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Vadim Cherezov is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their primary focus is in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing a total of 91 publications to this area. Within this broad field, their work is especially concentrated in subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Spectroscopy, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics predominantly cover areas such as Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, and Protein Structure and Dynamics.

Vadim Cherezov has published in multiple scientific venues with frequency in the following:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent papers authored include:

  • Virtual discovery of melatonin receptor ligands to modulate circadian rhythms (2020, Nature)
  • Structural basis of the activation of a metabotropic GABA receptor (2020, Nature)
  • Structural basis of GABA reuptake inhibition (2022, Nature)
  • Serial femtosecond crystallography (2022, Nature Reviews Methods Primers)
  • Molecular mechanisms of metabotropic GABA B receptor function (2021, Science Advances)

In collaborative efforts, Vadim Cherezov frequently works with the following coauthors:

  • Valentin Borshchevskiy
  • Aleksandra Luginina
  • Gye Won Han
  • Vsevolod Katritch
  • Polina Khorn

Best Publications

  • High-Resolution Crystal Structure of an Engineered Human β2-Adrenergic G Protein–Coupled Receptor

    Vadim Cherezov;Daniel M. Rosenbaum;Michael A. Hanson;Søren G. F. Rasmussen

  • The 2.6 Angstrom Crystal Structure of a Human A2A Adenosine Receptor Bound to an Antagonist.

    Veli-Pekka Jaakola;Mark T. Griffith;Michael A. Hanson;Vadim Cherezov

  • Structures of the CXCR4 chemokine GPCR with small-molecule and cyclic peptide antagonists.

    Beili Wu;Ellen Y. T. Chien;Clifford D. Mol;Gustavo Fenalti

  • GPCR Engineering Yields High-Resolution Structural Insights into β2-Adrenergic Receptor Function

    Daniel M. Rosenbaum;Vadim Cherezov;Michael A. Hanson;Søren G. F. Rasmussen

  • Structure of the human dopamine d3 receptor in complex with a d2/d3 selective antagonist.

    Ellen Y. T. Chien;Wei Liu;Qiang Zhao;Vsevolod Katritch

  • Structure-Function of the G Protein–Coupled Receptor Superfamily

    Vsevolod Katritch;Vadim Cherezov;Raymond C. Stevens

  • A specific cholesterol binding site is established by the 2.8 A structure of the human beta2-adrenergic receptor.

    Michael A. Hanson;Vadim Cherezov;Mark T. Griffith;Christopher B. Roth

  • Structure of the human κ-opioid receptor in complex with JDTic

    Huixian Wu;Daniel Wacker;Mauro Mileni;Vsevolod Katritch

  • Structural Basis for Allosteric Regulation of GPCRs by Sodium Ions

    Wei Liu;Eugene Chun;Aaron A. Thompson;Pavel Chubukov

  • Structure of the human histamine H1 receptor complex with doxepin.

    Tatsuro Shimamura;Tatsuro Shimamura;Mitsunori Shiroishi;Mitsunori Shiroishi;Simone Weyand;Hirokazu Tsujimoto

  • Structure of an Agonist-Bound Human A2A Adenosine Receptor

    Fei Xu;Huixian Wu;Vsevolod Katritch;Gye Won Han

  • Structure of the CCR5 Chemokine Receptor–HIV Entry Inhibitor Maraviroc Complex

    Qiuxiang Tan;Ya Zhu;Jian Li;Zhuxi Chen

  • Structural Features for Functional Selectivity at Serotonin Receptors

    Daniel Wacker;Chong Wang;Vsevolod Katritch;Gye Won Han

  • Crystallizing membrane proteins using lipidic mesophases

    Martin Caffrey;Vadim Cherezov

  • Crystal structure of rhodopsin bound to arrestin by femtosecond X-ray laser

    Yanyong Kang;X. Edward Zhou;Xiang Gao;Yuanzheng He

  • Lipidic cubic phase injector facilitates membrane protein serial femtosecond crystallography

    Uwe Weierstall;Daniel James;Chong Wang;Thomas A. White

  • Structure of a Class C GPCR Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1 Bound to an Allosteric Modulator

    Huixian Wu;Chong Wang;Karen J. Gregory;Karen J. Gregory;Gye Won Han

  • Structural Basis for Molecular Recognition at Serotonin Receptors

    Chong Wang;Yi Jiang;Yi Jiang;Jinming Ma;Jinming Ma;Huixian Wu

  • Structure of the nociceptin/orphanin FQ receptor in complex with a peptide mimetic.

    Aaron A. Thompson;Wei-Wei Liu;Eugene Chun;Vsevolod Katritch

  • Diversity and Modularity of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Structures

    Vsevolod Katritch;Vadim Cherezov;Raymond C. Stevens

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond C. Stevens
Raymond C. Stevens University of Southern California
Wei Liu
Wei Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Vsevolod Katritch
Vsevolod Katritch University of Southern California
Gye Won Han
Gye Won Han University of Southern California
Martin Caffrey
Martin Caffrey Trinity College Dublin
Petra Fromme
Petra Fromme Arizona State University
Bryan L. Roth
Bryan L. Roth University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anton Barty
Anton Barty Universität Hamburg
John C. H. Spence
John C. H. Spence Arizona State University
Xi Ping Huang
Xi Ping Huang University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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