John Chu

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 891 citations indexed

About

John Chu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John Chu has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 891 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Pharmacology and 8 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in John Chu's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (5 papers). John Chu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (10 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (5 papers). John Chu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and China. John Chu's co-authors include Sean F. Brady, Xavier Vila‐Farrés, Louis Cohen, Emma A. Gordon, Melinda A. Ternei, Boojala Vijay B. Reddy, Christophe Lemetre, Aneta Rogoz, Paula Y. Calle and Amanda J. Pickard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

John Chu

27 papers receiving 872 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.

Commensal bacteria make GPCR ligands that mimic human signalling molecules

2017 349 citations Louis Cohen, Daria Esterházy et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Chu United States	9	663	285	133	115	91	28	891
Paula Y. Calle United States	10	687 1.0×	460 1.6×	97 0.7×	63 0.5×	68 0.7×	10	913
Munhyung Bae South Korea	20	739 1.1×	376 1.3×	148 1.1×	85 0.7×	109 1.2×	37	1.3k
Emma A. Gordon United States	5	475 0.7×	164 0.6×	127 1.0×	100 0.9×	83 0.9×	7	643
Ying‐Yu Jin South Korea	13	342 0.5×	197 0.7×	46 0.3×	133 1.2×	93 1.0×	29	610
Huijuan Wang China	17	499 0.8×	101 0.4×	41 0.3×	142 1.2×	113 1.2×	47	979
Robin D. Couch United States	18	769 1.2×	194 0.7×	62 0.5×	41 0.4×	130 1.4×	38	1.1k
Naga Babu Chinnam United States	12	617 0.9×	109 0.4×	173 1.3×	43 0.4×	52 0.6×	14	985
Andrew P. Riley United States	11	466 0.7×	171 0.6×	45 0.3×	47 0.4×	96 1.1×	21	980
Marina R. Pulido Spain	19	390 0.6×	175 0.6×	221 1.7×	26 0.2×	75 0.8×	39	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Chu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chu, John, et al.. (2025). Probing the antibacterial mechanism of Aloe vera based on network pharmacology and computational analysis. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 138. 109034–109034. 1 indexed citations

Li, Chen, John Chu, Xiaodong Jia, & Haibin Su. (2025). Transdermal fentanyl induced paralytic intestinal obstruction in advanced liver cancer: a case report. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 16. 1550296–1550296. 2 indexed citations

Lai, Yi‐Ting, et al.. (2025). Biosynthesis of Antituberculosis Antibiotic Capreomycin Involves a trans-Iterative Adenylation Domain within the Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Machinery. Organic Letters. 27(34). 9553–9558.

Liu, Weiqi, et al.. (2024). Structure Prediction and Protein Engineering Yield New Insights into Microcin J25 Precursor Recognition. ACS Chemical Biology. 19(9). 1982–1990. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Yi‐Ju, et al.. (2023). A Boron‐Dependent Antibiotic Derived from a Calcium‐Dependent Antibiotic. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(5). e202317522–e202317522. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yi‐Ju, et al.. (2023). A Boron‐Dependent Antibiotic Derived from a Calcium‐Dependent Antibiotic. Angewandte Chemie. 136(5). 1 indexed citations

Hsu, Chun-Chia, et al.. (2023). Bioinformatic Analysis Reveals both Oversampled and Underexplored Biosynthetic Diversity in Nonribosomal Peptides. ACS Chemical Biology. 18(3). 476–483. 3 indexed citations

Chu, John, et al.. (2021). Total Synthesis and Antimicrobial Evaluation of Pagoamide A. Frontiers in Chemistry. 9. 741290–741290. 3 indexed citations

Chu, John, Bimal Koirala, Xavier Vila‐Farrés, et al.. (2020). Synthetic-Bioinformatic Natural Product Antibiotics with Diverse Modes of Action. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(33). 14158–14168. 44 indexed citations

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Vila‐Farrés, Xavier, John Chu, Melinda A. Ternei, et al.. (2018). An Optimized Synthetic-Bioinformatic Natural Product Antibiotic Sterilizes Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-Infected Wounds. mSphere. 3(1). 18 indexed citations

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Cohen, Louis, Daria Esterházy, Seong-Hwan Kim, et al.. (2017). Commensal bacteria make GPCR ligands that mimic human signalling molecules. Nature. 549(7670). 48–53. 349 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chu, John, Xavier Vila‐Farrés, Daigo Inoyama, et al.. (2016). Discovery of MRSA active antibiotics using primary sequence from the human microbiome. Nature Chemical Biology. 12(12). 1004–1006. 139 indexed citations

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Cohen, Louis, Hahk‐Soo Kang, John Chu, et al.. (2015). Functional metagenomic discovery of bacterial effectors in the human microbiome and isolation of commendamide, a GPCR G2A/132 agonist. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(35). E4825–34. 139 indexed citations

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Araújo‐Bazán, Lidia, Sourabh Dhingra, John Chu, et al.. (2009). Importin α is an essential nuclear import carrier adaptor required for proper sexual and asexual development and secondary metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 46(6-7). 506–515. 28 indexed citations

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Huang, Kai-Fa, Tzu‐Ping Ko, Chin-Chun Hung, et al.. (2004). Crystal structure of a platelet-agglutinating factor isolated from the venom of Taiwan habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus). Biochemical Journal. 378(2). 399–407. 36 indexed citations

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Kornet, Milton J. & John Chu. (1984). ChemInform Abstract: SYNTHESIS AND ANTICONVULSANT TESTING OF 4‐PHENYLSEMICARBAZIDES. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 15(14). 1 indexed citations

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Kornet, Milton J. & John Chu. (1983). Synthesis and Anticonvulsant Activity of Some 2-Methyl-3-phenylcarbamoyl-2,3-diazabicyclo [2.2.1]heptanes. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 72(1). 94–95. 3 indexed citations

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Kornet, Milton J. & John Chu. (1982). Synthesis of anticonvulsant activity of some 2‐phenylcarbamoyl‐1,2‐diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octanes. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 19(3). 697–698. 2 indexed citations

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Kornet, Milton J. & John Chu. (1981). Synthesis of 1‐methyl‐ and 1‐ethoxycarbonyl‐2‐phenylcarbamoylpiperidazines as potential anticonvulsant agents. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 18(2). 293–295. 8 indexed citations

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Aberhart, D. John, John Chu, Norbert Neuss, et al.. (1974). Retention of valine methyl hydrogens in penicillin biosynthesis. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 564–564. 2 indexed citations

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