R.D. Bunker

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

R.D. Bunker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, R.D. Bunker has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in R.D. Bunker's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (8 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (5 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (5 papers). R.D. Bunker is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (8 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (5 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (5 papers). R.D. Bunker collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, New Zealand and United States. R.D. Bunker's co-authors include Nicolas H. Thomä, Simone Cavadini, Wassim Abdulrahman, Georg Petzold, Edward N. Baker, Tarjei S. Mikkelsen, Aline Renneville, Brian Liddicoat, Benjamin L. Ebert and Mikołaj Słabicki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

R.D. Bunker

23 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Defining the human C2H2 zinc finger degrome targeted by thalidomide analogs through CRBN

2018 341 citations Quinlan Sievers, Georg Petzold et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.D. Bunker Switzerland	14	1.3k	241	109	99	98	24	1.4k
Rinku Jain United States	23	1.3k 1.0×	172 0.7×	57 0.5×	72 0.7×	75 0.8×	40	1.7k
Ronny Schmidt Germany	12	715 0.6×	195 0.8×	40 0.4×	50 0.5×	49 0.5×	24	1.0k
Erhard Kopetzki Germany	21	574 0.5×	120 0.5×	239 2.2×	74 0.7×	64 0.7×	29	1.1k
Len C. Packman United Kingdom	20	1.0k 0.8×	169 0.7×	54 0.5×	75 0.8×	145 1.5×	23	1.6k
Paul G. Leonard United States	21	794 0.6×	127 0.5×	77 0.7×	63 0.6×	27 0.3×	27	1.1k
Tomoko Komiyama Japan	18	821 0.7×	155 0.6×	69 0.6×	93 0.9×	44 0.4×	38	1.3k
Г. Г. Карпова Russia	26	2.0k 1.6×	175 0.7×	34 0.3×	46 0.5×	49 0.5×	164	2.3k
Annie Molla France	21	977 0.8×	241 1.0×	76 0.7×	41 0.4×	62 0.6×	56	1.4k
Andrea Scrima Germany	17	1.4k 1.1×	208 0.9×	27 0.2×	109 1.1×	154 1.6×	31	1.8k
Linda J. Wheeler United States	17	1.1k 0.9×	201 0.8×	21 0.2×	63 0.6×	67 0.7×	30	1.3k

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Langousis, Gerasimos, Pablo Gaínza, Moritz Hunkeler, et al.. (2025). A degron-mimicking molecular glue drives CRBN homo-dimerization and degradation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10157–10157.

Gaínza, Pablo, R.D. Bunker, Sharon A. Townson, & John C. Castle. (2025). Machine learning to predict de novo protein–protein interactions. Trends in biotechnology. 43(12). 3056–3070. 3 indexed citations

Michael, Alicia K., Ralph S. Grand, Luke Isbel, et al.. (2020). Mechanisms of OCT4-SOX2 motif readout on nucleosomes. Science. 368(6498). 1460–1465. 156 indexed citations

Matsumoto, S., Simone Cavadini, R.D. Bunker, et al.. (2019). DNA damage detection in nucleosomes involves DNA register shifting. Nature. 571(7763). 79–84. 73 indexed citations

Bunker, R.D., et al.. (2019). Regulation of human 4-hydroxy-2-oxoglutarate aldolase by pyruvate and α-ketoglutarate: implications for primary hyperoxaluria type-3. Biochemical Journal. 476(21). 3369–3383. 9 indexed citations

Sievers, Quinlan, Georg Petzold, R.D. Bunker, et al.. (2018). Defining the human C2H2 zinc finger degrome targeted by thalidomide analogs through CRBN. Science. 362(6414). 341 indexed citations breakdown →

Gati, Cornelius, D. Oberthüer, Oleksandr Yefanov, et al.. (2017). Atomic structure of granulin determined from native nanocrystalline granulovirus using an X-ray free-electron laser. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances. 73(a1). a292–a293. 2 indexed citations

Mattarocci, Stefano, R.D. Bunker, Gabriele Fontana, et al.. (2017). Rif1 maintains telomeres and mediates DNA repair by encasing DNA ends. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 24(7). 588–595. 45 indexed citations

Bunker, R.D.. (2016). Tackling the crystallographic structure determination of the COP9 signalosome. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 72(3). 326–335. 3 indexed citations

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Cavadini, Simone, Eric S. Fischer, R.D. Bunker, et al.. (2016). Cullin–RING ubiquitin E3 ligase regulation by the COP9 signalosome. Nature. 531(7596). 598–603. 159 indexed citations

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Bocquet, Nicolas, Anna H. Bizard, Wassim Abdulrahman, et al.. (2014). Structural and mechanistic insight into Holliday-junction dissolution by Topoisomerase IIIα and RMI1. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 21(3). 261–268. 66 indexed citations

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Lingaraju, Gondichatnahalli M., R.D. Bunker, Simone Cavadini, et al.. (2014). Crystal structure of the human COP9 signalosome. Nature. 512(7513). 161–165. 174 indexed citations

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Shi, Tianlai, R.D. Bunker, Stefano Mattarocci, et al.. (2013). Rif1 and Rif2 Shape Telomere Function and Architecture through Multivalent Rap1 Interactions. Cell. 153(6). 1340–1353. 79 indexed citations

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Johnston, Jodie M., R.D. Bunker, Esther M. M. Bulloch, et al.. (2013). Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of MbtN (Rv1346) fromMycobacterium tuberculosis. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 69(12). 1354–1356. 1 indexed citations

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Bunker, R.D., James M. Dickson, Tom T. Caradoc-Davies, Kerry M. Loomes, & Edward N. Baker. (2012). Use of a repetitive seeding protocol to obtain diffraction-quality crystals of a putative humanD-xylulokinase. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 68(10). 1259–1262. 4 indexed citations

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Bunker, R.D., Esther M. M. Bulloch, James M. Dickson, Kerry M. Loomes, & Edward N. Baker. (2012). Structure and Function of Human Xylulokinase, an Enzyme with Important Roles in Carbohydrate Metabolism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(3). 1643–1652. 22 indexed citations

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Szwergold, Benjamin S., R.D. Bunker, & Kerry M. Loomes. (2011). The physiological substrates of fructosamine-3-kinase-related-protein (FN3KRP) are intermediates of nonenzymatic reactions between biological amines and ketose sugars (fructation products). Medical Hypotheses. 77(5). 739–744. 7 indexed citations

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Bunker, R.D., Kerry M. Loomes, & Edward N. Baker. (2011). Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of human dihydrodipicolinate synthase-like protein (DHDPSL). Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 68(1). 59–62. 6 indexed citations

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Linke, Christian, Paul G. Young, Hae Joo Kang, et al.. (2010). Crystal Structure of the Minor Pilin FctB Reveals Determinants of Group A Streptococcal Pilus Anchoring. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(26). 20381–20389. 59 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhening, Esther M. M. Bulloch, R.D. Bunker, Edward N. Baker, & C.J. Squire. (2009). Structure and function of GlmU fromMycobacterium tuberculosis. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 65(3). 275–283. 56 indexed citations

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