Peter E. Wright

63.1k total citations · 22 hit papers
467 papers, 51.3k citations indexed

About

Peter E. Wright is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter E. Wright has authored 467 papers receiving a total of 51.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 361 papers in Molecular Biology, 114 papers in Materials Chemistry and 107 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Peter E. Wright's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (199 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (109 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (87 papers). Peter E. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (199 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (109 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (87 papers). Peter E. Wright collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. Peter E. Wright's co-authors include H. Jane Dyson, David D. Boehr, Mark Rance, Maria A. Martinez‐Yamout, Arthur G. Palmer, Ruth Nussinov, John H. Laity, David A. Case, Richard A. Lerner and Patricia A. Jennings and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Peter E. Wright

454 papers receiving 50.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Intrinsically unstructured proteins and their functions

2005 3.1k citations H. Jane Dyson, Peter E. Wright profile →
Intrinsically unstructured proteins: re-assessing the protein structure-function paradigm

1999 2.4k citations Peter E. Wright, H. Jane Dyson Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
Intrinsically disordered proteins in cellular signalling and regulation

2014 1.7k citations Peter E. Wright, H. Jane Dyson profile →
Classification of Intrinsically Disordered Regions and Proteins

2014 1.6k citations Robin van der Lee, Marija Buljan et al. profile →
The role of dynamic conformational ensembles in biomolecular recognition

2009 1.6k citations David D. Boehr, Peter E. Wright et al. profile →
Zinc finger proteins: new insights into structural and functional diversity

2001 1.2k citations Peter E. Wright et al. profile →
Coupling of folding and binding for unstructured proteins

2002 1.1k citations H. Jane Dyson, Peter E. Wright profile →
Sensitivity improvement in proton-detected two-dimensional heteronuclear correlation NMR spectroscopy

1991 844 citations Peter E. Wright et al. profile →
Mechanism of coupled folding and binding of an intrinsically disordered protein

2007 839 citations H. Jane Dyson, Peter E. Wright et al. profile →
Linking folding and binding

2009 826 citations Peter E. Wright, H. Jane Dyson profile →
The Dynamic Energy Landscape of Dihydrofolate Reductase Catalysis

2006 775 citations David D. Boehr, Dan McElheny et al. Science profile →
Folding of immunogenic peptide fragments of proteins in water solution

1988 681 citations H. Jane Dyson, Richard A. Lerner et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
Formation of a Molten Globule Intermediate Early in the Kinetic Folding Pathway of Apomyoglobin

1993 652 citations Peter E. Wright et al. Science profile →
Structural Characterization of a Partly Folded Apomyoglobin Intermediate

1990 623 citations Peter E. Wright et al. Science profile →
Solution Structure of the KIX Domain of CBP Bound to the Transactivation Domain of CREB: A Model for Activator:Coactivator Interactions

1997 616 citations H. Jane Dyson, Peter E. Wright et al. profile →
Structure of the recombinant full-length hamster prion protein PrP(29–231): The N terminus is highly flexible

1997 568 citations Peter E. Wright, H. Jane Dyson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Three-Dimensional Solution Structure of a Single Zinc Finger DNA-Binding Domain

1989 520 citations Peter E. Wright et al. Science profile →
Intramolecular motions of a zinc finger DNA-binding domain from Xfin characterized by proton-detected natural abundance carbon-13 heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy

1991 515 citations Peter E. Wright et al. profile →
Sequence-Dependent Correction of Random Coil NMR Chemical Shifts

2001 507 citations Peter E. Wright, H. Jane Dyson et al. profile →
Unfolded Proteins and Protein Folding Studied by NMR

2004 503 citations H. Jane Dyson, Peter E. Wright profile →
Recommendations for the presentation of NMR structures of proteins and nucleic acids – IUPAC-IUBMB-IUPAB Inter-Union Task Group on the Standardization of Data Bases of Protein and Nucleic Acid Structures Determined by NMR Spectroscopy

1998 398 citations Peter E. Wright et al. profile →
Recommendations for the presentation of NMR structures of proteins and nucleic acids (IUPAC Recommendations 1998)

1998 336 citations Peter E. Wright et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Linker Length and Composition within Disordered Binding Motifs Modulates the Avidity and Reversibility of a Multivalent Protein Interaction Switch 2025 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown), Maria A. Martinez‐Yamout, H. Jane Dyson, Peter E. Wright	0
2	Discovery of a Cryptic Pocket in Ec DsbA Opens New Opportunities for Antibacterial Discovery 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Biswaranjan Mohanty, Wesam S. Alwan, Menachem J. Gunzburg, (unknown), M.L. Williams, (unknown), Geqing Wang, Begoña Heras, R. Bryn Fenwick, Peter E. Wright, (unknown), B.C. Doak, Ben Capuano, M.J. Scanlon	0
3	Interactions of a Long Noncoding RNA with Domains of NF-κB and IκBα: Implications for the Inhibition of Non-Signal-Related Phosphorylation 2022 ·Biochemistry ·Amrinder Singh, Maria A. Martinez‐Yamout, Peter E. Wright, H. Jane Dyson	6
4	Mapping Interactions of the Intrinsically Disordered C-Terminal Regions of Tetrameric p53 by Segmental Isotope Labeling and NMR 2022 ·Biochemistry ·Alexander S. Krois, Sang‐Ho Park, Maria A. Martinez‐Yamout, H. Jane Dyson, Peter E. Wright	10
5	Multilayer Perceptron Analysis of Radiomics to Predict Local Recurrence of Lung Cancer After Radiotherapy 2022 ·(unknown), Andrew H. Miller, Peter E. Wright, (unknown)	1
6	Role of Backbone Dynamics in Modulating the Interactions of Disordered Ligands with the TAZ1 Domain of the CREB-Binding Protein 2019 ·Biochemistry ·Rebecca B. Berlow, Maria A. Martinez‐Yamout, H. Jane Dyson, Peter E. Wright	32
7	NMR Measurements Reveal the Structural Basis of Transthyretin Destabilization by Pathogenic Mutations 2018 ·Biochemistry ·Benjamin I. Leach, Xin Zhang, Jeffery W. Kelly, H. Jane Dyson, Peter E. Wright	32
8	Integrated description of protein dynamics from room-temperature X-ray crystallography and NMR 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·R. Bryn Fenwick, Henry van den Bedem, James S. Fraser, Peter E. Wright	126
9	Classification of Intrinsically Disordered Regions and Proteins 2014 ·Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) ·Robin van der Lee, Marija Buljan, Benjamin Lang, Robert J. Weatheritt, Gary W. Daughdrill, A. Keith Dunker, Mónika Fuxreiter, Julian Gough, Joerg Gsponer, David T. Jones, Philip M. Kim, Richard W. Kriwacki, Christopher J. Oldfield, Rohit V. Pappu, Péter Tompa, Vladimir N. Uversky, Peter E. Wright, M. Madan Babu	1
10	A Dynamic Knockout Reveals That Conformational Fluctuations Influence the Chemical Step of Enzyme Catalysis 2011 ·Science ·Gira Bhabha, Jeeyeon Lee, Damian C. Ekiert, Jongsik Gam, Ian A. Wilson, H. Jane Dyson, Stephen J. Benkovic, Peter E. Wright	380
11	The Dynamic Energy Landscape of Dihydrofolate Reductase Catalysis breakdown → 2006 ·Science ·David D. Boehr, Dan McElheny, H. Jane Dyson, Peter E. Wright	775
12	Defining the role of active-site loop fluctuations in dihydrofolate reductase catalysis 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Dan McElheny, Jason R. Schnell, Jonathan C. Lansing, H. Jane Dyson, Peter E. Wright	138
13	Technology as Experience 2004 ·The MIT Press eBooks ·John McCarthy, Peter E. Wright	290
14	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods for Elucidation of Structure and Dynamics in Disordered States 2001 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·H. Jane Dyson, Peter E. Wright	139
15	Will Voluntary and Educational Programs Meet Environmental Objectives? Evidence from a Survey of New York Dairy Farms 2001 ·Review of Agricultural Economics ·Gregory L. Poe, Nelson L. Bills, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter E. Wright	17
16	Conformational preferences of synthetic peptides derived from the immunodominant site of the circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum by proton NMR 1990 ·Biochemistry ·H. Jane Dyson, Arnold C. Satterthwait, Richard A. Lerner, Peter E. Wright	71
17	The related parts of Trent, Museo provinciale d'arte, mss 87(1374) and 92(1379) : a paleographical and text-critical study 1989 ·Garland Pub. eBooks ·Peter E. Wright	2
18	Conformation of peptide fragments of proteins in aqueous solution: implications for initiation of protein folding 1988 ·Biochemistry ·Peter E. Wright, H. Jane Dyson, R.A. Lerner	418
19	NMR studies of the conformations of leghemoglobins from soybean and lupin 1988 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·Surinder S. Narula, Claudio Dalvit, Cyril A. Appleby, Peter E. Wright	13
20	13 C-NMR studies of chlorophyll biosynthesis in higher plants: An unequivocal proof of the participation of the C 5 pathway and evidence of a new route for the incorporation of glycine. 1982 ·R.J. Porra, (unknown), Peter E. Wright	3

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