Pil Seok Chae

9.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
104 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Pil Seok Chae is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Pil Seok Chae has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Spectroscopy and 21 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Pil Seok Chae's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (61 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (60 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (26 papers). Pil Seok Chae is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (61 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (60 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (26 papers). Pil Seok Chae collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and United Kingdom. Pil Seok Chae's co-authors include Brian K. Kobilka, Søren G. F. Rasmussen, Samuel H. Gellman, William I. Weis, Roger K. Sunahara, Brian T. DeVree, Jan Steyaert, Els Pardon, Andrew C. Kruse and Foon Sun Thian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Pil Seok Chae

102 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

Crystal structure of the β2 adrenergic receptor–Gs protei... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2011 2012 2011 2010 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Crystal structure of the β2 adrenergic receptor–Gs protein complex
    2011 2.4k citations Pil Seok Chae, Samuel H. Gellman et al. profile →
  2. Structure of a nanobody-stabilized active state of the β2 adrenoceptor
    2011 1.3k citations Hee‐Jung Choi, Pil Seok Chae et al. profile →
  3. Structure and dynamics of the M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
    2012 648 citations Pil Seok Chae, Brian K. Kobilka et al. profile →
  4. Structure and function of an irreversible agonist-β2 adrenoceptor complex
    2011 643 citations Hee‐Jung Choi, Pil Seok Chae et al. profile →
  5. Maltose–neopentyl glycol (MNG) amphiphiles for solubilization, stabilization and crystallization of membrane proteins
    2010 350 citations Pil Seok Chae, Claus J. Løland et al. profile →
  6. Conformational changes in the G protein Gs induced by the β2 adrenergic receptor
    2011 290 citations Pil Seok Chae, Brian K. Kobilka et al. profile →

Peers

Pil Seok Chae
Aashish Manglik United States
Gye Won Han United States
Daniel Hilger United States
Chris de Graaf Netherlands
J. Robert Lane United States
Leonardo Pardo Spain
Ellen Y. T. Chien United States
Peter Gmeiner Germany
Christian Altenbach United States
Aashish Manglik United States
Pil Seok Chae
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pil Seok Chae

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pil Seok Chae. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pil Seok Chae based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Pil Seok Chae. Pil Seok Chae is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lee, Hajin, Seonghoon Kim, Bernadette Byrne, et al.. (2025). Multiple Pendants-Bearing Triglucosides for Membrane Protein Studies: Effects of Pendant Length and Number on Micelle Interior Hydration and Protein Stability. Biomacromolecules. 26(4). 2565–2579. 1 indexed citations
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Jiko, Chimari, Yoshito Tanaka, Hideki Shigematsu, et al.. (2024). NDT‐C11 as a Viable Novel Detergent for Single Particle Cryo‐EM. ChemPlusChem. 89(10).
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Kumar, Ashwani, et al.. (2024). Chromo-Fluorogenic Rhodamine-Based Amphiphilic Probe as a Selective and Sensitive Sensor for Intracellular Cu(I) in Living Cells. ACS Sensors. 9(3). 1419–1427. 9 indexed citations
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Das, Manabendra, Yang Du, Jonas S. Mortensen, et al.. (2019). Trehalose-cored amphiphiles for membrane protein stabilization: importance of the detergent micelle size in GPCR stability. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 17(12). 3249–3257. 11 indexed citations
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Das, Manabendra, Yang Du, Jonas S. Mortensen, et al.. (2018). An Engineered Lithocholate‐Based Facial Amphiphile Stabilizes Membrane Proteins: Assessing the Impact of Detergent Customizability on Protein Stability. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(39). 9860–9868. 18 indexed citations
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Das, Manabendra, Yang Du, Jonas S. Mortensen, et al.. (2018). Rationally Engineered Tandem Facial Amphiphiles for Improved Membrane Protein Stabilization Efficacy. ChemBioChem. 19(20). 2225–2232. 9 indexed citations
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Du, Yang, Jonas S. Mortensen, Parameswaran Hariharan, et al.. (2018). A comparative study of branched and linear mannitol-based amphiphiles on membrane protein stability. The Analyst. 143(23). 5702–5710. 6 indexed citations
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Du, Yang, Alpay B. Seven, Parameswaran Hariharan, et al.. (2018). Vitamin E-based glycoside amphiphiles for membrane protein structural studies. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 16(14). 2489–2498. 8 indexed citations
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Du, Yang, Parameswaran Hariharan, Jonas S. Mortensen, et al.. (2017). New penta-saccharide-bearing tripod amphiphiles for membrane protein structure studies. The Analyst. 142(20). 3889–3898. 11 indexed citations
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Mortensen, Jonas S., Yang Du, Orquídea Ribeiro, et al.. (2017). Tandem malonate-based glucosides (TMGs) for membrane protein structural studies. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3963–3963. 13 indexed citations
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Du, Yang, Elena B. Tikhonova, Jonas S. Mortensen, et al.. (2017). Resorcinarene‐Based Facial Glycosides: Implication of Detergent Flexibility on Membrane‐Protein Stability. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(28). 6724–6729. 24 indexed citations
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Du, Yang, Jonas S. Mortensen, Alpay B. Seven, et al.. (2017). Dendronic trimaltoside amphiphiles (DTMs) for membrane protein study. Chemical Science. 8(12). 8315–8324. 24 indexed citations
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Cho, Kyung Ho, Orquídea Ribeiro, Yang Du, et al.. (2016). Mesitylene‐Cored Glucoside Amphiphiles (MGAs) for Membrane Protein Studies: Importance of Alkyl Chain Density in Detergent Efficacy. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(52). 18833–18839. 19 indexed citations
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Du, Yang, Jonas S. Mortensen, Jeffrey Tarrasch, et al.. (2016). Accessible Mannitol‐Based Amphiphiles (MNAs) for Membrane Protein Solubilisation and Stabilisation. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(21). 7068–7073. 45 indexed citations
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Das, Manabendra, Yang Du, Jonas S. Mortensen, et al.. (2016). Butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol-based amphiphilic stereoisomers for membrane protein study: importance of chirality in the linker region. Chemical Science. 8(2). 1169–1177. 17 indexed citations
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Cho, Kyung Ho, et al.. (2015). Amphipathic Agents for Membrane Protein Study. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 557. 57–94. 32 indexed citations
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Chae, Pil Seok, et al.. (2013). Carbohydrate-containing Triton X-100 analogues for membrane protein solubilization and stabilization. Molecular BioSystems. 9(4). 626–629. 21 indexed citations
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Chae, Pil Seok, Philip D. Laible, & Samuel H. Gellman. (2009). Tripod amphiphiles for membraneprotein manipulation. Molecular BioSystems. 6(1). 89–94. 45 indexed citations

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