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2022

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Chemistry D-index 124 Citations 58,926 392 World Ranking 139 National Ranking 3

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award

2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

2019 - Nakanishi Prize, Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society.

2017 - Canada Gairdner International Award

2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

1995 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Gene

Lewis E. Kay mainly focuses on Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Crystallography, Protein structure, Nuclear magnetic resonance and Analytical chemistry. His study on Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy also encompasses disciplines like

  • Molecule which connect with Resonance,
  • Spectroscopy which connect with Macromolecule. His studies in Crystallography integrate themes in fields like Deuterium, Relaxation, Calmodulin and Chemical shift.

His Protein structure research incorporates themes from Biophysics, Stereochemistry and Protein folding. Lewis E. Kay has included themes like Resolution and NMR spectra database in his Nuclear magnetic resonance study. His Analytical chemistry research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Triple-resonance nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Pulse sequence, Carbon-13, Chemical exchange and Proton.

His most cited work include:

  • Backbone Dynamics of a Free and a Phosphopeptide-Complexed Src Homology 2 Domain Studied by 15N NMR Relaxation (1762 citations)
  • Backbone dynamics of proteins as studied by 15N inverse detected heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy: application to staphylococcal nuclease. (1484 citations)
  • Intrinsic dynamics of an enzyme underlies catalysis (873 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Lewis E. Kay focuses on Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Crystallography, Relaxation, Analytical chemistry and Biophysics. Lewis E. Kay combines subjects such as Protein structure, Molecule, Chemical physics and Chemical shift with his study of Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. His Crystallography research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of SH3 domain, Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Kinetics and Protein folding.

His Relaxation study also includes fields such as

  • Excited state which intersects with area such as Ground state,
  • Molecular physics and related Dipole. His research integrates issues of Deuterium, Millisecond, Heteronuclear single quantum coherence spectroscopy, Pulse sequence and Spectral line in his study of Analytical chemistry. His study in Biophysics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Biochemistry, Protein aggregation, Chaperone, Protease and Allosteric regulation.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (35.52%)
  • Crystallography (26.79%)
  • Relaxation (22.02%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Biophysics (21.63%)
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (35.52%)
  • Chemical physics (17.26%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Lewis E. Kay focuses on Biophysics, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Chemical physics, Conformational isomerism and Biochemistry. His Biophysics research incorporates elements of Protease, Chaperone, Protein folding, Thermoplasma acidophilum and Allosteric regulation. His Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy study combines topics in areas such as Protein structure, Molecule, Protein aggregation and Molecular machine.

His research in Chemical physics intersects with topics in Millisecond, Relaxation, Solvent, Molecular dynamics and Crystallography. His Relaxation study contributes to a more complete understanding of Nuclear magnetic resonance. The Conformational isomerism study combines topics in areas such as Biomolecule, Folding, Analytical chemistry, Chemical exchange and Chemical shift.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Folding of an intrinsically disordered protein by phosphorylation as a regulatory switch (303 citations)
  • Structural and hydrodynamic properties of an intrinsically disordered region of a germ cell-specific protein on phase separation (165 citations)
  • Bringing Dynamic Molecular Machines into Focus by Methyl-TROSY NMR (135 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Enzyme
  • Gene

His primary areas of investigation include Biophysics, Conformational isomerism, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Biochemistry and Protein folding. His research in Conformational isomerism intersects with topics in SH3 domain, Biomolecule, Excited state, Analytical chemistry and Protein structure. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Folding, Crystallography, Molecule and Chemical physics.

The concepts of his Crystallography study are interwoven with issues in Protein dynamics and Kinetics. His work deals with themes such as Proteome, Relaxation and Molecular dynamics, which intersect with Molecule. Lewis E. Kay focuses mostly in the field of Protein folding, narrowing it down to matters related to Energy landscape and, in some cases, Native state.

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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.
Biochemistry (1994)

2449 Citations

Backbone dynamics of proteins as studied by 15N inverse detected heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy: application to staphylococcal nuclease.

Lewis E. Kay;Dennis A. Torchia;Ad Bax.
Biochemistry (1989)

2191 Citations

Three-dimensional triple-resonance NMR Spectroscopy of isotopically enriched proteins

Lewis E Kay;Mitsuhiko Ikura;Rolf Tschudin;Ad Bax.
Journal of Magnetic Resonance (1990)

1307 Citations

Intrinsic dynamics of an enzyme underlies catalysis

Elan Z. Eisenmesser;Oscar Millet;Wladimir Labeikovsky;Dmitry M. Korzhnev.
Nature (2005)

1188 Citations

A novel approach for sequential assignment of proton, carbon-13, and nitrogen-15 spectra of larger proteins: heteronuclear triple-resonance three-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. Application to calmodulin

Mitsuhiko Ikura;Lewis E. Kay;Ad Bax.
Biochemistry (1990)

1172 Citations

Overcoming the overlap problem in the assignment of proton NMR spectra of larger proteins by use of three-dimensional heteronuclear proton-nitrogen-15 Hartmann-Hahn-multiple quantum coherence and nuclear Overhauser-multiple quantum coherence spectroscopy: application to interleukin 1.beta.

Dominique Marion;Paul C. Driscoll;Lewis E. Kay;Paul T. Wingfield.
Biochemistry (1989)

1142 Citations

Deviations from the simple two-parameter model-free approach to the interpretation of nitrogen-15 nuclear magnetic relaxation of proteins

G. Marius Clore;Attila Szabo;Ad Bax;Lewis E. Kay.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1990)

1122 Citations

Backbone dynamics of calmodulin studied by 15N relaxation using inverse detected two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy: the central helix is flexible.

Gaetano Barbato;Mitsuhiko Ikura;Lewis E. Kay;Richard W. Pastor.
Biochemistry (1992)

1109 Citations

Gradient-Enhanced Triple-Resonance Three-Dimensional NMR Experiments with Improved Sensitivity

D.R. Muhandiram;L.E. Kay.
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, Series B (1994)

1036 Citations

New Tools Provide New Insights in NMR Studies of Protein Dynamics

Anthony Mittermaier;Lewis E. Kay.
Science (2006)

850 Citations

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