Daniel H. Scharf

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Daniel H. Scharf is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel H. Scharf has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Pharmacology and 9 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Daniel H. Scharf's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (14 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (9 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (6 papers). Daniel H. Scharf is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (14 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (9 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (6 papers). Daniel H. Scharf collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Austria. Daniel H. Scharf's co-authors include Axel A. Brakhage, Christian Hertweck, Thorsten Heinekamp, Agnieszka Litomska, Kyle L. Dunbar, Peter Hortschansky, Nicole Remme, Kirstin Scherlach, Pranatchareeya Chankhamjon and Andreas Habel and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Daniel H. Scharf

36 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

Enzymatic Carbon–Sulfur Bond Formation in Natural Product Biosynthesis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel H. Scharf Germany	23	876	717	670	377	195	37	2.0k
Ming Ma China	29	1.2k 1.4×	697 1.0×	868 1.3×	255 0.7×	63 0.3×	86	2.4k
Cheng‐Wei Tom Chang United States	31	1.5k 1.8×	1.2k 1.7×	301 0.4×	198 0.5×	198 1.0×	130	2.8k
Satoshi Ichikawa Japan	32	2.0k 2.3×	1.8k 2.5×	610 0.9×	259 0.7×	246 1.3×	155	3.3k
Amy M. Gehring United States	21	1.9k 2.1×	484 0.7×	1.4k 2.1×	307 0.8×	101 0.5×	23	2.7k
Yanwen Duan China	28	1.0k 1.2×	512 0.7×	953 1.4×	149 0.4×	60 0.3×	103	2.2k
Tin‐Wein Yu United States	20	1.1k 1.3×	422 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	165 0.4×	118 0.6×	23	1.8k
Xiufen Zhou China	35	1.9k 2.1×	457 0.6×	1.3k 1.9×	323 0.9×	72 0.4×	65	2.7k
Steven G. Van Lanen United States	32	2.2k 2.5×	1.1k 1.5×	1.5k 2.2×	145 0.4×	146 0.7×	80	3.3k
Fumitaka Kudo Japan	31	1.8k 2.0×	816 1.1×	1.4k 2.1×	156 0.4×	53 0.3×	110	2.6k
Stephen K. Wrigley United Kingdom	18	927 1.1×	274 0.4×	844 1.3×	116 0.3×	101 0.5×	42	1.5k

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Scharf, Daniel H., et al.. (2023). Degradation mechanism of AtrA mediated by ClpXP and its application in daptomycin production in Streptomyces roseosporus. Protein Science. 32(4). e4617–e4617. 3 indexed citations

Scharf, Daniel H., et al.. (2022). Redirection of acyl donor metabolic flux for lipopeptide A40926B0 biosynthesis. Microbial Biotechnology. 15(6). 1852–1866. 5 indexed citations

Scherlach, Kirstin, Daniel H. Scharf, Axel A. Brakhage, et al.. (2021). Structural and Mechanistic Insights into C−S Bond Formation in Gliotoxin. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(25). 14188–14194. 9 indexed citations

Scherlach, Kirstin, Daniel H. Scharf, Axel A. Brakhage, et al.. (2021). Strukturelle und mechanistische Einblicke in die Bildung der C‐S‐Bindungen in Gliotoxin. Angewandte Chemie. 133(25). 14307–14314. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Huibing, Li-Nan Chen, Dehua Yang, et al.. (2021). Structural insights into ligand recognition and activation of the melanocortin-4 receptor. Cell Research. 31(11). 1163–1175. 40 indexed citations

Scharf, Daniel H., Pranatchareeya Chankhamjon, Kirstin Scherlach, et al.. (2020). N‐Heterocyclization in Gliotoxin Biosynthesis is Catalyzed by a Distinct Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase. ChemBioChem. 22(2). 336–339. 12 indexed citations

Scharf, Daniel H., Pranatchareeya Chankhamjon, Kirstin Scherlach, et al.. (2018). Reconstitution of Enzymatic Carbon–Sulfur Bond Formation Reveals Detoxification-Like Strategy in Fungal Toxin Biosynthesis. ACS Chemical Biology. 13(9). 2508–2512. 14 indexed citations

Marion, Antoine, M. Groll, Daniel H. Scharf, et al.. (2017). Gliotoxin Biosynthesis: Structure, Mechanism, and Metal Promiscuity of Carboxypeptidase GliJ. ACS Chemical Biology. 12(7). 1874–1882. 27 indexed citations

Scharf, Daniel H., Fabio Gsaller, Thorsten Heinekamp, et al.. (2017). A Nonredundant Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase, PptA, Is a Novel Antifungal Target That Directs Secondary Metabolite, Siderophore, and Lysine Biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus and Is Critical for Pathogenicity. mBio. 8(4). 21 indexed citations

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Scharf, Daniel H., M. Groll, Andreas Habel, et al.. (2014). Flavoenzyme‐Catalyzed Formation of Disulfide Bonds in Natural Products. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(8). 2221–2224. 49 indexed citations

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Scharf, Daniel H., Thorsten Heinekamp, & Axel A. Brakhage. (2014). Human and Plant Fungal Pathogens: The Role of Secondary Metabolites. PLoS Pathogens. 10(1). e1003859–e1003859. 116 indexed citations

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Bächer, Petra, Olaf Kniemeyer, Janka Teutschbein, et al.. (2014). Identification of Immunogenic Antigens from Aspergillus fumigatus by Direct Multiparameter Characterization of Specific Conventional and Regulatory CD4+ T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 193(7). 3332–3343. 43 indexed citations

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Scharf, Daniel H., Pranatchareeya Chankhamjon, Kirstin Scherlach, et al.. (2013). Epidithiodiketopiperazine Biosynthesis: A Four‐Enzyme Cascade Converts Glutathione Conjugates into Transannular Disulfide Bridges. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(42). 11092–11095. 59 indexed citations

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Knop, Katrin, David Pretzel, Tobias Rudolph, et al.. (2013). Star-Shaped Drug Carriers for Doxorubicin with POEGMA and POEtOxMA Brush-like Shells: A Structural, Physical, and Biological Comparison. Biomacromolecules. 14(8). 2536–2548. 42 indexed citations

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Scharf, Daniel H., Pranatchareeya Chankhamjon, Kirstin Scherlach, et al.. (2012). Epidithiol Formation by an Unprecedented Twin Carbon–Sulfur Lyase in the Gliotoxin Pathway. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(40). 10064–10068. 61 indexed citations

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Huber, E.M., Daniel H. Scharf, Peter Hortschansky, M. Groll, & Axel A. Brakhage. (2012). DNA Minor Groove Sensing and Widening by the CCAAT-Binding Complex. Structure. 20(10). 1757–1768. 48 indexed citations

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Scharf, Daniel H., Thorsten Heinekamp, Nicole Remme, et al.. (2011). Biosynthesis and function of gliotoxin in Aspergillus fumigatus. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 93(2). 467–472. 152 indexed citations

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Thön, Marcel, Qusai Al Abdallah, Peter Hortschansky, et al.. (2009). The CCAAT-binding complex coordinates the oxidative stress response in eukaryotes. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(4). 1098–1113. 84 indexed citations

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Brakhage, Axel A., Marcel Thön, Petra Spröte, et al.. (2009). Aspects on evolution of fungal β-lactam biosynthesis gene clusters and recruitment of trans-acting factors. Phytochemistry. 70(15-16). 1801–1811. 55 indexed citations

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Spröte, Petra, Michael J. Hynes, Peter Hortschansky, et al.. (2008). Identification of the novel penicillin biosynthesis gene aatB of Aspergillus nidulans and its putative evolutionary relationship to this fungal secondary metabolism gene cluster. Molecular Microbiology. 70(2). 445–461. 25 indexed citations

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