Kira J. Weissman

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Kira J. Weissman is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kira J. Weissman has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Pharmacology, 52 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kira J. Weissman's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (69 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (14 papers). Kira J. Weissman is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (69 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (14 papers). Kira J. Weissman collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and France. Kira J. Weissman's co-authors include James Staunton, Rolf Müller, Peter F. Leadlay, R. William Broadhurst, Daniel Nietlispach, Mark Bycroft, Kathrin Buntin, Shilpa Bali, Michael Wheatcroft and Hui Hong and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kira J. Weissman

76 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Polyketide biosynthesis: a millennium review

2001 1.3k citations James Staunton, Kira J. Weissman Natural Product Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kira J. Weissman Germany	34	3.3k	2.8k	1.4k	1.1k	551	80	4.6k
Andreas Bechthold Germany	44	3.8k 1.1×	4.0k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	763 1.4×	187	5.8k
Alfredo F. Braña Spain	46	3.9k 1.2×	3.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	539 1.0×	123	5.5k
Andriy Luzhetskyy Germany	38	3.5k 1.1×	3.5k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	669 1.2×	175	5.1k
Brigitte Kunze Germany	44	2.5k 0.7×	2.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	375 0.7×	98	4.9k
Jesús Cortés United Kingdom	32	2.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	936 0.7×	544 0.5×	594 1.1×	47	3.4k
Hiroyasu Onaka Japan	38	2.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	742 0.5×	981 0.9×	544 1.0×	114	3.7k
John R. Carney United States	35	1.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	799 0.7×	534 1.0×	81	3.7k
Linquan Bai China	34	2.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	745 0.5×	778 0.7×	524 1.0×	161	3.5k
Hans‐Peter Fiedler Germany	43	3.3k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	926 1.7×	150	5.6k
Hideaki Oikawa Japan	45	4.3k 1.3×	4.5k 1.6×	2.3k 1.6×	1.3k 1.1×	719 1.3×	230	7.5k

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Су, Ли, Laurence Hôtel, Christophe Jacob, et al.. (2025). Exploiting the inherent promiscuity of the acyl transferase of the stambomycin polyketide synthase for the mutasynthesis of analogues. Chemical Science. 16(12). 5076–5088.

Weissman, Kira J., et al.. (2024). Insights into docking in megasynthases from the investigation of the toblerol trans -AT polyketide synthase: many α-helical means to an end. RSC Chemical Biology. 5(7). 669–683. 1 indexed citations

Су, Ли, et al.. (2024). Biosynthesis of novel desferrioxamine derivatives requires unprecedented crosstalk between separate NRPS-independent siderophore pathways. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(3). e0211523–e0211523. 5 indexed citations

Weissman, Kira J.. (2024). Decrypting iterative biosynthesis. Nature Synthesis. 3(10). 1194–1196.

Weissman, Kira J., et al.. (2024). The chemical ecology and physiological functions of type I polyketide natural products: the emerging picture. Natural Product Reports. 42(2). 324–358. 5 indexed citations

Shi, Yi‐Ming, Peter Grün, Yanyan Li, et al.. (2024). Pyrrolizwilline, a Unique Bacterial Alkaloid Assembled by a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase and non‐Enzymatic Dimerization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(51). e202411258–e202411258. 5 indexed citations

Су, Ли, Laurence Hôtel, Cédric Paris, et al.. (2022). Engineering the stambomycin modular polyketide synthase yields 37-membered mini-stambomycins. Nature Communications. 13(1). 515–515. 23 indexed citations

Jacob, Christophe & Kira J. Weissman. (2017). Unpackaging the Roles of Streptomyces Natural Products. Cell chemical biology. 24(10). 1194–1195. 7 indexed citations

Chai, Yi, Shiping Shan, Kira J. Weissman, et al.. (2012). Heterologous Expression and Genetic Engineering of the Tubulysin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Using Red/ET Recombineering and Inactivation Mutagenesis. Chemistry & Biology. 19(3). 361–371. 51 indexed citations

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Kopp, Maren, Herbert Irschik, Katja Gemperlein, et al.. (2011). Insights into the complex biosynthesis of the leupyrrins in Sorangium cellulosum So ce690. Molecular BioSystems. 7(5). 1549–1563. 33 indexed citations

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Broadhurst, R. William, et al.. (2010). Insights into Protein-Protein and Enzyme-Substrate Interactions in Modular Polyketide Synthases. Chemistry & Biology. 17(7). 705–716. 38 indexed citations

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Buntin, Kathrin, et al.. (2010). Biosynthesis of Thuggacins in Myxobacteria: Comparative Cluster Analysis Reveals Basis for Natural Product Structural Diversity. Chemistry & Biology. 17(4). 342–356. 49 indexed citations

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Weissman, Kira J. & Rolf Müller. (2008). Protein–Protein Interactions in Multienzyme Megasynthetases. ChemBioChem. 9(6). 826–848. 99 indexed citations

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Meiser, Peter, Kira J. Weissman, Helge B. Bode, et al.. (2008). DKxanthene Biosynthesis—Understanding the Basis for Diversity-Oriented Synthesis in Myxobacterial Secondary Metabolism. Chemistry & Biology. 15(8). 771–781. 59 indexed citations

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Weissman, Kira J. & Rolf Müller. (2008). Crystal Structure of a Molecular Assembly Line. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(44). 8344–8346. 3 indexed citations

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Harvey, Barbara M. R., Tatiana Mironenko, Yuhui Sun, et al.. (2007). Insights into Polyether Biosynthesis from Analysis of the Nigericin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster in Streptomyces sp. DSM4137. Chemistry & Biology. 14(6). 703–714. 103 indexed citations

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Weissman, Kira J., Hui Hong, Bojana Popovic, & Filip Meersman. (2006). Evidence for a Protein-Protein Interaction Motif on an Acyl Carrier Protein Domain from a Modular Polyketide Synthase. Chemistry & Biology. 13(6). 625–636. 28 indexed citations

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Weissman, Kira J.. (2006). Single Amino Acid Substitutions Alter the Efficiency of Docking in Modular Polyketide Biosynthesis. ChemBioChem. 7(9). 1334–1342. 14 indexed citations

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Weissman, Kira J.. (2004). Plumbing New Depths in Drug Discovery. Chemistry & Biology. 11(6). 743–745. 4 indexed citations

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Weissman, Kira J., Cameron J. Smith, Ulf Hanefeld, et al.. (1998). The Thioesterase of the Erythromycin-Producing Polyketide Synthase: Influence of Acyl Chain Structure on the Mode of Release of Substrate Analogues from the Acyl Enzyme Intermediates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(10). 1437–1440. 67 indexed citations

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