Xin Gu

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Xin Gu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Xin Gu has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Xin Gu's work include Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers), PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (5 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (5 papers). Xin Gu is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers), PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (5 papers) and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (5 papers). Xin Gu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Xin Gu's co-authors include David M. Sabatini, Jose M. Orozco, Kendall J. Condon, Sonia M. Scaria, H. Eric Xu, Karsten Melcher, Jiyuan Ke, Grace Y. Liu, J. Wade Harper and Steven P. Gygi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Xin Gu

32 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

SAMTOR is an S -adenosylmethionine sensor for the mTORC1 pathway

2017 413 citations Xin Gu, Jose M. Orozco et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xin Gu United States	21	1.5k	273	228	211	208	34	2.1k
Werner J. Kovacs Switzerland	21	1.4k 0.9×	276 1.0×	276 1.2×	248 1.2×	215 1.0×	42	2.1k
Hyongjong Koh South Korea	23	1.4k 0.9×	265 1.0×	172 0.8×	226 1.1×	154 0.7×	40	2.0k
Laura R. Pearce United Kingdom	8	1.6k 1.1×	309 1.1×	190 0.8×	146 0.7×	155 0.7×	9	2.1k
Aaron M. Robitaille United States	16	1.6k 1.0×	198 0.7×	165 0.7×	188 0.9×	139 0.7×	20	2.0k
Débora Bonenfant Switzerland	15	2.1k 1.4×	300 1.1×	128 0.6×	184 0.9×	86 0.4×	19	2.6k
William C. Comb United States	12	1.2k 0.8×	334 1.2×	289 1.3×	394 1.9×	186 0.9×	16	2.1k
Xiaoju Max United States	4	2.3k 1.5×	350 1.3×	337 1.5×	295 1.4×	200 1.0×	8	2.9k
Zhiping Wu United States	24	1.0k 0.7×	186 0.7×	198 0.9×	111 0.5×	89 0.4×	60	1.6k
Takayasu Kobayashi Japan	24	1.9k 1.3×	355 1.3×	115 0.5×	87 0.4×	150 0.7×	51	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xin Gu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xin Gu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xin Gu 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 Xin Gu. Xin Gu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Gao, Jingjing, Christopher Nardone, Matthew C. J. Yip, et al.. (2025). Structure of the TXNL1-bound proteasome. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(12). 2398–2402. 1 indexed citations

Du, Chunlai, Xin Gu, Yanhui Guo, et al.. (2025). A Transformer Based on Feedback Attention Mechanism for Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease Using Echocardiographic Images. Computers, materials & continua/Computers, materials & continua (Print). 83(2). 3435–3450.

Valenstein, Max L., et al.. (2024). Rag–Ragulator is the central organizer of the physical architecture of the mTORC1 nutrient-sensing pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(35). e2322755121–e2322755121. 10 indexed citations

Gu, Xin, et al.. (2023). The midnolin-proteasome pathway catches proteins for ubiquitination-independent degradation. Science. 381(6660). eadh5021–eadh5021. 79 indexed citations

Gu, Xin, Patrick Jouandin, Max L. Valenstein, et al.. (2022). Sestrin mediates detection of and adaptation to low-leucine diets in Drosophila. Nature. 608(7921). 209–216. 36 indexed citations

Valenstein, Max L., Kacper B. Rogala, Edward J. Brignole, et al.. (2022). Structure of the nutrient-sensing hub GATOR2. Nature. 607(7919). 610–616. 50 indexed citations

Rogala, Kacper B., Xin Gu, Monther Abu-Remaileh, et al.. (2019). Structural basis for the docking of mTORC1 on the lysosomal surface. Science. 366(6464). 468–475. 143 indexed citations

Shen, Kuang, Max L. Valenstein, Xin Gu, & David M. Sabatini. (2019). Arg-78 of Nprl2 catalyzes GATOR1-stimulated GTP hydrolysis by the Rag GTPases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(8). 2970–5944. 50 indexed citations

Gu, Xin, Jose M. Orozco, Robert A. Saxton, et al.. (2017). SAMTOR is an S -adenosylmethionine sensor for the mTORC1 pathway. Science. 358(6364). 813–818. 413 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gu, Xin, Jose M. Orozco, Robert A. Saxton, et al.. (2017). SAMTOR is an S-adenosylmethionine sensor for the mTORC1 pathway. PMC. 2 indexed citations

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Tammela, Tuomas, Francisco J. Sánchez‐Rivera, Naniye Mallı Cetinbas, et al.. (2017). A Wnt-producing niche drives proliferative potential and progression in lung adenocarcinoma. Nature. 545(7654). 355–359. 235 indexed citations

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Gu, Xin, Yan Yan, Scott J. Novick, et al.. (2017). Deconvoluting AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) adenine nucleotide binding and sensing. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(30). 12653–12666. 41 indexed citations

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DeBruine, Zachary J., Jiyuan Ke, Kaleeckal G. Harikumar, et al.. (2017). Wnt5a promotes Frizzled-4 signalosome assembly by stabilizing cysteine-rich domain dimerization. Genes & Development. 31(9). 916–926. 54 indexed citations

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Sun, Yangying, Xin Gu, Mi‐Ae Park, et al.. (2014). Estradiol promotes pentose phosphate pathway addiction and cell survival via reactivation of Akt in mTORC1 hyperactive cells. Cell Death and Disease. 5(5). e1231–e1231. 36 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaodan, Lili Wang, X. Edward Zhou, et al.. (2014). Structural basis of AMPK regulation by adenine nucleotides and glycogen. Cell Research. 25(1). 50–66. 152 indexed citations

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Ke, Jiyuan, Runze Chen, Xin Gu, et al.. (2013). Structure of a PLS-class Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Provides Insights into Mechanism of RNA Recognition. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(44). 31540–31548. 50 indexed citations

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Ke, Jiyuan, X. Edward Zhou, Xin Gu, et al.. (2013). Structural basis for RNA recognition by a dimeric PPR-protein complex. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(12). 1377–1382. 83 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaoping, Qingyan Zhu, Xin Gu, et al.. (1996). Enalaprilat, an Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitor, Enhances Functional Preservation During Long-term Cardiac Preservation. Possible Involvement of Bradykinin and PKC. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 28(7). 1445–1452. 10 indexed citations

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Gu, Xin, et al.. (1989). The failure of endothelin to displace bound, radioactively‐labelled, calcium antagonists (PN 200/110, D888 and diltiazem). British Journal of Pharmacology. 96(2). 262–264. 44 indexed citations

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Nayler, W. G., et al.. (1989). Cyclosporine increases endothelin-1 binding site density in cardiac cell membranes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 163(3). 1270–1274. 31 indexed citations

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