Nicholas J. Turner

27.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
439 papers, 21.2k citations indexed

About

Nicholas J. Turner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas J. Turner has authored 439 papers receiving a total of 21.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 353 papers in Molecular Biology, 169 papers in Organic Chemistry and 75 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nicholas J. Turner's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (241 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (90 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (77 papers). Nicholas J. Turner is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (241 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (90 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (77 papers). Nicholas J. Turner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Czechia and United States. Nicholas J. Turner's co-authors include Sabine L. Flitsch, Gideon Grogan, Elaine O’Reilly, Diego Ghislieri, Scott P. France, Fabio Parmeggiani, Matthew P. Thompson, Juan Mangas‐Sánchez, Matthew D. Truppo and James L. Galman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas J. Turner

431 papers receiving 20.8k citations

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Directed evolution drives the next generation of biocatalysts

2009 620 citations Nicholas J. Turner profile →
Biocatalysis

2021 455 citations William Finnigan, Scott P. France et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Enzymatic synthesis of key RNA therapeutic building blocks using simple phosphate donors 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Qinglong Meng, (unknown), Charlotte Morrill, Ying Zhuo, (unknown), (unknown), Sasha R. Derrington, Richard Obexer, Mary Ortmayer, Colin Levy, James Finnigan, Simon J. Charnock, Nicholas J. Turner, Gavin J. Miller, Sarah L. Lovelock	0
2	The Impact of Metagenomics on Biocatalysis 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie ·(unknown), Christian Schnepel, James Finnigan, Simon J. Charnock, Martin A. Hayes, Nicholas J. Turner	1
3	RetroBioCat Database: A Platform for Collaborative Curation and Automated Meta-Analysis of Biocatalysis Data 2023 ·ACS Catalysis ·William Finnigan, (unknown), Lorna J. Hepworth, Joan Citoler, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sebastian C. Cosgrove, (unknown), Rachel S. Heath, Thomas W. Thorpe, Yuqi Yu, Sabine L. Flitsch, Nicholas J. Turner	23
4	A Reductive Aminase Switches to Imine Reductase Mode for a Bulky Amine Substrate 2023 ·ACS Catalysis ·(unknown), Thomas W. Thorpe, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Scott P. France, Roger M. Howard, Michael J. Karmilowicz, Russell D. Lewis, Nicholas J. Turner, Gideon Grogan	17
5	Algorithm-aided engineering of aliphatic halogenase WelO5* for the asymmetric late-stage functionalization of soraphens 2022 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Sumire Honda Malca, (unknown), Moritz Voß, Nicholas J. Turner, Uwe T. Bornscheuer, Oliver Allemann, (unknown), Alexandre Lumbroso, Olivier Loiseleur, Rebecca Buller	55
6	Synthesis of Stereoenriched Piperidines via Chemo-Enzymatic Dearomatization of Activated Pyridines 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Thomas W. Thorpe, James R. Marshall, (unknown), (unknown), Lucian Pirvu, Rachel S. Heath, (unknown), James Finnigan, Simon J. Charnock, Jordan Nafie, Gideon Grogan, Roger C. Whitehead, Nicholas J. Turner	29
7	Thioester-mediated biocatalytic amide bond synthesis with in situ thiol recycling 2022 ·Nature Catalysis ·Christian Schnepel, (unknown), Yuqi Yu, (unknown), Rachel S. Heath, (unknown), (unknown), Keith R. Mulholland, Martin A. Hayes, Nicholas J. Turner, Sabine L. Flitsch	35
8	One‐Step Biocatalytic Synthesis of Sustainable Surfactants by Selective Amide Bond Formation** 2022 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown), William Finnigan, Christian Schnepel, (unknown), Nicholas J. Turner, Sabine L. Flitsch	27
9	Chemoenzymatic synthesis of 3-deoxy-3-fluoro-l-fucose and its enzymatic incorporation into glycoconjugates 2020 ·Chemical Communications ·Pablo Valverde, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kun Huang, Mark E. Light, Nicholas J. Turner, Jesús Jiménez‐Barbero, M. Carmen Galán, Martin A. Fascione, Sabine L. Flitsch, W. Bruce Turnbull, Bruno Linclau	12
10	Engineering Escherichia coli towards de novo production of gatekeeper (2S)-flavanones: naringenin, pinocembrin, eriodictyol and homoeriodictyol 2020 ·PubMed ·Mark S. Dunstan, Christopher Robinson, Adrian J. Jervis, Cunyu Yan, Pablo Carbonell, Katherine A. Hollywood, Andrew Currin, Neil Swainston, Rosalind Le Feuvre, Jason Micklefield, Jean‐Loup Faulon, Rainer Breitling, Nicholas J. Turner, Eriko Takano, Nigel S. Scrutton	54
11	Selective Oxidation of N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid Using an Engineered Galactose Oxidase Variant 2019 ·ACS Catalysis ·(unknown), William R. Birmingham, Peter Both, (unknown), Kun Huang, Jolanda M. van Munster, (unknown), Fabio Parmeggiani, Josef Voglmeir, (unknown), Nicholas J. Turner, Sabine L. Flitsch	17
12	Selenzyme: enzyme selection tool for pathway design 2018 ·Bioinformatics ·Pablo Carbonell, Jerry Wong, Neil Swainston, Eriko Takano, Nicholas J. Turner, Nigel S. Scrutton, Douglas B. Kell, Rainer Breitling, Jean‐Loup Faulon	69
13	Engineered Ammonia Lyases for the Production of Challenging Electron-Rich l-Phenylalanines 2018 ·ACS Catalysis ·Syed T. Ahmed, Fabio Parmeggiani, Nicholas J. Weise, Sabine L. Flitsch, Nicholas J. Turner	36
14	Enantioselektive Chemo‐ und Biokatalyse: Partner in der Retrosynthese 2017 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Moritz Hönig, Philipp Sondermann, Nicholas J. Turner, Erick M. Carreira	71
15	Recommendations on the Implementation of Genetic Algorithms for the Directed Evolution of Enzymes for Industrial Purposes 2017 ·ChemBioChem ·Mark H. Barley, Nicholas J. Turner, Royston Goodacre	8
16	Characterisation of CYP102A25 from Bacillus marmarensis and CYP102A26 from Pontibacillus halophilus: P450 Homologues of BM3 with Preference towards Hydroxylation of Medium‐Chain Fatty Acids 2017 ·ChemBioChem ·Joanne L. Porter, (unknown), (unknown), Michele Tavanti, Nicholas J. Turner, Sabine L. Flitsch	10
17	Real‐Time Monitoring of Enzyme‐Catalysed Reactions using Deep UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy 2017 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Yun Xu, Katherine A. Hollywood, Andrew J. Carnell, Jason Micklefield, Nicholas J. Turner, Royston Goodacre	14
18	Absolute Quantification of Uric Acid in Human Urine Using Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering with the Standard Addition Method 2017 ·Analytical Chemistry ·(unknown), Yun Xu, B. Thilaganathan, Andrew J. Carnell, Nicholas J. Turner, Royston Goodacre	136
19	Real-Time Screening of Biocatalysts in Live Bacterial Colonies 2017 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Cunyu Yan, Fabio Parmeggiani, Emrys A. Jones, Emmanuelle Claude, (unknown), Nicholas J. Turner, Sabine L. Flitsch, Perdita E. Barran	51
20	OUP accepted manuscript 2016 ·Protein Engineering Design and Selection ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Deniz Yıldırım, Nicholas J. Turner, Ossi Turunen, Barış Bi̇nay	26

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