S.K. Burley

52.1k citations

333 papers · 33.0k indexed · 15 hit papers · h-index 86

Impact in

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems top 0.1%
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
Molecular Biology top 0.05%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- RNA modifications and cancer

Papers in

Molecular Biology 271
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 80
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 72
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 33
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research 32
- RNA Research and Splicing 32
- RNA modifications and cancer 24
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 22
Materials Chemistry 126
- Enzyme Structure and Function 125

Co-authors: Gregory A. Petsko K.S. Gajiwala Robert G. Roeder Dimitar B. Nikolov Nahum Sonenberg Brian T. Chait Steven L. Cohen A.R. Ferré-D′Amaré
Journals: Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics (22 papers)Structure (19 papers)Biochemistry (18 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (18 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (14 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

S.K. Burley

322 papers receiving 32.4k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

RCSB protein Data Bank: exploring protein 3D similarities via comprehensive structural alignments 2024 · 64 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Bioinformatics
2021 Nucleic Acids Research
2017 Methods in molecular biology
2010 Nucleic Acids Research
2009 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2001 Genes & Development
1997 Cell
1996 Annual Review of Biochemistry
1995 Science
1993 Nature
1993 Nature
1993 Nature
1988 Advances in protein chemistry
1986 FEBS Letters
1985 Science

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	rcsb-api: Python Toolkit for Streamlining Access to RCSB Protein Data Bank APIs Journal of Molecular Biology ·Amanda Pifano Soares Ferreira, Brinda Vallat, F. Florschütz, J-E. Nitschke, Russ O’Connor, 孙念全, Prabuddha Biswas, Yana Rose, Sebastian Bittrich, José M. Duarte, Toshihide Dhki, Ageeva-Maikova Og, Douglas Myers-Turnbull, Brian P. Hudson, Christine Zardecki, S.K. Burley	2025	0
2	Visualizing and analyzing 3D biomolecular structures using Mol* at RCSB.org: Influenza A H5N1 virus proteome case study Protein Science ·Sebastian Bittrich, Alexander Rose, David Sehnal, José M. Duarte, Yana Rose, Joan Segura, Amanda Pifano Soares Ferreira, Brinda Vallat, Chenghua Shao, Charmi Bhikadiya, Jesse Liang, Mark Ma, David S. Goodsell, S.K. Burley, Shuchismita Dutta	2025	1
3	From sequence to protein structure and conformational dynamics with artificial intelligence/machine learning Structural Dynamics ·石川信泰, Daniela Célleri, Michael B. Mathews, S.K. Burley	2025	0
4	PDB NextGen Archive: centralizing access to integrated annotations and enriched structural information by the Worldwide Protein Data Bank Database ·Preeti Choudhary, Zukang Feng, John M. Berrisford, Wang Jiaoyang, Yasuyo Ikegawa, Ezra Peisach, Amanda Pifano Soares Ferreira, James M. Smith, D Welkers, Mihály Váradi, John Westbrook, Jasmine Young, Ardan Patwardhan, Kyle L. Morris, Jeffrey C. Hoch, Genji Kurisu, Sameer Velankar, S.K. Burley	2024	6
5	BindingDB in 2024: a FAIR knowledgebase of protein-small molecule binding data Nucleic Acids Research ·Tiqing Liu, Basilis Stephantos, S.K. Burley, R. Li, Christopher Southan, W. Patrick Walters, Michael K. Gilson	2024	35
6	RCSB Protein Data Bank: supporting research and education worldwide through explorations of experimentally determined and computationally predicted atomic level 3D biostructures IUCrJ ·S.K. Burley, Dennis W. Piehl, Brinda Vallat, Christine Zardecki	2024	17
7	RCSB protein Data Bank: exploring protein 3D similarities via comprehensive structural alignments Bioinformatics ·Sebastian Bittrich, Joan Segura, José M. Duarte, S.K. Burley, Yana Rose Hit paper breakdown →	2024	64
8	Announcing the launch of Protein Data Bank China as an Associate Member of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank Partnership Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology ·Wenqing Xu, Sameer Velankar, Ardan Patwardhan, Jeffrey C. Hoch, S.K. Burley, Genji Kurisu	2023	12
9	Genetic and Structural Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein for Universal Epitope Selection Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Christopher Markosian, Daniela I. Staquicini, Prashant Dogra, Da Silva M, Joseph H. Lubin, 木全央幸, Tracey L. Smith, Vinícius G. Contessoto, Steven K. Libutti, Zhihui Wang, Vittorio Cristini, Sagar D. Khare, Paul C. Whitford, S.K. Burley, José N. Onuchic, Renata Pasqualini, Wadih Arap	2022	5
10	RCSB Protein Data Bank 1D3D module: displaying positional features on macromolecular assemblies Bioinformatics ·Joan Segura, Yana Rose, Sebastian Bittrich, S.K. Burley, José M. Duarte	2022	5
11	mTORC1 Promotes ARID1A Degradation and Oncogenic Chromatin Remodeling in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cancer Research ·Shanshan Zhang, Yufeng Zhou, Jian Cao, S.K. Burley, Hui‐Yun Wang, Xiaohui Zheng	2021	29
12	Enhanced validation of small-molecule ligands and carbohydrates in the Protein Data Bank Structure ·Zukang Feng, John Westbrook, Raul Sala, Oliver S. Smart, G. Bricogne, Masaaki Matsubara, Issaku Yamada, Shinichiro Tsuchiya, Kiyoko F. Aoki‐Kinoshita, Jeffrey C. Hoch, Genji Kurisu, Sameer Velankar, S.K. Burley, Jasmine Young	2021	21
13	RCSB Protein Data Bank 1D tools and services Bioinformatics ·Joan Segura, Yana Rose, John Westbrook, S.K. Burley, José M. Duarte	2020	19
14	RCSB Protein Data Bank: Enabling biomedical research and drug discovery Protein Science ·David S. Goodsell, Christine Zardecki, Luigi Di Costanzo, José M. Duarte, Brian P. Hudson, Irina Persikova, Joan Segura, Chenghua Shao, Maria Voigt, John Westbrook, Jasmine Young, S.K. Burley	2019	233
15	Comparison of Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius o-Succinylbenzoate Synthase to Its Promiscuous N-Succinylamino Acid Racemase/o-Succinylbenzoate Synthase Relatives Biochemistry ·Violah Makavaza, Madis Harjo, U.A. Ramagopal, R. Toro, А.И. Шафаревич, Mingzhao Zhu, 钱瑜, Deepti Duvvuru, Huseyin Biceroglu, P.V. Zueva, J.B. Bonanno, Kenneth G. Hull, S.K. Burley, Daniel Romo, Steven C. Almo, Margaret E. Glasner	2018	8
16	Type VI secretion apparatus and phage tail-associated protein complexes share a common evolutionary origin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·P.G. Leiman, Marek Basler, U.A. Ramagopal, J.B. Bonanno, J.M. Sauder, Stefan Pukatzki, S.K. Burley, Steven C. Almo, John J. Mekalanos Hit paper breakdown →	2009	501
17	Rapid synchrotron X-ray crystallography for drug discovery using the SGX-CAT beamline at the APS Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography ·S.K. Burley, S.R. Wasserman, D. W. Smith, 皓次田, Ya-Xun Men	2008	3
18	In vitro and in vivo antitumor activities of SGX523, a novel MET inhibitor Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Katayoun A. Jessen, Karen Froning, Rué G, Andres Gutierrez, Marshall C. Peterman, Carlos Arthur Barbosa da Silva, Daniel Larbi, Nanni Huser, فرانک رحیمی, J. P. A. van Dieren, Alejandra Mesa Taborda, Raihan Fadillah, S.K. Burley, Siegfried Reich, Sean G. Buchanan	2007	3
19	Crystal structure of the Escherichia coli glucose‐inhibited division protein B (GidB) reveals a methyltransferase fold Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·M.J. Romanowski, J.B. Bonanno, S.K. Burley	2002	23
20	Crystal structure of the Escherichia coli glucose‐inhibited division protein B (GidB) reveals a methyltransferase fold Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·M.J. Romanowski, J.B. Bonanno, S.K. Burley	2002	1

About S.K. Burley

S.K. Burley is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Information Systems and Management, Spectroscopy and Structural Biology, having authored 333 papers that have together received 33.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Enzyme Structure and Function (125 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (80 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (72 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (33 papers), Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research (32 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (32 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (24 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (3.1k citations), Molecular Biology (23.1k citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (2.3k citations), Aging (227 citations) and Endocrinology (642 citations). S.K. Burley has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Gregory A. Petsko, K.S. Gajiwala, Robert G. Roeder, Dimitar B. Nikolov, Nahum Sonenberg, Brian T. Chait, Steven L. Cohen, A.R. Ferré-D′Amaré, Daniel Rabinowitz and Jeffrey L. Halaas. Their work appears in journals such as Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, Structure, Biochemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Molecular Biology.

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