Paul H. Walton

8.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
121 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Paul H. Walton is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul H. Walton has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 31 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 29 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Paul H. Walton's work include Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (32 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (27 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (26 papers). Paul H. Walton is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (32 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (27 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (26 papers). Paul H. Walton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and France. Paul H. Walton's co-authors include G.J. Davies, G.R. Hemsworth, Bernard Henrissat, Paul Dupree, Luisa Ciano, Esther M. Johnston, Katja S. Johansen, Theodora Tryfona, Morten Tovborg and S.P. Foxon and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Paul H. Walton

109 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Insights into the oxidative degradation of cellulose by a copper metalloenzyme that exploits biomass components

2011 772 citations Morten Tovborg, Theodora Tryfona et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Lignocellulose degradation mechanisms across the Tree of Life

2015 423 citations Neil C. Bruce, Paul Dupree et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul H. Walton United Kingdom	37	2.6k	2.2k	1.7k	1.5k	1.3k	121	5.8k
Knut Lundquist Sweden	33	3.5k 1.4×	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	226 0.2×	188	5.4k
Michael J. Hynes Australia	49	824 0.3×	5.0k 2.2×	2.2k 1.3×	639 0.4×	388 0.3×	240	8.4k
Andrew Smith United Kingdom	38	552 0.2×	2.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	697 0.5×	780 0.6×	108	5.6k
Janne Jänis Finland	36	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	307 0.2×	492 0.3×	282 0.2×	156	4.3k
G. Shoham Israel	34	1.0k 0.4×	2.0k 0.9×	331 0.2×	1.2k 0.8×	119 0.1×	123	3.7k
Eric L. Hegg United States	32	752 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	279 0.2×	209 0.1×	1.0k 0.7×	78	3.9k
Fernando López‐Gallego Spain	47	1.7k 0.7×	5.8k 2.6×	500 0.3×	948 0.6×	143 0.1×	190	7.1k
George J. P. Britovsek United Kingdom	43	3.8k 1.5×	1.3k 0.6×	569 0.3×	401 0.3×	4.2k 3.2×	95	13.6k
Michael John Germany	43	351 0.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	253 0.2×	1.3k 1.0×	154	5.8k
George A. Kraus United States	43	604 0.2×	1.8k 0.8×	477 0.3×	522 0.3×	412 0.3×	354	7.1k

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Cairo, João Paulo L. Franco, César Rafael Fanchini Terrasan, Thiago Augusto Gonçalves, et al.. (2024). Biochemical and structural insights of a recombinant AA16 LPMO from the marine and sponge-symbiont Peniophora sp. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 280(Pt 1). 135596–135596.

Côrrea, Thamy Lívia Ribeiro, Carlos Alberto Rodrigues Costa, Lúcia D. Wolf, et al.. (2024). On the Non‐Catalytic Role of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases in Boosting the Action of PETases on PET Polymers. ChemSusChem. 18(4). e202401350–e202401350. 2 indexed citations

Tétard‐Jones, Catherine, William G. T. Willats, Susan E. Marcus, et al.. (2024). Structural dissection of two redox proteins from the shipworm symbiont Teredinibacter turnerae. IUCrJ. 11(2). 260–274. 2 indexed citations

Brown, Eleanor, Joshua Kirshner, Lynda Dunlop, et al.. (2023). Learning through interdisciplinary dialogue: Methodological approaches for bridging epistemological divides. Methodological Innovations. 16(3). 329–340. 1 indexed citations

Walton, Paul H., G.J. Davies, Daniel E. Díaz, & João Paulo L. Franco Cairo. (2023). The histidine brace: nature's copper alternative to haem?. FEBS Letters. 597(4). 485–494. 22 indexed citations

Terrasan, César Rafael Fanchini, Jaqueline Aline Gerhardt, João Paulo L. Franco Cairo, et al.. (2022). Deletion of AA9 Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases Impacts A. nidulans Secretome and Growth on Lignocellulose. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(3). e0212521–e0212521. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaolu, István Horváth, Ranjeet Kumar, et al.. (2022). Memo1 binds reduced copper ions, interacts with copper chaperone Atox1, and protects against copper-mediated redox activity in vitro. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(37). e2206905119–e2206905119. 43 indexed citations

Kirshner, Joshua, Eleanor Brown, Lynda Dunlop, et al.. (2022). “A future beyond sugar”: Examining second-generation biofuel pathways in Alagoas, northeast Brazil. Environmental Development. 44. 100739–100739. 6 indexed citations

Parkin, Alison, et al.. (2021). Mapping the protonation states of the histidine brace in an AA10 lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase using CW-EPR spectroscopy and DFT calculations. Faraday Discussions. 234(0). 336–348. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Binju, Zhanfeng Wang, G.J. Davies, Paul H. Walton, & Carme Rovira. (2020). Activation of O₂ and H₂O₂ by Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases. ACS Catalysis. 10(21). 12760–12769. 62 indexed citations

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Courtade, Gastón, Luisa Ciano, Zarah Forsberg, et al.. (2020). Mechanistic basis of substrate–O₂coupling within a chitin-active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase: An integrated NMR/EPR study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(32). 19178–19189. 44 indexed citations

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Ciano, Luisa, et al.. (2020). Insights from semi-oriented EPR spectroscopy studies into the interaction of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases with cellulose. Dalton Transactions. 49(11). 3413–3422. 12 indexed citations

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Sabbadin, Federico, Luisa Ciano, G.R. Hemsworth, et al.. (2019). Discovery, activity and characterisation of an AA10 lytic polysaccharide oxygenase from the shipworm symbiont Teredinibacter turnerae. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 12(1). 232–232. 29 indexed citations

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Johnston, Esther M., Morten Tovborg, Luisa Ciano, et al.. (2019). Formation of a Copper(II)–Tyrosyl Complex at the Active Site of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases Following Oxidation by H₂O₂. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(46). 18585–18599. 74 indexed citations

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Wang, Binju, Esther M. Johnston, Pengfei Li, et al.. (2018). QM/MM Studies into the H₂O₂-Dependent Activity of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases: Evidence for the Formation of a Caged Hydroxyl Radical Intermediate. ACS Catalysis. 8(2). 1346–1351. 126 indexed citations

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Hemsworth, G.R., Fiona Cuskin, Sam Hart, et al.. (2018). Structure and function of a glycoside hydrolase family 8 endoxylanase fromTeredinibacter turnerae. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 74(10). 946–955. 13 indexed citations

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Sabbadin, Federico, G.R. Hemsworth, Luisa Ciano, et al.. (2018). An ancient family of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases with roles in arthropod development and biomass digestion. Nature Communications. 9(1). 756–756. 187 indexed citations

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Urresti, S., Alan Cartmell, Feng Liu, Paul H. Walton, & G.J. Davies. (2018). Structural studies of the unusual metal-ion site of the GH124 endoglucanase fromRuminiclostridium thermocellum. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 74(8). 496–505. 2 indexed citations

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Crouch, Lucy I., Aurore Labourel, Paul H. Walton, G.J. Davies, & Harry J. Gilbert. (2016). The Contribution of Non-catalytic Carbohydrate Binding Modules to the Activity of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(14). 7439–7449. 88 indexed citations

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Walton, Paul H., et al.. (2015). The Spatialised Sonification of Drug-Enzyme Interactions. SMARTech Repository (Georgia Institute of Technology).

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