Savvas Savvides

@ugent.be

Ghent University



                          

https://researchid.co/ssavvide

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology

8033

Scholar Citations

49

Scholar h-index

101

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The crystal structure of Nictaba reveals its carbohydrate-binding properties and a new lectin dimerization mode
    Y Bloch, VJS Osterne, SN Savvides, EJM Van Damme
    Glycobiology, cwae087 2024

  • Reanalysis of cryo-EM data reveals ALK-cytokine assemblies with distinct stoichiometries
    S Savvides, J Felix, S De Munck, F Bazan
    2024

  • Clostridium perfringens chitinases, key enzymes during early stages of necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens
    E Dierick, C Callens, Y Bloch, SN Savvides, S Hark, S Pelzer, R Ducatelle, ...
    PLoS pathogens 20 (9), e1012560 2024

  • Overcoming cryo-EM map anisotropy reveals ALK-cytokine assemblies with distinct stoichiometries
    J Felix, S De Munck, JF Bazan, SN Savvides
    bioRxiv, 2024.08. 08.607122 2024

  • The pros and confs of IL-18 activation
    DM Clancy, J Andries, SN Savvides
    Immunity 57 (7), 1445-1448 2024

  • Activation of goblet-cell stress sensor IRE1β is controlled by the mucin chaperone AGR2
    E Cloots, P Guilbert, M Provost, L Neidhardt, E Van de Velde, ...
    The EMBO Journal 43 (5), 695-718 2024

  • Structures of complete extracellular receptor assemblies mediated by IL-12 and IL-23
    Y Bloch, J Felix, R Merceron, M Provost, RA Symakani, R De Backer, ...
    Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 1-7 2024

  • Galectin-10 antibodies
    J Percier, C Blanchetot, M Saunders, H De Haard, S Van Der Woning, ...
    US Patent App. 18/330,943 2024

  • Ym1 protein crystals promote type 2 immunity
    I Heyndrickx, K Deswarte, K Verstraete, KHG Verschueren, U Smole, ...
    Elife 12, RP90676 2024

  • Improved protein binder design using ꞵ-pairing targeted RFdiffusion
    I Sappington, M Toul, DS Lee, SA Robinson, I Goreshnik, C McCurdy, ...
    bioRxiv, 2024.10. 11.617496 2024

  • Ym1 protein crystals promote type 2 immunity
    H Ines, D Kim, K Verstraete, VK HG, S Ursula, A Helena, D Ann, ...
    eLife 12 2024

  • Reanalysis of cryo-EM data reveals ALK-cytokine assemblies with distinct stoichiometries
    J Felix, S De Munck, JF Bazan, SN Savvides
    bioRxiv 2024

  • The crystal structure of the archetypical Nictaba plant lectin reveals the molecular basis for its carbohydrate-binding properties
    Y Bloch, VJS Osterne, SN Savvides, EJM Van Damme
    bioRxiv, 2024.05. 06.592670 2024

  • De novo design of high-affinity single-domain antibodies
    R Van Der Kant, Z Zhang, I Marković, D Vizarraga, T Garcia, K Maragkou, ...
    bioRxiv, 2024.04. 22.589762 2024

  • Protein citrullination and NET formation do not contribute to the pathology of A20/TNFAIP3 mutant mice
    KFA Van Damme, P Hertens, A Martens, E Gilis, D Priem, I Bruggeman, ...
    Scientific Reports 13 (1), 17992 2023

  • Galectin-10 antibodies
    J Percier, C Blanchetot, M Saunders, H De Haard, S Van Der Woning, ...
    US Patent 11,713,354 2023

  • Rare antagonistic leptin variants and severe, early-onset obesity
    JB Funcke, B Moepps, J Roos, J von Schnurbein, K Verstraete, ...
    New England Journal of Medicine 388 (24), 2253-2261 2023

  • Improving de novo protein binder design with deep learning
    NR Bennett, B Coventry, I Goreshnik, B Huang, A Allen, D Vafeados, ...
    Nature Communications 14 (1), 2625 2023

  • Pore-forming proteins as drivers of membrane permeabilization in cell death pathways
    P Vandenabeele, G Bultynck, SN Savvides
    Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 24 (5), 312-333 2023

  • Mechanism of receptor assembly via the pleiotropic adipokine Leptin
    A Tsirigotaki, A Dansercoer, KHG Verschueren, I Marković, C Pollmann, ...
    Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 30 (4), 551-563 2023

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • MLKL compromises plasma membrane integrity by binding to phosphatidylinositol phosphates
    Y Dondelinger, W Declercq, S Montessuit, R Roelandt, A Goncalves, ...
    Cell reports 7 (4), 971-981 2014
    Citations: 855

  • Design of protein-binding proteins from the target structure alone
    L Cao, B Coventry, I Goreshnik, B Huang, W Sheffler, JS Park, KM Jude, ...
    Nature 605 (7910), 551-560 2022
    Citations: 318

  • Crystal structure of the hexameric traffic ATPase of the Helicobacter pylori type IV secretion system
    HJ Yeo, SN Savvides, AB Herr, E Lanka, G Waksman
    Molecular cell 6 (6), 1461-1472 2000
    Citations: 275

  • Protein crystallization promotes type 2 immunity and is reversible by antibody treatment
    EK Persson, K Verstraete, I Heyndrickx, E Gevaert, H Aegerter, JM Percier, ...
    Science 364 (6442), eaaw4295 2019
    Citations: 259

  • Alzheimer’s-causing mutations shift Aβ length by destabilizing γ-secretase-Aβn interactions
    M Szaruga, B Munteanu, S Lismont, S Veugelen, K Horr, M Mercken, ...
    Cell 170 (3), 443-456. e14 2017
    Citations: 252

  • VirB11 ATPases are dynamic hexameric assemblies: new insights into bacterial type IV secretion
    SN Savvides, HJ Yeo, MR Beck, F Blaesing, R Lurz, E Lanka, R Buhrdorf, ...
    The EMBO journal 2003
    Citations: 231

  • Enzyme inactivation through sulfhydryl oxidation by physiologic NO-carriers
    K Becker, SN Savvides, M Keese, RH Schirmer, PA Karplus
    Nature Structural Biology 5 (4), 267-271 1998
    Citations: 191

  • Glutathione reductase of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum: crystal structure and inhibitor development
    GN Sarma, SN Savvides, K Becker, M Schirmer, RH Schirmer, PA Karplus
    Journal of molecular biology 328 (4), 893-907 2003
    Citations: 179

  • Structure and antagonism of the receptor complex mediated by human TSLP in allergy and asthma
    K Verstraete, F Peelman, H Braun, J Lopez, D Van Rompaey, ...
    Nature communications 8 (1), 14937 2017
    Citations: 166

  • Activating mutations in CSF1R and additional receptor tyrosine kinases in histiocytic neoplasms
    BH Durham, E Lopez Rodrigo, J Picarsic, D Abramson, V Rotemberg, ...
    Nature medicine 25 (12), 1839-1842 2019
    Citations: 165

  • Crystal structure of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione reductase inactivated by peroxynitrite
    SN Savvides, M Scheiwein, CC Bohme, GE Arteel, PA Karplus, K Becker, ...
    Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (4), 2779-2784 2002
    Citations: 163

  • The C‐terminal domain of full‐length E. coli SSB is disordered even when bound to DNA
    SN Savvides, S Raghunathan, K Ftterer, AG Kozlov, TM Lohman, ...
    Protein Science 13 (7), 1942-1947 2004
    Citations: 160

  • Serine 25 phosphorylation inhibits RIPK1 kinase-dependent cell death in models of infection and inflammation
    Y Dondelinger, T Delanghe, D Priem, MA Wynosky-Dolfi, D Sorobetea, ...
    Nature communications 10 (1), 1729 2019
    Citations: 156

  • Structure of ATP citrate lyase and the origin of citrate synthase in the Krebs cycle
    KHG Verschueren, C Blanchet, J Felix, A Dansercoer, D De Vos, Y Bloch, ...
    Nature 568 (7753), 571-575 2019
    Citations: 155

  • Improving de novo protein binder design with deep learning
    NR Bennett, B Coventry, I Goreshnik, B Huang, A Allen, D Vafeados, ...
    Nature Communications 14 (1), 2625 2023
    Citations: 147

  • Catalytic cycle of human glutathione reductase near 1 resolution
    DS Berkholz, HR Faber, SN Savvides, PA Karplus
    Journal of molecular biology 382 (2), 371-384 2008
    Citations: 146

  • Structural basis of latent TGF-β1 presentation and activation by GARP on human regulatory T cells
    S Linart, R Merceron, C Vanderaa, F Lambert, D Colau, J Stockis, ...
    Science 362 (6417), 952-956 2018
    Citations: 144

  • Structural activation of pro-inflammatory human cytokine IL-23 by cognate IL-23 receptor enables recruitment of the shared receptor IL-12Rβ1
    Y Bloch, L Bouchareychas, R Merceron, K Składanowska, ...
    Immunity 48 (1), 45-58. e6 2018
    Citations: 116

  • Structural insights into the extracellular assembly of the hematopoietic Flt3 signaling complex
    K Verstraete, G Vandriessche, M Januar, J Elegheert, AV Shkumatov, ...
    Blood, The Journal of the American Society of Hematology 118 (1), 60-68 2011
    Citations: 108

  • Kinetics and crystallographic analysis of human glutathione reductase in complex with a xanthene inhibitor
    SN Savvides, PA Karplus
    Journal of Biological Chemistry 271 (14), 8101-8107 1996
    Citations: 107