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Anders Liljas

Anders Liljas

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
14175
World Ranking
11872
National Ranking
175

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Anders Liljas is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and specializes in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research encompasses various subfields including molecular biology, history and philosophy of science, physical and theoretical chemistry, pharmacology, and biochemistry.

The scientist's primary research topics focus on enzyme function and inhibition, chemical reactions and mechanisms, cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases, amino acid enzymes and metabolism, metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, enzyme structure and function, as well as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Frequent co-authors include Bengt-Harald Jonsson, with whom they have collaborated on multiple publications.

The most common publication venues for Anders Liljas are:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • Crystallography Reviews
  • IUCrJ
  • Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Anders Liljas include:

  • "An enzyme in disguise", 2020, IUCrJ
  • "Crystallography of the past and in the future", 2020, Crystallography Reviews
  • "Architects of Structural Biology: Bragg, Perutz, Kendrew, Hodgkin. By John Meurig Thomas. Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 320. GBP 35 (hardback), ISBN 9780198854500", 2020, Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology

Other relevant papers connected with joint efforts alongside co-author Bengt-Harald Jonsson include:

  • "Perspectives on the Classical Enzyme Carbonic Anhydrase and the Search for Inhibitors", 2020, Biophysical Journal
  • "Comments to the Editor Due to the Response by the Supuran Group to Our Article", 2020, Biophysical Journal

Anders Liljas is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • 4 Lactate Dehydrogenase

    J. John Holbrook;Anders Liljas;Steven J. Steindel;Michael G. Rossmann

  • 2 Evolutionary and Structural Relationships among Dehydrogenases

    Michael G. Rossman;Anders Liljas;Carl-Ivar Brändén;Leonard J. Banaszak

  • Refined structure of human carbonic anhydrase II at 2.0 A resolution.

    A.E Eriksson;T.A Jones;A. Liljas

  • A new system for naming ribosomal proteins

    Nenad Ban;Roland Beckmann;Jamie H D Cate;Jonathan D Dinman

  • Structure of native and apo carbonic anhydrase II and structure of some of its anion-ligand complexes.

    K Hakansson;M Carlsson;L.A Svensson;A. Liljas

  • Crystal structure of human carbonic anhydrase C.

    A. Liljas;A. Liljas;K. K. Kannan;P.-C. Bergstén;I. Waara

  • Crystal structure of catechol O-methyltransferase

    J Vidgren;L A Svensson;A Liljas

  • Three-dimensional structure of the ribosomal translocase: elongation factor G from Thermus thermophilus

    A. Ævarsson;E. Brazhnikov;M. Garber;J. Zheltonosova

  • Structure-function relationships in lactate dehydrogenase.

    Margaret J. Adams;Manfred Buehner;K. Chandrasekhar;Geoffrey C. Ford

  • The crystallography beamline I711 at MAX II

    Y. Cerenius;K. Ståhl;L. A. Svensson;T. Ursby

  • Crystallographic studies of inhibitor binding sites in human carbonic anhydrase II: a pentacoordinated binding of the SCN- ion to the zinc at high pH.

    A.E Eriksson;P.M Kylsten;T.A Jones;A. Liljas

  • Structure of the C-terminal domain of the ribosomal protein L7/L12 from Escherichia coli at 1.7 A.

    Marie Leijonmarck;Anders Liljas

  • Letter: Recognition of structural domains in globular proteins.

    Michael G. Rossman;Anders Liljas

  • Crystal structure of Thermotoga maritima ribosome recycling factor: a tRNA mimic.

    Maria Selmer;Salam Al-Karadaghi;Go Hirokawa;Akira Kaji

  • Crystal structure of the ribosomal protein S6 from Thermus thermophilus.

    M. Lindahl;L. A. Svensson;A. Liljas;S. E. Sedelnikova

  • 21 Carbonic Anhydrase

    S. Lindskog;L.E. Henderson;K.K. Kannan;A. Liljas

  • Structural studies of ribosomes

    Anders Liljas

  • Crystal structure of human erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase C. 3. Molecular structure of the enzyme and of one enzyme-inhibitor complex at 5-5 A resolution.

    K. Fridborg;K.K. Kannan;A. Liljas;J. Lundin

  • X-Ray Studies of Protein Interactions

    and A Liljas;M G Rossmann

  • Structure of a mutant EF-G reveals domain III and possibly the fusidic acid binding site.

    Martin Laurberg;Ole Kristensen;Kirill Martemyanov;Anatoly T Gudkov

Frequent Co-Authors

Göran Lindblom
Göran Lindblom Umeå University
Poul Nissen
Poul Nissen Aarhus University
Måns Ehrenberg
Måns Ehrenberg Uppsala University
Michael G. Rossmann
Michael G. Rossmann Purdue University West Lafayette
Kirill A. Martemyanov
Kirill A. Martemyanov Scripps Research Institute
Diarmaid Hughes
Diarmaid Hughes Uppsala University
Charles G. Kurland
Charles G. Kurland Lund University
Akira Kaji
Akira Kaji University of Pennsylvania
Wayne A. Hendrickson
Wayne A. Hendrickson Columbia University
Frans A. A. Mulder
Frans A. A. Mulder Aarhus University

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