Benoît Desguin

707 total citations
20 papers, 460 citations indexed

About

Benoît Desguin is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Benoît Desguin has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 460 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Materials Chemistry, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Benoît Desguin's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (17 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers). Benoît Desguin is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (17 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers). Benoît Desguin collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Poland. Benoît Desguin's co-authors include Pascal Hols, Robert P. Hausinger, Patrice Soumillion, Jian Hu, Matthias Fellner, Gerd Patrick Bienert, François Chaumont, Tuo Zhang, Philippe Goffin and Jean‐Paul Declercq and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Benoît Desguin

18 papers receiving 455 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benoît Desguin Belgium 13 307 223 117 78 60 20 460
Ryan D. Woodyer United States 14 686 2.2× 116 0.5× 109 0.9× 56 0.7× 118 2.0× 19 922
Soo Y. Ro United States 11 451 1.5× 70 0.3× 167 1.4× 126 1.6× 33 0.6× 12 627
Takashi Saiki Japan 12 324 1.1× 110 0.5× 113 1.0× 39 0.5× 37 0.6× 41 660
Déborah Mathis Switzerland 13 262 0.9× 54 0.2× 26 0.2× 88 1.1× 44 0.7× 35 581
Percival Yang-Ting Chen United States 12 350 1.1× 68 0.3× 77 0.7× 80 1.0× 44 0.7× 14 521
Nin N. Dingra United States 8 308 1.0× 78 0.3× 237 2.0× 117 1.5× 15 0.3× 15 532
Janine Pommier France 9 337 1.1× 94 0.4× 276 2.4× 148 1.9× 47 0.8× 11 593
Ian Barr United States 11 557 1.8× 41 0.2× 126 1.1× 132 1.7× 42 0.7× 13 725
Vivian Rotuno Moure Brazil 14 207 0.7× 63 0.3× 91 0.8× 24 0.3× 15 0.3× 39 499
Ivan M. Turner United States 10 484 1.6× 70 0.3× 116 1.0× 118 1.5× 57 0.9× 11 730

Countries citing papers authored by Benoît Desguin

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Benoît Desguin's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Benoît Desguin with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Benoît Desguin more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Benoît Desguin

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Benoît Desguin. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Benoît Desguin. The network helps show where Benoît Desguin may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benoît Desguin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benoît Desguin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benoît Desguin 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 Benoît Desguin. Benoît Desguin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
2.
Vandenberghe, A., et al.. (2024). Unveiling 14 novel 2-hydroxy acid racemization and epimerization reactions in the lactate racemase superfamily. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(1). 108069–108069. 2 indexed citations
3.
Stroobant, Vincent, Hervé Degand, Benoît Desguin, et al.. (2024). PBP-A, a cyanobacterial dd-peptidase with high specificity for amidated muropeptides, exhibits pH-dependent promiscuous activity harmful to Escherichia coli. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 13999–13999.
4.
Soumillion, Patrice, et al.. (2024). Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of NPN cofactor taking advantage of ADP-ribosyl cyclase and LarC cyclometallase promiscuous activities. Bioorganic Chemistry. 153. 107879–107879. 1 indexed citations
5.
6.
Hausinger, Robert P., Jian Hu, & Benoît Desguin. (2023). The nickel-pincer coenzyme of lactate racemase: A case study of uncovering cofactor structure and biosynthesis. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 685. 341–371. 6 indexed citations
7.
Desguin, Benoît, et al.. (2022). Structural and mutational characterization of a malate racemase from the LarA superfamily. BioMetals. 36(2). 303–313. 6 indexed citations
8.
Desguin, Benoît, et al.. (2021). The LarB carboxylase/hydrolase forms a transient cysteinyl-pyridine intermediate during nickel-pincer nucleotide cofactor biosynthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(39). 12 indexed citations
9.
Desguin, Benoît, Matthias Fellner, Jian Hu, et al.. (2020). Uncovering a superfamily of nickel-dependent hydroxyacid racemases and epimerases. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 18123–18123. 18 indexed citations
10.
Hausinger, Robert P., et al.. (2018). Nickel–pincer nucleotide cofactor. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 47. 18–23. 14 indexed citations
11.
Fellner, Matthias, Benoît Desguin, John McCracken, et al.. (2018). Lactate Racemase Nickel-Pincer Cofactor Operates by a Proton-Coupled Hydride Transfer Mechanism. Biochemistry. 57(23). 3244–3251. 26 indexed citations
12.
Fellner, Matthias, et al.. (2018). Analysis of the Active Site Cysteine Residue of the Sacrificial Sulfur Insertase LarE from Lactobacillus plantarum. Biochemistry. 57(38). 5513–5523. 19 indexed citations
13.
Desguin, Benoît, Matthias Fellner, Olivier Riant, et al.. (2018). Biosynthesis of the nickel-pincer nucleotide cofactor of lactate racemase requires a CTP-dependent cyclometallase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(32). 12303–12317. 30 indexed citations
14.
Desguin, Benoît, Patrice Soumillion, Robert P. Hausinger, & Pascal Hols. (2017). Unexpected complexity in the lactate racemization system of lactic acid bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 41(Supp_1). S71–S83. 25 indexed citations
15.
Fellner, Matthias, Benoît Desguin, Robert P. Hausinger, & Jian Hu. (2017). Structural insights into the catalytic mechanism of a sacrificial sulfur insertase of the N-type ATP pyrophosphatase family, LarE. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(34). 9074–9079. 34 indexed citations
16.
Desguin, Benoît, Patrice Soumillion, Pascal Hols, & Robert P. Hausinger. (2016). Nickel-pincer cofactor biosynthesis involves LarB-catalyzed pyridinium carboxylation and LarE-dependent sacrificial sulfur insertion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(20). 5598–5603. 39 indexed citations
17.
Desguin, Benoît, Tuo Zhang, Patrice Soumillion, et al.. (2015). A tethered niacin-derived pincer complex with a nickel-carbon bond in lactate racemase. Science. 349(6243). 66–69. 73 indexed citations
18.
Desguin, Benoît, Philippe Goffin, Aurélie Diman, et al.. (2014). Enantioselective Regulation of Lactate Racemization by LarR in Lactobacillus plantarum. Journal of Bacteriology. 197(1). 219–230. 13 indexed citations
19.
Desguin, Benoît, Philippe Goffin, Michiel Kleerebezem, et al.. (2014). Lactate racemase is a nickel-dependent enzyme activated by a widespread maturation system. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3615–3615. 80 indexed citations
20.
Bienert, Gerd Patrick, Benoît Desguin, François Chaumont, & Pascal Hols. (2013). Channel-mediated lactic acid transport: a novel function for aquaglyceroporins in bacteria. Biochemical Journal. 454(3). 559–570. 52 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ryan D. Woodyer Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Soo Y. Ro Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Takashi Saiki Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Déborah Mathis Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Percival Yang-Ting Chen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Nin N. Dingra Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Janine Pommier Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ian Barr Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Vivian Rotuno Moure Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ivan M. Turner
Rankless by CCL
2026