Brenda A. Schulman

28.0k total citations · 9 hit papers
173 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

About

Brenda A. Schulman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brenda A. Schulman has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Oncology and 46 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Brenda A. Schulman's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (132 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (45 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (41 papers). Brenda A. Schulman is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (132 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (45 papers) and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (41 papers). Brenda A. Schulman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Brenda A. Schulman's co-authors include J. Wade Harper, David M. Duda, Daniel C. Scott, Nikola P. Pavletich, Philip D. Jeffrey, Ning Zheng, Michele Pagano, Danny T. Huang, Matthias Peter and Radoslav I. Enchev and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Brenda A. Schulman

170 papers receiving 17.9k citations

Hit Papers

Structure of the Cul1–Rbx1–Skp1–F boxSkp2 SCF ubiquitin l... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2002 2009 2008 2014 2003 400 800 1.2k
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  1. Structure of the Cul1–Rbx1–Skp1–F boxSkp2 SCF ubiquitin ligase complex
    2002 1.2k citations Brenda A. Schulman, Philip D. Jeffrey et al. Nature profile →
  2. Ubiquitin-like protein activation by E1 enzymes: the apex for downstream signalling pathways
    2009 690 citations Brenda A. Schulman, J. Wade Harper profile →
  3. Structural Insights into NEDD8 Activation of Cullin-RING Ligases: Conformational Control of Conjugation
    2008 620 citations David M. Duda, Daniel C. Scott et al. profile →
  4. Quantitative Proteomics Reveal a Feedforward Mechanism for Mitochondrial PARKIN Translocation and Ubiquitin Chain Synthesis
    2014 545 citations David M. Duda, Steven P. Gygi et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  5. Structure of a β-TrCP1-Skp1-β-Catenin Complex
    2003 523 citations Brenda A. Schulman, Philip D. Jeffrey et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  6. Insights into SCF ubiquitin ligases from the structure of the Skp1–Skp2 complex
    2000 503 citations Brenda A. Schulman, Philip D. Jeffrey et al. Nature profile →
  7. Protein neddylation: beyond cullin–RING ligases
    2014 455 citations Brenda A. Schulman et al. profile →
  8. An expanded lexicon for the ubiquitin code
    2022 217 citations Ivan Đikić, Brenda A. Schulman profile →
  9. Ubiquitination regulates ER-phagy and remodelling of endoplasmic reticulum
    2023 95 citations Alexis González, Adriana Covarrubias‐Pinto et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brenda A. Schulman United States 70 15.1k 4.8k 3.7k 3.3k 1.3k 173 18.0k
Daniel Finley United States 51 13.7k 0.9× 3.4k 0.7× 3.4k 0.9× 4.9k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 68 15.4k
Chunaram Choudhary Denmark 52 12.7k 0.8× 3.2k 0.7× 2.0k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 86 16.0k
Mark Hochstrasser United States 70 17.7k 1.2× 4.7k 1.0× 3.4k 0.9× 5.7k 1.7× 1.4k 1.1× 166 20.3k
Cecile M. Pickart United States 59 16.6k 1.1× 5.0k 1.0× 3.3k 0.9× 3.9k 1.2× 2.8k 2.1× 90 19.4k
Stefan Jentsch Germany 64 17.0k 1.1× 3.6k 0.8× 2.4k 0.7× 4.6k 1.4× 1.1k 0.8× 106 19.0k
Avram Hershko Israel 62 20.7k 1.4× 7.1k 1.5× 3.0k 0.8× 6.3k 1.9× 1.5k 1.1× 117 23.6k
David Komander United Kingdom 70 19.2k 1.3× 5.4k 1.1× 5.0k 1.3× 3.1k 0.9× 4.0k 3.0× 124 23.0k
Ronen Marmorstein United States 70 12.8k 0.8× 3.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 969 0.7× 205 16.1k
Joël Vandekerckhove Belgium 80 13.6k 0.9× 2.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 4.3k 1.3× 2.3k 1.7× 307 21.5k
Keith D. Wilkinson United States 63 12.7k 0.8× 3.5k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 118 15.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kraus, Felix, Yuchen He, Sharan Swarup, et al.. (2025). Global cellular proteo-lipidomic profiling of diverse lysosomal storage disease mutants using nMOST. Science Advances. 11(4). eadu5787–eadu5787. 1 indexed citations
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Muhar, Matthias, Raphael Hofmann, Lukas T. Henneberg, et al.. (2025). C-terminal amides mark proteins for degradation via SCF–FBXO31. Nature. 638(8050). 519–527. 8 indexed citations
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Lewis, Samantha C., Alexis A. Jourdain, Brenda A. Schulman, et al.. (2024). Recovering from the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. Molecular Cell. 84(1). 8–11.
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Scott, Daniel C., Barbara Steigenberger, Trent Hinkle, et al.. (2024). Cullin-RING ligases employ geometrically optimized catalytic partners for substrate targeting. Molecular Cell. 84(7). 1304–1320.e16. 20 indexed citations
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Hoyer, Melissa, Ian R. Smith, João A. Paulo, et al.. (2024). Combinatorial selective ER-phagy remodels the ER during neurogenesis. Nature Cell Biology. 26(3). 378–392. 21 indexed citations
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Vishwanatha, T. M., Daniel Horn‐Ghetko, Mohit Misra, et al.. (2023). A Pro‐Fluorescent Ubiquitin‐Based Probe to Monitor Cysteine‐Based E3 Ligase Activity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(32). e202303319–e202303319. 2 indexed citations
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González, Alexis, Adriana Covarrubias‐Pinto, Ramachandra M. Bhaskara, et al.. (2023). Ubiquitination regulates ER-phagy and remodelling of endoplasmic reticulum. Nature. 618(7964). 394–401. 95 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qiao, Shuai, Chia‐Wei Lee, Dawafuti Sherpa, et al.. (2022). Cryo-EM structures of Gid12-bound GID E3 reveal steric blockade as a mechanism inhibiting substrate ubiquitylation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3041–3041. 11 indexed citations
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Sherpa, Dawafuti, Judith Mueller, Özge Karayel, et al.. (2022). Modular UBE2H-CTLH E2-E3 complexes regulate erythroid maturation. eLife. 11. 15 indexed citations
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Baek, Kheewoong, et al.. (2022). Structure of CRL7FBXW8 reveals coupling with CUL1–RBX1/ROC1 for multi-cullin-RING E3-catalyzed ubiquitin ligation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 29(9). 854–862. 17 indexed citations
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Erdmann, Philipp S., Florian Beck, Chia‐Wei Lee, et al.. (2022). In situ structural analysis reveals membrane shape transitions during autophagosome formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(39). e2209823119–e2209823119. 57 indexed citations
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Prabu, J. Rajan, Kheewoong Baek, Daniel Horn‐Ghetko, et al.. (2021). CUL5-ARIH2 E3-E3 ubiquitin ligase structure reveals cullin-specific NEDD8 activation. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(10). 1075–1083. 41 indexed citations
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Karayel, Özge, André C. Michaelis, Matthias Mann, Brenda A. Schulman, & Christine Langlois. (2020). DIA-based systems biology approach unveils E3 ubiquitin ligase-dependent responses to a metabolic shift. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(51). 32806–32815. 19 indexed citations
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Krist, David T., Gerbrand J. van der Heden van Noort, Fynn M. Hansen, et al.. (2020). Linkage-specific ubiquitin chain formation depends on a lysine hydrocarbon ruler. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(3). 272–279. 32 indexed citations
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Weissmann, Florian, Georg Petzold, Ryan T. VanderLinden, et al.. (2016). biGBac enables rapid gene assembly for the expression of large multisubunit protein complexes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(19). E2564–9. 223 indexed citations
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Qiao, Renping, Florian Weissmann, Masaya Yamaguchi, et al.. (2016). Mechanism of APC/C CDC20 activation by mitotic phosphorylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(19). E2570–8. 108 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Masaya, Ryan T. VanderLinden, Florian Weissmann, et al.. (2016). Cryo-EM of Mitotic Checkpoint Complex-Bound APC/C Reveals Reciprocal and Conformational Regulation of Ubiquitin Ligation. Molecular Cell. 63(4). 593–607. 112 indexed citations
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Scott, Daniel C., Julie K. Monda, Eric J. Bennett, J. Wade Harper, & Brenda A. Schulman. (2011). N-Terminal Acetylation Acts as an Avidity Enhancer Within an Interconnected Multiprotein Complex. Science. 334(6056). 674–678. 230 indexed citations
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Zhuang, Min, Matthew F. Calabrese, Jiang Liu, et al.. (2009). Structures of SPOP-Substrate Complexes: Insights into Molecular Architectures of BTB-Cul3 Ubiquitin Ligases. Molecular Cell. 36(1). 39–50. 359 indexed citations
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Wu, Guoliang, Gui‐Ping Xu, Brenda A. Schulman, et al.. (2003). STRUCTURE OF A BETA-TRCPI-SKP1-BETA-CATENIN COMPLEX: DESTRUCTION MOTIF BINDING AND LYSINE SPECIFICITY OF THE SCF(BETA-TRCP1) UBIQUITIN LIGASE. Molecules and Cells. 6. 315 indexed citations

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