Ronan O’Brien

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Ronan O’Brien is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronan O’Brien has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ronan O’Brien's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (11 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (9 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers). Ronan O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (11 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (9 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers). Ronan O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Ronan O’Brien's co-authors include John E. Ladbury, Chrisostomos Prodromou, S. Mark Roe, Laurence H. Pearl, Peter W. Piper, Gerta Vrbovà, Anna Östberg, Paul B. Sigler, Joseph Schlessinger and Mark A. Lemmon and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ronan O’Brien

42 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Identification and Structural Characterization of the ATP/ADP-Binding Site in the Hsp90 Molecular Chaperone

1997 1.1k citations Chrisostomos Prodromou, S. Mark Roe et al. Cell profile →
Structural Basis for Inhibition of the Hsp90 Molecular Chaperone by the Antitumor Antibiotics Radicicol and Geldanamycin

1999 823 citations S. Mark Roe, Chrisostomos Prodromou et al. profile →

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Ronan O’Brien

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Philippe Meyer France

Achim Brinker United States

Amy E. Keating United States

Joachim Behlke Germany

Olga Perišić United Kingdom

Hauke Lilie Germany

Dieter H. Klaubert United States

Dmitry B. Veprintsev United Kingdom

Arturo Muga Spain

Arthur Laganowsky United States

Philippe Meyer France

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Countries citing papers authored by Ronan O’Brien

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ronan O’Brien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronan O’Brien

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20 of 20 papers shown

O’Brien, Ronan, et al.. (2011). Aluminum Phosphate Adsorption of Proteins Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 553a–553a. 1 indexed citations

Scott, Andrew D., Chris Phillips, Alexander Alex, et al.. (2009). Thermodynamic Optimisation in Drug Discovery: A Case Study using Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors. ChemMedChem. 4(12). 1985–1989. 58 indexed citations

Evans, Edward J., M. Castro, Ronan O’Brien, et al.. (2006). Crystal Structure and Binding Properties of the CD2 and CD244 (2B4)-binding Protein, CD48. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(39). 29309–29320. 29 indexed citations

Bergqvist, Simon, Mark A. Williams, Ronan O’Brien, & John E. Ladbury. (2004). Heat Capacity Effects of Water Molecules and Ions at a Protein–DNA Interface. Journal of Molecular Biology. 336(4). 829–842. 104 indexed citations

Bergqvist, Simon, Mark A. Williams, Ronan O’Brien, & John E. Ladbury. (2002). Reversal of Halophilicity in a Protein-DNA Interaction by Limited Mutation Strategy. Structure. 10(5). 629–637. 24 indexed citations

Low, Lieh Yoon, Helena Hernández, Carol V. Robinson, et al.. (2002). Metal-dependent Folding and Stability of Nuclear Hormone Receptor DNA-binding Domains. Journal of Molecular Biology. 319(1). 87–106. 35 indexed citations

Payne, John W., Barry M. Grail, John E. Ladbury, et al.. (2000). Structural Basis for Recognition of Dipeptides by Peptide Transporters. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 384(1). 9–23. 27 indexed citations

Kahmann, Jan D., Ronan O’Brien, Jörn M. Werner, et al.. (2000). Localization and characterization of the hyaluronan-binding site on the Link module from human TSG-6. Structure. 8(7). 763–774. 83 indexed citations

O’Brien, Ronan, et al.. (2000). Alternative modes of binding of proteins with tandem SH2 domains. Protein Science. 9(3). 570–579. 30 indexed citations

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Baraldi, Elena, Kristina Djinović‐Carugo, Marko Hyvönen, et al.. (1999). Structure of the PH domain from Bruton's tyrosine kinase in complex with inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate. Structure. 7(4). 449–460. 159 indexed citations

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Robinson, Clifford R., Stephen G. Sligar, Yufeng Liu, Ronan O’Brien, & Julian M. Sturtevant. (1998). A differential scanning calorimetric study of the thermal unfolding of apo‐ and holo‐cytochrome b₅₆₂. Protein Science. 7(4). 961–965. 19 indexed citations

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Prodromou, Chrisostomos, S. Mark Roe, Ronan O’Brien, et al.. (1997). Identification and Structural Characterization of the ATP/ADP-Binding Site in the Hsp90 Molecular Chaperone. Cell. 90(1). 65–75. 1058 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tsai, Francis, Onkar Singh, Tadeusz Skarżyński, et al.. (1997). The high‐resolution crystal structure of a 24‐kDa gyrase B fragment from E. coli complexed with one of the most potent coumarin inhibitors, clorobiocin. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 28(1). 41–52. 6 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Ronan, Paul C. Driscoll, Benjamin G. Davis, et al.. (1997). The adaptability of Escherichia coli thioredoxin to non‐conservative amino acid substitutions. Protein Science. 6(6). 1325–1332. 6 indexed citations

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Munson, Mary, Suganthi Balasubramanian, Karen G. Fleming, et al.. (1996). What makes a protein a protein? Hydrophobic core designs that specify stability and structural properties. Protein Science. 5(8). 1584–1593. 159 indexed citations

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Mandiyan, Valsan, Ronan O’Brien, Min Zhou, et al.. (1996). Thermodynamic Studies of SHC Phosphotyrosine Interaction Domain Recognition of the NPXpY Motif. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(9). 4770–4775. 28 indexed citations

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DeDecker, Brian S., et al.. (1996). The Crystal Structure of a Hyperthermophilic Archaeal TATA-box Binding Protein. Journal of Molecular Biology. 264(5). 1072–1084. 149 indexed citations

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Munson, Mary, Lynne Regan, Ronan O’Brien, & Julian M. Sturtevant. (1994). Redesigning the hydrophobic core of a four‐helix‐bundle protein. Protein Science. 3(11). 2015–2022. 109 indexed citations

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Goward, Christopher R., Julie Ann Miller, David Nicholls, et al.. (1994). A Single Amino Acid Mutation Enhances the Thermal Stability of Escherichia coli Malate Dehydrogenase. European Journal of Biochemistry. 224(1). 249–255. 21 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Ronan, et al.. (1978). Acetylcholine synthesis in nerve endings to slow and fast muscles of developing chicks: Effect of muscle activity. Neuroscience. 3(12). 1227–1230. 16 indexed citations

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