2026 Jean-Marie Frère: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	92	2223	2021	34	33	491	28742

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Jean-Marie Frère is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium. Their research spans multiple topics within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. The areas of study include molecular biology, molecular medicine, epidemiology, cell biology, and infectious diseases.

The main research topics addressed by Jean-Marie Frère encompass:

Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Enzyme function and inhibition
Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Jean-Marie Frère include:

Interactions between Avibactam and Ceftazidime-Hydrolyzing Class D β-Lactamases, 2020, Biomolecules
The measurement of true initial rates is not always absolutely necessary to estimate enzyme kinetic parameters, 2023, Scientific Reports

Additional relevant publications in their field, though with other primary authors, include:

4-Amino-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione-derived Schiff bases as metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors, 2020, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
An Extended Reservoir of Class-D Beta-Lactamases in Non-Clinical Bacterial Strains, 2022, Microbiology Spectrum
The Right-Handed Parallel β-Helix Topology of Erwinia chrysanthemi Pectin Methylesterase Is Intimately Associated with Both Sequential Folding and Resistance to High Pressure, 2021, Biomolecules

Jean-Marie Frère has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

Olivier Verlaine
André Matagne
Paola Sandra Mercuri
Moreno Galleni
Valérian Lupo

Their work has been published in various academic venues, notably:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Biomolecules
Scientific Reports
arXiv (Cornell University)
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Best Publications

A standard numbering scheme for the class A beta-lactamases.

R. P. Ambler;A. F. W. Coulson;Jean-Marie Frère;Jean-Marie Ghuysen

1580
Citations
The 3-D structure of a zinc metallo-beta-lactamase from Bacillus cereus reveals a new type of protein fold.

A. Carfi;S. Pares;E. Duée;Moreno Galleni

568
Citations
Genetic and functional confirmation of the causality of the DGAT1 K232A quantitative trait nucleotide in affecting milk yield and composition

Bernard Grisart;Frédéric Farnir;Latifa Karim;Nadine Cambisano

533
Citations
Standard Numbering Scheme for Class B β-Lactamases

Moreno Galleni;Josette Lamotte-Brasseur;Gian Maria Rossolini;Jim Spencer

516
Citations
Catalytic Properties of Class a Beta-Lactamases: Efficiency and Diversity

André Matagne;Josette Lamotte-Brasseur;Jean-Marie Frère

488
Citations
Beta-lactamase inhibitors derived from single-domain antibody fragments elicited in the camelidae.

Katja E. Conrath;Marc Lauwereys;Moreno Galleni;André Matagne

459
Citations
Cytosolic Intermediates for Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Degradation Control Inducible β-Lactam Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria

Christine Jacobs;Jean-Marie Frère;Staffan Normark

459
Citations
Crystal structure of the IMP-1 metallo beta-lactamase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its complex with a mercaptocarboxylate inhibitor: binding determinants of a potent, broad-spectrum inhibitor.

Néstor O. Concha;Cheryl A. Janson;Pam Rowling;Stewart Pearson

440
Citations
The active-site-serine penicillin-recognizing enzymes as members of the Streptomyces R61 DD-peptidase family.

B Joris;J M Ghuysen;G Dive;A Renard

407
Citations
Update of the Standard Numbering Scheme for Class B β-Lactamases

Gianpiero Garau;Isabel García-Sáez;Carine Bebrone;Christine Anne

378
Citations
Treatment of health-care-associated infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria: a consensus statement

Ian Chopra;Christopher Schofield;Martin Everett;Alex O'Neill

324
Citations
Penicillin-sensitive enzymes in peptidoglycan biosynthesis.

Jean-Marie Frère;Bernard Joris

318
Citations
Biochemical characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa 101/1477 metallo-beta-lactamase IMP-1 produced by Escherichia coli.

Nezha Laraki;Nicola Franceschini;Gian Maria Rossolini;Pasqualino Santucci

308
Citations
A metallo-beta-lactamase enzyme in action: crystal structures of the monozinc carbapenemase CphA and its complex with biapenem.

Gianpiero Garau;Carine Bebrone;Christine Anne;Moreno Galleni

298
Citations
On the origin of bacterial resistance to penicillin: comparison of a beta-lactamase and a penicillin target

Judith A. Kelly;Otto Dideberg;Paulette Charlier;Jean-Pierre Wery

294
Citations
Ampd, Essential for Both Beta-Lactamase Regulation and Cell Wall Recycling, Is a Novel Cytosolic N-Acetylmuramyl-L-Alanine Amidase

Christine Jacobs;Bernard Joris;M. Jamin;K. Klarsov

283
Citations
Evolution of an Enzyme Activity: Crystallographic Structure at 2- Å Resolution of Cephalosporinase from the ampC Gene of Enterobacter cloacae P99 and Comparison with a Class A Penicillinase

Emil Lobkovsky;Paul C. Moews;Hansong Liu;Haiching Zhao

268
Citations
The beta-lactamase cycle: a tale of selective pressure and bacterial ingenuity.

André Matagne;Alain Dubus;Moreno Galleni;Jean-Marie Frère

263
Citations
An overview of the kinetic parameters of class B beta-lactamases.

A Felici;G Amicosante;A Oratore;R Strom

250
Citations
Zn(Ii) Dependence of the Aeromonas Hydrophila Ae036 Metallo-Beta-Lactamase Activity and Stability

M. Hernandez Valladares;A. Felici;Georges Weber;H. W. Adolph

242
Citations