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D-Index
58
Citations
13029
World Ranking
10550
National Ranking
2915

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1997 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Susan Marqusee is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Infectious Diseases, Materials Chemistry, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including:

  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Frequent publication venues for Susan Marqusee include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Protein Science
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Susan Marqusee showcase the diversity of their research interests. These include:

  • "Multivalent interactions between CsoS2 and Rubisco mediate α-carboxysome formation," 2020, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • "The SARS-CoV-2 spike reversibly samples an open-trimer conformation exposing novel epitopes," 2022, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • "Identification of a conserved S2 epitope present on spike proteins from all highly pathogenic coronaviruses," 2023, eLife
  • "Site-specific ubiquitination affects protein energetics and proteasomal degradation," 2020, Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Single-molecule diffusometry reveals no catalysis-induced diffusion enhancement of alkaline phosphatase as proposed by FCS experiments," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Sophie R. Shoemaker
  • Shawn M. Costello
  • Naomi R. Latorraca
  • Helen T. Hobbs
  • Chris Habrian

Susan Marqusee has been recognized by several scientific bodies, earning distinctions such as:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2008)
  • Hellman Fellow (1997)

Best Publications

  • Helix stabilization by Glu-...Lys+ salt bridges in short peptides of de novo design

    Susan Marqusee;Robert L. Baldwin

  • Unusually stable helix formation in short alanine-based peptides

    Susan Marqusee;Virginia H. Robbins;Robert L. Baldwin

  • Direct Observation of the Three-State Folding of a Single Protein Molecule

    Ciro Cecconi;Elizabeth A. Shank;Carlos Bustamante;Susan Marqusee

  • Relative helix-forming tendencies of nonpolar amino acids

    S. Padmanabhan;Susan Marqusee;Theresa M. Ridgeway;Thomas M. Laue

  • Detection of rare partially folded molecules in equilibrium with the native conformation of RNaseH

    Aaron K. Chamberlain;Tracy M. Handel;Susan Marqusee

  • Calorimetric determination of the enthalpy change for the alpha-helix to coil transition of an alanine peptide in water.

    J M Scholtz;S Marqusee;R L Baldwin;E J York

  • Nature of the charged-group effect on the stability of the C-peptide helix.

    Kevin R. Shoemaker;Peter S. Kim;David N. Brems;Susan Marqusee

  • Pulse proteolysis: A simple method for quantitative determination of protein stability and ligand binding

    Chiwook Park;Susan Marqusee

  • The kinetic folding intermediate of ribonuclease H resembles the acid molten globule and partially unfolded molecules detected under native conditions

    Tanya M. Raschke;Susan Marqusee

  • The folding cooperativity of a protein is controlled by its chain topology

    Elizabeth A. Shank;Ciro Cecconi;Ciro Cecconi;Jesse W. Dill;Susan Marqusee

  • Solution structure of Syrian hamster prion protein rPrP(90-231).

    He Liu;Shauna Farr-Jones;Nikolai B. Ulyanov;Manuel Llinas

  • Protein folding: defining a "standard" set of experimental conditions and a preliminary kinetic data set of two-state proteins.

    Karen L. Maxwell;David Wildes;Arash Zarrine-Afsar;Miguel A. De Los Rios

  • The heat released during catalytic turnover enhances the diffusion of an enzyme

    Clement Riedel;Ronen Gabizon;Christian A. M. Wilson;Kambiz Hamadani;Kambiz Hamadani

  • Discovery of multiple hidden allosteric sites by combining Markov state models and experiments

    Gregory R. Bowman;Eric R. Bolin;Kathryn M. Hart;Brendan C. Maguire

  • A Ras-induced conformational switch in the Ras activator Son of sevenless

    Tanya S. Freedman;Holger Sondermann;Holger Sondermann;Gregory D. Friedland;Tanja Kortemme

  • Stepwise protein folding at near amino acid resolution by hydrogen exchange and mass spectrometry

    Wenbing Hu;Benjamin T. Walters;Zhong-Yuan Kan;Leland Mayne

  • A thermodynamic comparison of mesophilic and thermophilic ribonucleases H.

    Julie Hollien;Susan Marqusee

  • Contributions of a hydrogen bond/salt bridge network to the stability of secondary and tertiary structure in lambda repressor.

    Susan Marqusee;Robert T. Sauer

  • Role of residual structure in the unfolded state of a thermophilic protein.

    Srebrenka Robic;Mercedes Guzman-Casado;Jose M. Sanchez-Ruiz;Susan Marqusee

  • Multivalent interactions between CsoS2 and Rubisco mediate α-carboxysome formation

    Luke M. Oltrogge;Thawatchai Chaijarasphong;Thawatchai Chaijarasphong;Allen W. Chen;Eric R. Bolin

  • Probing the high energy states in proteins by proteolysis.

    Chiwook Park;Susan Marqusee

  • The thermostability and specificity of ancient proteins.

    Lucas C Wheeler;Shion A Lim;Susan Marqusee;Michael J Harms

  • Confirmation of the hierarchical folding of RNase H: a protein engineering study.

    Tanya M. Raschke;Joan Kho;Susan Marqusee

  • Protein-DNA chimeras for single molecule mechanical folding studies with the optical tweezers.

    Ciro Cecconi;Ciro Cecconi;Elizabeth A. Shank;Elizabeth A. Shank;Frederick W. Dahlquist;Susan Marqusee

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Bustamante
Carlos Bustamante Stanford University
Jamie H. D. Cate
Jamie H. D. Cate University of California, Berkeley
John Kuriyan
John Kuriyan Vanderbilt University
Robert L. Baldwin
Robert L. Baldwin Stanford University
Manuel Llinás
Manuel Llinás Pennsylvania State University
Tracy M. Handel
Tracy M. Handel University of Montana
Stanley B. Prusiner
Stanley B. Prusiner University of California, San Francisco
Andreas Martin
Andreas Martin University of California, Berkeley
Aled M. Edwards
Aled M. Edwards Structural Genomics Consortium
John D. Chodera
John D. Chodera Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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