Dustin Dovala

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 641 citations indexed

About

Dustin Dovala is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dustin Dovala has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 641 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Infectious Diseases and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Dustin Dovala's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (7 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (5 papers). Dustin Dovala is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (7 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (5 papers). Dustin Dovala collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and China. Dustin Dovala's co-authors include Markus Schirle, Daniel K. Nomura, Jeffrey M. McKenna, John A. Tallarico, Julia M. Flynn, Stephanie Moquin, Celia A. Schiffer, Daniel N. Bolon, Neşe Kurt Yılmaz and William S. Sawyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Dustin Dovala

21 papers receiving 637 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.

Rational Chemical Design of Molecular Glue Degraders

2023 103 citations Ethan S. Toriki, James W. Papatzimas et al. ACS Central Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dustin Dovala United States	13	421	206	97	91	79	22	641
Ellene H. Mashalidis United States	10	380 0.9×	85 0.4×	53 0.5×	32 0.4×	94 1.2×	13	531
Nathanael A. Caveney United States	13	255 0.6×	114 0.6×	102 1.1×	68 0.7×	48 0.6×	25	581
Tim Geppert Switzerland	14	464 1.1×	75 0.4×	159 1.6×	60 0.7×	98 1.2×	23	877
Gopal R. Bommineni United States	13	296 0.7×	151 0.7×	97 1.0×	45 0.5×	159 2.0×	18	533
Nadine H. Elowe Canada	13	467 1.1×	150 0.7×	124 1.3×	66 0.7×	66 0.8×	18	743
Theresa O’Malley United States	12	336 0.8×	347 1.7×	39 0.4×	39 0.4×	113 1.4×	17	560
Pooja Gopal Singapore	17	461 1.1×	354 1.7×	30 0.3×	66 0.7×	84 1.1×	21	712
Donald E. Awrey Canada	16	653 1.6×	77 0.4×	32 0.3×	68 0.7×	86 1.1×	17	912
Maria Kornienko Russia	13	439 1.0×	117 0.6×	31 0.3×	46 0.5×	94 1.2×	38	680

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dustin Dovala

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Zvornicanin, Sarah N., Ala M. Shaqra, Julia M. Flynn, et al.. (2025). Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance and compensation in SARS-CoV-2 main protease: the interplay between E166 and L50. mBio. 16(5). e0406824–e0406824. 2 indexed citations

Tutter, Antonin, Dennis L. Buckley, Andrei A. Golosov, et al.. (2025). A small-molecule VHL molecular glue degrader for cysteine dioxygenase 1. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(11). 1688–1696. 9 indexed citations

Li, Kelvin, Christian E. Stieger, Bradford L. Currier, et al.. (2025). Sulfinyl Aziridines as Stereoselective Covalent Destabilizing Degraders of the Oncogenic Transcription Factor MYC. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(48). e202508518–e202508518.

Flynn, Julia M., Sarah N. Zvornicanin, Ala M. Shaqra, et al.. (2024). Contributions of Hyperactive Mutations in M^pro from SARS-CoV-2 to Drug Resistance. ACS Infectious Diseases. 10(4). 1174–1184. 9 indexed citations

Zhu, Zhouyang, Dustin Dovala, John A. Tallarico, et al.. (2024). Ophiobolin A Covalently Targets Mitochondrial Complex IV Leading to Metabolic Collapse in Cancer Cells. ACS Chemical Biology. 19(6). 1260–1270. 2 indexed citations

Zvornicanin, Sarah N., Ala M. Shaqra, Qiu Yu J. Huang, et al.. (2023). Crystal Structures of Inhibitor-Bound Main Protease from Delta- and Gamma-Coronaviruses. Viruses. 15(3). 781–781. 5 indexed citations

Flynn, Julia M., Qiu Yu J. Huang, Sarah N. Zvornicanin, et al.. (2023). Systematic Analyses of the Resistance Potential of Drugs Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease. ACS Infectious Diseases. 9(7). 1372–1386. 17 indexed citations

Cho, Yoo Jin, Dustin Dovala, Jeffrey M. McKenna, et al.. (2023). Chemoproteomics-enabled discovery of a covalent molecular glue degrader targeting NF-κB. Cell chemical biology. 30(4). 394–402.e9. 59 indexed citations

Forte, Nafsika, Dustin Dovala, Matthew J. Hesse, et al.. (2023). Targeted Protein Degradation through E2 Recruitment. ACS Chemical Biology. 18(4). 897–904. 33 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiaolei, Elizabeth Ornelas, Dustin Dovala, et al.. (2023). Structural and biophysical comparisons of the pomalidomide- and CC-220-induced interactions of SALL4 with cereblon. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 22088–22088. 9 indexed citations

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Toriki, Ethan S., James W. Papatzimas, Dustin Dovala, et al.. (2023). Rational Chemical Design of Molecular Glue Degraders. ACS Central Science. 9(5). 915–926. 103 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shaqra, Ala M., Sarah N. Zvornicanin, Qiu Yu J. Huang, et al.. (2022). Defining the substrate envelope of SARS-CoV-2 main protease to predict and avoid drug resistance. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3556–3556. 73 indexed citations

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Flynn, Julia M., Neha S. Samant, David T. Barkan, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive fitness landscape of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro reveals insights into viral resistance mechanisms. eLife. 11. 59 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yingkai, Dirk Trauner, Christian Fischer, et al.. (2021). De novo Design of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors. Synlett. 33(5). 458–463. 8 indexed citations

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Pinch, Benika J., Dennis L. Buckley, Scott Gleim, et al.. (2021). A strategy to assess the cellular activity of E3 ligase components against neo-substrates using electrophilic probes. Cell chemical biology. 29(1). 57–66.e6. 14 indexed citations

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Nilsson, Inga Marie, et al.. (2017). Molecular characterization and verification of azido-3,8-dideoxy-d-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid incorporation into bacterial lipopolysaccharide. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(48). 19840–19848. 30 indexed citations

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Sterling, Sarah M., et al.. (2016). Effects of Bni5 Binding on Septin Filament Organization. Journal of Molecular Biology. 428(24). 4962–4980. 8 indexed citations

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Dovala, Dustin, et al.. (2015). A Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)-based System Provides Insight into the Ordered Assembly of Yeast Septin Hetero-octamers. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(47). 28388–28401. 30 indexed citations

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Dovala, Dustin, William S. Sawyer, Christopher M. Rath, & Louis E. Metzger. (2015). Rapid analysis of protein expression and solubility with the SpyTag–SpyCatcher system. Protein Expression and Purification. 117. 44–51. 23 indexed citations

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Rosenberg, Oren S., Dustin Dovala, Xueming Li, et al.. (2015). Substrates Control Multimerization and Activation of the Multi-Domain ATPase Motor of Type VII Secretion. Cell. 161(3). 501–512. 97 indexed citations

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