Michael W. W. Adams

32.0k citations

491 papers · 24.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 82

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.1%
Materials Chemistry top 0.5%
Biomedical Engineering top 0.5%
Inorganic Chemistry top 0.2%

Co-authors: Gerrit J. Schut Robert M. Kelly Francis E. Jenney Kesen Ma Arnulf Kletzin Leonard E. Mortenson Douglas C. Rees Michael K. Johnson
Topics: Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (175 papers)Enzyme Structure and Function (78 papers)Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (67 papers)
Cited by: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Inorganic Chemistry Biotechnology
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Japan

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Michael W. W. Adams

486 papers receiving 23.6k citations

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The structure and mechanism of iron-hydrogenases

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1	Cryo-EM structures define the electron bifurcating flavobicluster and ferredoxin binding site in an archaeal Nfn-Bfu transhydrogenase 2025 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown),Gerrit J. Schut,Xiang Feng,Diep M.N. Nguyen,Haiyan Huang,Shuning Wang,Huilin Li,Michael W. W. Adams	0
2	Engineering the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus for 1-propanol production 2025 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Ryan G. Bing,Farris L. Poole,Ying Zhang,Robert M. Kelly,Michael W. W. Adams	1
3	Storage of the vital metal tungsten in a dominant SCFA-producing human gut microbe Eubacterium limosum and implications for other gut microbes 2025 ·mBio ·Nana Shao,Dayong Zhou,Gerrit J. Schut,Farris L. Poole,(unknown),Anthony J. Donaghy,(unknown),Michael P. Thorgersen,Lirong Chen,John P. Rose,Bi‐Cheng Wang,Michael W. W. Adams	1
4	Beyond low lignin: Identifying the primary barrier to plant biomass conversion by fermentative bacteria 2024 ·Science Advances ·Ryan G. Bing,Daniel B. Sulis,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Christopher T. Straub,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Xiao Jiang,Chenmin Yang,Jack Wang,Michael W. W. Adams,Robert M. Kelly	5
5	Mixed nitrate and metal contamination influences operational speciation of toxic and essential elements 2023 ·Environmental Pollution ·Michael P. Thorgersen,Jennifer L. Goff,Farris L. Poole,(unknown),(unknown),Lauren Michelle Lui,Terry C. Hazen,Adam P. Arkin,Michael W. W. Adams	1
6	Ecophysiological and genomic analyses of a representative isolate of highly abundant Bacillus cereus strains in contaminated subsurface sediments 2022 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Jennifer L. Goff,(unknown),Michael P. Thorgersen,(unknown),Yupeng Fan,Lauren Michelle Lui,Torben Nielsen,Kristopher A. Hunt,(unknown),Yajiao Wang,Daliang Ning,Ying Fu,Joy D. Van Nostrand,Farris L. Poole,John‐Marc Chandonia,Terry C. Hazen,David A. Stahl,Jizhong Zhou,Adam P. Arkin,Michael W. W. Adams	6
7	Genotype to ecotype in niche environments: adaptation of Arthrobacter to carbon availability and environmental conditions 2022 ·ISME Communications ·(unknown),Lauren Michelle Lui,Torben Nielsen,Xiaoqin Wu,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Farris L. Poole,Michael W. W. Adams,Adam P. Arkin,Romy Chakraborty	14
8	An unprecedented function for a tungsten-containing oxidoreductase 2022 ·JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Mario Rivera,John Glushka,Michael W. W. Adams,William N. Lanzilotta	6
9	The diversity and specificity of the extracellular proteome in the cellulolytic bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor bescii is driven by the nature of the cellulosic growth substrate 2018 ·Biotechnology for Biofuels ·Suresh Poudel,Richard J. Giannone,Mirko Basen,Intawat Nookaew,Farris L. Poole,Robert M. Kelly,Michael W. W. Adams,Robert L. Hettich	13
10	The catalytic mechanism of electron-bifurcating electron transfer flavoproteins (ETFs) involves an intermediary complex with NAD+ 2018 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Gerrit J. Schut,(unknown),Monika Tokmina‐Lukaszewska,David W. Mulder,Diep M.N. Nguyen,Gina L. Lipscomb,John P. Hoben,Angela Patterson,Carolyn E. Lubner,Paul W. King,John W. Peters,Brian Bothner,Anne‐Frances Miller,Michael W. W. Adams	37
11	Mechanistic insights into energy conservation by flavin-based electron bifurcation 2017 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·Carolyn E. Lubner,David P. Jennings,David W. Mulder,Gerrit J. Schut,Oleg A. Zadvornyy,John P. Hoben,Monika Tokmina‐Lukaszewska,(unknown),Diep M.N. Nguyen,Gina L. Lipscomb,Brian Bothner,Anne K. Jones,Anne‐Frances Miller,Paul W. King,Michael W. W. Adams,John W. Peters	109
12	Unification of [FeFe]-hydrogenases into three structural and functional groups 2016 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects ·Saroj Poudel,Monika Tokmina‐Lukaszewska,Daniel R. Colman,Mohammed Y. Refai,Gerrit J. Schut,Paul W. King,Pin‐Ching Maness,Michael W. W. Adams,John W. Peters,Brian Bothner,Eric S. Boyd	53
13	Single gene insertion drives bioalcohol production by a thermophilic archaeon 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mirko Basen,Gerrit J. Schut,Diep M.N. Nguyen,Gina L. Lipscomb,(unknown),Cameron J. Prybol,Brian J. Vaccaro,Farris L. Poole,Robert M. Kelly,Michael W. W. Adams	70
14	Transcriptional and Biochemical Analysis of Starch Metabolism in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus 2006 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Han‐Seung Lee,Keith R. Shockley,Gerrit J. Schut,Shannon B. Conners,Clemente I. Montero,Matthew R. Johnson,Chung‐Jung Chou,(unknown),Nathan A. Wigner,(unknown),Francis E. Jenney,Donald A. Comfort,Robert M. Kelly,Michael W. W. Adams	51
15	Defining Genes in the Genome of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus : Implications for All Microbial Genomes 2005 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·Farris L. Poole,Brian A. Gerwe,Robert C. Hopkins,Gerrit J. Schut,Michael V. Weinberg,Francis E. Jenney,Michael W. W. Adams	29
16	[16] Alcohol dehydrogenases from Thermococcus litoralis and Thermococcus strain ES-1 2001 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Kesen Ma,Michael W. W. Adams	7
17	Hydrogen production from pyruvate by enzymes purified from the hyperthermophilic archaeon,Pyrococcus furiosus: A key role for NADPH 1994 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Kesen Ma,(unknown),Michael W. W. Adams	52
18	Free radical exit from latex particles 1986 ·Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Michael W. W. Adams,D. H. Napper,Robert G. Gilbert,David F. Sangster	1
19	Photolysis of water for H2 production with the use of biological and artificial catalysts 1980 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D.O. Hall,Michael W. W. Adams,Phillip Morris,Krishna Rao	6
20	The Photoactivated Production of Molecular Hydrogen Over Prolonged Periods Catalysed by Platinum or Hydrogenase 1979 ·Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics. ·Michael W. W. Adams,Krishna Rao,D.O. Hall	17

About Michael W. W. Adams

Michael W. W. Adams is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology, having authored 491 papers that have together received 24.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (175 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (78 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (67 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (7.8k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (3.4k citations) and Biotechnology (1.7k citations). Michael W. W. Adams has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Gerrit J. Schut, Robert M. Kelly, Francis E. Jenney, Kesen Ma, Arnulf Kletzin, Leonard E. Mortenson, Douglas C. Rees, Michael K. Johnson, S. Mukund and Marc F. J. M. Verhagen. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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