Jonathan N. Pruneda

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

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Jonathan N. Pruneda is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan N. Pruneda has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Jonathan N. Pruneda's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (30 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (10 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (9 papers). Jonathan N. Pruneda is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (30 papers), Protein Degradation and Inhibitors (10 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (9 papers). Jonathan N. Pruneda collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Jonathan N. Pruneda's co-authors include Rachel E. Klevit, David Komander, Meredith B. Metzger, Allan M. Weissman, Peter S. Brzović, Kirby N. Swatek, Christina Gladkova, Jane L. Wagstaff, Stefan M.V. Freund and Martin A. Michel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan N. Pruneda

44 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

RING-type E3 ligases: Master manipulators of E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes and ubiquitination

2013 462 citations Meredith B. Metzger, Jonathan N. Pruneda et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan N. Pruneda United States	22	2.4k	836	590	315	303	48	2.9k
Paul P. Geurink Netherlands	27	2.2k 0.9×	854 1.0×	403 0.7×	336 1.1×	250 0.8×	58	2.7k
Kirby N. Swatek United States	18	2.5k 1.1×	653 0.8×	717 1.2×	466 1.5×	354 1.2×	27	3.0k
David Reverter Spain	29	2.4k 1.0×	857 1.0×	219 0.4×	204 0.6×	423 1.4×	66	2.7k
Oliver Kerscher United States	14	2.3k 1.0×	563 0.7×	323 0.5×	234 0.7×	428 1.4×	26	2.5k
Tatos Akopian United States	18	2.2k 0.9×	737 0.9×	406 0.7×	530 1.7×	429 1.4×	25	2.9k
Zhaohui Xu United States	24	1.4k 0.6×	350 0.4×	323 0.5×	276 0.9×	940 3.1×	30	2.4k
André Catic United States	20	1.1k 0.5×	324 0.4×	258 0.4×	555 1.8×	221 0.7×	38	2.0k
Siniša Urban United States	31	2.6k 1.1×	326 0.4×	250 0.4×	349 1.1×	908 3.0×	52	3.8k
Bruno Martoglio Switzerland	33	2.6k 1.1×	765 0.9×	437 0.7×	785 2.5×	957 3.2×	40	4.0k
Evy Timmerman Belgium	31	1.9k 0.8×	574 0.7×	147 0.2×	274 0.9×	316 1.0×	54	2.7k

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Bejan, Daniel S., et al.. (2025). RNF114 and RNF166 exemplify reader-writer E3 ligases that extend K11 polyubiquitin onto sites of MARUbylation. The EMBO Journal. 44(21). 5993–6018.

Bejan, Daniel S., et al.. (2025). Ubiquitin is directly linked via an ester to protein-conjugated mono-ADP-ribose. The EMBO Journal. 44(8). 2211–2231. 11 indexed citations

Bastidas, Robert J., Stephen C. Walsh, Lee Dolat, et al.. (2024). The acetylase activity of Cdu1 regulates bacterial exit from infected cells by protecting Chlamydia effectors from degradation. eLife. 12. 4 indexed citations

Pruneda, Jonathan N., et al.. (2023). Bacterial usurpation of the OTU deubiquitinase fold. FEBS Journal. 291(15). 3303–3316. 2 indexed citations

Lobato‐Márquez, Damián, et al.. (2023). Septins and K63 ubiquitin chains are present in separate bacterial microdomains during autophagy of entrapped Shigella. Journal of Cell Science. 136(7). 4 indexed citations

Bastidas, Robert J., Stephen C. Walsh, Lee Dolat, et al.. (2023). The acetylase activity of Cdu1 regulates bacterial exit from infected cells by protecting Chlamydia effectors from degradation. eLife. 12. 6 indexed citations

Lobato‐Márquez, Damián, et al.. (2023). Interplay between septins and ubiquitin-mediated xenophagy during Shigella entrapment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1).

Pan, Xueyang, Mengqi Ma, Shenzhao Lu, et al.. (2023). Allelic strengths of encephalopathy-associated UBA5 variants correlate between in vivo and in vitro assays. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations

Brzović, Peter S., et al.. (2023). Bacterial ligases reveal fundamental principles of polyubiquitin specificity. Molecular Cell. 83(24). 4538–4554.e4.

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Schubert, Alexander F., Paul P. Geurink, Cameron G. Roberts, et al.. (2020). Identification and characterization of diverse OTU deubiquitinases in bacteria. The EMBO Journal. 39(15). e105127–e105127. 43 indexed citations

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Pruneda, Jonathan N., Robert J. Bastidas, Kirby N. Swatek, et al.. (2018). A Chlamydia effector combining deubiquitination and acetylation activities induces Golgi fragmentation. Nature Microbiology. 3(12). 1377–1384. 49 indexed citations

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Gladkova, Christina, Alexander F. Schubert, Jane L. Wagstaff, et al.. (2017). An invisible ubiquitin conformation is required for efficient phosphorylation by PINK 1. The EMBO Journal. 36(24). 3555–3572. 49 indexed citations

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Mulder, Monique P. C., Katharina F. Witting, Ilana Berlin, et al.. (2016). A cascading activity-based probe sequentially targets E1–E2–E3 ubiquitin enzymes. Nature Chemical Biology. 12(7). 523–530. 120 indexed citations

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Michel, Martin A., P.R. Elliott, Kirby N. Swatek, et al.. (2015). Assembly and Specific Recognition of K29- and K33-Linked Polyubiquitin. Molecular Cell. 58(1). 95–109. 165 indexed citations

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Wauer, Tobias, Kirby N. Swatek, Jane L. Wagstaff, et al.. (2014). Ubiquitin Ser65 phosphorylation affects ubiquitin structure, chain assembly and hydrolysis. The EMBO Journal. 34(3). 307–325. 241 indexed citations

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Pruneda, Jonathan N., F. Donelson Smith, Danielle L. Swaney, et al.. (2014). E2~Ub conjugates regulate the kinase activity of Shigella effector OspG during pathogenesis. The EMBO Journal. 33(5). n/a–n/a. 58 indexed citations

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DaRosa, Paul A., Zhizhi Wang, Xiaomo Jiang, et al.. (2014). Allosteric activation of the RNF146 ubiquitin ligase by a poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation signal. Nature. 517(7533). 223–226. 183 indexed citations

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Starita, Lea M., Jonathan N. Pruneda, Russell S. Lo, et al.. (2013). Activity-enhancing mutations in an E3 ubiquitin ligase identified by high-throughput mutagenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(14). E1263–72. 127 indexed citations

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Metzger, Meredith B., Jonathan N. Pruneda, Rachel E. Klevit, & Allan M. Weissman. (2013). RING-type E3 ligases: Master manipulators of E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes and ubiquitination. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1843(1). 47–60. 462 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pruneda, Jonathan N., et al.. (1972). [Chagas' disease and blood transfusion].. PubMed. 73(3). 203–21. 12 indexed citations

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