• Co-author of 22 publications with the Minor Lab [show]
    • 1,470 citations in Web of Science
    • 2,161 citations in Google Scholar
  • Co-author of 67 structures with the Minor Lab [show]
  • Relative Citation Ratio (RCR): 45.26

  • Training Period: 2008-15, PhD
  • Prior Institution: Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
  • Prior Degree: MSc (2008)
  • Project Title: Structure-function Relationships of Macromolecular Structures
  • Current Position: Independent Consultant, Freelance,United Kingdom

Publications with the Minor Lab

  1. Majorek KA, Gucwa M, Murzyn K, Minor W (2024)
    Metal ions in biomedically relevant macromolecular structures.
    Front Chem 12: 1426211. [DOI:10.3389/fchem.2024.1426211] [Pub Med ID: 39246722] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC11378719]
  2. Baumgartner JT, Habeeb Mohammad TS, Czub MP, Majorek KA, Arolli X, Variot C, Anonick M, Minor W, Ballicora MA, Becker DP, Kuhn ML (2021)
    Gcn5-Related N-Acetyltransferases (GNATs) With a Catalytic Serine Residue Can Play Ping-Pong Too.
    Front Mol Biosci 8: 646046. [DOI:10.3389/fmolb.2021.646046] [Pub Med ID: 33912589] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC8072286]
    WoS Times Cited: 11 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 14
  3. Shabalin IG, Czub MP, Majorek KA, Brzezinski D, Grabowski M, Cooper DR, Panasiuk M, Chruszcz M, Minor W (2020)
    Molecular determinants of vascular transport of dexamethasone in COVID-19 therapy.
    IUCrJ 7: 1048-1058. [DOI:10.1107/S2052252520012944] [Pub Med ID: 33063792] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC7553145]
    WoS Times Cited: 13 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 15
  4. Majorek KA, Zimmerman MD, Grabowski M, Shabalin I, Zheng H, Minor W (2020)
    Assessment of Crystallographic Structure Quality and Protein–Ligand Complex Structure Validation
    in Structural Biology in Drug Discovery: Methods, Techniques, and Practices : 253-275. [DOI:10.1002/9781118681121.ch11]
    WoS Times Cited: 5 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 4
  5. Czub MP, Venkataramany BS, Majorek KA, Handing KB, Porebski PJ, Beeram SR, Suh K, Woolfork AG, Hage DS, Shabalin IG, Minor W (2019)
    Testosterone meets albumin - the molecular mechanism of sex hormone transport by serum albumins.
    Chem Sci 10: 1607-1618. [DOI:10.1039/c8sc04397c] [Pub Med ID: 30842823] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC6371759]
    WoS Times Cited: 37 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 53
  6. Czub MP, Zhang B, Chiarelli MP, Majorek KA, Joe L, Porebski PJ, Revilla A, Wu W, Becker DP, Minor W, Kuhn ML (2018)
    A Gcn5-Related N-Acetyltransferase (GNAT) Capable of Acetylating Polymyxin B and Colistin Antibiotics in Vitro.
    Biochemistry 57: 7011-7020. [DOI:10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00946] [Pub Med ID: 30499668] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC6474815]
    WoS Times Cited: 10 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 16
  7. Reidl C, Majorek KA, Dang J, Tran D, Jew K, Law M, Payne Y, Minor W, Becker DP, Kuhn ML (2017)
    Generating enzyme and radical-mediated bisubstrates as tools for investigating Gcn5-related N-acetyltransferases.
    FEBS Lett. 591: 2348-2361. [DOI:10.1002/1873-3468.12753] [Pub Med ID: 28703494] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC5578807]
    WoS Times Cited: 5 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 7
  8. Majorek KA, Osinski T, Tran DT, Revilla A, Anderson WF, Minor W, Kuhn ML (2017)
    Insight into the 3D structure and substrate specificity of previously uncharacterized GNAT superfamily acetyltransferases from pathogenic bacteria.
    Biochimica et biophysica acta. Proteins and proteomics 1865: 55-64. [DOI:10.1016/j.bbapap.2016.10.011] [Pub Med ID: 27783928] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC5127773]
    WoS Times Cited: 11 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 14
  9. Handing KB, Shabalin IG, Szlachta K, Majorek KA, Minor W (2016)
    Crystal structure of equine serum albumin in complex with cetirizine reveals a novel drug binding site.
    Mol. Immunol. 71: 143-151. [DOI:10.1016/j.molimm.2016.02.003] [Pub Med ID: 26896718] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC4800003]
    WoS Times Cited: 19 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 26
  10. Niedzialkowska E, Gasiorowska O, Handing KB, Majorek KA, Porebski PJ, Shabalin IG, Zasadzinska E, Cymborowski M, Minor W (2016)
    Protein purification and crystallization artifacts: The tale usually not told.
    Protein Sci 25: 720-33. [DOI:10.1002/pro.2861] [Pub Med ID: 26660914] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC4815408]
    WoS Times Cited: 39 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 66
  11. Osinski T, Pomés A, Majorek KA, Glesner J, Offermann LR, Vailes LD, Chapman MD, Minor W, Chruszcz M (2015)
    Structural Analysis of Der p 1-Antibody Complexes and Comparison with Complexes of Proteins or Peptides with Monoclonal Antibodies.
    J. Immunol. 195: 307-16. [DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.1402199] [Pub Med ID: 26026055] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC4475478]
    WoS Times Cited: 26 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 33
  12. Majorek KA, Kuhn ML, Chruszcz M, Anderson WF, Minor W (2014)
    Double trouble-Buffer selection and His-tag presence may be responsible for nonreproducibility of biomedical experiments.
    Protein Sci 23: 1359-68. [DOI:10.1002/pro.2520] [Pub Med ID: 25044180] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC4286991]
    WoS Times Cited: 81 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 127
  13. Hurlburt BK, Offermann LR, McBride JK, Majorek KA, Maleki SJ, Chruszcz M (2013)
    Structure and function of the peanut panallergen Ara h 8.
    J. Biol. Chem. 288: 36890-901. [DOI:10.1074/jbc.M113.517797] [Pub Med ID: 24253038] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC3873548]
    WoS Times Cited: 41 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 80
  14. Chruszcz M, Mikolajczak K, Mank N, Majorek KA, Porebski PJ, Minor W (2013)
    Serum albumins-unusual allergens.
    Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1830: 5375-81. [DOI:10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.06.016] [Pub Med ID: 23811341] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC4419372]
    WoS Times Cited: 93 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 138
  15. Chruszcz M, Ciardiello MA, Osinski T, Majorek KA, Giangrieco I, Font J, Breiteneder H, Thalassinos K, Minor W (2013)
    Structural and bioinformatic analysis of the kiwifruit allergen Act d 11, a member of the family of ripening-related proteins.
    Mol. Immunol. 56: 794-803. [DOI:10.1016/j.molimm.2013.07.004] [Pub Med ID: 23969108] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC3783527]
    WoS Times Cited: 38 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 51
  16. Majorek KA, Kuhn ML, Chruszcz M, Anderson WF, Minor W (2013)
    Structural, functional, and inhibition studies of a Gcn5-related N-acetyltransferase (GNAT) superfamily protein PA4794: a new C-terminal lysine protein acetyltransferase from pseudomonas aeruginosa.
    J. Biol. Chem. 288: 30223-35. [DOI:10.1074/jbc.M113.501353] [Pub Med ID: 24003232] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC3798489]
    WoS Times Cited: 32 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 38
  17. Kuhn ML, Majorek KA, Minor W, Anderson WF (2013)
    Broad-substrate screen as a tool to identify substrates for bacterial Gcn5-related N-acetyltransferases with unknown substrate specificity.
    Protein Sci 22: 222-30. [DOI:10.1002/pro.2199] [Pub Med ID: 23184347] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC3588918]
    WoS Times Cited: 44 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 61
  18. Majorek KA, Porebski PJ, Dayal A, Zimmerman MD, Jablonska K, Stewart AJ, Chruszcz M, Minor W (2012)
    Structural and immunologic characterization of bovine, horse, and rabbit serum albumins.
    Mol. Immunol. 52: 174-82. [DOI:10.1016/j.molimm.2012.05.011] [Pub Med ID: 22677715] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC3401331]
    WoS Times Cited: 724 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 1,062
  19. Knapik AA, Petkowski JJ, Otwinowski Z, Cymborowski MT, Cooper DR, Majorek KA, Chruszcz M, Krajewska WM, Minor W (2012)
    A multi-faceted analysis of RutD reveals a novel family of α/β hydrolases.
    Proteins 80: 2359-68. [DOI:10.1002/prot.24122] [Pub Med ID: 22641504] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC3459670]
    WoS Times Cited: 7 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 9
  20. Chruszcz M, Chapman MD, Osinski T, Solberg R, Demas M, Porebski PJ, Majorek KA, Pomés A, Minor W (2012)
    Alternaria alternata allergen Alt a 1: a unique β-barrel protein dimer found exclusively in fungi.
    J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 130: 241-7.e9. [DOI:10.1016/j.jaci.2012.03.047] [Pub Med ID: 22664167] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC3391610]
    WoS Times Cited: 78 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 125
  21. Chruszcz M, Pomés A, Glesner J, Vailes LD, Osinski T, Porebski PJ, Majorek KA, Heymann PW, Platts-Mills TA, Minor W, Chapman MD (2012)
    Molecular determinants for antibody binding on group 1 house dust mite allergens.
    J. Biol. Chem. 287: 7388-98. [DOI:10.1074/jbc.M111.311159] [Pub Med ID: 22210776] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC3293536]
    WoS Times Cited: 76 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 104
  22. Chruszcz M, Maleki SJ, Majorek KA, Demas M, Bublin M, Solberg R, Hurlburt BK, Ruan S, Mattison CP, Mattisohn CP, Breiteneder H, Minor W (2011)
    Structural and immunologic characterization of Ara h 1, a major peanut allergen.
    J. Biol. Chem. 286: 39318-27. [DOI:10.1074/jbc.M111.270132] [Pub Med ID: 21917921] [Pub Med Central ID: PMC3234756]
    WoS Times Cited: 80 ; Google Scholar Times Cited: 118