Luke J. Leman

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Luke J. Leman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Luke J. Leman has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 7 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Luke J. Leman's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (11 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (10 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). Luke J. Leman is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (11 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (10 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). Luke J. Leman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Denmark. Luke J. Leman's co-authors include M. Reza Ghadiri, Leslie E. Orgel, Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, Mousumi Samanta, Gonen Ashkenasy, Yasuyuki Ura, John M. Beierle, Bruce E. Maryanoff, Christian A. Olsen and Nicholas V. Hud and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Luke J. Leman

34 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Prebiotic Peptides: Molecular Hubs in the Origin of Life

2020 251 citations Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, Mousumi Samanta et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	From Polymerization-Enabled Folding and Assembly to Chemical Evolution: Key Processes for Emergence of Functional Polymers in the Origin of Life 2025 ·Astrobiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, Nicholas V. Hud, Christine D. Keating, Luke J. Leman	1
2	Weak effects of prebiotically plausible peptides on self-triphosphorylation ribozyme function 2024 ·RSC Chemical Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Luke J. Leman, Joan G. Schellinger, Ulrich F. Müller	2
3	Peptide conjugates with polyaromatic hydrocarbons can benefit the activity of catalytic RNAs 2023 ·Chemical Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Joan G. Schellinger, Luke J. Leman, Ulrich F. Müller	3
4	Water-Based Dynamic Depsipeptide Chemistry: Building Block Recycling and Oligomer Distribution Control Using Hydration–Dehydration Cycles 2022 ·JACS Au ·C Martin, Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Loren Dean Williams, Luke J. Leman, Charles L. Liotta, Martha A. Grover, Nicholas V. Hud	11
5	One-pot chemical pyro- and tri-phosphorylation of peptides by using diamidophosphate in water 2022 ·Chemical Science ·(unknown), Luke J. Leman, Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy	6
6	Thioesters provide a plausible prebiotic path to proto-peptides 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, Marcos Bouza, Facundo M. Fernández, Luke J. Leman, Loren Dean Williams, Nicholas V. Hud, (unknown)	41
7	Directed remodeling of the mouse gut microbiome inhibits the development of atherosclerosis 2020 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Poshen B. Chen, Audrey S. Black, (unknown), Yannan Zhao, (unknown), Bhuvan Molparia, (unknown), German R. Aleman Muench, Jiejun Wu, Weixuan Chen, Antônio F. M. Pinto, Bruce E. Maryanoff, Alan Saghatelian, Pejman Soroosh, Ali Torkamani, Luke J. Leman, M. Reza Ghadiri	92
8	Mutually stabilizing interactions between proto-peptides and RNA 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, (unknown), (unknown), C Martin, (unknown), Anton S. Petrov, Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy, Nicholas V. Hud, Loren Dean Williams, Luke J. Leman	74
9	Prebiotic Peptides: Molecular Hubs in the Origin of Life breakdown → 2020 ·Chemical Reviews ·Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, Mousumi Samanta, Gonen Ashkenasy, Luke J. Leman	251
10	Cyclic tetrapeptide HDAC inhibitors as potential therapeutics for spinal muscular atrophy: Screening with iPSC-derived neuronal cells 2017 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Jiun‐I Lai, Luke J. Leman, Sherman Ku, Chris J. Vickers, Christian A. Olsen, Ana Montero, M. Reza Ghadiri, Joel Gottesfeld	25
11	Potentially Prebiotic Synthesis of α-Amino Thioacids in Water 2016 ·Synlett ·Luke J. Leman, M. Reza Ghadiri	11
12	Peptide Bond Formation in Water Mediated by Carbon Disulfide 2015 ·Astrobiology ·Luke J. Leman, Zheng‐Zheng Huang, M. Reza Ghadiri	16
13	In vivo efficacy of HDL-like nanolipid particles containing multivalent peptide mimetics of apolipoprotein A-I 2014 ·Journal of Lipid Research ·Yannan Zhao, Audrey S. Black, David J. Bonnet, Bruce E. Maryanoff, Linda K. Curtiss, Luke J. Leman, M. Reza Ghadiri	27
14	Mimicry of High-Density Lipoprotein: Functional Peptide–Lipid Nanoparticles Based on Multivalent Peptide Constructs 2013 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yannan Zhao, Tomohiro Imura, Luke J. Leman, Linda K. Curtiss, Bruce E. Maryanoff, M. Reza Ghadiri	61
15	Dynamic polythioesters via ring-opening polymerization of 1,4-thiazine-2,5-diones 2009 ·Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Yasuyuki Ura, Mohammad H. Al‐Sayah, Javier Montenegro, John M. Beierle, Luke J. Leman, M. Reza Ghadiri	39
16	Biomimetic Catalysis of Diketopiperazine and Dipeptide Syntheses 2008 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Zheng‐Zheng Huang, Luke J. Leman, M. Reza Ghadiri	23
17	Functional and Mechanistic Analyses of Biomimetic Aminoacyl Transfer Reactions in de Novo Designed Coiled Coil Peptides via Rational Active Site Engineering 2007 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Luke J. Leman, Dana A. Weinberger, Zheng‐Zheng Huang, Keith Wilcoxen, M. Reza Ghadiri	20
18	Coiled Coils at the Edge of Configurational Heterogeneity. Structural Analyses of Parallel and Antiparallel Homotetrameric Coiled Coils Reveal Configurational Sensitivity to a Single Solvent-Exposed Amino Acid Substitution^, 2006 ·Biochemistry ·Maneesh K. Yadav, Luke J. Leman, D.J. Price, Charles L. Brooks, C.D. Stout, M. Reza Ghadiri	68
19	Structure-Based Engineering of Internal Cavities in Coiled-Coil Peptides^, 2005 ·Biochemistry ·Maneesh K. Yadav, James E. Redman, Luke J. Leman, (unknown), Yanming Zhang, C.D. Stout, M. Reza Ghadiri	35
20	Carbonyl Sulfide-Mediated Prebiotic Formation of Peptides 2004 ·Science ·Luke J. Leman, Leslie E. Orgel, M. Reza Ghadiri	301

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