Michael L. Sinnott

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
119 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

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Michael L. Sinnott is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. Sinnott has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Organic Chemistry and 36 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Michael L. Sinnott's work include Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (42 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (41 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (33 papers). Michael L. Sinnott is often cited by papers focused on Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (42 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (41 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (33 papers). Michael L. Sinnott collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Michael L. Sinnott's co-authors include Andrew J. Bennet, Stephen G. Withers, William P. Jencks, Harry Brumer, Peter J. Smith, Paul F. G. Sims, Odile M. Viratelle, G.J. Davies, Marc Claeyssens and Anu Koivula and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Sinnott

118 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Catalytic mechanism of enzymic glycosyl transfer

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael L. Sinnott United Kingdom	31	2.6k	2.0k	1.5k	901	476	119	4.1k
Antoni Planas Spain	37	2.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	785 1.6×	145	4.3k
Marco Moracci Italy	34	2.4k 0.9×	988 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	527 0.6×	245 0.5×	112	3.4k
L. Hough United Kingdom	31	2.1k 0.8×	2.1k 1.1×	380 0.2×	208 0.2×	722 1.5×	261	4.3k
J. Sanz‐Aparicio Spain	34	1.6k 0.6×	765 0.4×	883 0.6×	604 0.7×	359 0.8×	152	3.1k
R.E. Huber Canada	31	2.0k 0.8×	613 0.3×	762 0.5×	321 0.4×	191 0.4×	106	3.1k
David H. G. Crout United Kingdom	27	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	632 0.4×	226 0.3×	207 0.4×	147	2.7k
John D. McCarter United States	26	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	802 0.5×	311 0.3×	225 0.5×	47	2.7k
Jun Hiratake Japan	33	2.3k 0.9×	967 0.5×	328 0.2×	445 0.5×	164 0.3×	84	3.6k
Vadim V. Mozhaev Russia	29	2.4k 0.9×	266 0.1×	723 0.5×	360 0.4×	288 0.6×	62	3.4k
Terese Bergfors Sweden	25	2.1k 0.8×	313 0.2×	448 0.3×	528 0.6×	230 0.5×	40	2.9k

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Borisova, Anna S., Dina R. Ivanen, Elena V. Eneyskaya, et al.. (2015). The method of integrated kinetics and its applicability to the exo-glycosidase-catalyzed hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl glycosides. Carbohydrate Research. 412. 43–49. 4 indexed citations

Borisova, Anna S., Dina R. Ivanen, Elena V. Eneyskaya, et al.. (2014). α-Galactobiosyl units: thermodynamics and kinetics of their formation by transglycosylations catalysed by the GH36 α-galactosidase from Thermotoga maritima. Carbohydrate Research. 401. 115–121. 7 indexed citations

Sinnott, Michael L.. (2013). Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry: Structure and Mechanism. 25 indexed citations

Sinnott, Michael L., et al.. (2004). Efficient electrophilic catalysis of 1,5-anhydrocellobiitol hydrolysis by Al^III; implications for the conservation of “rosin-alum” sized paper. Chemical Communications. 866–867. 9 indexed citations

Ossowski, Ingemar von, Jerry Ståhlberg, Anu Koivula, et al.. (2003). Engineering the Exo-loop of Cellobiohydrolase, Cel7A. A comparison with Cel7D. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 2 indexed citations

Ossowski, Ingemar von, Jerry Ståhlberg, Anu Koivula, et al.. (2003). Engineering the Exo-loop of Trichoderma reesei Cellobiohydrolase, Cel7A. A comparison with Phanerochaete chrysosporium Cel7D. Journal of Molecular Biology. 333(4). 817–829. 142 indexed citations

Becker, D. E., Harry Brumer, Marc Claeyssens, et al.. (2001). Engineering of a glycosidase Family 7 cellobiohydrolase to more alkaline pH optimum: the pH behaviour of Trichoderma reesei Cel7A and its E223S/ A224H/L225V/T226A/D262G mutant. Biochemical Journal. 356(1). 19–19. 54 indexed citations

Andrews, Simon, Simon J. Charnock, Jeremy H. Lakey, et al.. (2000). Substrate Specificity in Glycoside Hydrolase Family 10. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(30). 23027–23033. 55 indexed citations

Sinnott, Michael L.. (1998). Reactions of nucleophilic/carbanionoid carbon. Academic Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Sinnott, Michael L.. (1998). Radical reactions and oxidation/reduction. Academic Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations

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Charnock, Simon J., Jeremy H. Lakey, Richard Virden, et al.. (1997). Key Residues in Subsite F Play a Critical Role in the Activity of Pseudomonas fluorescens Subspecies cellulosa Xylanase A Against Xylooligosaccharides but Not Against Highly Polymeric Substrates such as Xylan. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(5). 2942–2951. 71 indexed citations

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Chany, Calvin J., et al.. (1997). Definition of the substrate specificity of the ‘sensing’ xylanase of Streptomyces cyaneus using xylooligosaccharide and cellooligosaccharide glycosides of 3,4-dinitrophenol. Journal of Biotechnology. 57(1-3). 181–190. 9 indexed citations

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Krishnan, S., B G Hall, & Michael L. Sinnott. (1995). Catalytic consequences of experimental evolution: catalysis by a ‘third-generation’ evolvant of the second beta-galactosidase of Escherichia coli, ebg abcde, and by ebg abcd, a ‘second-generation’ evolvant containing two supposedly ‘kinetically silent’ mutations. Biochemical Journal. 312(3). 971–977. 10 indexed citations

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Broda, Paul, et al.. (1994). Phanerochaete chrysosporiumand its natural substrate. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 13(2-3). 189–195. 10 indexed citations

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Laver, W.G., et al.. (1994). Catalysis by Two Sialidases with the Same Protein Fold but Different Stereochemical Courses: A Mechanistic Comparison of the Enzymes from Influenza A Virus and Salmonella typhimurium. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 116(13). 5572–5578. 27 indexed citations

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Fleet, George W. J., et al.. (1990). Inhibition of the α-l-arabinofuranosidase III of Monilinia fructigena by 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-l-threitol and 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-l-arabinitol. Biochemical Journal. 266(1). 245–249. 24 indexed citations

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Sinnott, Michael L., et al.. (1988). Preparation of some aryl α-l-arabinofuranosides as substrates for arabino-furanosidase. Carbohydrate Research. 181. 262–266. 15 indexed citations

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Bennet, Andrew J., et al.. (1987). A temperature-dependent change in the mechanism of acid catalysis of the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl β-D-glucopyranoside indicated by oxygen-18 and solvent deuterium kinetic isotope effects. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 581–584. 11 indexed citations

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Fielding, A. H., et al.. (1981). Product stereochemistry and some inhibitors of the α-arabinofuranosidases of Monilinia fructigena. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1013–1014. 3 indexed citations

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Sinnott, Michael L. & M. C. Whiting. (1971). Classical carbonium ions. Part II. Synthesis, properties, and solvolysis of alkyl picrates and related compounds. A comparison of arenesulphonate and phenoxide leaving groups. Journal of the Chemical Society B Physical Organic. 965–965. 5 indexed citations

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