| 5‐hydroxymethyl‐2‐furfural modifies intracellular sickle haemoglobin and inhibits sickling of red blood cells†,‡ O Abdulmalik, MK Safo, Q Chen, J Yang, C Brugnara, ... British journal of haematology 128 (4), 552-561, 2005 | 333 | 2005 |
| Vitamin B6 salvage enzymes: mechanism, structure and regulation ML Di Salvo, R Contestabile, MK Safo Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and Proteomics 1814 (11), 1597-1608, 2011 | 273 | 2011 |
| Hemoglobin: structure, function and allostery MH Ahmed, MS Ghatge, MK Safo Vertebrate and invertebrate respiratory proteins, lipoproteins and other …, 2020 | 225 | 2020 |
| Axial Ligand Orientation in Iron (III) Porphyrinates: Effect of Axial. pi.-Acceptors. Characterization of the Low-Spin Complex [Fe (TPP)(4-CNPy) 2] ClO4 MK Safo, FA Walker, AM Raitsimring, WP Walters, DP Dolata, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 116 (17), 7760-7770, 1994 | 216 | 1994 |
| Models of the cytochromes b. Control of axial ligand orientation with a hindered porphyrin system MK Safo, GP Gupta, FA Walker, WR Scheidt Journal of the American Chemical Society 113 (15), 5497-5510, 1991 | 199 | 1991 |
| Models of the cytochromes b. Low-spin bis-ligated (porphinato) iron (III) complexes with unusual molecular structures and NMR, EPR, and Mössbauer spectra MK Safo, GP Gupta, CT Watson, U Simonis, FA Walker, WR Scheidt Journal of the American Chemical Society 114 (18), 7066-7075, 1992 | 197 | 1992 |
| Sphingosine-1-phosphate promotes erythrocyte glycolysis and oxygen release for adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia K Sun, Y Zhang, A D’Alessandro, T Nemkov, A Song, H Wu, H Liu, ... Nature communications 7 (1), 12086, 2016 | 191 | 2016 |
| Elevated sphingosine-1-phosphate promotes sickling and sickle cell disease progression Y Zhang, V Berka, A Song, K Sun, W Wang, W Zhang, C Ning, C Li, ... The Journal of clinical investigation 124 (6), 2750-2761, 2014 | 141 | 2014 |
| Expression of ral GTPases, their effectors, and activators in human bladder cancer SC Smith, G Oxford, AS Baras, C Owens, D Havaleshko, DL Brautigan, ... Clinical cancer research 13 (13), 3803-3813, 2007 | 120 | 2007 |
| Biomedical aspects of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate availability ML di Salvo, MK Safo, R Contestabile Front Biosci (Elite Ed) 4, 897-913, 2012 | 119 | 2012 |
| Hemoglobin–ligand binding: Understanding Hb function and allostery on atomic level MK Safo, MH Ahmed, MS Ghatge, T Boyiri Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and Proteomics 1814 (6), 797-809, 2011 | 117 | 2011 |
| Crystal Structures of the BlaI Repressor from Staphylococcus aureus and Its Complex with DNA: Insights into Transcriptional Regulation of the bla and mec Operons MK Safo, Q Zhao, TP Ko, FN Musayev, H Robinson, N Scarsdale, ... Journal of bacteriology 187 (5), 1833-1844, 2005 | 116 | 2005 |
| Structure and properties of recombinant human pyridoxine 5′‐phosphate oxidase FN Musayev, ML Di Salvo, TP Ko, V Schirch, MK Safo Protein science 12 (7), 1455-1463, 2003 | 113 | 2003 |
| Structural basis for the potent antisickling effect of a novel class of five-membered heterocyclic aldehydic compounds MK Safo, O Abdulmalik, R Danso-Danquah, JC Burnett, S Nokuri, ... Journal of medicinal chemistry 47 (19), 4665-4676, 2004 | 112 | 2004 |
| The Enigma of the Liganded Hemoglobin End State: A Novel Quaternary Structure of Human Carbonmonoxy Hemoglobin, MK Safo, DJ Abraham Biochemistry 44 (23), 8347-8359, 2005 | 111 | 2005 |
| Models of the Cytochromes. Axial Ligand Orientation and Complex Stability in Iron (II) Porphyrinates: The Case of the Noninteracting dπ Orbitals MK Safo, MJM Nesset, FA Walker, PG Debrunner, WR Scheidt Journal of the American Chemical Society 119 (40), 9438-9448, 1997 | 108 | 1997 |
| New class of bridged diiron (III) complexes with a single hydroxo bridge. The preparation and structure of (. mu.-hydroxo) bis ((octaethylporphinato) iron (III)) perchlorate WR Scheidt, B Cheng, MK Safo, F Cukiernik, JC Marchon, PG Debrunner Journal of the American Chemical Society 114 (11), 4420-4421, 1992 | 100 | 1992 |
| The Nitrite Anion Binds to Human Hemoglobin via the Uncommon O-Nitrito Mode J Yi, MK Safo, GB Richter-Addo Biochemistry 47 (32), 8247-8249, 2008 | 97 | 2008 |
| Characterization of the Staphylococcus aureus rRNA methyltransferase encoded by orfX, the gene containing the staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec (SCCmec) insertion site S Boundy, MK Safo, L Wang, FN Musayev, HC O'Farrell, JP Rife, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 288 (1), 132-140, 2013 | 92 | 2013 |
| Therapeutic strategies to alter the oxygen affinity of sickle hemoglobin MK Safo, GJ Kato Hematology/Oncology Clinics 28 (2), 217-231, 2014 | 87 | 2014 |
