Brandon I. Morinaka

2.6k total citations
61 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Brandon I. Morinaka is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brandon I. Morinaka has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Organic Chemistry, 30 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Brandon I. Morinaka's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (28 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (24 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (17 papers). Brandon I. Morinaka is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (28 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (24 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (17 papers). Brandon I. Morinaka collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Singapore. Brandon I. Morinaka's co-authors include Jörn Piel, Tadeusz F. Molinski, Maximilian J. Helf, Michael F. Freeman, Muriel Gugger, Anna L. Vagstad, Agustinus R. Uria, Shigeki Matsunaga, Cristian Gurgui and Neil J. Oldham and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Brandon I. Morinaka

61 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brandon I. Morinaka Switzerland	27	1.2k	1.1k	660	570	188	61	2.0k
Steven G. Van Lanen United States	32	2.2k 1.8×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	397 0.7×	85 0.5×	80	3.3k
Karen Tenney United States	32	1.0k 0.9×	905 0.8×	734 1.1×	918 1.6×	61 0.3×	64	2.3k
Patricia M. Flatt United States	18	907 0.8×	783 0.7×	429 0.7×	623 1.1×	158 0.8×	19	1.8k
Alessandra S. Eustáquio United States	27	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	521 0.8×	541 0.9×	59 0.3×	58	2.2k
Gong‐Li Tang China	29	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	747 1.1×	408 0.7×	140 0.7×	118	2.3k
Fumitaka Kudo Japan	31	1.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	816 1.2×	410 0.7×	284 1.5×	110	2.6k
Chambers C. Hughes United States	28	848 0.7×	667 0.6×	1.3k 1.9×	473 0.8×	40 0.2×	57	2.4k
Michael F. Freeman United States	20	896 0.8×	636 0.6×	244 0.4×	224 0.4×	102 0.5×	37	1.3k
Peter T. Northcote New Zealand	24	944 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.7×	1.7k 3.0×	98 0.5×	58	3.3k
Philip Proteau United States	24	1.2k 1.0×	733 0.7×	543 0.8×	385 0.7×	329 1.8×	45	2.4k

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Nguyen, Thi Quynh Ngoc, Lydie Martin, Patricia Amara, et al.. (2025). Peptide Recognition and Mechanism of the Radical S-Adenosyl-l-methionine Multiple Cyclophane Synthase ChlB. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(20). 16850–16863. 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Suze, E. De la Mora, He Li, et al.. (2024). Fused radical SAM and αKG-HExxH domain proteins contain a distinct structural fold and catalyse cyclophane formation and β-hydroxylation. Nature Chemistry. 16(11). 1882–1893. 9 indexed citations

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Guo, Qianqian & Brandon I. Morinaka. (2024). Accessing and exploring the unusual chemistry by radical SAM-RiPP enzymes. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 81. 102483–102483. 4 indexed citations

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Phan, Chin‐Soon & Brandon I. Morinaka. (2024). Sequence-function space of radical SAM cyclophane synthases reveal conserved active site residues that influence substrate specificity. RSC Chemical Biology. 5(12). 1195–1200. 3 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Thi Quynh Ngoc, et al.. (2024). Functional and Promiscuity Studies of Three-Residue Cyclophane Forming Enzymes Show Nonnative C–C Cross-Linked Products and Leader-Dependent Cyclization. ACS Chemical Biology. 19(3). 774–783. 11 indexed citations

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Morinaka, Brandon I., et al.. (2024). The Triceptide Maturase OscB Catalyzes Uniform Cyclophane Topology and Accepts Diverse Gly-Rich Precursor Peptides. ACS Chemical Biology. 19(6). 1229–1236. 3 indexed citations

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Phan, Chin‐Soon, et al.. (2024). Substrate Promiscuity of the Triceptide Maturase XncB Leads to Incorporation of Various Amino Acids and Detection of Oxygenated Products. ACS Chemical Biology. 19(4). 855–860. 6 indexed citations

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Phan, Chin‐Soon & Brandon I. Morinaka. (2023). Bacterial cyclophane-containing RiPPs from radical SAM enzymes. Natural Product Reports. 41(5). 708–720. 23 indexed citations

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Mordhorst, Silja, et al.. (2023). Structural and Biochemical Insights into Post-Translational Arginine-to-Ornithine Peptide Modifications by an Atypical Arginase. ACS Chemical Biology. 18(3). 528–536. 11 indexed citations

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Hubrich, Florian, Clara Chepkirui, Brandon I. Morinaka, et al.. (2022). Ribosomally derived lipopeptides containing distinct fatty acyl moieties. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(3). 42 indexed citations

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Phan, Chin‐Soon & Brandon I. Morinaka. (2022). A Prevalent Group of Actinobacterial Radical SAM/SPASM Maturases Involved in Triceptide Biosynthesis. ACS Chemical Biology. 17(12). 3284–3289. 16 indexed citations

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Sugiyama, Ryosuke, et al.. (2022). The Biosynthetic Landscape of Triceptides Reveals Radical SAM Enzymes That Catalyze Cyclophane Formation on Tyr- and His-Containing Motifs. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(26). 11580–11593. 44 indexed citations

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Morita, Maho, et al.. (2021). Genome‐Mining‐Based Discovery of the Cyclic Peptide Tolypamide and TolF, a Ser/Thr Forward O‐Prenyltransferase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(15). 8460–8465. 32 indexed citations

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Morita, Maho, et al.. (2021). Genome‐Mining‐Based Discovery of the Cyclic Peptide Tolypamide and TolF, a Ser/Thr Forward O‐Prenyltransferase. Angewandte Chemie. 133(15). 8541–8546. 2 indexed citations

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Mordhorst, Silja, Brandon I. Morinaka, Anna L. Vagstad, & Jörn Piel. (2020). Posttranslationally Acting Arginases Provide a Ribosomal Route to Non‐proteinogenic Ornithine Residues in Diverse Peptide Sequences. Angewandte Chemie. 132(48). 21626–21631. 3 indexed citations

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Mordhorst, Silja, Brandon I. Morinaka, Anna L. Vagstad, & Jörn Piel. (2020). Posttranslationally Acting Arginases Provide a Ribosomal Route to Non‐proteinogenic Ornithine Residues in Diverse Peptide Sequences. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(48). 21442–21447. 17 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Thi Quynh Ngoc, Ryosuke Sugiyama, Fernaldo Richtia Winnerdy, et al.. (2020). Post-translational formation of strained cyclophanes in bacteria. Nature Chemistry. 12(11). 1042–1053. 84 indexed citations

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Morinaka, Brandon I., Maximilian J. Helf, Thibault Scalvenzi, et al.. (2018). Natural noncanonical protein splicing yields products with diverse β-amino acid residues. Science. 359(6377). 779–782. 89 indexed citations

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Freeman, Michael F., Cristian Gurgui, Maximilian J. Helf, et al.. (2012). Metagenome Mining Reveals Polytheonamides as Posttranslationally Modified Ribosomal Peptides. Science. 338(6105). 387–390. 264 indexed citations

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Morinaka, Brandon I.. (2011). Marine natural products : integrated spectroscopic solutions for structure elucidation. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations

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