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  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Todd O. Yeates is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans the areas of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, materials chemistry, structural biology, ecology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist's primary topics of research include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Enzyme structure and function
  • Advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research
  • Protein structure and dynamics
  • Glycosylation and glycoproteins research

Notable recent publications by Todd O. Yeates include:

  • Designed Protein Cages as Scaffolds for Building Multienzyme Materials (2020), published in ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Design and Characterization of an Icosahedral Protein Cage Formed by a Double-Fusion Protein Containing Three Distinct Symmetry Elements (2020), published in ACS Synthetic Biology
  • A complete rule set for designing symmetry combination materials from protein molecules (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Advances in methods for atomic resolution macromolecular structure determination (2020), published in F1000Research
  • AlphaFold predicts the most complex protein knot and composite protein knots (2022), published in Protein Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Roger Castells-Graells
  • M.R. Sawaya
  • Kyle Meador
  • Mark A. Arbing
  • Jessica M. Ochoa

Publications by Todd O. Yeates have appeared in recurring venues such as:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Protein Science
  • ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications

Todd O. Yeates was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Verification of protein structures: Patterns of nonbonded atomic interactions

    Chris Colovos;Todd O. Yeates

  • Assigning protein functions by comparative genome analysis protein phylogenetic profiles

    Matteo Pellegrini;Edward M. Marcotte;Michael J. Thompson;David Eisenberg

  • Detecting Protein Function and Protein-Protein Interactions from Genome Sequences

    Edward M Marcotte;Matteo Pellegrini;Ho Leung Ng;Danny W. Rice

  • Structure of the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26: the cofactors

    J P Allen;G Feher;T O Yeates;H Komiya

  • A combined algorithm for genome-wide prediction of protein function

    Edward M. Marcotte;Matteo Pellegrini;Michael J. Thompson;Todd O. Yeates

  • Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

    Donald R. Ort;Donald R. Ort;Sabeeha S. Merchant;Jean Alric;Alice Barkan

  • Protein function in the post-genomic era

    David Eisenberg;Edward M. Marcotte;Ioannis Xenarios;Todd O. Yeates

  • Structure of the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26: the protein subunits

    J. P. Allen;G. Feher;T. O. Yeates;H. Komiya

  • Computational design of self-assembling protein nanomaterials with atomic level accuracy

    Neil P. King;William Sheffler;Michael R. Sawaya;Breanna S. Vollmar

  • Accurate design of co-assembling multi-component protein nanomaterials.

    Neil P. King;Jacob B. Bale;William Sheffler;Dan E. McNamara

  • Accurate design of megadalton-scale two-component icosahedral protein complexes.

    Jacob B. Bale;Shane Gonen;Shane Gonen;Yuxi Liu;William Sheffler

  • Structural homology of reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides and Rhodopseudomonas viridis as determined by x-ray diffraction.

    James P. Allen;G. Feher;T.O. Yeates;D.C. Rees

  • Protein-based organelles in bacteria: carboxysomes and related microcompartments

    Todd O. Yeates;Cheryl A. Kerfeld;Sabine Heinhorst;Gordon C. Cannon

  • A census of protein repeats

    Edward M. Marcotte;Matteo Pellegrini;Todd O. Yeates;David Eisenberg

  • Nanohedra: Using symmetry to design self assembling protein cages, layers, crystals, and filaments

    Jennifer E. Padilla;Christos Colovos;Todd O. Yeates

  • Protein Structures Forming the Shell of Primitive Bacterial Organelles

    Cheryl A. Kerfeld;Michael R. Sawaya;Shiho Tanaka;Chau V. Nguyen

  • [22] Detecting and overcoming crystal twinning

    Todd O. Yeates

  • Structure of the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26: protein-cofactor (quinones and Fe2+) interactions

    J P Allen;G Feher;T O Yeates;H Komiya

  • Atomic-Level Models of the Bacterial Carboxysome Shell

    Shiho Tanaka;Cheryl A. Kerfeld;Cheryl A. Kerfeld;Michael R. Sawaya;Fei Cai

  • Structure of the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26 and 2.4.1: protein-cofactor (bacteriochlorophyll, bacteriopheophytin, and carotenoid) interactions.

    T. O. Yeates;H. Komiya;A. Chirino;D. C. Rees

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Sawaya
Michael R. Sawaya University of California, Los Angeles
David Baker
David Baker University of Washington
Cheryl A. Kerfeld
Cheryl A. Kerfeld Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Thomas A. Bobik
Thomas A. Bobik Iowa State University
Duilio Cascio
Duilio Cascio University of California, Los Angeles
Matteo Pellegrini
Matteo Pellegrini University of California, Los Angeles
David Eisenberg
David Eisenberg Harvard University
Douglas C. Rees
Douglas C. Rees California Institute of Technology
James P. Allen
James P. Allen Arizona State University
Edward M. Marcotte
Edward M. Marcotte The University of Texas at Austin

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