Tingting Yao

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Tingting Yao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tingting Yao has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Oncology and 9 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Tingting Yao's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (18 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (13 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (8 papers). Tingting Yao is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (18 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (13 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (8 papers). Tingting Yao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Tingting Yao's co-authors include Robert E. Cohen, Joan Conaway, Ronald Conaway, Selene K. Swanson, Michael P. Washburn, Laurence Florens, Jerry L. Workman, Min Hu, Wenyu Li and Jia-Wei Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tingting Yao

52 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A cryptic protease couples deubiquitination and degradation by the proteasome

2002 593 citations Tingting Yao, Robert E. Cohen profile →
Crystal Structure of a UBP-Family Deubiquitinating Enzyme in Isolation and in Complex with Ubiquitin Aldehyde

2002 515 citations Tingting Yao, Robert E. Cohen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tingting Yao United States	29	3.4k	926	542	523	392	55	4.1k
Torsten Stein United Kingdom	27	1.4k 0.4×	771 0.8×	125 0.2×	107 0.2×	422 1.1×	63	2.5k
Jing Huang China	32	1.2k 0.3×	490 0.5×	111 0.2×	115 0.2×	93 0.2×	106	2.6k
J. HAMELIN France	25	1.4k 0.4×	252 0.3×	420 0.8×	178 0.3×	91 0.2×	65	2.6k
José L. McFaline‐Figueroa United States	21	3.0k 0.9×	450 0.5×	131 0.2×	203 0.4×	310 0.8×	31	3.9k
Bernhard Gillissen Germany	28	1.9k 0.6×	465 0.5×	192 0.4×	186 0.4×	87 0.2×	49	2.6k
P. Donald Forbes United States	23	703 0.2×	251 0.3×	310 0.6×	228 0.4×	58 0.1×	75	2.2k
Zhihong Chen China	30	1.8k 0.5×	331 0.4×	561 1.0×	103 0.2×	254 0.6×	95	2.8k
Zhen Zhu China	30	2.0k 0.6×	297 0.3×	138 0.3×	105 0.2×	453 1.2×	168	3.6k
Peter Jordan Portugal	35	2.7k 0.8×	716 0.8×	415 0.8×	180 0.3×	368 0.9×	100	4.0k
Motoshi Suzuki Japan	32	3.0k 0.9×	488 0.5×	393 0.7×	155 0.3×	312 0.8×	132	4.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tingting Yao

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Tang, K. C., Ling‐Yan He, Yu Han, et al.. (2025). Sustained PM2.5 decline in Shenzhen confronts emerging challenges: Strengthening regional governance and secondary aerosol mitigation. Atmospheric Environment. 360. 121437–121437.

Yao, Tingting, Xiaodi Wang, & Fusheng Chen. (2025). The Role of Enoyl Reductase in the Monacolin K Biosynthesis Pathway in Monascus spp.. Journal of Fungi. 11(3). 199–199. 2 indexed citations

Eskelinen, Eeva‐Liisa, et al.. (2025). Trafficking of K63-polyubiquitin–modified membrane proteins in a macroautophagy-independent pathway is linked to ATG9A. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 36(4). ar42–ar42. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Ziyi, Qianqian Jin, Tingting Yao, et al.. (2025). Strain-Induced Gradient Distribution of Dopants at a Perovskite Interface. Nano Letters. 25(11). 4163–4169.

Fischer, Tara D., Eric Bunker, Peng-Peng Zhu, et al.. (2024). STING induces HOIP-mediated synthesis of M1 ubiquitin chains to stimulate NF-κB signaling. The EMBO Journal. 44(1). 141–165. 6 indexed citations

Li, Xiang, Yixiao Jiang, Qianqian Jin, et al.. (2024). Nb-doped coherent TiO2/LaAlO3 interfaces: Segregation mechanism and improved photocatalytic performance. Acta Materialia. 282. 120504–120504. 3 indexed citations

Yao, Tingting, et al.. (2024). Subsurface oxygen at transition metal surfaces: Its direct atom-resolved imaging and role in metal oxidation. Acta Materialia. 277. 120226–120226. 4 indexed citations

Yao, Tingting, et al.. (2022). Characterization of the cyclodipeptide synthase gene cluster in Streptomyces sp. NRRL F-5123 by unraveling the biosynthesis of drimentine B. Tetrahedron. 131. 133213–133213. 2 indexed citations

Passos, Carolina dos Santos, Yun‐Seok Choi, Christopher D. Snow, Tingting Yao, & Robert E. Cohen. (2021). Design of genetically encoded sensors to detect nucleosome ubiquitination in live cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(4). 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhijie, Ronen Gabizon, Aidan I. Brown, et al.. (2019). High-resolution and high-accuracy topographic and transcriptional maps of the nucleosome barrier. eLife. 8. 58 indexed citations

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Choi, Yun‐Seok, et al.. (2019). High-affinity free ubiquitin sensors for quantifying ubiquitin homeostasis and deubiquitination. Nature Methods. 16(8). 771–777. 21 indexed citations

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Yao, Tingting, Tong Li, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2018). Characterization of the biosynthetic gene cluster of the polyene macrolide antibiotic reedsmycins from a marine-derived Streptomyces strain. Microbial Cell Factories. 17(1). 98–98. 21 indexed citations

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Long, Lindsey J, Melonnie L. M. Furgason, & Tingting Yao. (2014). Generation of nonhydrolyzable ubiquitin–histone mimics. Methods. 70(2-3). 134–138. 49 indexed citations

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Samara, N.L., Ajit B. Datta, Christopher Berndsen, et al.. (2010). Structural Insights into the Assembly and Function of the SAGA Deubiquitinating Module. Science. 328(5981). 1025–1029. 178 indexed citations

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Cai, Yong, Jingji Jin, Tingting Yao, et al.. (2007). YY1 functions with INO80 to activate transcription. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 14(9). 872–874. 155 indexed citations

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Yao, Tingting, Ling Song, Wei Xu, et al.. (2006). Proteasome recruitment and activation of the Uch37 deubiquitinating enzyme by Adrm1. Nature Cell Biology. 8(9). 994–1002. 275 indexed citations

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Abmayr, Susan M., Tingting Yao, Tari Parmely, & Jerry L. Workman. (2006). Preparation of Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Extracts from Mammalian Cells. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. 75(1). Unit 12.1–Unit 12.1. 143 indexed citations

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Conaway, Ronald, Shigeo Sato, Chieri Tomomori‐Sato, Tingting Yao, & Joan Conaway. (2005). The mammalian Mediator complex and its role in transcriptional regulation. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 30(5). 250–255. 226 indexed citations

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Shi, Zhihong, et al.. (2004). Simultaneous determination of cryptotanshinone, tanshinone I and tanshinone IIA in traditional Chinese medicinal preparations containing Radix salvia miltiorrhiza by HPLC. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 37(3). 481–486. 95 indexed citations

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Yao, Tingting & Robert E. Cohen. (2000). Cyclization of Polyubiquitin by the E2-25K Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzyme. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(47). 36862–36868. 25 indexed citations

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