Steven D. Bruner

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Steven D. Bruner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven D. Bruner has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Pharmacology and 14 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Steven D. Bruner's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (29 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (13 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (10 papers). Steven D. Bruner is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (29 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (13 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (10 papers). Steven D. Bruner collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Steven D. Bruner's co-authors include Gregory L. Verdine, Derek P. G. Norman, Christopher T. Walsh, William S. Lane, Huw M. Nash, Rahul M. Kohli, Kunhua Li, Heather A. Cooke, Orlando D. Schärer and Tomohiko Kawate and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Steven D. Bruner

80 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Structural basis for recognition and repair of the endogenous mutagen 8-oxoguanine in DNA

2000 831 citations Steven D. Bruner, Derek P. G. Norman et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven D. Bruner United States	33	3.0k	920	434	369	309	82	3.8k
Shih‐Hsiung Wu Taiwan	38	2.7k 0.9×	512 0.6×	1.1k 2.6×	423 1.1×	403 1.3×	224	4.7k
Wulf Blankenfeldt Germany	38	3.1k 1.1×	755 0.8×	599 1.4×	470 1.3×	622 2.0×	147	4.9k
Huawei Chen United States	32	2.1k 0.7×	810 0.9×	395 0.9×	158 0.4×	161 0.5×	81	2.9k
Andrew M. Gulick United States	37	3.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	394 0.9×	367 1.0×	305 1.0×	93	4.3k
Brian O. Bachmann United States	33	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.8×	706 1.6×	117 0.3×	263 0.9×	82	3.4k
Jean‐Pierre Samama France	41	2.5k 0.8×	716 0.8×	247 0.6×	806 2.2×	305 1.0×	81	4.4k
Walter Fast United States	32	1.7k 0.6×	579 0.6×	360 0.8×	263 0.7×	136 0.4×	80	3.5k
Jennifer Herrmann Germany	34	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	866 2.0×	173 0.5×	168 0.5×	139	3.3k
Courtney C. Aldrich United States	42	3.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.6×	1.5k 3.4×	346 0.9×	252 0.8×	164	5.0k
Surajit Banerjee United States	30	1.9k 0.6×	320 0.3×	341 0.8×	362 1.0×	201 0.7×	86	3.0k

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Liu, Jie, Steven D. Bruner, Yousong Ding, et al.. (2025). Structure Determination and Biosynthesis of Dapalides A–C, Glycosylated Kahalalide F Analogues from the Marine Cyanobacterium Dapis sp. Journal of Natural Products. 88(9). 2138–2150.

Chen, Wenting, et al.. (2024). Alternative Linkage Chemistries in the Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Microviridin-Based Cyclic Peptides. Organic Letters. 26(6). 1138–1142. 4 indexed citations

Seabra, Gustavo, et al.. (2024). Characterization of a Dual Function Peptide Cyclase in Graspetide Biosynthesis. ACS Chemical Biology. 19(12). 2525–2534. 1 indexed citations

Kallifidas, Dimitris, Dipesh Dhakal, Man‐Yun Chen, et al.. (2024). Biosynthesis of Dolastatin 10 in Marine Cyanobacteria, a Prototype for Multiple Approved Cancer Drugs. Organic Letters. 26(7). 1321–1325. 12 indexed citations

García-García, Jorge D., et al.. (2023). Directed Evolution of Aerotolerance in Sulfide-Dependent Thiazole Synthases. ACS Synthetic Biology. 12(4). 963–970. 12 indexed citations

Meng, Shanyu, Zhaohui Tong, Shugang Zhang, et al.. (2022). Biowaste-Derived, Hyperbranched Dendritic EDTA Analogue as an Anionic Biochelator with Superior Metal Affinity. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(6). 2010–2021. 7 indexed citations

Bruner, Steven D., et al.. (2021). Structure-Based Engineering of Peptide Macrocyclases for the Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Microviridins. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(16). 11212–11219. 5 indexed citations

García-García, Jorge D., Jaya Joshi, Ulschan Bathe, et al.. (2021). Using continuous directed evolution to improve enzymes for plant applications. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 188(2). 971–983. 27 indexed citations

Li, Qiang, Rémi Zallot, J.A. Gerlt, et al.. (2021). Epoxyqueuosine Reductase QueH in the Biosynthetic Pathway to tRNA Queuosine Is a Unique Metalloenzyme. Biochemistry. 60(42). 3152–3161. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yi, et al.. (2021). Structural and biochemical studies of an iterative ribosomal peptide macrocyclase. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 90(3). 670–679. 4 indexed citations

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Tripathi, Prabhanshu & Steven D. Bruner. (2021). Structural Basis for the Interactions of the Colibactin Resistance Gene Product ClbS with DNA. Biochemistry. 60(20). 1619–1625. 7 indexed citations

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Patterson, Jenelle A., Hai He, Jacob Folz, et al.. (2020). Thioproline formation as a driver of formaldehyde toxicity in Escherichia coli. Biochemical Journal. 477(9). 1745–1757. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Peilan, et al.. (2020). Cyanobacterial Dihydroxyacid Dehydratases Are a Promising Growth Inhibition Target. ACS Chemical Biology. 15(8). 2281–2288. 16 indexed citations

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Tripathi, Prabhanshu, Emilee E. Shine, Alan R. Healy, et al.. (2017). ClbS Is a Cyclopropane Hydrolase That Confers Colibactin Resistance. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(49). 17719–17722. 55 indexed citations

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Healy, Alan R., et al.. (2017). Structure and Functional Analysis of ClbQ, an Unusual Intermediate-Releasing Thioesterase from the Colibactin Biosynthetic Pathway. ACS Chemical Biology. 12(10). 2598–2608. 26 indexed citations

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Li, Kunhua, et al.. (2016). Structural basis for precursor protein–directed ribosomal peptide macrocyclization. Nature Chemical Biology. 12(11). 973–979. 50 indexed citations

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Mousa, Jarrod J., Ye Yang, Sarah Tomkovich, et al.. (2016). MATE transport of the E. coli-derived genotoxin colibactin. Nature Microbiology. 1(1). 15009–15009. 70 indexed citations

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Bruner, Steven D., et al.. (2009). Complex Oxidation Chemistry in the Biosynthetic Pathways to Vancomycin/Teicoplanin Antibiotics. ChemBioChem. 10(11). 1757–1764. 10 indexed citations

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Bruner, Steven D., Thomas Weber, Rahul M. Kohli, et al.. (2002). Structural Basis for the Cyclization of the Lipopeptide Antibiotic Surfactin by the Thioesterase Domain SrfTE. Structure. 10(3). 301–310. 186 indexed citations

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Bruner, Steven D., Derek P. G. Norman, & Gregory L. Verdine. (2000). Structural basis for recognition and repair of the endogenous mutagen 8-oxoguanine in DNA. Nature. 403(6772). 859–866. 831 indexed citations breakdown →

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