Liangcai Gu

2.1k total citations
31 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Liangcai Gu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liangcai Gu has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Biotechnology and 10 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Liangcai Gu's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (9 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (7 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (5 papers). Liangcai Gu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (9 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (7 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (5 papers). Liangcai Gu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Liangcai Gu's co-authors include David H. Sherman, William H. Gerwick, Kristina Håkansson, Janet L. Smith, Bo Wang, Todd W. Geders, Zengyi Chang, John Aach, George M. Church and Peter Wipf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Liangcai Gu

30 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liangcai Gu United States	22	913	512	270	189	174	31	1.4k
Hajo Kries Germany	21	1.2k 1.3×	505 1.0×	110 0.4×	274 1.4×	169 1.0×	40	1.5k
Suzanne J. Admiraal United States	14	1.2k 1.3×	536 1.0×	138 0.5×	257 1.4×	169 1.0×	21	1.4k
Anna L. Vagstad United States	22	886 1.0×	901 1.8×	226 0.8×	247 1.3×	47 0.3×	39	1.4k
Jeremy R. Lohman United States	19	807 0.9×	521 1.0×	165 0.6×	218 1.2×	107 0.6×	47	1.1k
Lisa Nogle United States	18	480 0.5×	502 1.0×	396 1.5×	368 1.9×	30 0.2×	28	1.3k
M. Fujihashi Japan	19	755 0.8×	185 0.4×	105 0.4×	97 0.5×	225 1.3×	42	937
Andrew C. Eliot United States	14	855 0.9×	170 0.3×	73 0.3×	276 1.5×	350 2.0×	18	1.2k
Justin G. Stroh United States	21	1.2k 1.3×	290 0.6×	287 1.1×	457 2.4×	79 0.5×	35	2.0k
Wolfram Trowitzsch Germany	14	433 0.5×	309 0.6×	128 0.5×	239 1.3×	48 0.3×	27	791
Maximilian J. Helf United States	12	632 0.7×	388 0.8×	101 0.4×	158 0.8×	32 0.2×	15	835

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liangcai Gu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liang, Yafeng, et al.. (2025). Artificial intelligence-driven framework for discovering synthetic binding protein-like scaffolds from the entire protein universe. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 26(5). 1 indexed citations

Ji, Bing, Runze Dong, Liangcai Gu, et al.. (2025). Single-cell and spatial detection of senescent cells using DeepScence. Cell Genomics. 5(12). 101035–101035.

Kang, Shoukai, et al.. (2023). Picomolar-Level Sensing of Cannabidiol by Metal Nanoparticles Functionalized with Chemically Induced Dimerization Binders. ACS Sensors. 8(12). 4696–4706. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Xiahui, Shoukai Kang, Zhi Zhao, et al.. (2022). Synthetic nanobody-functionalized nanoparticles for accelerated development of rapid, accessible detection of viral antigens. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 202. 113971–113971. 22 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiao, et al.. (2022). Combinatorial Approaches for Efficient Design of Photoswitchable Protein-Protein Interactions as In Vivo Actuators. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 844405–844405. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Shiyun, Shoukai Kang, Haibin Mao, et al.. (2022). Defining molecular glues with a dual-nanobody cannabidiol sensor. Nature Communications. 13(1). 815–815. 76 indexed citations

Fu, Xiaonan, Li Sun, Runze Dong, et al.. (2022). Polony gels enable amplifiable DNA stamping and spatial transcriptomics of chronic pain. Cell. 185(24). 4621–4633.e17. 80 indexed citations

Kang, Shoukai, et al.. (2020). Creating Highly Specific Chemically Induced Protein Dimerization Systems by Stepwise Phage Selection of a Combinatorial Single-Domain Antibody Library. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

Khare, Dheeraj, Wendi A. Hale, Ashootosh Tripathi, et al.. (2015). Structural Basis for Cyclopropanation by a Unique Enoyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Reductase. Structure. 23(12). 2213–2223. 27 indexed citations

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Gu, Liangcai, Chao Li, John Aach, et al.. (2014). Multiplex single-molecule interaction profiling of DNA-barcoded proteins. Nature. 515(7528). 554–557. 66 indexed citations

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Gu, Liangcai, Somnath Dutta, Titus M. Franzmann, et al.. (2011). Tandem Acyl Carrier Proteins in the Curacin Biosynthetic Pathway Promote Consecutive Multienzyme Reactions with a Synergistic Effect. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(12). 2795–2798. 39 indexed citations

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Gu, Liangcai, Todd W. Geders, William Clay Brown, et al.. (2011). Structure and activity of DmmA, a marine haloalkane dehalogenase. Protein Science. 21(2). 239–248. 32 indexed citations

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Gu, Liangcai, et al.. (2011). Terminal Alkene Formation by the Thioesterase of Curacin A Biosynthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(16). 14445–14454. 58 indexed citations

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Gottstein, Daniel, Christopher Hein, Nina Ripin, et al.. (2011). Characterization of Molecular Interactions between ACP and Halogenase Domains in the Curacin A Polyketide Synthase. ACS Chemical Biology. 7(2). 378–386. 25 indexed citations

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Sharp, Koty, Karen E. Arthur, Liangcai Gu, et al.. (2009). Phylogenetic and Chemical Diversity of Three Chemotypes of Bloom-Forming Lyngbya Species ( Cyanobacteria : Oscillatoriales ) from Reefs of Southeastern Florida. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(9). 2879–2888. 56 indexed citations

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Gu, Liangcai, Bo Wang, Todd W. Geders, et al.. (2009). Metamorphic enzyme assembly in polyketide diversification. Nature. 459(7247). 731–735. 148 indexed citations

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Gu, Liangcai, Todd W. Geders, Bo Wang, et al.. (2007). GNAT-Like Strategy for Polyketide Chain Initiation. Science. 318(5852). 970–974. 88 indexed citations

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Geders, Todd W., Liangcai Gu, Jonathan Mowers, et al.. (2007). Crystal Structure of the ECH2 Catalytic Domain of CurF from Lyngbya majuscula. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(49). 35954–35963. 42 indexed citations

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Abulimiti, Abuduaini, et al.. (2003). Mycobacterium tuberculosis Hsp16.3 Nonamers are Assembled and Re-assembled via Trimer and Hexamer Intermediates. Journal of Molecular Biology. 326(4). 1013–1023. 19 indexed citations

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Gu, Liangcai, Abuduaini Abulimiti, Wen Li, & Zengyi Chang. (2002). Monodisperse Hsp16.3 Nonamer Exhibits Dynamic Dissociation and Reassociation, with the Nonamer Dissociation Prerequisite for Chaperone-like Activity. Journal of Molecular Biology. 319(2). 517–526. 92 indexed citations

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