| Making light work of enzyme catalysis: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase DJ Heyes, CN Hunter Trends in biochemical sciences 30 (11), 642-649, 2005 | 190 | 2005 |
| Conformational changes in an ultrafast light-driven enzyme determine catalytic activity OA Sytina, DJ Heyes, CN Hunter, MT Alexandre, IHM Van Stokkum, ... Nature 456 (7224), 1001-1004, 2008 | 145 | 2008 |
| Structural basis of kynurenine 3-monooxygenase inhibition M Amaral, C Levy, DJ Heyes, P Lafite, TF Outeiro, F Giorgini, D Leys, ... Nature 496 (7445), 382-385, 2013 | 143 | 2013 |
| Quantum biology: An update and perspective Y Kim, F Bertagna, EM D’souza, DJ Heyes, LO Johannissen, ET Nery, ... Quantum Reports 3 (1), 80-126, 2021 | 127 | 2021 |
| Structural basis for enzymatic photocatalysis in chlorophyll biosynthesis S Zhang, DJ Heyes, L Feng, W Sun, LO Johannissen, H Liu, CW Levy, ... Nature 574 (7780), 722-725, 2019 | 104 | 2019 |
| Enzymology below 200 K: the kinetics and thermodynamics of the photochemistry catalyzed by protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase DJ Heyes, AV Ruban, HM Wilks, CN Hunter Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (17), 11145-11150, 2002 | 101 | 2002 |
| Nuclear quantum tunneling in the light-activated enzyme protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase DJ Heyes, M Sakuma, SP de Visser, NS Scrutton Journal of biological chemistry 284 (6), 3762-3767, 2009 | 89 | 2009 |
| Low carbon strategies for sustainable bio-alkane gas production and renewable energy M Amer, EZ Wojcik, C Sun, R Hoeven, JMX Hughes, M Faulkner, ... Energy & Environmental Science 13 (6), 1818-1831, 2020 | 86 | 2020 |
| Enzymatic carboxylation of 2-furoic acid yields 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) KAP Payne, SA Marshall, K Fisher, MJ Cliff, DM Cannas, C Yan, ... ACS catalysis 9 (4), 2854-2865, 2019 | 86 | 2019 |
| Photochemical mechanism of light-driven fatty acid photodecarboxylase DJ Heyes, B Lakavath, SJO Hardman, M Sakuma, TM Hedison, ... ACS catalysis 10 (12), 6691-6696, 2020 | 81 | 2020 |
| Ultrafast enzymatic reaction dynamics in protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase DJ Heyes, CN Hunter, IHM van Stokkum, R Van Grondelle, ML Groot Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 10 (6), 491-492, 2003 | 81 | 2003 |
| Catalytic mechanism of cofactor-free dioxygenases and how they circumvent spin-forbidden oxygenation of their substrates A Hernández-Ortega, MG Quesne, S Bui, DJ Heyes, RA Steiner, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 (23), 7474-7487, 2015 | 80 | 2015 |
| Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in the Catalytic Cycle of Alcaligenes xylosoxidans Copper-Dependent Nitrite Reductase NGH Leferink, C Han, SV Antonyuk, DJ Heyes, SEJ Rigby, MA Hough, ... Biochemistry 50 (19), 4121-4131, 2011 | 73 | 2011 |
| Protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase:“dark” reactions of a light-driven enzyme DJ Heyes, AV Ruban, CN Hunter Biochemistry 42 (2), 523-528, 2003 | 68 | 2003 |
| A designed photoenzyme for enantioselective [2+ 2] cycloadditions JS Trimble, R Crawshaw, FJ Hardy, CW Levy, MJB Brown, DE Fuerst, ... Nature 611 (7937), 709-714, 2022 | 67 | 2022 |
| The first catalytic step of the light-driven enzyme protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase proceeds via a charge transfer complex DJ Heyes, P Heathcote, SEJ Rigby, MA Palacios, R van Grondelle, ... Journal of biological chemistry 281 (37), 26847-26853, 2006 | 65 | 2006 |
| Rapid P450 heme iron reduction by laser photoexcitation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis CYP121 and CYP51B1: analysis of CO complexation reactions and reversibility of the P450 … AJ Dunford, KJ McLean, M Sabri, HE Seward, DJ Heyes, NS Scrutton, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 282 (34), 24816-24824, 2007 | 64 | 2007 |
| Catalytic mechanism of aromatic nitration by cytochrome P450 TxtE: involvement of a ferric-peroxynitrite intermediate S Louka, SM Barry, DJ Heyes, MQE Mubarak, HS Ali, LM Alkhalaf, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (37), 15764-15779, 2020 | 63 | 2020 |
| Molecular basis of halorespiration control by CprK, a CRP‐FNR type transcriptional regulator C Levy, K Pike, DJ Heyes, MG Joyce, K Gabor, H Smidt, J Van Der Oost, ... Molecular microbiology 70 (1), 151-167, 2008 | 61 | 2008 |
| Radical-based photoinactivation of fatty acid photodecarboxylases B Lakavath, TM Hedison, DJ Heyes, M Shanmugam, M Sakuma, ... Analytical biochemistry 600, 113749, 2020 | 59 | 2020 |
Nigel ScruttonProfessor of Enzymology, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) and School of ChemistryVerified email at manchester.ac.uk
