Nigel G. J. Richards

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
139 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

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Nigel G. J. Richards is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel G. J. Richards has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Materials Chemistry and 27 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Nigel G. J. Richards's work include Biochemical and Molecular Research (35 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (34 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (22 papers). Nigel G. J. Richards is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Molecular Research (35 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (34 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (22 papers). Nigel G. J. Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Nigel G. J. Richards's co-authors include F. MOHAMADI, Rob M. J. Liskamp, Craig E. Caufield, Thomas F. Hendrickson, W. Clark Still, Wayne C. Guida, Mark A. Lipton, George Chang, Sheldon M. Schuster and Michael S. Kilberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Nigel G. J. Richards

137 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nigel G. J. Richards United States	33	4.1k	2.2k	945	887	570	139	6.8k
T. Prangé France	43	2.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	666 0.8×	438 0.8×	271	5.7k
Emmanuel A. Theodorakis United States	45	2.6k 0.6×	2.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.6×	1.3k 1.5×	424 0.7×	154	7.5k
David G. Gorenstein United States	49	5.6k 1.4×	1.4k 0.6×	706 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	295 0.5×	257	8.5k
Mats H. M. Olsson Sweden	31	5.8k 1.4×	1.0k 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	538 0.6×	374 0.7×	43	8.9k
Fábio C. Gozzo Brazil	42	2.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	532 0.6×	1.3k 1.5×	600 1.1×	189	5.9k
Eric J. Toone United States	38	4.4k 1.1×	2.6k 1.2×	578 0.6×	443 0.5×	225 0.4×	114	6.7k
Koichi Shudo Japan	52	5.2k 1.3×	3.4k 1.5×	480 0.5×	972 1.1×	856 1.5×	415	9.8k
Duncan E. McRee United States	43	5.8k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	1.9k 2.0×	474 0.5×	420 0.7×	86	9.1k
Carol A. Fierke United States	60	8.8k 2.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 1.9×	975 1.1×	492 0.9×	240	12.2k
Ramy Farid United States	28	5.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	402 0.5×	229 0.4×	48	8.2k

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Young, Mark R., P. M. Hall, Nigel G. J. Richards, & David C. Lees. (2025). Sufetula culshawi sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Lathrotelinae): a previously unrecognised species affecting cultivated palms. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 48. 1–14.

Klinman, Judith P., Susan M. Miller, & Nigel G. J. Richards. (2025). A Foundational Shift in Models for Enzyme Function. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(18). 14884–14904. 4 indexed citations

Coricello, Adriana, Antonio Lupia, Matthijn Vos, et al.. (2024). 3D variability analysis reveals a hidden conformational change controlling ammonia transport in human asparagine synthetase. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10538–10538. 2 indexed citations

Li, Wenbo, et al.. (2023). Experimental and computational snapshots of C-C bond formation in a C-nucleoside synthase. Open Biology. 13(1). 220287–220287. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Huanting, et al.. (2019). PMP–diketopiperazine adducts form at the active site of a PLP dependent enzyme involved in formycin biosynthesis. Chemical Communications. 55(96). 14502–14505. 10 indexed citations

Jin, Yi, Robert W. Molt, Erika Pellegrini, et al.. (2017). Assessing the Influence of Mutation on GTPase Transition States by Using X‐ray Crystallography, ¹⁹F NMR, and DFT Approaches. Angewandte Chemie. 129(33). 9864–9867. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Wen & Nigel G. J. Richards. (2017). Biological functions controlled by manganese redox changes in mononuclear Mn-dependent enzymes. Essays in Biochemistry. 61(2). 259–270. 54 indexed citations

Zhu, Wen, Jarett Wilcoxen, R. David Britt, & Nigel G. J. Richards. (2016). Formation of Hexacoordinate Mn(III) in Bacillus subtilis Oxalate Decarboxylase Requires Catalytic Turnover. Biochemistry. 55(3). 429–434. 18 indexed citations

Richards, Nigel G. J., et al.. (2014). Observation of superoxide production during catalysis of Bacillus subtilis oxalate decarboxylase at pH 4. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 80. 59–66. 19 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Bunta, et al.. (2012). A sulfoximine-based inhibitor of human asparagine synthetase kills l-asparaginase-resistant leukemia cells. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 20(19). 5915–5927. 41 indexed citations

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Santoro, Stefano, et al.. (2011). Synthetic studies on the solanacol ABC ring system by cation-initiated cascade cyclization: implications for strigolactone biosynthesis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(15). 5350–5350. 18 indexed citations

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Svedružić, Draženka, et al.. (2007). Investigating the roles of putative active site residues in the oxalate decarboxylase from Bacillus subtilis. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 464(1). 36–47. 46 indexed citations

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Gutierrez, Jemy A., Yuan‐Xiang Pan, Łukasz Koroniak, et al.. (2006). An Inhibitor of Human Asparagine Synthetase Suppresses Proliferation of an L-Asparaginase-Resistant Leukemia Cell Line. Chemistry & Biology. 13(12). 1339–1347. 45 indexed citations

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Berthold, C.L., Patricia Moussatche, Nigel G. J. Richards, & Ylva Lindqvist. (2005). Structural Basis for Activation of the Thiamin Diphosphate-dependent Enzyme Oxalyl-CoA Decarboxylase by Adenosine Diphosphate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(50). 41645–41654. 53 indexed citations

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Boehlein, Susan K., et al.. (2002). γ-Glutamyl Thioester Intermediate in Glutaminase Reaction Catalyzed by Escherichia coli Asparagine Synthetase B. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 354. 260–271. 5 indexed citations

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Dinculescu, Astra, J. Hugh McDowell, Stephanie A. Amici, et al.. (2002). Insertional Mutagenesis and Immunochemical Analysis of Visual Arrestin Interaction with Rhodopsin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(14). 11703–11708. 39 indexed citations

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Boehlein, Susan K., et al.. (1999). Formation and Isolation of a Covalent Intermediate during the Glutaminase Reaction of a Class II Amidotransferase. Biochemistry. 38(12). 3677–3682. 7 indexed citations

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Parr, Ian B., et al.. (1996). Mapping the Aspartic Acid Binding Site of Escherichia coli Asparagine Synthetase B Using Substrate Analogs. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 39(21). 4348–4348. 1 indexed citations

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Jacchieri, Saul G. & Nigel G. J. Richards. (1993). Probing the influence of sequence‐dependent interactions upon α‐helix stability in alanine‐based linear peptides. Biopolymers. 33(6). 971–984. 3 indexed citations

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Tu, Cheng-Fen, et al.. (1993). Kinetic analysis of a mutant (His107–>Tyr) responsible for human carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 268(7). 4775–4779. 14 indexed citations

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