Mirosław Cygler

17.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
246 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Mirosław Cygler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mirosław Cygler has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 184 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Materials Chemistry and 55 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Mirosław Cygler's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (61 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (38 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (28 papers). Mirosław Cygler is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (61 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (38 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (28 papers). Mirosław Cygler collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Mirosław Cygler's co-authors include Joseph D. Schrag, Yunge Li, Paweł Grochulski, Allan Matte, Israel Silman, Michal Harel, Joel L. Sussman, J. Sivaraman, Marie-Line Garron and Shan Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Mirosław Cygler

241 papers receiving 13.5k citations

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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.

The α/β hydrolase fold

1992 1.7k citations Mirosław Cygler, Joseph D. Schrag et al. profile →
Insights into interfacial activation from an open structure of Candida rugosa lipase

1993 505 citations Paweł Grochulski, Joseph D. Schrag et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mirosław Cygler Canada	59	10.2k	2.1k	1.5k	1.4k	1.1k	246	13.8k
Zygmunt S. Derewenda United States	60	9.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.2k 1.5×	909 0.7×	978 0.9×	154	12.2k
Daan M. F. van Aalten United Kingdom	66	14.1k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	3.6k 2.6×	1.6k 1.5×	214	18.2k
Christian Cambillau France	80	11.5k 1.1×	808 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	834 0.8×	347	20.0k
Harold R. Powell United Kingdom	22	9.2k 0.9×	991 0.5×	3.9k 2.6×	1.5k 1.1×	906 0.8×	73	14.2k
G. Bunkóczi United Kingdom	21	15.4k 1.5×	2.0k 0.9×	3.8k 2.6×	901 0.7×	858 0.8×	28	21.3k
Michael N.G. James Canada	63	8.8k 0.9×	724 0.4×	2.6k 1.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	229	12.7k
M.E.M. Noble United Kingdom	63	9.9k 1.0×	2.9k 1.4×	2.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	306 0.3×	144	13.7k
A. A. Vagin Russia	14	13.4k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	4.8k 3.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	20	18.6k
Stuart McNicholas United Kingdom	13	9.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	3.6k 2.4×	783 0.6×	959 0.9×	19	13.4k
Elizabeth Potterton United Kingdom	8	8.9k 0.9×	989 0.5×	3.3k 2.3×	723 0.5×	901 0.8×	8	12.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dolgova, Natalia V., Muhammad Qureshi, Matthew J. Latimer, et al.. (2025). Structural Changes at the Zinc Active Site of ACE2 on Binding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Receptor Binding Domain. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(8). 3831–3841. 1 indexed citations

Rolando, Monica, et al.. (2023). The SET and ankyrin domains of the secreted Legionella pneumophila histone methyltransferase work together to modify host chromatin. mBio. 14(5). e0165523–e0165523. 5 indexed citations

Giogha, Cristina, Clare V. Oates, Paul J. McMillan, et al.. (2022). Targeting of microvillus protein Eps8 by the NleH effector kinases from enteropathogenic E. coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(34). e2204332119–e2204332119. 7 indexed citations

Zhao, Jianhua, Yao Liu, Stephanie A. Bueler, et al.. (2017). Molecular basis for the binding and modulation of V-ATPase by a bacterial effector protein. PLoS Pathogens. 13(6). e1006394–e1006394. 53 indexed citations

Wong, Kathy, et al.. (2017). Structural Mimicry by a Bacterial F Box Effector Hijacks the Host Ubiquitin-Proteasome System. Structure. 25(2). 376–383. 24 indexed citations

Shi, Rong, Deqiang Yao, Ruo‐Xu Gu, et al.. (2016). Conformational flexibility of PL12 family heparinases: structure and substrate specificity of heparinase III fromBacteroides thetaiotaomicron(BT4657). Glycobiology. 27(2). 176–187. 16 indexed citations

Cherney, M.M., Tara Condos, Kathryn R. Barber, et al.. (2014). Bacterial Effector Kinases. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances. 70(a1). C428–C428. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Rong, Laura McDonald, Jason Baardsnes, et al.. (2014). Structure of CbpA J-Domain Bound to the Regulatory Protein CbpM Explains Its Specificity and Suggests Evolutionary Link between CbpM and Transcriptional Regulators. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e100441–e100441. 8 indexed citations

Ajamian, Eunice, et al.. (2012). Protein-Protein Interactions in the β-Oxidation Part of the Phenylacetate Utilization Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(45). 37986–37996. 13 indexed citations

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Garron, Marie-Line, Bo Yang, Zhongping Xiao, et al.. (2011). Asparagine 405 of heparin lyase II prevents the cleavage of glycosidic linkages proximate to a 3‐O‐sulfoglucosamine residue. FEBS Letters. 585(15). 2461–2466. 16 indexed citations

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Shi, Rong, Yunge Li, Christine Munger, et al.. (2011). Structure of Hydrogenase Maturation Protein HypF with Reaction Intermediates Shows Two Active Sites. Structure. 19(12). 1773–1783. 30 indexed citations

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Ajamian, Eunice, et al.. (2010). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of PaaAC, the main component of the hydroxylase of theEscherichia coliphenylacetyl-coenzyme A oxygenase complex. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 66(9). 1045–1049. 5 indexed citations

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Shi, Rong, Bijan Zakeri, Ariane Proteau, et al.. (2009). Structure and Function of the Glycopeptide N-methyltransferase MtfA, a Tool for the Biosynthesis of Modified Glycopeptide Antibiotics. Chemistry & Biology. 16(4). 401–410. 38 indexed citations

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Hung, Ming‐Ni, et al.. (2007). NMR structure of YcgL, a conserved protein from Escherichia coli representing the DUF709 family, with a novel α/β/α sandwich fold. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 66(4). 1004–1007. 1 indexed citations

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Suits, M.D.L., Gour P. Pal, Kanji Nakatsu, et al.. (2005). Identification of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 heme oxygenase with tandem functional repeats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(47). 16955–16960. 77 indexed citations

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Shaya, David, Yunge Li, & Mirosław Cygler. (2004). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of heparinase II fromPedobacter heparinus. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 60(9). 1644–1646. 5 indexed citations

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Sivaraman, J., P. Iannuzzi, Mirosław Cygler, & Allan Matte. (2003). Crystal Structure of the RluD Pseudouridine Synthase Catalytic Module, an Enzyme that Modifies 23S rRNA and is Essential for Normal Cell Growth of Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 335(1). 87–101. 34 indexed citations

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Tocilj, Ante, et al.. (2003). Molecules ofEscherichia coliMobB assemble into densely packed hollow cylinders in a crystal lattice with 75% solvent content. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 59(12). 2348–2352. 1 indexed citations

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Pawelek, Peter D., Marc Allaire, Mirosław Cygler, & Robert E. MacKenzie. (2000). Channeling efficiency in the bifunctional methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase/cyclohydrolase domain: the effects of site-directed mutagenesis of NADP binding residues. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1479(1-2). 59–68. 22 indexed citations

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Grochulski, Paweł, François Bouthillier, Romas J. Kazlauskas, et al.. (1994). Analogs of Reaction Intermediates Identify a Unique Substrate Binding Site in Candida rugosa Lipase. Biochemistry. 33(12). 3494–3500. 218 indexed citations

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