William Clemons

10.6k citations

64 papers · 8.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
Genetics top 0.5%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Papers in

Molecular Biology 59
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 39
- RNA modifications and cancer 18
- RNA Research and Splicing 8
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 7
Cell Biology 13
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease 12

Co-authors: V. Ramakrishnan Ditlev E. Brodersen Andrew P. Carter Brian T. Wimberly Robert J. Morgan-Warren Thomas Hartsch Tom A. Rapoport Clemens Vonrhein
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (7 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (7 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (5 papers)Nature (4 papers)Science (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom India

In The Last Decade

William Clemons

63 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

X-ray structure of a protein-conducting channel 2003 · 961 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.

2003 Nature
2001 Science
2000 Cell
2000 Nature
2000 Nature

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1	Nucleotide- and metalloid-driven conformational changes in the arsenite efflux ATPase ArsA Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shivansh Mahajan, Ashley E. Pall, Yancheng E. Li, Timothy L. Stemmler, Douglas C. Rees, William Clemons	2025	0
2	The mechanism of the phage-encoded protein antibiotic from ΦX174 Science ·Anna K. Orta, Nadia Riera, Yancheng E. Li, Shiho Tanaka, Hyun Gi Yun, Lada Klaić, William Clemons	2023	21
3	Structures of Get3d reveal a distinct architecture associated with the emergence of photosynthesis Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Alexandra N. Barlow, M.S. Manu, Shyam M. Saladi, Paul T. Tarr, Yashpal Yadav, Aye M.M. Thinn, Yun Zhu, Arthur Laganowsky, William Clemons, Sureshkumar Ramasamy	2023	2
4	Structurally derived universal mechanism for the catalytic cycle of the tail-anchored targeting factor Get3 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Michelle Y. Fry, Vladimíra Najdrová, Ailiena O. Maggiolo, Shyam M. Saladi, Pavel Doležal, William Clemons	2022	11
5	Sequence‐based features that are determinant for tail‐anchored membrane protein sorting in eukaryotes Traffic ·Michelle Y. Fry, Shyam M. Saladi, Alexandre Cunha, William Clemons	2021	13
6	Molecular basis of tail-anchored integral membrane protein recognition by the cochaperone Sgt2 Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Ku-Feng Lin, Michelle Y. Fry, Shyam M. Saladi, William Clemons	2021	17
7	The STI1‐domain is a flexible alpha‐helical fold with a hydrophobic groove Protein Science ·Michelle Y. Fry, Shyam M. Saladi, William Clemons	2021	20
8	Substrate Tolerance of Bacterial Glycosyltransferase MurG: Novel Fluorescence-Based Assays ACS Infectious Diseases ·Katsuhiko Mitachi, Hyun Gi Yun, Cody Gillman, Karolina Skorupińska‐Tudek, Ewa Świeżewska, William Clemons, Michio Kurosu	2019	6
9	Structural basis for regulation of the nucleo-cytoplasmic distribution of Bag6 by TRC35 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jee‐Young Mock, Yue Xu, Yihong Ye, William Clemons	2017	18
10	Improving membrane protein expression by optimizing integration efficiency Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Michiel J.M. Niesen, S. Marshall, Thomas F. Miller, William Clemons	2017	9
11	Chemoenzymatic syntheses of water-soluble lipid I fluorescent probes Tetrahedron Letters ·Katsuhiko Mitachi, Shajila Siricilla, Lada Klaić, William Clemons, Michio Kurosu	2015	13
12	Crystal structure of ATP-bound Get3–Get4–Get5 complex reveals regulation of Get3 by Get4 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Harry B. Gristick, Meera Rao, Justin W. Chartron, Michael E. Rome, Shu‐ou Shan, William Clemons	2014	49
13	Comprehensive proteomic profiling of outer membrane vesicles from Campylobacter jejuni Journal of Proteomics ·Kyoung‐Soon Jang, Michael J. Sweredoski, R. L. Graham, Sonja Hess, William Clemons	2014	68
14	The Glove-like Structure of the Conserved Membrane Protein TatC Provides Insight into Signal Sequence Recognition in Twin-Arginine Translocation Structure ·Sureshkumar Ramasamy, Ravinder Abrol, Christian Suloway, William Clemons	2013	55
15	Get5 Carboxyl-terminal Domain Is a Novel Dimerization Motif That Tethers an Extended Get4/Get5 Complex Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Justin W. Chartron, David G. VanderVelde, Meera Rao, William Clemons	2012	25
16	Crystal Structure of the Long-Chain Fatty Acid Transporter FadL Science ·Bert van den Berg, Paul N. Black, William Clemons, Tom A. Rapoport	2004	178
17	Crystal structure of the 30 s ribosomal subunit from Thermus thermophilus: structure of the proteins and their interactions with 16 s RNA 1 1 Edited by R. Huber Journal of Molecular Biology ·Ditlev E. Brodersen, William Clemons, Andrew P. Carter, Brian T. Wimberly, V. Ramakrishnan	2002	4
18	Recognition of Cognate Transfer RNA by the 30 S Ribosomal Subunit Science ·J.M. Ogle, Ditlev E. Brodersen, William Clemons, M.J. Tarry, Andrew P. Carter, V. Ramakrishnan Hit paper breakdown →	2001	931
19	Crystal Structure of the Conserved Subdomain of Human Protein SRP54M at 2.1Å Resolution: Evidence for the Mechanism of Signal Peptide Binding Journal of Molecular Biology ·William Clemons, Krishne Gowda, Shaun D. Black, Christian Zwieb, V. Ramakrishnan	1999	58
20	Structure of a bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit at 5.5 Å resolution Nature ·William Clemons, Joanna L. C. May, Brian T. Wimberly, John P. McCutcheon, Malcolm Capel, V. Ramakrishnan	1999	281

About William Clemons

William Clemons is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Ecology and Biotechnology, having authored 64 papers that have together received 8.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (39 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (22 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (18 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (12 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (8 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (7.3k citations), Genetics (2.4k citations), Molecular Medicine (361 citations), Structural Biology (98 citations) and Cell Biology (667 citations). William Clemons has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. Frequent co-authors include V. Ramakrishnan, Ditlev E. Brodersen, Andrew P. Carter, Brian T. Wimberly, Robert J. Morgan-Warren, Thomas Hartsch, Tom A. Rapoport, Clemens Vonrhein, Bert van den Berg and J.M. Ogle. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Molecular Biology, Nature and Science.

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