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Julie D. Forman-Kay

Julie D. Forman-Kay

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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
32797
World Ranking
1826
National Ranking
53

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Julie D. Forman-Kay is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a primary focus on molecular biology. The scientist has contributed to 230 publications across related disciplines.

The research topics addressed by Forman-Kay include:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Forman-Kay has published extensively in several venues, frequently contributing to the following journals and platforms:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Among notable recent papers are:

  • Comparative roles of charge, π, and hydrophobic interactions in sequence-dependent phase separation of intrinsically disordered proteins, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Phase Separation as a Missing Mechanism for Interpretation of Disease Mutations, 2020, Cell
  • Conformational Ensembles of an Intrinsically Disordered Protein Consistent with NMR, SAXS, and Single-Molecule FRET, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Systematic identification of conditionally folded intrinsically disordered regions by AlphaFold2, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PED in 2021: a major update of the protein ensemble database for intrinsically disordered proteins, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research

The scientist has collaborated extensively with others in the field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Iva Pritišanac
  • Alan M Moses
  • Teresa Head-Gordon
  • Claudiu C. Gradinaru
  • Zi Hao Liu

Forman-Kay was awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2016 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Backbone Dynamics of a Free and a Phosphopeptide-Complexed Src Homology 2 Domain Studied by 15N NMR Relaxation

    Neil A. Farrow;Ranjith Muhandiram;Alex U. Singer;Steven M. Pascal

  • Phase Transition of a Disordered Nuage Protein Generates Environmentally Responsive Membraneless Organelles

    Timothy J. Nott;Timothy J. Nott;Evangelia Petsalaki;Patrick Farber;Dylan Jervis

  • Sensitivity of secondary structure propensities to sequence differences between α‐ and γ‐synuclein: Implications for fibrillation

    Joseph A. Marsh;Vinay K. Singh;Zongchao Jia;Julie D. Forman-Kay

  • A Gradient-Enhanced HCCH-TOCSY Experiment for Recording Side-Chain 1H and 13C Correlations in H2O Samples of Proteins

    L. E. Kay;Guang-Yi Xu;A. U. Singer;D. R. Muhandiram

  • Pi-Pi contacts are an overlooked protein feature relevant to phase separation.

    Robert Mc Coy Vernon;Paul Andrew Chong;Brian Tsang;Tae Hun Kim

  • Structural and hydrodynamic properties of an intrinsically disordered region of a germ cell-specific protein on phase separation

    Jacob P Brady;Patrick J Farber;Ashok Sekhar;Yi-Hsuan Lin

  • Folding of an intrinsically disordered protein by phosphorylation as a regulatory switch

    Alaji Bah;Robert M. Vernon;Zeba Siddiqui;Mickaël Krzeminski

  • A heteronuclear correlation experiment for simultaneous determination of 15N longitudinal decay and chemical exchange rates of systems in slow equilibrium.

    Neil A. Farrow;Ouwen Zhang;Julie D. Forman-Kay;Lewis E. Kay

  • Atomic-level characterization of disordered protein ensembles

    Tanja Mittag;Julie D Forman-Kay

  • Modulation of Intrinsically Disordered Protein Function by Post-translational Modifications

    Alaji Bah;Julie D. Forman-Kay

  • Protein dynamics and conformational disorder in molecular recognition

    Tanja Mittag;Lewis E. Kay;Julie D. Forman-Kay

  • Two-dimensional NMR experiments for correlating carbon-13.beta. and proton.delta./.epsilon. chemical shifts of aromatic residues in 13C-labeled proteins via scalar couplings

    Toshio Yamazaki;Julie D. Forman-Kay;Lewis E. Kay

  • Solution Structure and Dynamics of the Outer Membrane Enzyme PagP by NMR

    Peter M. Hwang;Wing-Yiu Choy;Eileen I. Lo;Lu Chen

  • RGG/RG Motif Regions in RNA Binding and Phase Separation.

    P. Andrew Chong;Robert M. Vernon;Julie D. Forman-Kay

  • Sequence Determinants of Compaction in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

    Joseph A. Marsh;Julie D. Forman-Kay

  • Comparison of the backbone dynamics of a folded and an unfolded SH3 domain existing in equilibrium in aqueous buffer.

    Neil A. Farrow;Ouwen Zhang;Julie D. Forman-Kay;Lewis E. Kay

  • Dynamic equilibrium engagement of a polyvalent ligand with a single-site receptor.

    Tanja Mittag;Stephen Orlicky;Wing-Yiu Choy;Xiaojing Tang

  • Properties of Stress Granule and P-Body Proteomes.

    Ji-Young Youn;Boris J.A. Dyakov;Boris J.A. Dyakov;Jianping Zhang;James D.R. Knight

  • CFTR regulatory region interacts with NBD1 predominantly via multiple transient helices.

    Jennifer M R Baker;Rhea P. Hudson;Voula Kanelis;Wing Yiu Choy;Wing Yiu Choy

  • Simultaneous Acquisition of 15N- and 13C-Edited NOE Spectra of Proteins Dissolved in H2O

    S.M. Pascal;D.R. Muhandiram;T. Yamazaki;J.D. Formankay

Frequent Co-Authors

Lewis E. Kay
Lewis E. Kay University of Toronto
Tony Pawson
Tony Pawson University of Toronto
Frank Sicheri
Frank Sicheri Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Hue Sun Chan
Hue Sun Chan University of Toronto
Teresa Head-Gordon
Teresa Head-Gordon University of California, Berkeley
Daniela Rotin
Daniela Rotin University of Toronto
Jeffrey L. Wrana
Jeffrey L. Wrana Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Philip J. Thomas
Philip J. Thomas The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mike Tyers
Mike Tyers University of Montreal
Simon Alberti
Simon Alberti TU Dresden

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