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Biology and Biochemistry
New Zealand
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
31457
World Ranking
2534
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Edward N. Baker is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research focuses primarily on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with specific contributions to Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Infectious Diseases, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology.

The scientist's research topics broadly cover Enzyme Structure and Function, Biochemical and Molecular Research, RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, and Biochemical and Structural Characterization.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Ghader Bashiri, Lila M. Gierasch, F. Peter Guengerich, Ruma Banerjee, and Roger Colbran.

They have published extensively in several academic venues, most notably:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology
  • IUCrJ
  • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications
  • The FASEB Journal

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Allosteric regulation of menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis in the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis," 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Convergent pathways to biosynthesis of the versatile cofactor F420," 2020, Current Opinion in Structural Biology
  • "AlphaFold and the future of structural biology," 2023, Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology
  • "AlphaFold and the future of structural biology," 2023, IUCrJ
  • "Visualizing an unseen enemy; mobilizing structural biology to counter COVID-19," 2020, Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology

Best Publications

  • Hydrogen bonding in globular proteins

    E.N. Baker;R.E. Hubbard

  • The structure of 2Zn pig insulin crystals at 1.5 A resolution.

    Edward N. Baker;Thomas L. Blundell;John F. Cutfield;Susan M. Cutfield

  • Structure of human lactoferrin: Crystallographic structure analysis and refinement at 2·8 Å resolution

    Bryan F. Anderson;Heather M. Baker;Gillian E. Norris;David W. Rice

  • Structure of Rhombohedral 2 Zinc Insulin Crystals

    M. J. Adams;M. J. Adams;T. L. Blundell;E. J. Dodson;G. G. Dodson

  • Pili in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria - structure, assembly and their role in disease.

    Thomas Proft;Edward Baker

  • Structural basis of the Tanford transition of bovine beta-lactoglobulin.

    Bin Y. Qin;Maria C. Bewley;Lawrence K. Creamer;Heather M. Baker

  • Structure of human lactoferrin at 3.2-Å resolution

    Bryan F. Anderson;Heather M. Baker;Eleanor J. Dodson;Gillian E. Norris

  • Apolactoferrin structure demonstrates ligand-induced conformational change in transferrins.

    B F Anderson;H M Baker;G E Norris;S V Rumball

  • Structure of azurin from Alcaligenes denitrificans refinement at 1.8 A resolution and comparison of the two crystallographically independent molecules.

    Edward N. Baker

  • Molecular structure, binding properties and dynamics of lactoferrin.

    E N Baker;H M Baker

  • Three-dimensional structure of diferric bovine lactoferrin at 2.8 A resolution.

    Stanley A Moore;Bryan F Anderson;Colin R Groom;M Haridas

  • Stabilizing Isopeptide Bonds Revealed in Gram-Positive Bacterial Pilus Structure

    Hae Joo Kang;Fasseli Joseph Coulibaly;Fiona Clow;Thomas Proft

  • Lactoferrin Is a Potent Regulator of Bone Cell Activity and Increases Bone Formation in Vivo

    Jillian Cornish;Karen E. Callon;Dorit Naot;Kate P. Palmano

  • Thiol proteases. Comparative studies based on the high-resolution structures of papain and actinidin, and on amino acid sequence information for cathepsins B and H, and stem bromelain.

    I G Kamphuis;J Drenth;E N Baker

  • Structure of actinidin, after refinement at 1.7 A resolution.

    E.N. Baker

  • A structural framework for understanding the multifunctional character of lactoferrin

    Edward N. Baker;Heather M. Baker

  • Structure and Reactivity of Transferrins

    E.N. Baker

  • Crystal structure of hemopexin reveals a novel high-affinity heme site formed between two beta-propeller domains.

    Massimo Paoli;Bryan F. Anderson;Heather M. Baker;Heather M. Baker;William T. Morgan

  • Dealing with iron: common structural principles in proteins that transport iron and heme.

    Heather M. Baker;Bryan F. Anderson;Edward N. Baker

  • Crystal structure of the protein disulfide bond isomerase, DsbC, from Escherichia coli.

    Andrew A. McCarthy;Peter W. Haebel;Anneli Törrönen;Vladimir Rybin

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey B. Jameson
Geoffrey B. Jameson Massey University
John D. Fraser
John D. Fraser University of Auckland
Guy Dodson
Guy Dodson University of York
Eleanor J. Dodson
Eleanor J. Dodson University of York
Mark J. Banfield
Mark J. Banfield John Innes Centre
Mamannamana Vijayan
Mamannamana Vijayan Indian Institute of Science
Joel L. Sussman
Joel L. Sussman Weizmann Institute of Science
Tom L. Blundell
Tom L. Blundell University of Cambridge
Richard J. Payne
Richard J. Payne University of Sydney
Gregory M. Cook
Gregory M. Cook Queensland University of Technology

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