Bertolt Gust

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Bertolt Gust is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Bertolt Gust has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Pharmacology and 19 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Bertolt Gust's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (44 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (13 papers). Bertolt Gust is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (44 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (13 papers). Bertolt Gust collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and China. Bertolt Gust's co-authors include Keith Chater, Tobias Kieser, Gregory L. Challis, Kay Fowler, Lutz Heide, Bernd Kammerer, Govind Chandra, Leonard Kaysser, Dagmara Jakimowicz and Alessandra S. Eustáquio and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Bertolt Gust

59 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

PCR-targeted Streptomyces gene replacement identifies a protein domain needed for biosynthesis of the sesquiterpene soil odor geosmin

2003 1.3k citations Bertolt Gust, Gregory L. Challis et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bertolt Gust Germany	29	2.4k	2.3k	625	551	435	59	3.3k
Torsten Stachelhaus Germany	22	3.4k 1.4×	3.0k 1.3×	557 0.9×	629 1.1×	382 0.9×	24	4.4k
Hiroyasu Onaka Japan	38	2.1k 0.9×	2.5k 1.1×	742 1.2×	981 1.8×	544 1.3×	114	3.7k
Keqian Yang China	32	1.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	609 1.0×	539 1.0×	298 0.7×	89	2.6k
Stefan Pelzer Germany	33	2.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	711 1.1×	501 0.9×	216 0.5×	56	2.9k
Jesús Cortés United Kingdom	32	2.3k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	936 1.5×	544 1.0×	594 1.4×	47	3.4k
Haruyasu Kinashi Japan	29	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	506 0.8×	350 0.6×	676 1.6×	84	2.7k
Linquan Bai China	34	2.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	745 1.2×	778 1.4×	524 1.2×	161	3.5k
Brian O. Bachmann United States	33	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	706 1.1×	516 0.9×	263 0.6×	82	3.4k
Jean‐Luc Pernodet France	34	2.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	366 0.6×	399 0.7×	517 1.2×	72	3.3k
Margherita Sosio Italy	31	2.2k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	445 0.7×	584 1.1×	360 0.8×	98	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Bertolt Gust

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bertolt Gust

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Löffelhardt, Birgit, Dagmar Kolb, Thomas Leisen, et al.. (2023). Convergent evolution of plant pattern recognition receptors sensing cysteine-rich patterns from three microbial kingdoms. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3621–3621. 18 indexed citations

Pedre, Brandán, et al.. (2022). Mycothiol Peroxidase Activity as a Part of the Self-Resistance Mechanisms against the Antitumor Antibiotic Cosmomycin D. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(3). e0049322–e0049322. 3 indexed citations

Costales, Paula, Luz Elena Núñez, Jesús Cortés, et al.. (2021). Genetic Engineering in Combination with Semi‐Synthesis Leads to a New Route for Gram‐Scale Production of the Immunosuppressive Natural Product Brasilicardin A. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(24). 13536–13541. 13 indexed citations

Konnerth, Martin C., et al.. (2019). Identification of Novel α-Pyrones from Conexibacter woesei Serving as Sulfate Shuttles. ACS Chemical Biology. 14(9). 1972–1980. 6 indexed citations

Grond, Stephanie, et al.. (2019). Caprazamycins: Biosynthesis and structure activity relationship studies. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 309(5). 319–324. 10 indexed citations

Jones, Adam C., Bertolt Gust, Andreas Kulik, et al.. (2013). Phage P1-Derived Artificial Chromosomes Facilitate Heterologous Expression of the FK506 Gene Cluster. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e69319–e69319. 70 indexed citations

Westrich, Lucia, et al.. (2012). Mutational analysis of a phenazine biosynthetic gene cluster in Streptomyces anulatus 9663. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 8. 501–513. 29 indexed citations

Gust, Bertolt, et al.. (2011). Two Pathways for Pyrrole Formation in Coumermycin A₁ Biosynthesis: The Central Pyrrole Moiety Is Formed From L‐Threonine. ChemBioChem. 12(17). 2677–2685. 8 indexed citations

Kulik, Andreas, et al.. (2010). The biosynthetic genes for prenylated phenazines are located at two different chromosomal loci of Streptomyces cinnamonensis DSM 1042. Microbial Biotechnology. 4(2). 252–262. 22 indexed citations

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Kaysser, Leonard, et al.. (2010). A New Arylsulfate Sulfotransferase Involved in Liponucleoside Antibiotic Biosynthesis in Streptomycetes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(17). 12684–12694. 31 indexed citations

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Westrich, Lucia, Leonard Kaysser, Juan Pablo Gomez‐Escribano, et al.. (2010). Heterologous expression of the biosynthetic gene clusters of coumermycin A₁, clorobiocin and caprazamycins in genetically modified Streptomyces coelicolor strains. Biopolymers. 93(9). 823–832. 38 indexed citations

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Kaysser, Leonard, et al.. (2009). Identification and Manipulation of the Caprazamycin Gene Cluster Lead to New Simplified Liponucleoside Antibiotics and Give Insights into the Biosynthetic Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(22). 14987–14996. 80 indexed citations

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Heide, Lutz, et al.. (2008). Use of a Halogenase of Hormaomycin Biosynthesis for Formation of New Clorobiocin Analogues with 5‐Chloropyrrole Moieties. ChemBioChem. 9(12). 1992–1999. 22 indexed citations

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Hennig, S., Bernd Kammerer, Shu-Ming Li, et al.. (2007). Improved Mutasynthetic Approaches for the Production of Modified Aminocoumarin Antibiotics. Chemistry & Biology. 14(8). 955–967. 28 indexed citations

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Kammerer, Bernd, et al.. (2006). A Gene Cluster for Prenylated Naphthoquinone and Prenylated Phenazine Biosynthesis in Streptomyces cinnamonensis DSM 1042. ChemBioChem. 7(12). 2016–2027. 58 indexed citations

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Alt, Silke, Tanja Gulder, Gerhard Bringmann, et al.. (2006). Biosynthesis of clorobiocin: investigation of the transfer and methylation of the pyrrolyl-2-carboxyl moiety. Archives of Microbiology. 187(3). 227–237. 14 indexed citations

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Gust, Bertolt, et al.. (2004). λ Red-Mediated Genetic Manipulation of Antibiotic-Producing Streptomyces. Advances in applied microbiology. 54. 107–128. 232 indexed citations

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Eustáquio, Alessandra S., Bertolt Gust, Shu-Ming Li, et al.. (2004). Production of 8′-Halogenated and 8′-Unsubstituted Novobiocin Derivatives in Genetically Engineered Streptomyces coelicolor Strains. Chemistry & Biology. 11(11). 1561–1572. 49 indexed citations

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Gust, Bertolt, Gregory L. Challis, Kay Fowler, Tobias Kieser, & Keith Chater. (2003). PCR-targeted Streptomyces gene replacement identifies a protein domain needed for biosynthesis of the sesquiterpene soil odor geosmin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(4). 1541–1546. 1266 indexed citations breakdown →

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Redenbach, Matthias, et al.. (1999). The Linear Plasmid SCP1 of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Possesses a Centrally Located Replication Origin and Shows Significant Homology to the Transposon Tn4811. Plasmid. 42(3). 174–185. 31 indexed citations

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