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Overview

Enrico Di Cera is affiliated with Saint Louis University in the United States. Throughout their career, Di Cera has maintained a focus on scientific research within their academic environment.

In 2019, Di Cera was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), indicating peer acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Serine proteases

    Enrico Di Cera

  • Evolution of enzyme cascades from embryonic development to blood coagulation

    Maxwell M. Krem;Enrico Di Cera

  • Role of Na+ and K+ in Enzyme Function

    Michael J. Page;Enrico Di Cera

  • Conformational Selection or Induced Fit? A Critical Appraisal of the Kinetic Mechanism

    Austin D. Vogt;Enrico Di Cera

  • The Na+ Binding Site of Thrombin

    Enrico Di Cera;Enriqueta R. Guinto;Alessandro Vindigni;Quoc D. Dang

  • Thrombin is a Na(+)-activated enzyme.

    Christina M. Wells;Enrico Di Cera

  • Valence screening of water in protein crystals reveals potential Na+ binding sites.

    Murad Nayal;Enrico Di Cera

  • Crystal structure of the large fragment of Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase I at 2.5-A resolution: structural basis for thermostability.

    S Korolev;M Nayal;W M Barnes;E Di Cera

  • Molecular markers of serine protease evolution

    Maxwell M. Krem;Enrico Di Cera

  • Characterization of the Bacterial Sensor Protein PhoQ EVIDENCE FOR DISTINCT BINDING SITES FOR Mg2+ AND Ca2+

    Elenora García Véscovi;Youhna M. Ayala;Enrico Di Cera;Eduardo A. Groisman

  • Molecular Dissection of Na+ Binding to Thrombin

    Agustin O. Pineda;Christopher J. Carrell;Leslie A. Bush;Swati Prasad

  • A Structural Perspective on Enzymes Activated by Monovalent Cations

    Enrico Di Cera

  • Thermodynamic Theory of Site-Specific Binding Processes in Biological Macromolecules

    Enrico Di Cera

  • Protective signaling by activated protein C is mechanistically linked to protein C activation on endothelial cells.

    Clemens Feistritzer;Reto A. Schuepbach;Laurent O. Mosnier;Leslie A. Bush

  • Conformational selection is a dominant mechanism of ligand binding.

    Austin D. Vogt;Enrico Di Cera

  • Evolution of Peptidase Diversity

    Michael J. Page;Enrico Di Cera

  • Rational engineering of activity and specificity in a serine protease

    Quoc D. Dang;Enriqueta R. Guinto;Enrico Di Cera

  • Molecular mapping of thrombin-receptor interactions.

    Youhna M. Ayala;Angelene M. Cantwell;Thierry Rose;Leslie A. Bush

  • Data publication with the structural biology data grid supports live analysis.

    Peter A. Meyer;Stephanie Socias;Jason Key;Elizabeth Ransey

  • Essential role of conformational selection in ligand binding.

    Austin D. Vogt;Nicola Pozzi;Zhiwei Chen;Enrico Di Cera

  • A Novel, Potent Dual Inhibitor of the Leukocyte Proteases Cathepsin G and Chymase MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY IN VIVO

    Lawrence de Garavilla;Michael N. Greco;Narayanasami Sukumar;Zhi-Wei Chen

  • Rational design of a potent anticoagulant thrombin.

    Angelene M. Cantwell;Enrico Di Cera

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Vindigni
Alessandro Vindigni Washington University in St. Louis
Owen J. T. McCarty
Owen J. T. McCarty Oregon Health & Science University
John H. Griffin
John H. Griffin Scripps Research Institute
Massimo Coletta
Massimo Coletta University of Rome Tor Vergata
Xiaobing Zuo
Xiaobing Zuo Argonne National Laboratory
Gabriel Waksman
Gabriel Waksman University College London
José A. Fernández
José A. Fernández Scripps Research Institute
Charles T. Esmon
Charles T. Esmon Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Carl Frieden
Carl Frieden Washington University in St. Louis
Michael W. Mosesson
Michael W. Mosesson American Association of State Colleges and Universities

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