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James N. Sturgis

James N. Sturgis

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
7083
World Ranking
18763
National Ranking
870

Overview

James N. Sturgis is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and physics and astronomy.

Their scientific work focuses on several subfields, including molecular biology, atomic and molecular physics and optics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and physiology.

Key topics in their research include:

  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Biofield Effects and Biophysics

James N. Sturgis has published in prominent venues with multiple contributions in:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Recent published papers include:

  • High-speed atomic force microscopy highlights new molecular mechanism of daptomycin action, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Membrane-mediated protein interactions drive membrane protein organization, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Experimental evidence for long-distance electrodynamic intermolecular forces, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Elucidating interprotein energy transfer dynamics within the antenna network from purple bacteria, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Comparison of the Energy-Transfer Rates in Structural and Spectral Variants of the B800-850 Complex from Purple Bacteria, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work are:

  • Ignacio Casuso
  • Batiste Thienpont
  • Olivia C. Fiebig
  • Gabriela S. Schlau-Cohen
  • Yining Jiang

Best Publications

  • Chromatic Adaptation of Photosynthetic Membranes

    Simon Scheuring;James N. Sturgis

  • Regulatory circuits and communication in Gram-negative bacteria

    Andrée M. Lazdunski;Isabelle Ventre;James N. Sturgis

  • Interactions of the quorum sensing regulator QscR: interaction with itself and the other regulators of Pseudomonas aeruginosa LasR and RhlR.

    Fouzia Ledgham;Isabelle Ventre;Chantal Soscia;Maryline Foglino

  • Revisiting the specificity of Mamestra brassicae and Antheraea polyphemus pheromone-binding proteins with a fluorescence binding assay.

    Valérie Campanacci;Jürgen Krieger;Stefanie Bette;James N. Sturgis

  • Characterization of the motion of membrane proteins using high-speed atomic force microscopy.

    Ignacio Casuso;Jonathan Khao;Mohamed Chami;Perrine Paul-Gilloteaux

  • The TolQ-TolR proteins energize TolA and share homologies with the flagellar motor proteins MotA-MotB.

    Eric Cascales;Roland Lloubès;James N Sturgis

  • Watching the photosynthetic apparatus in native membranes

    Simon Scheuring;James N. Sturgis;Valerie Prima;Alain Bernadac

  • Detergents modulate dimerization, but not helicity, of the glycophorin A transmembrane domain.

    Lillian E. Fisher;Donald M. Engelman;James N. Sturgis

  • Type II Protein Secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: the Pseudopilus Is a Multifibrillar and Adhesive Structure

    Éric Durand;Alain Bernadac;Geneviève Ball;Andrée Lazdunski

  • Variable LH2 stoichiometry and core clustering in native membranes of Rhodospirillum photometricum.

    Simon Scheuring;Jean-Louis Rigaud;James N Sturgis

  • Proton motive force drives the interaction of the inner membrane TolA and outer membrane pal proteins in Escherichia coli.

    Eric Cascales;Marthe Gavioli;James N. Sturgis;Roland Lloubès

  • Oligomerization States and Associations of Light-Harvesting Pigment-Protein Complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides As Analyzed by Lithium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis

    C. Neil Hunter;Jeffrey D. Pennoyer;James N. Sturgis;Dennis Farrelly

  • The photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodopseudomonas palustris: structures and organization.

    Simon Scheuring;Rui Pedro Gonçalves;Valérie Prima;James N. Sturgis

  • Supramolecular assembly of VDAC in native mitochondrial outer membranes.

    Rui Pedro Gonçalves;Nikolay Buzhynskyy;Valérie Prima;James N. Sturgis

  • Escherichia coli ykfE ORFan Gene Encodes a Potent Inhibitor of C-type Lysozyme

    Vincent Monchois;Chantal Abergel;James Sturgis;Sandra Jeudy

  • Effect of Detergents on the Association of the Glycophorin A Transmembrane Helix

    Lillian E. Fisher;Donald M. Engelman;James N. Sturgis

  • Organisation and evolution of the tol-pal gene cluster.

    James N. Sturgis

  • Site-directed modification of the ligands to the bacteriochlorophylls of the light-harvesting LH1 and LH2 complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    J. D. Olsen;J. N. Sturgis;W. H. J. Westerhuis;G. J. S. Fowler

  • Functions of conserved tryptophan residues of the core light-harvesting complex of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    J N Sturgis;J D Olsen;B Robert;C N Hunter

  • Thermodynamics of Membrane Polypeptide Oligomerization in Light-harvesting Complexes and Associated Structural Changes

    James N. Sturgis;Bruno Robert

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Scheuring
Simon Scheuring Cornell University
Bruno Robert
Bruno Robert University of Paris-Saclay
C. Neil Hunter
C. Neil Hunter University of Sheffield
Andrée Lazdunski
Andrée Lazdunski Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Donald M. Engelman
Donald M. Engelman Yale University
Christophe Pannecouque
Christophe Pannecouque Rega Institute for Medical Research
Eric Cascales
Eric Cascales Aix-Marseille University
Hugo Scheer
Hugo Scheer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Frédéric Carrière
Frédéric Carrière Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Louis Rigaud
Jean-Louis Rigaud Institute Curie

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