Mary Prorok

1.2k total citations
53 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Mary Prorok is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary Prorok has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mary Prorok's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (20 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (13 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers). Mary Prorok is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (20 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (13 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers). Mary Prorok collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Mary Prorok's co-authors include Francis Castellino, Tamás Blandl, Qiuyun Dai, Scott E. Warder, David P. Weliky, David S. Lawrence, James H. Geiger, Zhenyu Sheng, Dinesh K. Sukumaran and Rebecca C. Klein and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Mary Prorok

53 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers

Mary Prorok
Irena Levitan United States
Ryuichi Masaki Japan
Kizhake V. Soman United States
Aleksandra Wysłouch‐Cieszyńska Poland
Yuh‐Hwa Wang United States
Elisabeth P.C. Kilsdonk Netherlands
Anna Łęgowska Poland
Kassoum Nacro United States
Greet Vanhoof Belgium
John DiMaio United States
Irena Levitan United States
Mary Prorok
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All Works

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Dai, Qiuyun, Mingxin Dong, Zhuguo Liu, Mary Prorok, & Francis Castellino. (2010). Ca2+-induced self-assembly in designed peptides with optimally spaced gamma-carboxyglutamic acid residues. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 105(1). 52–57. 9 indexed citations
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Prorok, Mary, et al.. (2010). Metal ion determinants of conantokin dimerization as revealed in the X-ray crystallographic structure of the Cd2+/Mg2+–con-T[K7γ] complex. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 15(5). 667–675. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Min, Mary Prorok, & Francis Castellino. (2010). NMR Backbone Dynamics of VEK-30 Bound to the Human Plasminogen Kringle 2 Domain. Biophysical Journal. 99(1). 302–312. 10 indexed citations
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Figuera-Losada, Mariana, Marie Ranson, Martina Sanderson‐Smith, et al.. (2010). Effects on human plasminogen conformation and activation rate caused by interaction with VEK-30, a peptide derived from the group A streptococcal M-like protein (PAM). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1804(6). 1342–1349. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Min, Jaroslav Zajíček, James H. Geiger, Mary Prorok, & Francis Castellino. (2009). Solution structure of the complex of VEK-30 and plasminogen kringle 2. Journal of Structural Biology. 169(3). 349–359. 17 indexed citations
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Huang, Yuanyuan, Mingxin Dong, Jie Hu, et al.. (2008). NR2B-selective conantokin peptide inhibitors of the NMDA receptor display enhanced antinociceptive properties compared to non-selective conantokins. Neuropeptides. 42(5-6). 601–609. 23 indexed citations
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Sheng, Zhenyu, Qiuyun Dai, Mary Prorok, & Francis Castellino. (2007). Subtype-selective antagonism of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor ion channels by synthetic conantokin peptides. Neuropharmacology. 53(1). 145–156. 25 indexed citations
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Prorok, Mary & Francis Castellino. (2007). The Molecular Basis of Conantokin Antagonism of NMDA Receptor Function. Current Drug Targets. 8(5). 633–642. 26 indexed citations
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Dong, Mingxin, et al.. (2006). Conantokins and variants derived from cone snail venom inhibit naloxone-induced withdrawal jumping in morphine-dependent mice. Neuroscience Letters. 405(1-2). 137–141. 16 indexed citations
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Dai, Qiuyun, Mary Prorok, & Francis Castellino. (2005). Role of the Hexapeptide Disulfide Loop in the γ-Carboxyglutamic Acid Domain of Protein C in Ca2+-Mediated Structural and Functional Properties. Biochemistry. 44(37). 12508–12514. 6 indexed citations
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Dai, Qiuyun, Mary Prorok, & Francis Castellino. (2003). A New Mechanism for Metal Ion-assisted Interchain Helix Assembly in a Naturally Occurring Peptide Mediated by Optimally Spaced γ-Carboxyglutamic Acid Residues. Journal of Molecular Biology. 336(3). 731–744. 27 indexed citations
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Klein, Rebecca C., Scott E. Warder, Zygmunt Galdzicki, Francis Castellino, & Mary Prorok. (2001). Kinetic and mechanistic characterization of NMDA receptor antagonism by replacement and truncation variants of the conantokin peptides. Neuropharmacology. 41(7). 801–810. 11 indexed citations
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Warder, Scott E., Tamás Blandl, Rebecca C. Klein, Francis Castellino, & Mary Prorok. (2001). Amino acid determinants for NMDA receptor inhibition by conantokin‐T. Journal of Neurochemistry. 77(3). 812–822. 16 indexed citations
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Prorok, Mary & Francis Castellino. (1998). Thermodynamics of Binding of Calcium, Magnesium, and Zinc to theN-Methyl-d-aspartate Receptor Ion Channel Peptidic Inhibitors, Conantokin-G and Conantokin-T. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(31). 19573–19578. 35 indexed citations
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Warder, Scott E., et al.. (1997). The NMR solution structure of the NMDA receptor antagonist, conantokin‐T, in the absence of divalent metal ions. FEBS Letters. 411(1). 19–26. 27 indexed citations
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DeFord, Melanie E., et al.. (1997). High‐level secretion in Pichia pastoris and biochemical characterization of the recombinantkringle 2 domain of tissue‐type plasminogen activator. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. 25(1). 63–74. 19 indexed citations
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Prorok, Mary & David S. Lawrence. (1989). Cryopreservation of the cyclic 3′,5′-adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase from bovine cardiac muscle. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods. 18(3). 167–175. 10 indexed citations

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