriumAquifex aeolicus. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 60(11). 2009–2012. 1 indexed citations

Alexeev, Dmitry, Paul N. Barlow, Jean‐Damien Charrier, et al.. (2003). Synthesis, Structural and Biological Studies of Ubiquitin Mutants Containing (2S, 4S)‐5‐Fluoroleucine Residues Strategically Placed in the Hydrophobic Core. ChemBioChem. 4(9). 894–896. 28 indexed citations

Valente‐Mesquita, Vera Lúcia, et al.. (2001). Crystal structures of bovine β‐lactoglobulin in the orthorhombic space group C222₁. European Journal of Biochemistry. 268(2). 477–484. 81 indexed citations

Burova, T. V., et al.. (2000). Why has porcine VEG protein unusually high stability and suppressed binding ability?. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1478(2). 267–279. 9 indexed citations

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Alexeev, Dmitry, Marina Alexeeva, Robert L. Baxter, et al.. (1998). The crystal structure of 8-amino-7-oxononanoate synthase: a bacterial PLP-dependent, acyl-CoA-condensing enzyme 1 1Edited by R. Huber. Journal of Molecular Biology. 284(2). 401–419. 114 indexed citations

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Muir, Tom W., R. Ramage, Kevin Shaw, et al.. (1997). Synthetic, structural and biological studies of the ubiquitin system: synthesis and crystal structure of an analogue containing unnatural amino acids. Biochemical Journal. 323(3). 727–734. 17 indexed citations

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Morais‐Cabral, João H., Gordon L. Atkins, Luis Sánchez‐Pulido, et al.. (1995). Arachidonic acid binds to apolipoprotein D: implications for the protein's function. FEBS Letters. 366(1). 53–56. 118 indexed citations

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Alexeev, Dmitry, et al.. (1995). Substrate binding and carboxylation by dethiobiotin synthetase — a kinetic and X-ray study. Structure. 3(11). 1207–1215. 21 indexed citations

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Alexeev, Dmitry, Charlotte Boys, Lindsay Sawyer, et al.. (1994). Sequence and Crystallization of Escherichia coli Dethiobiotin Synthetase, the Penultimate Enzyme of Biotin Biosynthesis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 235(2). 774–776. 16 indexed citations

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Coussons, Peter J., Nicholas C. Price, Sharon M. Kelly, Bradley J. Smith, & Lindsay Sawyer. (1992). Transglutaminase catalyses the modification of glutamine side chains in the C-terminal region of bovine β-lactoglobulin. Biochemical Journal. 283(3). 803–806. 23 indexed citations

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Adams, Paul D. & Lindsay Sawyer. (1990). Structure of rodent urinary proteins. Biochemical Society Transactions. 18(5). 936–937. 7 indexed citations

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Holt, Carl & Lindsay Sawyer. (1988). Primary and predicted secondary structures of the caseins in relation to their biological functions. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 2(4). 251–259. 110 indexed citations

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Monaco, Hugo L., Giuseppe Zanotti, Paola Spadon, et al.. (1987). Crystal structure of the trigonal form of bovine beta-lactoglobulin and of its complex with retinol at 2.5 Å resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology. 197(4). 695–706. 303 indexed citations

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Meyer, T.E., et al.. (1981). A reassessment of the structure of Paracoccus cytochrome c-550. Journal of Molecular Biology. 147(2). 351–356. 39 indexed citations

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Sawyer, Lindsay. (1972). A fourth crystal form of rabbit muscle aldolase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 71(2). 503–505. 10 indexed citations

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