K Gan

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

K Gan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, K Gan has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in K Gan's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (2 papers) and Paraoxonase enzyme and polymorphisms (2 papers). K Gan is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (2 papers) and Paraoxonase enzyme and polymorphisms (2 papers). K Gan collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. K Gan's co-authors include Bert N. La Du, H W Eckerson, Andrew Smolen, S. Adkins, Maria Mody, Krishnan Sankaran, Henry C. Wu, Nabil Hailat, Hongyi Qi and Martí Aldea and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Drug Metabolism and Disposition and The Journal of Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

K Gan

8 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Purification of human serum paraoxonase/arylesterase. Evidence for one esterase catalyzing both activities.

1991 531 citations K Gan, Andrew Smolen et al. Drug Metabolism and Disposition profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
K Gan United States	8	1.0k	506	302	282	274	8	1.3k
Carey J. Ng United States	13	897 0.9×	431 0.9×	240 0.8×	286 1.0×	369 1.3×	13	1.6k
Yu‐Yan Yeh United States	18	178 0.2×	303 0.6×	48 0.2×	31 0.1×	253 0.9×	41	1.1k
María Á. Navarro Spain	26	140 0.1×	96 0.2×	234 0.8×	61 0.2×	510 1.9×	64	1.6k
Predrag Ljubuncic Israel	16	44 0.0×	294 0.6×	55 0.2×	96 0.3×	298 1.1×	23	1.1k
A. Esteller Spain	16	48 0.0×	106 0.2×	72 0.2×	88 0.3×	271 1.0×	66	1.2k
Aleksandra Uskoković Serbia	20	59 0.1×	152 0.3×	59 0.2×	88 0.3×	378 1.4×	67	954
Uğur Çevikbaş Türkiye	19	49 0.0×	126 0.2×	53 0.2×	56 0.2×	206 0.8×	63	1.3k
Carmen Arnal Spain	23	82 0.1×	70 0.1×	236 0.8×	39 0.1×	438 1.6×	59	1.4k
M S Murthy Canada	15	442 0.4×	65 0.1×	45 0.1×	29 0.1×	609 2.2×	29	860
Joaquín C. Surra Spain	23	79 0.1×	82 0.2×	198 0.7×	33 0.1×	381 1.4×	58	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K Gan

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Sankaran, Krishnan, K Gan, Brian G. Rash, et al.. (1997). Roles of histidine-103 and tyrosine-235 in the function of the prolipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase of Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 179(9). 2944–2948. 29 indexed citations

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Qi, Hongyi, Krishnan Sankaran, K Gan, & Henry C. Wu. (1995). Structure-function relationship of bacterial prolipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase: functionally significant conserved regions. Journal of Bacteriology. 177(23). 6820–6824. 51 indexed citations

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Gan, K, Krishnan Sankaran, M G Williams, et al.. (1995). The umpA gene of Escherichia coli encodes phosphatidylglycerol:prolipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase (lgt) and regulates thymidylate synthase levels through translational coupling. Journal of Bacteriology. 177(7). 1879–1882. 34 indexed citations

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Adkins, S., K Gan, Maria Mody, & Bert N. La Du. (1993). Molecular basis for the polymorphic forms of human serum paraoxonase/arylesterase: glutamine or arginine at position 191, for the respective A or B allozymes.. PubMed. 52(3). 598–608. 420 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiaohong, et al.. (1992). Chemical Synthesis, Molecular Cloning, and Expression of the Gene Coding for the Trichosanthes Trypsin Inhibitor—a Squash Family Inhibitor1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 112(1). 45–51. 21 indexed citations

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Smolen, Andrew, H W Eckerson, K Gan, Nabil Hailat, & Bert N. La Du. (1991). Characteristics of the genetically determined allozymic forms of human serum paraoxonase/arylesterase.. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 19(1). 107–112. 103 indexed citations

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Gan, K, Andrew Smolen, H W Eckerson, & Bert N. La Du. (1991). Purification of human serum paraoxonase/arylesterase. Evidence for one esterase catalyzing both activities.. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 19(1). 100–106. 531 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gan, K, et al.. (1991). PURIFICATION OF HUMAN SERUM PARAOXONASE/ARYLESTERASE. 19(1). 100–106. 155 indexed citations

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