Jonathan R. Chekan

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Jonathan R. Chekan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan R. Chekan has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Pharmacology and 5 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jonathan R. Chekan's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (23 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (13 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (7 papers). Jonathan R. Chekan is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (23 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (13 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (7 papers). Jonathan R. Chekan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Italy. Jonathan R. Chekan's co-authors include Satish K. Nair, Wilfred A. van der Donk, Lindsay M. Repka, Bradley S. Moore, Shaun M. K. McKinnie, Katherine D. Bauman, Hanna Luhavaya, Chayanid Ongpipattanakul, Isaac Cann and Roderick I. Mackie and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan R. Chekan

46 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Mechanistic Understanding of Lanthipeptide Biosynthetic Enzymes

2017 392 citations Jonathan R. Chekan, Satish K. Nair et al. profile →
Aromatic side-chain crosslinking in RiPP biosynthesis

2025 17 citations Jonathan R. Chekan et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan R. Chekan United States	19	993	616	214	173	170	47	1.5k
Benjamin Philmus United States	20	877 0.9×	483 0.8×	162 0.8×	186 1.1×	199 1.2×	44	1.5k
Ashootosh Tripathi United States	22	609 0.6×	564 0.9×	285 1.3×	409 2.4×	92 0.5×	61	1.5k
Jiangtao Gao China	21	518 0.5×	374 0.6×	223 1.0×	136 0.8×	117 0.7×	69	1.3k
Emiliano Manzo Italy	25	580 0.6×	458 0.7×	412 1.9×	650 3.8×	72 0.4×	97	1.8k
Susan Matthew United States	25	591 0.6×	518 0.8×	282 1.3×	439 2.5×	84 0.5×	41	1.5k
Keishi Ishida Germany	27	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 2.1×	373 1.7×	416 2.4×	167 1.0×	48	1.9k
Fengan Yu United States	18	600 0.6×	630 1.0×	331 1.5×	254 1.5×	41 0.2×	24	1.2k
Dieter Spiteller Germany	27	884 0.9×	625 1.0×	256 1.2×	209 1.2×	113 0.7×	66	2.2k
Jung‐Rae Rho South Korea	29	733 0.7×	651 1.1×	648 3.0×	810 4.7×	127 0.7×	127	2.3k
Mohamed Mehiri France	19	493 0.5×	224 0.4×	155 0.7×	235 1.4×	39 0.2×	48	1.0k

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Ren, Hengqian, Dominic Luciano, David Šarlah, et al.. (2025). A Versatile Enzymatic Pathway for Modification of Peptide C-Termini. ACS Central Science. 11(11). 2143–2153.

Chekan, Jonathan R., et al.. (2025). Engineering RiPP pathways: strategies for generating complex bioactive peptides. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 50(6). 495–507. 3 indexed citations

Chekan, Jonathan R., et al.. (2025). Aromatic side-chain crosslinking in RiPP biosynthesis. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(2). 168–181. 17 indexed citations breakdown →

Chekan, Jonathan R., et al.. (2024). Plant peptides – redefining an area of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides. Natural Product Reports. 41(7). 1020–1059. 34 indexed citations

Chekan, Jonathan R., et al.. (2024). Mining raw plant transcriptomic data for new cyclopeptide alkaloids. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 20. 1548–1559. 5 indexed citations

Hubrich, Florian, Clara Chepkirui, Silja Mordhorst, et al.. (2024). Ribosomal peptides with polycyclic isoprenoid moieties. Chem. 10(10). 3224–3242. 8 indexed citations

Todd, Daniel A., et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Targets Host Selenoproteins and Glutathione Biosynthesis for Knockdown via Proteolysis, Potentially Disrupting the Thioredoxin and Glutaredoxin Redox Cycles. Antioxidants. 12(3). 559–559. 3 indexed citations

Graf, Tyler N., et al.. (2022). A Widely Distributed Biosynthetic Cassette Is Responsible for Diverse Plant Side Chain Cross‐Linked Cyclopeptides**. Angewandte Chemie. 135(7). 3 indexed citations

Graf, Tyler N., et al.. (2022). A Widely Distributed Biosynthetic Cassette Is Responsible for Diverse Plant Side Chain Cross‐Linked Cyclopeptides**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(7). e202218082–e202218082. 26 indexed citations

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Chekan, Jonathan R., et al.. (2022). Biosynthesis of the Plant‐Produced Toxin Strychnine Elucidated. Angewandte Chemie. 134(45). 1 indexed citations

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Chekan, Jonathan R., et al.. (2022). Biosynthesis of the Plant‐Produced Toxin Strychnine Elucidated. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(45). e202212301–e202212301. 1 indexed citations

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Chekan, Jonathan R., Shaun M. K. McKinnie, Joseph P. Noel, & Bradley S. Moore. (2020). Algal neurotoxin biosynthesis repurposes the terpene cyclase structural fold into an N -prenyltransferase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(23). 12799–12805. 17 indexed citations

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Fiore, Marli Fátima, et al.. (2020). Guanitoxin, re-naming a cyanobacterial organophosphate toxin. Harmful Algae. 92. 101737–101737. 53 indexed citations

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Chekan, Jonathan R., Timothy Fallon, & Bradley S. Moore. (2020). Biosynthesis of marine toxins. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 59. 119–129. 27 indexed citations

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Brunson, John K., Shaun M. K. McKinnie, Jonathan R. Chekan, et al.. (2018). Biosynthesis of the neurotoxin domoic acid in a bloom-forming diatom. Science. 361(6409). 1356–1358. 135 indexed citations

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Chekan, Jonathan R. & Bradley S. Moore. (2018). Preparation and Characterization of Tetrabromopyrrole Debrominase From Marine Proteobacteria. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 605. 253–265. 4 indexed citations

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Chekan, Jonathan R., Vinayak Agarwal, Dylan Dodd, et al.. (2014). Structural and Biochemical Basis for Mannan Utilization by Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus Strain ATCC BAA-17. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(50). 34965–34977. 13 indexed citations

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Fogle, Emily J., et al.. (2014). Chemical Rescue and Inhibition Studies to Determine the Role of Arg301 in Phosphite Dehydrogenase. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e87134–e87134. 10 indexed citations

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Dunbar, Kyle L., Jonathan R. Chekan, Courtney Cox, et al.. (2014). Discovery of a new ATP-binding motif involved in peptidic azoline biosynthesis. Nature Chemical Biology. 10(10). 823–829. 65 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Vinayak, Spencer C. Peck, Svetlana A. Borisova, et al.. (2013). Structure and Function of Phosphonoacetaldehyde Dehydrogenase: The Missing Link in Phosphonoacetate Formation. Chemistry & Biology. 21(1). 125–135. 21 indexed citations

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