Stephen J. Smerdon

14.2k citations

99 papers · 11.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 50

Cell Biology top 0.2%
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics 12
- Hemoglobin structure and function 11
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 19
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways 15
- Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling 13
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 11
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 10
Virology top 1%
Aging top 2%
Oncology top 2%
Materials Chemistry
- Enzyme Structure and Function 15

Co-authors: Michael B. Yaffe S.J. Gamblin Katrin Rittinger Steven G. Sedgwick Lewis C. Cantley Stephen P. Jackson Julie A. Clapperton Alastair Aitken
Cited by: Cell Biology Molecular Biology Virology
Journals: Nature (6 papers)Science (2 papers)Cell (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Tanzania

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Smerdon

96 papers receiving 11.1k citations

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2005 Cell
2003 Cell
1999 Trends in Biochemical Sciences
1997 Cell
1994 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Uncoupling conformational states from activity in an allosteric enzyme Nature Communications ·João Pedro Pisco,Cesira de Chiara,Kamila J. Pacholarz,Acely Garza-Garcı́a,R.W. Ogrodowicz,P.A. Walker,Perdita E. Barran,Stephen J. Smerdon,Luiz Pedro S. de Carvalho	2017	19
2	HF‐Free Boc Synthesis of Peptide Thioesters for Ligation and Cyclization Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Richard Raz,Fabienne Burlina,Mohamed Ismail,Julian Downward,Jiejin Li,Stephen J. Smerdon,Martin Quibell,Peter D. White,John Offer	2016	21
3	HF‐Free Boc Synthesis of Peptide Thioesters for Ligation and Cyclization Angewandte Chemie ·Richard Raz,Fabienne Burlina,Mohamed Ismail,Julian Downward,Jiejin Li,Stephen J. Smerdon,Martin Quibell,Peter D. White,John Offer	2016	3
4	Versatility in phospho-dependent molecular recognition of the XRCC1 and XRCC4 DNA-damage scaffolds by aprataxin-family FHA domains DNA repair ·Amy L. Cherry,Timothy J. Nott,Geoff Kelly,Stuart L. Rulten,Keith W. Caldecott,Stephen J. Smerdon	2015	22
5	Phosphorylation-Dependent PIH1D1 Interactions Define Substrate Specificity of the R2TP Cochaperone Complex Cell Reports ·Zuzana Hořejšı́,Lasse Stach,Thomas G. Flower,Dhira Joshi,Helen R. Flynn,J. Mark Skehel,Nicola O’Reilly,R.W. Ogrodowicz,Stephen J. Smerdon,Simon J. Boulton	2014	63
6	Activation of the Yeast Hippo Pathway by Phosphorylation-Dependent Assembly of Signaling Complexes DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Daniel Lim,Lasse Stach,R.W. Ogrodowicz,Jamie M. Keck,Michele H. Jones,Catherine C. L. Wong,John R. Yates,Mark Winey,Stephen J. Smerdon,Jeremy M. Rock,Michael B. Yaffe,Angelika Amon	2013	84
7	Substituted aminopyrimidine protein kinase B (PknB) inhibitors show activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Timothy M. Chapman,Nathalie Bouloc,Roger S. Buxton,Jasveen Chugh,Kathryn Lougheed,Simon A. Osborne,Barbara Saxty,Stephen J. Smerdon,Debra L. Taylor,David Whalley	2012	42
8	Structural and Functional Analysis of Phosphothreonine-Dependent FHA Domain Interactions Structure ·Simon Pennell,Sarah L. Westcott,M. Ortiz-Lombardı́a,Dony Patel,Jiejin Li,Timothy J. Nott,Duaa Mohammed,Roger S. Buxton,Michael B. Yaffe,Chandra Verma,Stephen J. Smerdon	2010	45
9	Access to phosphoproteins and glycoproteins through semi-synthesis, Native Chemical Ligation and N→S acyl transfer Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Jinit Masania,Jiejin Li,Stephen J. Smerdon,Derek Macmillan	2010	15
10	Function of the Nucleotide Exchange Activity of Vav1 in T Cell Development and Activation Science Signaling ·Alexander Saveliev,Lesley Vanes,Olga Ksionda,Jonathan Rapley,Stephen J. Smerdon,Katrin Rittinger,Victor L. J. Tybulewicz	2009	61
11	A Supramodular FHA/BRCT-Repeat Architecture Mediates Nbs1 Adaptor Function in Response to DNA Damage Cell ·Janette Lloyd,J. Ross Chapman,Julie A. Clapperton,L.F. Haire,Edgar Hartsuiker,Jiejin Li,Antony M. Carr,Stephen P. Jackson,Stephen J. Smerdon	2009	133
12	Inhibition of Rac by the GAP Activity of Centralspindlin Is Essential for Cytokinesis Science ·Julie C. Canman,Lindsay Lewellyn,Kimberley Laband,Stephen J. Smerdon,Arshad Desai,Bruce Bowerman,Karen Oegema	2008	135
13	The stimulatory RNA of the Visna-Maedi retrovirus ribosomal frameshifting signal is an unusual pseudoknot with an interstem element RNA ·Simon Pennell,Emily Manktelow,Andrew A. Flatt,Geoff Kelly,Stephen J. Smerdon,Ian Brierley	2008	21
14	The Molecular Basis of FHA Domain:Phosphopeptide Binding Specificity and Implications for Phospho-Dependent Signaling Mechanisms Molecular Cell ·Daniel Durocher,Ian A. Taylor,Dilara Sarbassova,L.F. Haire,Sarah L. Westcott,Stephen P. Jackson,Stephen J. Smerdon,Michael B. Yaffe	2000	358
15	The FHA Domain in DNA Repair and Checkpoint Signaling Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Daniel Durocher,Stephen J. Smerdon,Michael B. Yaffe,Stephen P. Jackson	2000	28
16	The structure of the GTPase-activating domain from p50rhoGAP Nature ·Tracey Barrett,Bing Xiao,Eleanor J. Dodson,Guy Dodson,Steven B. Ludbrook,K Nurmahomed,S.J. Gamblin,(unknown),Stephen J. Smerdon,John F. Eccleston	1997	96
17	Structure at 1.65 Å of RhoA and its GTPase-activating protein in complex with a transition-state analogue Nature ·Katrin Rittinger,P.A. Walker,John F. Eccleston,Stephen J. Smerdon,S.J. Gamblin	1997	418
18	Structure of a 14-3-3 protein and implications for coordination of multiple signalling pathways Nature ·Bing Xiao,Stephen J. Smerdon,David H. Jones,Guy Dodson,Yasmina Soneji,Alastair Aitken,S.J. Gamblin	1995	404
19	Comparison of three different crystal forms shows HIV-1 reverse transcriptase displays an internal swivel motion Structure ·Joachim Jäger,Stephen J. Smerdon,Jimin Wang,D.C. Boisvert,Thomas A. Steitz	1994	57
20	Apomyoglobin as a molecular recognition surface: expression, reconstitution and crystallization of recombinant porcine myoglobin in Escherichia coli Protein Engineering Design and Selection ·Guy Dodson,Roderick E. Hubbard,Tom Oldfield,Stephen J. Smerdon,Anthony J. Wilkinson	1988	22

About Stephen J. Smerdon

Stephen J. Smerdon is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Virology and Molecular Biology, having authored 99 papers that have together received 11.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (19 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (15 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (15 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (13 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers), Hemoglobin structure and function (11 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (3.1k citations), Molecular Biology (9.1k citations) and Virology (556 citations). Stephen J. Smerdon has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Tanzania. Frequent co-authors include Michael B. Yaffe, S.J. Gamblin, Katrin Rittinger, Steven G. Sedgwick, Lewis C. Cantley, Stephen P. Jackson, Julie A. Clapperton, Alastair Aitken, Duaa H. Mohammad and Stefano Volinia. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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