Vito Türk

46.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
424 papers, 25.3k citations indexed

About

Vito Türk is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vito Türk has authored 424 papers receiving a total of 25.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 246 papers in Molecular Biology, 148 papers in Cancer Research and 84 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Vito Türk's work include Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (144 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (70 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (45 papers). Vito Türk is often cited by papers focused on Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (144 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (70 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (45 papers). Vito Türk collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, Germany and United States. Vito Türk's co-authors include Boris Turk, Wolfram Bode, Veronika Stoka, Olga Vasiljeva, Janko Kos, Gregor Gunčar, Brigita Lenar≷cic̆, Anka Ritonja, M. Renko and Iztok Dolenc and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Vito Türk

419 papers receiving 24.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Cysteine cathepsins: From structure, function and regulation to new frontiers

2011 1.0k citations Vito Türk, Veronika Stoka et al. profile →
The cystatins: Protein inhibitors of cysteine proteinases

1991 681 citations Vito Türk, Wolfram Bode FEBS Letters profile →
Lysosomal cysteine proteases: more than scavengers

2000 673 citations Boris Turk, Vito Türk profile →
NEW EMBO MEMBERS' REVIEW: Lysosomal cysteine proteases: facts and opportunities

2001 612 citations Vito Türk profile →
The refined 1.9‐Å X‐ray crystal structure of d‐Phe‐Pro‐Arg chloromethylketone‐inhibited human α‐thrombin: Structure analysis, overall structure, electrostatic properties, detailed active‐site geometry, and structure‐function relationships

1992 565 citations Wolfram Bode, Vito Türk et al. profile →
Lysosomal Protease Pathways to Apoptosis

2001 543 citations Veronika Stoka, Boris Turk et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
The refined 2.15 A X-ray crystal structure of human liver cathepsin B: the structural basis for its specificity.

1991 522 citations Vito Türk et al. profile →
The 2.0 A X-ray crystal structure of chicken egg white cystatin and its possible mode of interaction with cysteine proteinases.

1988 510 citations Wolfram Bode, Jože Brzin et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Development and Application of Small Molecule–Peptide Conjugates as Cathepsin K-Specific Covalent Irreversible Inhibitors in Human Osteoclast and Lung Cancer 2025 ·JACS Au ·(unknown), (unknown), Jure Loboda, (unknown), (unknown), Emmanuelle Merquiol, (unknown), (unknown), Boris Turk, Ori Wald, Vito Türk, Simon Yona, Noam Levaot, Galia Blum	4
2	Exposure to specific fungal lectins during adhesion impairs biofilm formation of Listeria on polystyrene 2024 ·Microbial Biotechnology ·(unknown), Márta Ladányi, Meta Sterniša, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Milica Perišić Nanut, Katarina Karničar, Ajda Taler‐Verčič, Vito Türk, Anja Klančnik, Janez Štrancar, Jerica Sabotič	1
3	A mini-TGA protein modulates gene expression through heterogeneous association with transcription factors 2022 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·(unknown), Marko Petek, Tjaša Lukan, (unknown), Katja Stare, Érica T. Prates, Daniel Jacobson, Jan Zrimec, (unknown), Matej Butala, Marus̆a Pompe‐Novak, Quentin M. Dudley, Nicola J. Patron, Ajda Taler‐Verčič, Aleksandra Usenik, Vito Türk, Salomé Prat, Anna Coll, Kristina Gruden	7
4	Theranostic Applications of an Ultra-Sensitive T1 and T2 Magnetic Resonance Contrast Agent Based on Cobalt Ferrite Spinel Nanoparticles 2022 ·Cancers ·Georgy Mikhaylov, (unknown), Miha Butinar, Vito Türk, Boris Turk, S. G. Psakhie, Olga Vasiljeva	5
5	The Alkyne Moiety as a Latent Electrophile in Irreversible Covalent Small Molecule Inhibitors of Cathepsin K 2019 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Elma Mons, Ineke D.C. Jansen, Jure Loboda, (unknown), (unknown), Martijn Verdoes, C. A. A. VAN BOECKEL, Peter A. van Veelen, Boris Turk, Vito Türk, Huib Ovaa	79
6	Application of fragment based virtual screening towards inhibition of bacterial N- acetyglucosaminidase ^$ 2018 ·SAR and QSAR in environmental research ·(unknown), Tihomir Tomašič, Vesna Hodnik, Marko Anderluh, (unknown), Marjana Novič, Vito Türk	2
7	Amyloid fibril formation by human stefins: Structure, mechanism & putative functions 2010 ·Biochimie ·Eva Žerovnik, Rosemary A. Staniforth, Vito Türk	24
8	Structural studies of mycocypins, a new family of cysteine protease inhibitors 2009 ·Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography ·M. Renko, Jerica Sabotič, Jože Brzin, Vito Türk	1
9	Versatile Loops in Mycocypins Inhibit Three Protease Families 2009 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·M. Renko, Jerica Sabotič, Marko Mihelič, Jože Brzin, Janko Kos, Vito Türk	46
10	Chapter Nine Lysosomes in Apoptosis 2008 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Saška Ivanova, (unknown), (unknown), Ana Petelin, Vito Türk, Boris Turk	71
11	Cloning and Expression of Functional Equistatin 2000 ·Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Borut Štrukelj, (unknown), Vito Türk, Brigita Lenar≷cic̆	8
12	Cathepsin S and Cruzipain Are Inhibited by Equistatin from Actinia equina 1999 ·Biological Chemistry ·Veronika Stoka, Brigita Lenar≷cic̆, Juan José Cazzulo, Vito Türk	6
13	Major histocompatibility complex class II-associated p41 invariant chain fragment is a strong inhibitor of lysosomal cathepsin L. 1996 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Tadeja Bevec, Veronika Stoka, (unknown), Iztok Dolenc, Vito Türk	149
14	Identification of bovine stefin A, a novel protein inhibitor of cysteine proteinases 1995 ·FEBS Letters ·Boris Turk, Anka Ritonja, Ingemar Björk, Veronika Stoka, Iztok Dolenc, Vito Türk	35
15	Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of human preprocathepsin C 1995 ·FEBS Letters ·(unknown), Borut Štrukelj, Jože Pungerčar, (unknown), Iztok Dolenc, Vito Türk	71
16	Sequence and structure similarities of cathepsin B from the parasite Schistosoma mansoni and human liver 1994 ·FEBS Letters ·Mo‐Quen Klinkert, Donato Cioli, Elliott Shaw, Vito Türk, Wolfram Bode, Richard H. Butler	5
17	Characterization and Structure of Pineapple Stem Inhibitor of Cysteine Proteinases 1992 ·Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler ·Brigita Lenar≷cic̆, Anka Ritonja, Boris Turk, Iztok Dolenc, Vito Türk	16
18	Characterization of Aspartic Proteinase Inhibitors from Potato at the Gene, cDNA and Protein Levels 1992 ·Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler ·Borut Štrukelj, Jože Pungerčar, (unknown), Darja Barlič‐Maganja, Franc Gubenšek, I. Kregar, Vito Türk	41
19	The influence of cathepsin B and leupeptin on potentially lethal damage repair in mammalian cells 1989 ·International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·Maja Osmak, Mladen Korbelik, (unknown), J Škrk, Vito Türk	3
20	Structural analogies between adhesive proteins and cysteine proteinase inhibitors. 1988 ·Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler ·V. Keil-Dlouhá, Vito Türk	1

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