Maite Roca

1.6k total citations
43 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Maite Roca is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Maite Roca has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Maite Roca's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (22 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (16 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (8 papers). Maite Roca is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (22 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (16 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (8 papers). Maite Roca collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. Maite Roca's co-authors include Iñaki Tuñón, Vicent Moliner, Arieh Warshel, Benjamin Messer, Juan Bertrán, Juán Andrés, Sergio Martı́, Spyridon Vicatos, J. Javier Ruiz‐Pernía and Juan Aranda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Maite Roca

42 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maite Roca Spain 20 1.0k 393 186 103 98 43 1.3k
Yun Xiang China 9 954 0.9× 324 0.8× 173 0.9× 221 2.1× 69 0.7× 11 1.5k
Vítor H. Teixeira Portugal 19 714 0.7× 194 0.5× 224 1.2× 78 0.8× 59 0.6× 25 1.0k
J. Javier Ruiz‐Pernía Spain 23 996 1.0× 400 1.0× 144 0.8× 266 2.6× 111 1.1× 65 1.5k
Shuhua Ma United States 15 669 0.6× 218 0.6× 149 0.8× 278 2.7× 55 0.6× 26 1.1k
Jan Saam Germany 9 595 0.6× 175 0.4× 174 0.9× 134 1.3× 33 0.3× 11 1.1k
Orlando Tapia Sweden 12 513 0.5× 265 0.7× 147 0.8× 163 1.6× 136 1.4× 18 979
Fredy Sussman Spain 16 963 0.9× 289 0.7× 275 1.5× 230 2.2× 57 0.6× 43 1.4k
Jason DeChancie United States 9 1.0k 1.0× 344 0.9× 48 0.3× 256 2.5× 82 0.8× 9 1.3k
Changge Ji China 17 630 0.6× 268 0.7× 160 0.9× 144 1.4× 42 0.4× 34 1.1k
Xin Wen China 23 825 0.8× 286 0.7× 112 0.6× 350 3.4× 182 1.9× 90 1.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Roca, Maite, et al.. (2025). Comparing Force Field Treatments in QM/MM Studies of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase (RdRp) Mechanism. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 21(23). 12342–12355.
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Roca, Maite, Kirill Zinovjev, Sara Gómez, et al.. (2020). Elucidating the Catalytic Reaction Mechanism of Orotate Phosphoribosyltransferase by Means of X-ray Crystallography and Computational Simulations. ACS Catalysis. 10(3). 1871–1885. 9 indexed citations
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Luk, Louis Y. P., J. Javier Ruiz‐Pernía, William Dawson, et al.. (2013). Unraveling the role of protein dynamics in dihydrofolate reductase catalysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(41). 16344–16349. 109 indexed citations
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Aranda, Juan, Maite Roca, & Iñaki Tuñón. (2012). Substrate promiscuity in DNA methyltransferase M.PvuII. A mechanistic insight. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(28). 5395–5395. 7 indexed citations
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Roca, Maite, Juan Aranda, Vicent Moliner, & Iñaki Tuñón. (2012). Modeling methods for studying post-translational and transcriptional modifying enzymes. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 16(5-6). 465–471. 5 indexed citations
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Roca, Maite, Mónica Oliva, Raquel Castillo, Vicent Moliner, & Iñaki Tuñón. (2010). Do Dynamic Effects Play a Significant Role in Enzymatic Catalysis? A Theoretical Analysis of Formate Dehydrogenase. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(37). 11399–11411. 24 indexed citations
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Roca, Maite, et al.. (2010). Theoretical study of the temperature dependence of dynamic effects in thymidylate synthase. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12(37). 11657–11657. 15 indexed citations
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Roca, Maite, et al.. (2010). Theoretical Study of Phosphodiester Hydrolysis in Nucleotide Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase. Environmental Effects on the Reaction Mechanism. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(20). 6955–6963. 51 indexed citations
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Messer, Benjamin, et al.. (2009). Multiscale simulations of protein landscapes: Using coarse‐grained models as reference potentials to full explicit models. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 78(5). 1212–1227. 61 indexed citations
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Vicatos, Spyridon, Maite Roca, & Arieh Warshel. (2009). Effective approach for calculations of absolute stability of proteins using focused dielectric constants. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 77(3). 670–684. 61 indexed citations
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Roca, Maite, et al.. (2009). The empirical valence bond as an effective strategy for computer‐aided enzyme design. Biotechnology Journal. 4(4). 495–500. 12 indexed citations
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Roca, Maite, Benjamin Messer, Donald Hilvert, & Arieh Warshel. (2008). On the relationship between folding and chemical landscapes in enzyme catalysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(37). 13877–13882. 73 indexed citations
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Roca, Maite, Benjamin Messer, & Arieh Warshel. (2007). Electrostatic contributions to protein stability and folding energy. FEBS Letters. 581(10). 2065–2071. 47 indexed citations
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Roca, Maite, Leonardo De Maria, Shoshana J. Wodak, et al.. (2007). Coupling of the guanosine glycosidic bond conformation and the ribonucleotide cleavage reaction: Implications for barnase catalysis. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 70(2). 415–428. 2 indexed citations
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Roca, Maite, Vicent Moliner, J. Javier Ruiz‐Pernía, Estanislao Silla, & Iñaki Tuñón. (2005). Activation Free Energy of Catechol O-Methyltransferase. Corrections to the Potential of Mean Force. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 110(2). 503–509. 29 indexed citations
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Roca, Maite, Juán Andrés, Vicent Moliner, Iñaki Tuñón, & Juan Bertrán. (2005). On the Nature of the Transition State in Catechol O-Methyltransferase. A Complementary Study Based on Molecular Dynamics and Potential Energy Surface Explorations. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(30). 10648–10655. 39 indexed citations
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Williams, Ian H., Maite Roca, Sergio Martı́, et al.. (2004). Theoretical modelling of enzyme catalytic power: Analysis of "cratic" and electrostatic factors in catechol O-methyl transferase. Abstracts of papers - American Chemical Society. 227. 1 indexed citations
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Ruggiero, Giuseppe, Ian H. Williams, Maite Roca, Vicent Moliner, & Iñaki Tuñón. (2004). QM/MM Determination of Kinetic Isotope Effects for COMT-Catalyzed Methyl Transfer Does Not Support Compression Hypothesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126(28). 8634–8635. 42 indexed citations
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Roca, Maite, Sergio Martı́, Juán Andrés, et al.. (2003). Theoretical Modeling of Enzyme Catalytic Power:  Analysis of “Cratic” and Electrostatic Factors in Catechol O -Methyltransferase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125(25). 7726–7737. 58 indexed citations
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Tortajada, Cecilia, et al.. (2003). Creencias y percepciones de los cuidadores, formales e informales, del enfermo en cardiopatía isquémica. 30–34. 1 indexed citations

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