Perry A. Frey

14.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
268 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Perry A. Frey is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Perry A. Frey has authored 268 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Molecular Biology, 78 papers in Materials Chemistry and 72 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Perry A. Frey's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (73 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (55 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (48 papers). Perry A. Frey is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (73 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (55 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (48 papers). Perry A. Frey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Germany. Perry A. Frey's co-authors include George H. Reed, Frank J. Ruzicka, Adrian D. Hegeman, John B. Tobin, J.A. Gerlt, W. W. Cleland, Robert H. Abeles, Hazel M. Holden, R. Douglas Sammons and Ólafur Þ. Magnússon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Perry A. Frey

267 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

A Low-Barrier Hydrogen Bond in the Catalytic Triad of Ser... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 200 400 600
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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.

  1. A Low-Barrier Hydrogen Bond in the Catalytic Triad of Serine Proteases
    1994 622 citations Perry A. Frey et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Perry A. Frey United States 55 7.1k 2.6k 2.3k 1.9k 1.6k 268 11.6k
Helmut Beinert United States 72 9.9k 1.4× 2.2k 0.9× 5.6k 2.4× 627 0.3× 2.7k 1.7× 228 17.4k
W. W. Cleland United States 55 8.7k 1.2× 2.8k 1.1× 343 0.1× 2.0k 1.1× 588 0.4× 191 14.7k
W. W. Cleland United States 52 9.6k 1.4× 2.2k 0.8× 322 0.1× 1.7k 0.9× 468 0.3× 107 13.8k
Robert H. Abeles United States 57 6.3k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 313 0.1× 1.7k 0.9× 617 0.4× 191 9.4k
J.A. Gerlt United States 57 8.9k 1.3× 3.9k 1.5× 340 0.1× 1.3k 0.7× 517 0.3× 213 12.1k
P. Nordlund Sweden 60 10.6k 1.5× 2.0k 0.8× 976 0.4× 957 0.5× 3.2k 2.0× 181 15.4k
Hans Eklund Sweden 52 6.5k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 998 0.4× 543 0.3× 3.4k 2.1× 109 10.0k
S.E. Ealick United States 52 6.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 558 0.2× 707 0.4× 523 0.3× 246 9.3k
Graham Palmer United States 48 4.5k 0.6× 761 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 463 0.2× 1.1k 0.7× 146 7.4k
JoAnne Stubbe United States 66 8.2k 1.2× 2.2k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 5.8k 3.6× 217 13.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Frey, Perry A., et al.. (2021). How are Vitamin B12 and S-Adenosylmethionine Related?. 6(4). 1 indexed citations
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Frey, Perry A., Adrian D. Hegeman, & Frank J. Ruzicka. (2008). The Radical SAM Superfamily. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 43(1). 63–88. 452 indexed citations
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Frey, Perry A., et al.. (2007). Binding Energy in the One-Electron Reductive Cleavage of S -Adenosylmethionine in Lysine 2,3-Aminomutase, a Radical SAM Enzyme. Biochemistry. 46(45). 12889–12895. 67 indexed citations
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Frey, Perry A., et al.. (2007). S-adenosylmethionine as an oxidant: the radical SAM superfamily. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 32(3). 101–110. 144 indexed citations
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Frey, Perry A., et al.. (2006). Cofactor Dependence of Reduction Potentials for [4Fe-4S] 2+/1+ in Lysine 2,3-Aminomutase. Biochemistry. 45(10). 3219–3225. 50 indexed citations
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Chen, Dawei, et al.. (2006). Basis for the equilibrium constant in the interconversion of l-lysine and l-β-lysine by lysine 2,3-Aminomutase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1774(2). 297–302. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Dawei, Andreas Abend, JoAnne Stubbe, & Perry A. Frey. (2003). Epimerization at Carbon-5‘ of (5‘ R )-[5‘- 2 H]Adenosylcobalamin by Ribonucleoside Triphosphate Reductase:  Cysteine 408-Independent Cleavage of the Co−C5‘ Bond. Biochemistry. 42(15). 4578–4584. 19 indexed citations
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Frey, Perry A. & Squire J. Booker. (2001). Radical mechanisms of S-adenosylmethionine-dependent enzymes. Advances in protein chemistry. 58. 1–45. 83 indexed citations
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Frey, Perry A.. (2001). The role of radicals in enzymatic processes. The Chemical Record. 1(4). 277–289. 4 indexed citations
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Miller, J. A., Vahe Bandarian, George H. Reed, & Perry A. Frey. (2001). Inhibition of Lysine 2,3-Aminomutase by the Alternative Substrate 4-Thialysine and Characterization of the 4-Thialysyl Radical Intermediate. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 387(2). 281–288. 30 indexed citations
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Chang, Christopher H. & Perry A. Frey. (2000). Cloning, Sequencing, Heterologous Expression, Purification, and Characterization of Adenosylcobalamin-dependentd-Lysine 5,6-Aminomutase from Clostridium sticklandii. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(1). 106–114. 59 indexed citations
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Cleland, W. W., Perry A. Frey, & J.A. Gerlt. (1998). The Low Barrier Hydrogen Bond in Enzymatic Catalysis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(40). 25529–25532. 485 indexed citations
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Frey, Perry A. & Abolfazl Arabshahi. (1995). Standard Free Energy Change for the Hydrolysis of the .alpha.,.beta.-Phosphoanhydride Bridge in ATP. Biochemistry. 34(36). 11307–11310. 25 indexed citations
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Tamada, Yasushi, et al.. (1994). Preparation and characterization of a bifunctional fusion enzyme composed of UDP-galactose 4-epimerase and galactose-1-P uridylyltransferase. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 5(6). 660–665. 7 indexed citations
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Frey, Perry A. & George H. Reed. (1993). Lysine 2,3‐Aminomutase and the Mechanism of the Interconversion of Lysine and β‐Lysine. Advances in enzymology and related areas of molecular biology/Advances in enzymology and related subjects. 66. 1–39. 29 indexed citations
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Frey, Perry A.. (1989). Chiral Phosphorothioates: Stereochemical Analysis of Enzymatic Substitution at Phosphorus. Advances in enzymology and related areas of molecular biology/Advances in enzymology and related subjects. 62. 119–201. 49 indexed citations
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Frey, Perry A., et al.. (1989). Inactivation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex of Escherichia coli by fluoropyruvate. Biochemistry. 28(25). 9594–9602. 31 indexed citations
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Frey, Perry A. & María Elena Maldonado Celis. (1972). Thiamine pyro phosphate dependent inactivation of escherichia coli pyruvate dehydrogenase complex by bromo pyruvate. Federation Proceedings. 31(2). 500. 1 indexed citations

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