Sum Chan

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Sum Chan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sum Chan has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sum Chan's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (4 papers). Sum Chan is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (4 papers). Sum Chan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Sum Chan's co-authors include F. Robert Tabita, Sriram Satagopan, Huiying Li, Thomas E. Hanson, Jaya Singh, Mark A. Arbing, L. Jeanne Perry, Duilio Cascio, Srivatsan Raman and Noah D. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Sum Chan

23 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Engineering an allosteric transcription factor to respond to new ligands

2015 253 citations Noah D. Taylor, Alexander S. Garruss et al. Nature Methods profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sum Chan United States	17	796	218	122	121	118	24	1.1k
Manmilan Singh United States	16	603 0.8×	120 0.6×	107 0.9×	47 0.4×	173 1.5×	25	1.1k
Tim Rasmussen United Kingdom	24	1.1k 1.3×	136 0.6×	158 1.3×	139 1.1×	139 1.2×	48	1.7k
Krisztina Z. Bencze United States	9	586 0.7×	88 0.4×	126 1.0×	72 0.6×	50 0.4×	11	1.2k
Annie Adrait France	17	1.0k 1.3×	348 1.6×	167 1.4×	103 0.9×	83 0.7×	37	1.7k
Craig Volker United States	13	920 1.2×	138 0.6×	121 1.0×	118 1.0×	118 1.0×	17	1.2k
Simonetta Stefanini Italy	21	756 0.9×	108 0.5×	106 0.9×	194 1.6×	50 0.4×	39	1.5k
Kanak L. Dikshit India	26	1.2k 1.5×	112 0.5×	83 0.7×	42 0.3×	98 0.8×	62	1.8k
C. Jeremy Craven United Kingdom	27	1.3k 1.7×	75 0.3×	179 1.5×	228 1.9×	68 0.6×	39	1.9k
David S. Wunschel United States	18	678 0.9×	103 0.5×	143 1.2×	55 0.5×	27 0.2×	53	1.3k
David B. Hicks United States	25	1.3k 1.6×	227 1.0×	311 2.5×	192 1.6×	35 0.3×	51	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sum Chan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sum Chan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sum Chan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sum Chan. Sum Chan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Chao, Alex, Mark A. Arbing, Kadamba Papavinasasundaram, et al.. (2023). Differentiating the roles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis substrate binding proteins, FecB and FecB2, in iron uptake. PLoS Pathogens. 19(9). e1011650–e1011650. 4 indexed citations

Korman, Tyler P., Sum Chan, Salem Faham, et al.. (2020). Isobutanol production freed from biological limits using synthetic biochemistry. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4292–4292. 58 indexed citations

Tuukkanen, Anne, Sum Chan, Mark A. Arbing, et al.. (2018). Structural Variability of EspG Chaperones from Mycobacterial ESX-1, ESX-3, and ESX-5 Type VII Secretion Systems. Journal of Molecular Biology. 431(2). 289–307. 19 indexed citations

Wagner, Jonathan M., Sum Chan, Timothy J. Evans, et al.. (2016). Structures of EccB1 and EccD1 from the core complex of the mycobacterial ESX-1 type VII secretion system. BMC Structural Biology. 16(1). 5–5. 27 indexed citations

Taylor, Noah D., Alexander S. Garruss, Rocco Moretti, et al.. (2015). Engineering an allosteric transcription factor to respond to new ligands. Nature Methods. 13(2). 177–183. 253 indexed citations breakdown →

Satagopan, Sriram, Sum Chan, L. Jeanne Perry, & F. Robert Tabita. (2014). Structure-Function Studies with the Unique Hexameric Form II Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase (Rubisco) from Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(31). 21433–21450. 36 indexed citations

Chou, Annie, S. Isserow, C. Taylor, et al.. (2014). CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROTOCOL FOR PATIENTS WITH SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 30(10). S65–S66. 1 indexed citations

Miallau, L., Paras Jain, Mark A. Arbing, et al.. (2013). Comparative Proteomics Identifies the Cell-Associated Lethality of M. tuberculosis RelBE-like Toxin-Antitoxin Complexes. Structure. 21(4). 627–637. 28 indexed citations

Arbing, Mark A., Sum Chan, Cyndi Qixin He, et al.. (2013). Heterologous Expression of Mycobacterial Esx Complexes in Escherichia coli for Structural Studies Is Facilitated by the Use of Maltose Binding Protein Fusions. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e81753–e81753. 18 indexed citations

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Arbing, Mark A., et al.. (2012). Structure of the surface layer of the methanogenic archaean Methanosarcina acetivorans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(29). 11812–11817. 61 indexed citations

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Chao, Shuang, et al.. (2012). Changes in fat metabolism of black-bone chickens during early stages of infection with Newcastle disease virus. animal. 6(8). 1246–1252. 9 indexed citations

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Chan, Sum, et al.. (2010). Apo and ligand-bound structures of ModA from the archaeonMethanosarcina acetivorans. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 66(3). 242–250. 13 indexed citations

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Arbing, Mark A., Markus Kaufmann, Tung Gia Phan, et al.. (2010). The crystal structure of the mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3019c‐Rv3020c ESX complex reveals a domain‐swapped heterotetramer. Protein Science. 19(9). 1692–1703. 24 indexed citations

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Zocchi, Giovanni, et al.. (2005). Artificial Allosteric Control of Maltose Binding Protein. Physical Review Letters. 94(3). 38103–38103. 47 indexed citations

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Müller, Péter, M.R. Sawaya, Sum Chan, et al.. (2005). The 1.70 Å X-ray crystal structure ofMycobacterium tuberculosisphosphoglycerate mutase. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 61(3). 309–315. 12 indexed citations

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Zocchi, Giovanni, et al.. (2005). Allosteric Control through Mechanical Tension. Physical Review Letters. 95(7). 78102–78102. 58 indexed citations

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Chan, Sum, Brent W. Segelke, Heike I. Krupka, et al.. (2004). Crystal Structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis dUTPase: Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism. Journal of Molecular Biology. 341(2). 503–517. 78 indexed citations

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Chaudhuri, Barnali N., Sum Chan, L. Jeanne Perry, & Todd O. Yeates. (2004). Crystal Structure of the Apo Forms of ψ 55 tRNA Pseudouridine Synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(23). 24585–24591. 22 indexed citations

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Gensler, Walter J., et al.. (1975). ChemInform Abstract: SYNTHESIS OF A TRIAZOLE HOMO‐C‐NUCLEOSIDE. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 6(14). 1 indexed citations

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Chan, Sum & J. H. Quastel. (1967). Tetrodotoxin: Effects on Brain Metabolism in vitro. Science. 156(3783). 1752–1753. 24 indexed citations

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