Chenghai Sun

474 total citations
18 papers, 364 citations indexed

About

Chenghai Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chenghai Sun has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 364 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Organic Chemistry and 7 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Chenghai Sun's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (6 papers), Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology (6 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Chenghai Sun is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (6 papers), Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology (6 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Chenghai Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Australia. Chenghai Sun's co-authors include Xudong Qu, Wenya Tian, Zixin Deng, Zhi Lin, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Xinying Jia, Lu Yang, Jinmei Zhu, Mei Zheng and Dong Yi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chenghai Sun

18 papers receiving 358 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chenghai Sun China 10 213 136 122 72 37 18 364
Wenya Tian China 9 240 1.1× 190 1.4× 125 1.0× 68 0.9× 36 1.0× 23 393
Zhi Lin China 11 156 0.7× 147 1.1× 123 1.0× 54 0.8× 19 0.5× 27 304
Anja Greule Australia 9 251 1.2× 263 1.9× 133 1.1× 78 1.1× 43 1.2× 17 397
Matthew D. DeMars United States 8 195 0.9× 100 0.7× 220 1.8× 112 1.6× 97 2.6× 9 402
Stelamar Romminger Brazil 7 155 0.7× 120 0.9× 296 2.4× 42 0.6× 29 0.8× 7 454
Estelle Marchal Canada 13 132 0.6× 72 0.5× 245 2.0× 58 0.8× 35 0.9× 19 508
Timothy McAfoos United States 8 168 0.8× 304 2.2× 167 1.4× 88 1.2× 16 0.4× 9 434
Kento Koketsu Japan 12 337 1.6× 320 2.4× 165 1.4× 26 0.4× 40 1.1× 12 513
P.M. Kells United States 7 293 1.4× 106 0.8× 71 0.6× 244 3.4× 78 2.1× 7 431
Takahiro Katoh Japan 14 163 0.8× 47 0.3× 255 2.1× 50 0.7× 30 0.8× 38 435

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chenghai Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chenghai Sun

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Wei, Guangzheng, Tai‐Ping Zhou, Wenya Tian, et al.. (2024). A nucleobase-driven P450 peroxidase system enables regio- and stereo-specific formation of C─C and C─N bonds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(46). e2412890121–e2412890121. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Chenghai, Gen Lu, Baoming Chen, et al.. (2024). Direct asymmetric synthesis of β-branched aromatic α-amino acids using engineered phenylalanine ammonia lyases. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8264–8264. 7 indexed citations
3.
Sun, Chenghai, et al.. (2024). Systematic Analysis of the MIO‐forming Residues of Aromatic Ammonia Lyases. ChemBioChem. 25(6). e202400016–e202400016. 2 indexed citations
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Ao, Yu‐Fei, Lin Shen, Chenghai Sun, et al.. (2023). Structure‐ and Data‐Driven Protein Engineering of Transaminases for Improving Activity and Stereoselectivity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(23). e202301660–e202301660. 29 indexed citations
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Sun, Chenghai, et al.. (2023). Exploring the Substrate Switch Motif of Aromatic Ammonia Lyases. ChemBioChem. 24(23). e202300584–e202300584. 1 indexed citations
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Ao, Yu‐Fei, Lin Shen, Chenghai Sun, et al.. (2023). Struktur‐ und Daten‐basiertes Protein Engineering von Transaminasen zur Verbesserung von Aktivität und Stereoselektivität. Angewandte Chemie. 135(23). 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Chenghai, Guangjun Li, Wenya Tian, et al.. (2023). Engineering the Substrate Specificity of a P450 Dimerase Enables the Collective Biosynthesis of Heterodimeric Tryptophan‐Containing Diketopiperazines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(25). e202304994–e202304994. 12 indexed citations
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Sun, Chenghai, Guangjun Li, Wenya Tian, et al.. (2023). Engineering the Substrate Specificity of a P450 Dimerase Enables the Collective Biosynthesis of Heterodimeric Tryptophan‐Containing Diketopiperazines. Angewandte Chemie. 135(25). 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Chenghai, Wenya Tian, Zhi Lin, & Xudong Qu. (2022). Biosynthesis of pyrroloindoline-containing natural products. Natural Product Reports. 39(9). 1721–1765. 56 indexed citations
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Sun, Chenghai, et al.. (2022). Discovery of Novel Tyrosine Ammonia Lyases for the Enzymatic Synthesis of p‐Coumaric Acid. ChemBioChem. 23(10). e202200062–e202200062. 21 indexed citations
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Sun, Chenghai, Wenlu Zhang, Mei Zheng, et al.. (2021). Production of Heterodimeric Diketopiperazines Employing a Mycobacterium-Based Whole-Cell Biocatalysis System. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(16). 11189–11197. 12 indexed citations
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Sun, Chenghai, Zhenyao Luo, Wenlu Zhang, et al.. (2020). Molecular basis of regio- and stereo-specificity in biosynthesis of bacterial heterodimeric diketopiperazines. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6251–6251. 42 indexed citations
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Yang, Lu, Jinmei Zhu, Chenghai Sun, Zixin Deng, & Xudong Qu. (2019). Biosynthesis of plant tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids through an imine reductase route. Chemical Science. 11(2). 364–371. 40 indexed citations
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Tian, Wenya, Chenghai Sun, Mei Zheng, et al.. (2018). Efficient biosynthesis of heterodimeric C3-aryl pyrroloindoline alkaloids. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4428–4428. 71 indexed citations
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Li, Yuan, Wan Zhang, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2018). Structural Basis of a Broadly Selective Acyltransferase from the Polyketide Synthase of Splenocin. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(20). 5823–5827. 30 indexed citations
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Li, Yuan, Wan Zhang, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2018). Structural Basis of a Broadly Selective Acyltransferase from the Polyketide Synthase of Splenocin. Angewandte Chemie. 130(20). 5925–5929. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Chenghai, Xiao Liu, Yiqian Zhou, et al.. (2016). Design, synthesis, and in vitro biological evaluation of novel 6-methyl-7-substituted-7-deaza purine nucleoside analogs as anti-influenza A agents. Antiviral Research. 129. 13–20. 24 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiao, Chenghai Sun, Yiqian Zhou, et al.. (2016). Synthesis and Evaluation of 2′-Deoxy-2′-Spirodiflurocyclopropyl Nucleoside Analogs. Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids. 35(9). 479–494. 3 indexed citations

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