Susan K. Buchanan

11.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
113 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Susan K. Buchanan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan K. Buchanan has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Genetics and 18 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Susan K. Buchanan's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (51 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (16 papers). Susan K. Buchanan is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (51 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (16 papers). Susan K. Buchanan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Susan K. Buchanan's co-authors include Nicholas Noinaj, Travis J. Barnard, Hartmut Michel, G. Fritzsch, Maude Guillier, Ulrich Ermler, James C. Gumbart, J. Deisenhofer, Maya Palnitkar and Sylvestre Grizot and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Susan K. Buchanan

111 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

Colicin Biology

2007 780 citations Susan K. Buchanan, Denis Duché et al. profile →
TonB-Dependent Transporters: Regulation, Structure, and Function

2010 711 citations Nicholas Noinaj, Travis J. Barnard et al. profile →
Structure of the photosynthetic reaction centre from Rhodobacter sphaeroides at 2.65 å resolution: cofactors and protein-cofactor interactions

1994 651 citations Susan K. Buchanan et al. Structure profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan K. Buchanan United States	46	5.6k	2.8k	1.1k	981	929	113	8.6k
Tilman Schirmer Switzerland	55	6.9k 1.2×	2.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	988 1.0×	981 1.1×	116	9.9k
William Dowhan United States	67	11.2k 2.0×	3.2k 1.2×	803 0.7×	492 0.5×	697 0.8×	166	13.9k
Jeremy H. Lakey United Kingdom	53	5.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	757 0.7×	452 0.5×	399 0.4×	195	8.2k
Bert Poolman Netherlands	75	11.7k 2.1×	3.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	401 0.4×	305	17.5k
Zemer Gitai United States	46	5.4k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	407 0.4×	666 0.7×	99	7.4k
Remy Loris Belgium	47	5.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	690 0.7×	747 0.8×	170	7.5k
P. Lynne Howell Canada	55	6.9k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	953 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	202	9.5k
Kay Diederichs Germany	58	7.6k 1.4×	1.9k 0.7×	629 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	355 0.4×	176	11.7k
James H. Naismith United Kingdom	72	11.1k 2.0×	2.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	947 1.0×	703 0.8×	292	16.7k
Ben F. Luisi United Kingdom	64	10.9k 2.0×	5.5k 2.0×	2.5k 2.3×	2.1k 2.2×	1.1k 1.1×	195	15.9k

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Botos, Istvan, et al.. (2025). Structural insights into Cir-mediated killing by the antimicrobial protein Microcin V. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1449–1449.

Celia, Hervé, Istvan Botos, Rodolfo Ghirlando, et al.. (2025). Cryo-EM structures of the E. coli Ton and Tol motor complexes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5506–5506. 2 indexed citations

Buchanan, Susan K., et al.. (2021). A Biochemical and Structural Understanding of TOM Complex Interactions and Implications for Human Health and Disease. Cells. 10(5). 1164–1164. 19 indexed citations

Botos, Istvan, et al.. (2020). Structural insight into toxin secretion by contact-dependent growth inhibition transporters. eLife. 9. 15 indexed citations

Buchanan, Susan K., et al.. (2020). Ton motor complexes. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 67. 95–100. 19 indexed citations

Bigot, Sarah, et al.. (2017). Two-Partner Secretion: Combining Efficiency and Simplicity in the Secretion of Large Proteins for Bacteria-Host and Bacteria-Bacteria Interactions. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 7. 148–148. 76 indexed citations

Noinaj, Nicholas, B I Choi, Chien‐Chung Chao, et al.. (2016). Structural Insights into Substrate Recognition and Catalysis in Outer Membrane Protein B (OmpB) by Protein-lysine Methyltransferases from Rickettsia. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(38). 19962–19974. 15 indexed citations

Noinaj, Nicholas, Sarah E. Rollauer, & Susan K. Buchanan. (2015). The β-barrel membrane protein insertase machinery from Gram-negative bacteria. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 31. 35–42. 76 indexed citations

Buchanan, Susan K. & Nicholas Noinaj. (2015). The BAM complex : methods and protocols. Humana Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Lukacik, Petra, Travis J. Barnard, Paul W. Keller, et al.. (2012). Structural engineering of a phage lysin that targets Gram-negative pathogens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(25). 9857–9862. 120 indexed citations

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Lukacik, Petra, Travis J. Barnard, & Susan K. Buchanan. (2012). Using a bacteriocin structure to engineer a phage lysin that targets Yersinia pestis. Biochemical Society Transactions. 40(6). 1503–1506. 25 indexed citations

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Fairman, J.W., Nathalie Dautin, Damian Wójtowicz, et al.. (2012). Crystal Structures of the Outer Membrane Domain of Intimin and Invasin from Enterohemorrhagic E. coli and Enteropathogenic Y. pseudotuberculosis. Structure. 20(7). 1233–1243. 72 indexed citations

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Fairman, J.W., Nicholas Noinaj, & Susan K. Buchanan. (2011). The structural biology of β-barrel membrane proteins: a summary of recent reports. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 21(4). 523–531. 205 indexed citations

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Tong, Janette, Pavel Doležal, Joel Selkrig, et al.. (2010). Ancestral and Derived Protein Import Pathways in the Mitochondrion of Reclinomonas americana. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 28(5). 1581–1591. 20 indexed citations

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Jakes, Karen S., et al.. (2009). Reconstitution of bacterial outer membrane TonB-dependent transporters in planar lipid bilayer membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(51). 21990–21995. 26 indexed citations

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Barnard, Travis J., Nathalie Dautin, Petra Lukacik, Harris D. Bernstein, & Susan K. Buchanan. (2007). Autotransporter structure reveals intra-barrel cleavage followed by conformational changes. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 14(12). 1214–1220. 134 indexed citations

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Oke, M., R. Sarra, Rodolfo Ghirlando, et al.. (2004). The plug domain of a neisserial TonB‐dependent transporter retains structural integrity in the absence of its transmembrane β‐barrel. FEBS Letters. 564(3). 294–300. 17 indexed citations

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Abrahams, Jan Pieter, Susan K. Buchanan, Mark J. van Raaij, et al.. (1996). The structure of bovine F1-ATPase complexed with the peptide antibiotic efrapeptin.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93(18). 9420–9424. 131 indexed citations

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Buchanan, Susan K., Brian J. Smith, Lalitha Venkatramani, D. VAN DER HELM, & J. Deisenhofer. (1996). Overexpression, refolding, and crystallization of an 80 kDa outer membrane protein. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 52(a1). C141–C141. 1 indexed citations

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Lutter, René, Jan Pieter Abrahams, Mark J. van Raaij, et al.. (1993). Crystallization of F1-ATPase from Bovine Heart Mitochondria. Journal of Molecular Biology. 229(3). 787–790. 61 indexed citations

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