Yang Hai

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Yang Hai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Hai has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Pharmacology and 10 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yang Hai's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (14 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (5 papers) and Fungal Biology and Applications (5 papers). Yang Hai is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (14 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (5 papers) and Fungal Biology and Applications (5 papers). Yang Hai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Yang Hai's co-authors include David W. Christianson, Yi Tang, Stephen A. Shinsky, Nicholas J. Porter, Jun‐Long Zhang, Mengbin Chen, Pingyong Xu, Juanjuan Chen, Masao Ōhashi and K. N. Houk 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

Yang Hai

45 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Histone deacetylase 6 structure and molecular basis of catalysis and inhibition

2016 381 citations Yang Hai, David W. Christianson Nature Chemical Biology profile →

Peers

Yang Hai

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Laurence Serre France

Rongshi Li United States

Christian Hedberg Germany

Peter J. Belshaw United States

Víctor M. Bolaños-García United Kingdom

Shelli R. McAlpine Australia

Francesca Milletti United States

Warren J. Rocque United States

Marie‐Hélène David‐Cordonnier France

James C. Burnett United States

Laurence Serre France

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168 ×0.4

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225 ×0.6

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144 ×0.4

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285 ×1.4

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Citations per year, relative to Yang Hai Yang Hai (= 1×) peers Laurence Serre

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Hai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Hai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Hai

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Gao, Jinmin, et al.. (2025). Cysteine S ‐conjugate sulfoxide β‐lyase activity for human ACCS. FEBS Journal. 292(9). 2272–2286.

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Hai, Yang, et al.. (2025). Biosynthesis of the α-d-mannosidase inhibitor (−)-Swainsonine. Nature Chemical Biology. 22(2). 284–292.

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Gao, Jinmin, et al.. (2024). Enzymatic Synthesis of Unprotected α,β-Diamino Acids via Direct Asymmetric Mannich Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(29). 20263–20269. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Jinmin, et al.. (2024). Molecular Basis for Cγ-N Bond Formation by PLP-Dependent Enzyme LolC. Biochemistry. 63(24). 3348–3356.

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Hai, Yang, et al.. (2024). Thermoelectric transport and Rashba spin splitting of black arsenic phosphorus under strain regulation. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 146(5). 56002–56002. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Qiao, et al.. (2023). Population structure, runs of homozygosity analysis and construction of single nucleotide polymorphism fingerprinting database of Longnan goat population. Food and Energy Security. 13(1). 8 indexed citations

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Jenner, Matthew, Yang Hai, Hong Hanh Nguyen, et al.. (2023). Elucidating the molecular programming of a nonlinear non-ribosomal peptide synthetase responsible for fungal siderophore biosynthesis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2832–2832. 15 indexed citations

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Hai, Yang, et al.. (2023). Obstructive sleep apnea affects the psychological and behavioural development of children–a case–control study. Journal of Sleep Research. 33(1). e13924–e13924. 4 indexed citations

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Gao, Jinmin, et al.. (2023). A pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-dependent Mannich cyclase. Nature Catalysis. 6(6). 476–486. 23 indexed citations

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Gao, Jinmin, Chen Zhou, & Yang Hai. (2023). Stereoselective Biocatalytic α‐Deuteration of L‐Amino Acids by a Pyridoxal 5’‐Phosphate‐Dependent Mannich Cyclase. ChemBioChem. 24(23). e202300561–e202300561. 4 indexed citations

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Hai, Yang, et al.. (2020). Biosynthesis of Mycotoxin Fusaric Acid and Application of a PLP-Dependent Enzyme for Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Substituted l -Pipecolic Acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(46). 19668–19677. 51 indexed citations

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Hai, Yang, et al.. (2019). Structure-guided function discovery of an NRPS-like glycine betaine reductase for choline biosynthesis in fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(21). 10348–10353. 37 indexed citations

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Cai, Yujuan, Yang Hai, Masao Ōhashi, et al.. (2019). Structural basis for stereoselective dehydration and hydrogen-bonding catalysis by the SAM-dependent pericyclase LepI. Nature Chemistry. 11(9). 812–820. 50 indexed citations

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Bitler, Benjamin G., Shuai Wu, Pyoung Hwa Park, et al.. (2017). ARID1A-mutated ovarian cancers depend on HDAC6 activity. Nature Cell Biology. 19(8). 962–973. 172 indexed citations

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Ōhashi, Masao, Fang Liu, Yang Hai, et al.. (2017). SAM-dependent enzyme-catalysed pericyclic reactions in natural product biosynthesis. Nature. 549(7673). 502–506. 152 indexed citations

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Hai, Yang & David W. Christianson. (2016). Histone deacetylase 6 structure and molecular basis of catalysis and inhibition. Nature Chemical Biology. 12(9). 741–747. 381 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hai, Yang & David W. Christianson. (2016). Crystal structures ofLeishmania mexicanaarginase complexed with α,α-disubstituted boronic amino-acid inhibitors. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 72(4). 300–306. 16 indexed citations

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Chen, Juanjuan, Jing Jing, Hao Chang, et al.. (2013). A sensitive and quantitative autolysosome probe for detecting autophagic activity in live and prestained fixed cells. Autophagy. 9(6). 894–904. 29 indexed citations

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Cai, Yuan‐Bo, Jin‐Hui Zhan, Yang Hai, & Jun‐Long Zhang. (2012). Molecular Assembly Directed by Metal–Aromatic Interactions: Control of the Aggregation and Photophysical Properties of Zn–Salen Complexes by Aromatic Mercuration. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(14). 4242–4249. 25 indexed citations

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Hai, Yang, Juanjuan Chen, Pei Zhao, et al.. (2010). Luminescent zinc salen complexes as single and two-photon fluorescence subcellular imaging probes. Chemical Communications. 47(8). 2435–2437. 104 indexed citations

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