Yinglu Cui

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 861 citations indexed

About

Yinglu Cui is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yinglu Cui has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 861 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Pharmacology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yinglu Cui's work include Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (9 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (8 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (6 papers). Yinglu Cui is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (9 papers), Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (8 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (6 papers). Yinglu Cui collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yinglu Cui's co-authors include Bian Wu, Jinyuan Sun, Qing‐Chuan Zheng, Hong‐Xing Zhang, Tong Zhu, Yue Tian, Yong Tao, Jilong Zhang, Yanchun Chen and Tao Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yinglu Cui

43 papers receiving 852 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Computational redesign of a hydrolase for nearly complete PET depolymerization at industrially relevant high-solids loading

2024 92 citations Yinglu Cui, Yanchun Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yinglu Cui China	16	575	119	103	101	93	44	861
Kang Lan Tee United Kingdom	17	619 1.1×	189 1.6×	63 0.6×	27 0.3×	189 2.0×	31	888
Ayhan Çelik Türkiye	16	384 0.7×	129 1.1×	112 1.1×	55 0.5×	131 1.4×	33	820
Sergio A. Águila Mexico	18	265 0.5×	71 0.6×	67 0.7×	178 1.8×	60 0.6×	53	755
Tamao Hisano Japan	13	591 1.0×	64 0.5×	39 0.4×	212 2.1×	29 0.3×	27	937
Chin‐Yuan Chang Taiwan	18	696 1.2×	78 0.7×	253 2.5×	141 1.4×	88 0.9×	58	1.2k
Debabrat Baishya India	16	268 0.5×	196 1.6×	92 0.9×	224 2.2×	38 0.4×	32	843
Henrik Land Sweden	18	919 1.6×	107 0.9×	309 3.0×	257 2.5×	51 0.5×	30	1.4k
Per Greisen United States	15	989 1.7×	111 0.9×	103 1.0×	172 1.7×	12 0.1×	27	1.4k
Claudia Schmidt-Dannert United States	15	1.1k 1.8×	170 1.4×	73 0.7×	59 0.6×	155 1.7×	19	1.3k
Alireza Poustforoosh Iran	17	268 0.5×	66 0.6×	185 1.8×	72 0.7×	44 0.5×	43	699

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yinglu Cui

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Liu, Yajun, Jie Zhou, Yanwei Li, et al.. (2025). State-of-the-art advances in biotechnology for polyethylene terephthalate bio-depolymerization. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 303–319. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Hongjie, et al.. (2025). Global fungal diversity and distribution patterns within the order Hymenochaetales (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota). Mycosphere. 16(1). 3257–3280. 1 indexed citations

Yanchun, Chen, Jinyuan Sun, Tong Zhu, et al.. (2025). Glycolysis-compatible urethanases for polyurethane recycling. Science. 390(6772). 503–509.

Sun, Jinyuan, Tong Zhu, Yinglu Cui, & Bian Wu. (2025). Structure-based self-supervised learning enables ultrafast protein stability prediction upon mutation. The Innovation. 6(1). 100750–100750. 8 indexed citations

Cui, Yinglu, Yanchun Chen, Jinyuan Sun, et al.. (2024). Computational redesign of a hydrolase for nearly complete PET depolymerization at industrially relevant high-solids loading. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1417–1417. 92 indexed citations breakdown →

Wei, Ren, et al.. (2024). Advancing AI protein structure prediction and design: From amino acid “bones” to new era of all-atom “flesh”. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 209–210. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Huan, Tong Zhu, Qixiao Zhai, et al.. (2024). Two-step computational redesign of Bacillus subtilis cellulase and β-glucanase for enhanced thermostability and activity. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 285. 138274–138274. 1 indexed citations

Cui, Yinglu, Jinyuan Sun, & Bian Wu. (2022). Computational enzyme redesign: large jumps in function. Trends in Chemistry. 4(5). 409–419. 40 indexed citations

Wang, Min, Zhoujie Xie, Shoubin Tang, et al.. (2020). Reductase of Mutanobactin Synthetase Triggers Sequential C–C Macrocyclization, C–S Bond Formation, and C–C Bond Cleavage. Organic Letters. 22(3). 960–964. 6 indexed citations

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Zhu, Tong, Ruifeng Li, Jinyuan Sun, Yinglu Cui, & Bian Wu. (2020). Characterization and efficient production of a thermostable, halostable and organic solvent-stable cellulase from an oil reservoir. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 159. 622–629. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoxiao, Yuxiang Bai, Hangyan Ji, et al.. (2019). Functional characterization of tryptophan437 at subsite +2 in pullulanase from Bacillus subtilis str. 168. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 133. 920–928. 9 indexed citations

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Cui, Yinglu, et al.. (2019). Thermostability improvement of the glucose oxidase from Aspergillus niger for efficient gluconic acid production via computational design. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 136. 1060–1068. 51 indexed citations

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Li, Ruifeng, Hein J. Wijma, Song Lu, et al.. (2018). Computational redesign of enzymes for regio- and enantioselective hydroamination. Nature Chemical Biology. 14(7). 664–670. 154 indexed citations

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Tian, Xiuyun, Pengjie Hu, Lei Chen, et al.. (2018). Cryptococcus neoformans sexual reproduction is controlled by a quorum sensing peptide. Nature Microbiology. 3(6). 698–707. 39 indexed citations

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Cui, Yinglu & Rongling Wu. (2017). Molecular dynamics investigations of membrane-bound CYP2C19 polymorphisms reveal distinct mechanisms for peripheral variants by long-range effects on the enzymatic activity. Molecular BioSystems. 13(6). 1070–1079. 4 indexed citations

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Zheng, Qing‐Chuan, et al.. (2015). Investigation of ligand selectivity in CYP3A7 by molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 33(11). 2360–2367. 18 indexed citations

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Cui, Yinglu, Qiao Xue, Qing‐Chuan Zheng, et al.. (2015). Structural features and dynamic investigations of the membrane-bound cytochrome P450 17A1. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1848(10). 2013–2021. 20 indexed citations

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Cui, Yinglu, et al.. (2014). Theoretical Studies on the Substrate Binding Mode and Regioselectivity of Human CYP2C9 with S- and R-Warfarin†. Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao. 35(12). 2605. 1 indexed citations

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Kong, Chuipeng, Yinglu Cui, Jilong Zhang, Qing‐Chuan Zheng, & Hong‐Xing Zhang. (2014). Mechanism of A pH-induced Peptide Inserting into a POPC Bilayer: A Molecular Dynamic Study. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 15(9). 814–822. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, Yunjian, Qing‐Chuan Zheng, Jilong Zhang, et al.. (2014). Fosfomycin Induced Structural Change in Fosfomycin Resistance Kinases FomA: Molecular Dynamics and Molecular Docking Studies. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 20(5). 2236–2236. 3 indexed citations

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