Edward P. O'Brien

Edward P. O'Brien

Penn State University

H-index: 32

North America-United States

About Edward P. O'Brien

Edward P. O'Brien, With an exceptional h-index of 32 and a recent h-index of 24 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Penn State University, specializes in the field of Chemistry - Biophysics - Physical Bioinformatics - Machine Learning.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Binding small-molecule drugs may avoid protein misfolding into non-covalent lasso entanglements

Non-covalent Lasso Entanglements in Folded Proteins: Prevalence, Functional Implications, and Evolutionary Significance

A newly predicted class of protein misfolding explains decades-old biochemical and molecular biology data

Deciphering the free energy landscapes of SARS-CoV-2 wild type and Omicron variant interacting with human ACE2

It is theoretically possible to avoid misfolding into non-covalent lasso entanglements using small molecule drugs

Synonymous mutations can alter protein dimerization through localized interface misfolding involving self-entanglements

Native entanglement misfolding can cause a loss-of-function in essential proteins

Is Posttranslational Folding More Efficient Than Refolding from a Denatured State: A Computational Study

Edward P. O'Brien Information

University

Position

Assistant Professor University Park

Citations(all)

3534

Citations(since 2020)

1801

Cited By

2549

hIndex(all)

32

hIndex(since 2020)

24

i10Index(all)

47

i10Index(since 2020)

42

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University Profile Page

Penn State University

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Edward P. O'Brien Skills & Research Interests

Chemistry - Biophysics - Physical Bioinformatics - Machine Learning

Top articles of Edward P. O'Brien

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Binding small-molecule drugs may avoid protein misfolding into non-covalent lasso entanglements

Biophysical Journal

Yang Jiang

Edward P O'Brien

2024/2/8

Non-covalent Lasso Entanglements in Folded Proteins: Prevalence, Functional Implications, and Evolutionary Significance

Journal of Molecular Biology

Viraj Rana

Ian Sitarik

Justin Petucci

Yang Jiang

Hyebin Song

...

2024/3/15

A newly predicted class of protein misfolding explains decades-old biochemical and molecular biology data

Biophysical Journal

Edward P O’Brien

2024/2/8

Deciphering the free energy landscapes of SARS-CoV-2 wild type and Omicron variant interacting with human ACE2

The Journal of Chemical Physics

Pham Dang Lan

Daniel A Nissley

Edward P O’Brien

Toan T Nguyen

Mai Suan Li

2024/2/7

It is theoretically possible to avoid misfolding into non-covalent lasso entanglements using small molecule drugs

PLoS computational biology

Yang Jiang

Charlotte M Deane

Garrett M Morris

Edward P O’Brien

2024/3/12

Synonymous mutations can alter protein dimerization through localized interface misfolding involving self-entanglements

Journal of Molecular Biology

Pham Dang Lan

Daniel Allen Nissley

Ian Sitarik

Quyen V Vu

Yang Jiang

...

2024/2/9

Native entanglement misfolding can cause a loss-of-function in essential proteins

Biophysical Journal

Ian M Sitarik

Edward P O'Brien

2024/2/8

Is Posttranslational Folding More Efficient Than Refolding from a Denatured State: A Computational Study

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Quyen V Vu

Daniel A Nissley

Yang Jiang

Edward P O’Brien

Mai Suan Li

2023/5/18

How synonymous mutations alter enzyme structure and function over long timescales

Nature Chemistry

Yang Jiang

Syam Sundar Neti

Ian Sitarik

Priya Pradhan

Philip To

...

2023/3

Incorporating mutational heterogeneity to identify genes that are enriched for synonymous mutations in cancer

BMC bioinformatics

Yiyun Rao

Nabeel Ahmed

Justin Pritchard

Edward P O’Brien

2023/12/7

How soluble misfolded proteins bypass chaperones at the molecular level

Nature communications

Ritaban Halder

Daniel A Nissley

Ian Sitarik

Yang Jiang

Yiyun Rao

...

2023/6/21

Correction to “Ribosome Elongation Kinetics of Consecutively Charged Residues Are Coupled to Electrostatic Force”

Biochemistry

Sarah E Leininger

Judith Rodriguez

Quyen V Vu

Yang Jiang

Mai Suan Li

...

2022/1/5

Universal protein misfolding intermediates can bypass the proteostasis network and remain soluble and less functional

Nature communications

Daniel A Nissley

Yang Jiang

Fabio Trovato

Ian Sitarik

Karthik B Narayan

...

2022/6/2

Cocktail of REGN antibodies binds more strongly to SARS-CoV-2 than its components, but the Omicron variant reduces its neutralizing ability

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Hung Nguyen

Pham Dang Lan

Daniel A Nissley

Edward P O’Brien

Mai Suan Li

2022/4/11

Machine-learning guided biophysical model development: application to ribosome catalysis

Biophysical Journal

Yang Jiang

Justin Petucci

Nishant Soni

Vasant Honavar

Edward O'Brien

2022/2/11

Modeling Ensembles of Enzyme Reaction Pathways with Hi-MSM Reveals the Importance of Accounting for Pathway Diversity

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Joseph R Persichetti

Yang Jiang

Phillip S Hudson

Edward P O’Brien

2022/11/16

A pan-CRISPR analysis of mammalian cell specificity identifies ultra-compact sgRNA subsets for genome-scale experiments

Nature communications

Boyang Zhao

Yiyun Rao

Scott Leighow

Edward P O’Brien

Luke Gilbert

...

2022/2/2

A Newly Identified Class of Protein Misfolding in All-atom Folding Simulations Consistent with Limited Proteolysis Mass Spectrometry

bioRxiv

Quyen V Vu

Ian Sitarik

Yang Jiang

Divya Yadav

Piyoosh Sharma

...

2022/7/20

MutSigCVsyn: Identification of Thirty Synonymous Cancer Drivers

bioRxiv

Yiyun Rao

Nabeel Ahmed

Justin Pritchard

Edward O’Brien

2022/1/18

Pulse labeling reveals the tail end of protein folding by proteome profiling

Cell reports

Mang Zhu

Erich R Kuechler

Ryan WK Wong

Gaetano Calabrese

Ian M Sitarik

...

2022/7/19

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