Xinya Hemu

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Xinya Hemu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinya Hemu has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Pharmacology and 10 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Xinya Hemu's work include Biochemical and Structural Characterization (27 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (10 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (10 papers). Xinya Hemu is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Structural Characterization (27 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (10 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (10 papers). Xinya Hemu collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and Spain. Xinya Hemu's co-authors include James P. Tam, Giang K. T. Nguyen, Yibo Qiu, Yilong Lian, Shujing Wang, Chuan‐Fa Liu, Misako Taichi, Aida Serra, Siu Kwan Sze and Jun Ping Quek and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Xinya Hemu

33 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Butelase 1 is an Asx-specific ligase enabling peptide macrocyclization and synthesis

2014 345 citations Giang K. T. Nguyen, Yibo Qiu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xinya Hemu Singapore	17	1.1k	252	208	193	167	34	1.3k
Fabian B. H. Rehm Australia	16	603 0.5×	136 0.5×	73 0.4×	107 0.6×	27 0.2×	28	693
Jana Klose Germany	14	745 0.7×	69 0.3×	330 1.6×	36 0.2×	68 0.4×	22	940
Jesko Koehnke Germany	22	1.1k 1.0×	179 0.7×	255 1.2×	191 1.0×	672 4.0×	43	1.4k
Liang Yan United States	14	946 0.8×	205 0.8×	434 2.1×	36 0.2×	63 0.4×	33	1.3k
Agnès F. Delmas France	20	783 0.7×	151 0.6×	361 1.7×	35 0.2×	19 0.1×	41	995
Cha‐Yong Choi South Korea	19	1.1k 1.0×	27 0.1×	62 0.3×	156 0.8×	200 1.2×	42	1.2k
Veit Bergendahl United States	11	986 0.9×	55 0.2×	55 0.3×	60 0.3×	290 1.7×	14	1.2k
Kanaka Pattabiraman United States	7	1.3k 1.2×	70 0.3×	173 0.8×	18 0.1×	72 0.4×	9	1.5k
Yong-Uk Kwon South Korea	16	687 0.6×	51 0.2×	389 1.9×	21 0.1×	35 0.2×	26	962
Mattan Hurevich Israel	18	756 0.7×	57 0.2×	443 2.1×	59 0.3×	18 0.1×	63	969

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xinya Hemu

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Hemu, Xinya, et al.. (2025). Expanding molecular diversity of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP) natural products by radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) enzymes: recent advances and mechanistic insights. Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines. 23(3). 257–268.

Liu, Guoqing, Juan Yin, Jianan Sun, et al.. (2024). Repurposing Copper(II)/THPTA as A Bioorthogonal Catalyst for Thiazolidine Bond Cleavage. Advanced Science. 11(42). e2408180–e2408180. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Yiping, et al.. (2024). Recent Toolboxes for Chemoselective Dual Modifications of Proteins. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(56). e202402272–e202402272. 1 indexed citations

Morales‐Briones, Diego F., Xiangyu Wang, Ying Hu, et al.. (2024). Phylotranscriptomics reveals the phylogeny of Asparagales and the evolution of allium flavor biosynthesis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9663–9663. 4 indexed citations

Feng, Li, et al.. (2024). OSMAC Strategy: A promising way to explore microbial cyclic peptides. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 268. 116175–116175. 16 indexed citations

Hemu, Xinya, et al.. (2023). Substrate‐binding glycine residues are major determinants for hydrolase and ligase activity of plant legumains. New Phytologist. 238(4). 1534–1545. 5 indexed citations

Hemu, Xinya, et al.. (2023). Consensus design and engineering of an efficient and high-yield peptide asparaginyl ligase for protein cyclization and ligation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(3). 102997–102997. 5 indexed citations

Sahili, Abbas El, Yee Hwa Wong, Xinya Hemu, et al.. (2022). Structural basis for proenzyme maturation, substrate recognition, and ligation by a hyperactive peptide asparaginyl ligase. The Plant Cell. 34(12). 4936–4949. 7 indexed citations

Hemu, Xinya, Xiaohong Zhang, Giang K. T. Nguyen, et al.. (2021). Characterization and application of natural and recombinant butelase-1 to improve industrial enzymes by end-to-end circularization. RSC Advances. 11(37). 23105–23112. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhen, Dingpeng Zhang, Xinya Hemu, et al.. (2021). Engineering protein theranostics using bio-orthogonal asparaginyl peptide ligases. Theranostics. 11(12). 5863–5875. 18 indexed citations

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Hemu, Xinya, Abbas El Sahili, Xiaohong Zhang, et al.. (2020). Turning an Asparaginyl Endopeptidase into a Peptide Ligase. ACS Catalysis. 10(15). 8825–8834. 29 indexed citations

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Hemu, Xinya, Xiaohong Zhang, & James P. Tam. (2019). Ligase-Controlled Cyclo-oligomerization of Peptides. Organic Letters. 21(7). 2029–2032. 13 indexed citations

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Hemu, Xinya, Janet To, Xiaohong Zhang, & James P. Tam. (2019). Immobilized Peptide Asparaginyl Ligases Enhance Stability and Facilitate Macrocyclization and Site-Specific Ligation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(3). 1504–1512. 19 indexed citations

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Hemu, Xinya, Abbas El Sahili, Ka‐Ho Wong, et al.. (2019). Structural determinants for peptide-bond formation by asparaginyl ligases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(24). 11737–11746. 83 indexed citations

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Bi, Xiaobao, Juan Yin, Xinya Hemu, et al.. (2018). Immobilization and Intracellular Delivery of Circular Proteins by Modifying a Genetically Incorporated Unnatural Amino Acid. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 29(7). 2170–2175. 20 indexed citations

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Hemu, Xinya & James P. Tam. (2017). Macrocyclic Antimicrobial Peptides Engineered from ω-Conotoxin. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 23(14). 2131–2138. 22 indexed citations

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Serra, Aida, et al.. (2016). Commercial processed soy-based food product contains glycated and glycoxidated lunasin proteoforms. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 26106–26106. 23 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Giang K. T., Yibo Qiu, Yuan Cao, et al.. (2016). Butelase-mediated cyclization and ligation of peptides and proteins. Nature Protocols. 11(10). 1977–1988. 94 indexed citations

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Serra, Aida, Xinya Hemu, Giang K. T. Nguyen, et al.. (2016). A high-throughput peptidomic strategy to decipher the molecular diversity of cyclic cysteine-rich peptides. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 23005–23005. 48 indexed citations

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Qiu, Yibo, Xinya Hemu, Ding Xiang Liu, & James P. Tam. (2014). Selective Bi‐directional Amide Bond Cleavage of N‐Methylcysteinyl Peptide. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2014(20). 4370–4380. 5 indexed citations

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