Andi Mainz

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Andi Mainz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Andi Mainz has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Pharmacology and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Andi Mainz's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (11 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (7 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). Andi Mainz is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (11 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (7 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). Andi Mainz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Andi Mainz's co-authors include Roderich D. Süßmuth, Bernd Reif, Daniel Petras, Tomasz L. Religa, Benjamin Bardiaux, Rasmus Linser, Hartmut Oschkinat, Stefan Jehle, Vincent Wiebach and Barth‐Jan van Rossum and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Andi Mainz

32 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Nonribosomal Peptide Synthesis—Principles and Prospects 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Nonribosomal Peptide Synthesis—Principles and Prospects
    2017 669 citations Roderich D. Süßmuth, Andi Mainz Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andi Mainz Germany 17 1.2k 818 254 221 174 33 1.8k
Brendan M. Duggan United States 23 1.2k 1.0× 589 0.7× 208 0.8× 222 1.0× 163 0.9× 50 1.9k
Alexander Koglin United States 18 1.0k 0.8× 611 0.7× 206 0.8× 74 0.3× 134 0.8× 20 1.3k
Julian D. Hegemann Germany 24 1.5k 1.2× 927 1.1× 176 0.7× 211 1.0× 54 0.3× 49 1.8k
Herbert Kogler Germany 21 953 0.8× 398 0.5× 471 1.9× 694 3.1× 203 1.2× 49 2.2k
Nicolas Coquelle France 22 1.1k 0.9× 551 0.7× 333 1.3× 165 0.7× 436 2.5× 31 1.9k
R. William Broadhurst United Kingdom 27 1.9k 1.6× 352 0.4× 224 0.9× 311 1.4× 387 2.2× 46 2.6k
Johan Isaksson Norway 21 666 0.5× 197 0.2× 299 1.2× 108 0.5× 75 0.4× 62 1.3k
Piotr Neumann Germany 31 2.2k 1.8× 219 0.3× 164 0.6× 73 0.3× 322 1.9× 87 2.8k
Nozomi Nagano Japan 17 1.3k 1.0× 380 0.5× 116 0.5× 82 0.4× 441 2.5× 35 1.7k
Clemens Anklin United States 25 853 0.7× 182 0.2× 475 1.9× 375 1.7× 208 1.2× 66 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andi Mainz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andi Mainz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andi Mainz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andi Mainz based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Andi Mainz. Andi Mainz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Mühlenweg, Agnes, Dou Hong, Dan Xu, et al.. (2025). The Intricate Nonribosomal Assembly of a Potent Antifungal Lipopeptide from the Burkholderia cepacia Complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(24). 20725–20734. 1 indexed citations
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Paternoga, Helge, Tam Dang, Andi Mainz, et al.. (2024). Paenilamicins are context-specific translocation inhibitors of protein synthesis. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(12). 1691–1700. 2 indexed citations
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Martins, Berta M., Bianca Schmid, Simone Kosol, et al.. (2023). Discovery of the Lanthipeptide Curvocidin and Structural Insights into its Trifunctional Synthetase CuvL. Angewandte Chemie. 135(23). 3 indexed citations
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Martins, Berta M., Bianca Schmid, Simone Kosol, et al.. (2023). Discovery of the Lanthipeptide Curvocidin and Structural Insights into its Trifunctional Synthetase CuvL. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(23). e202302490–e202302490. 5 indexed citations
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Santos, Karine, Holger von Moeller, Bernhard Loll, et al.. (2023). Molecular mechanism of topoisomerase poisoning by the peptide antibiotic albicidin. Nature Catalysis. 6(1). 52–67. 26 indexed citations
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Kosol, Simone, et al.. (2023). Transcription activation by the resistance protein AlbA as a tool to evaluate derivatives of the antibiotic albicidin. Chemical Science. 14(19). 5069–5078. 3 indexed citations
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Dang, Tam, Bernhard Loll, Sebastian Müller, et al.. (2022). Molecular basis of antibiotic self-resistance in a bee larvae pathogen. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2349–2349. 11 indexed citations
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Wiebach, Vincent, et al.. (2020). Eine amphipathische alpha‐Helix lenkt die Modifizierung ribosomal‐synthetisierter Lipolanthine. Angewandte Chemie. 132(38). 16920–16929. 6 indexed citations
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Wiebach, Vincent, et al.. (2020). An Amphipathic Alpha‐Helix Guides Maturation of the Ribosomally‐Synthesized Lipolanthines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(38). 16777–16785. 41 indexed citations
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Gratz, S., Daniel Petras, Claudia Alings, et al.. (2018). Molecular insights into antibiotic resistance - how a binding protein traps albicidin. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3095–3095. 33 indexed citations
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Wiebach, Vincent, et al.. (2018). The anti-staphylococcal lipolanthines are ribosomally synthesized lipopeptides. Nature Chemical Biology. 14(7). 652–654. 93 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Riddhiman, et al.. (2016). Immobilization of soluble protein complexes in MAS solid-state NMR: Sedimentation versus viscosity. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. 76-77. 7–14. 10 indexed citations
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Cociancich, Stéphane, Alexander Pesic, Daniel Petras, et al.. (2015). The gyrase inhibitor albicidin consists of p-aminobenzoic acids and cyanoalanine. Nature Chemical Biology. 11(3). 195–197. 115 indexed citations
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Mainz, Andi, Jirka Peschek, Benjamin Bardiaux, et al.. (2015). The chaperone αB-crystallin uses different interfaces to capture an amorphous and an amyloid client. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 22(11). 898–905. 121 indexed citations
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Müller, Sebastian, Eva Garcia‐Gonzalez, Andi Mainz, et al.. (2014). Paenilamicin – Struktur und Biosynthese eines hybriden Polyketid‐/nichtribosomalen Peptidantibiotikums des bienenpathogenen Bakteriums Paenibacillus larvae. Angewandte Chemie. 126(40). 10998–11002. 4 indexed citations
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Müller, Sebastian, Eva Garcia‐Gonzalez, Andi Mainz, et al.. (2014). Paenilamicin: Structure and Biosynthesis of a Hybrid Nonribosomal Peptide/Polyketide Antibiotic from the Bee Pathogen Paenibacillus larvae. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(40). 10821–10825. 63 indexed citations
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Mainz, Andi, et al.. (2013). NMR Spectroscopy of Soluble Protein Complexes at One Mega‐Dalton and Beyond. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(33). 8746–8751. 71 indexed citations
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Mainz, Andi, Benjamin Bardiaux, Gerd Multhaup, et al.. (2011). Structural and Mechanistic Implications of Metal Binding in the Small Heat-shock Protein αB-crystallin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(2). 1128–1138. 57 indexed citations
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Meierkord, H., et al.. (1997). 'Complicated' Autosomal Dominant Familial Spastic Paraplegia Is Genetically Distinct From 'Pure' Forms. Archives of Neurology. 54(4). 379–384. 5 indexed citations

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