Zhen T. Chu

2.6k citations

29 papers · 2.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 21

Impact in

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry top 2%
- Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
Molecular Biology top 5%
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 13
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies 12
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 7
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research 7

Co-authors: Arieh Warshel Yuk Y. Sham Frederick S. Lee William W. Parson Pankaz K. Sharma R. G. Alden Phoebe X. Qi Ingo Muegge
Journals: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (7 papers)Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics (5 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (3 papers)ACS Catalysis (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Croatia

In The Last Decade

Zhen T. Chu

29 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Consistent Calculations of pK_a's of Ionizable Residues in Proteins: Semi-microscopic and Microscopic Approaches 1997 · 323 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1997 The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
1993 Journal of Computational Chemistry

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1	Mechanistic Insights into Nitrile and Alkyne Covalent Inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease ACS Catalysis ·Stanisława Pietrzyk-Leonowicz, Nicolaidis Lindqvist, Referson Melo dos Santos, Zhen T. Chu, Arieh Warshel	2025	3
2	Exploring the Light-Emitting Agents in Renilla Luciferases by an Effective QM/MM Approach Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Stanisława Pietrzyk-Leonowicz, Referson Melo dos Santos, Zhen T. Chu, Wen Jun Xie, Z. Xu, Suwei Dong, Arieh Warshel	2024	1
3	On the Control of Directionality of Myosin Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Kavitha Panduga, Zhen T. Chu, T.T. Said, Lizhe Zhu, Arieh Warshel	2024	4
4	Elucidation of the α-Ketoamide Inhibition Mechanism: Revealing the Critical Role of the Electrostatic Reorganization Effect of Asp17 in the Active Site of the 20S Proteasome ACS Catalysis ·Jiao Zhou, Michael D Sennett, Juan Wang, Yan Xu, Jing An, Zhen T. Chu, Arjun Saha, Arieh Warshel, Ziwei Huang	2023	4
5	Path Integral Simulation of the H/D Kinetic Isotope Effect in Monoamine Oxidase B Catalyzed Decomposition of Dopamine The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Janez Mavri, Ricardo A. Matute, Zhen T. Chu, Robert Vianello	2016	25
6	Methyltransferases do not work by compression, cratic, or desolvation effects, but by electrostatic preorganization Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·Jerônimo Lameira, Ram Prasad Bora, Zhen T. Chu, Arieh Warshel	2014	55
7	Quantifying the Mechanism of Phosphate Monoester Hydrolysis in Aqueous Solution by Evaluating the Relevant Ab Initio QM/MM Free-Energy Surfaces The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Nikolay V. Plotnikov, Washington Luiz Mariano da Silva, Suman Chakrabarty, Zhen T. Chu, Arieh Warshel	2013	41
8	On Catalytic Preorganization in Oxyanion Holes: Highlighting the Problems with the Gas-Phase Modeling of Oxyanion Holes and Illustrating the Need for Complete Enzyme Models The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin, Zhen T. Chu, Arieh Warshel	2010	42
9	Ketosteroid isomerase provides further support for the idea that enzymes work by electrostatic preorganization Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin, Pankaz K. Sharma, Zhen T. Chu, Arieh Warshel	2010	84
10	Multiscale simulations of protein landscapes: Using coarse‐grained models as reference potentials to full explicit models Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·Benjamin Messer, Maite Roca, Zhen T. Chu, Spyridon Vicatos, S. H. Khan ., Arieh Warshel	2009	61
11	The energetics of the primary proton transfer in bacteriorhodopsin revisited: It is a sequential light-induced charge separation after all Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Sonja Braun‐Sand, Pankaz K. Sharma, Zhen T. Chu, Andrei V. Pisliakov, Arieh Warshel	2008	34
12	Accelerating QM/MM Free Energy Calculations: Representing the Surroundings by an Updated Mean Charge Distribution The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Edina Rosta, Maciej Harańczyk, Zhen T. Chu, Arieh Warshel	2008	47
13	Electrostatic basis for the unidirectionality of the primary proton transfer in cytochrome c oxidase Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Andrei V. Pisliakov, Pankaz K. Sharma, Zhen T. Chu, Maciej Harańczyk, Arieh Warshel	2008	81
14	A new paradigm for electrostatic catalysis of radical reactions in vitamin B ₁₂ enzymes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Pankaz K. Sharma, Zhen T. Chu, Mats H. M. Olsson, Arieh Warshel	2007	85
15	Reorganization Energy of the Initial Electron-Transfer Step in Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Centers Biophysical Journal ·William W. Parson, Zhen T. Chu, Arieh Warshel	1998	74
16	Consistent Calculations of pK_a's of Ionizable Residues in Proteins: Semi-microscopic and Microscopic Approaches The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Yuk Y. Sham, Zhen T. Chu, Arieh Warshel Hit paper breakdown →	1997	323
17	The Reorganization Energy of Cytochrome c Revisited The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Ingo Muegge, Phoebe X. Qi, A. Joshua Wand, Zhen T. Chu, Arieh Warshel	1997	197
18	Calculations of Electrostatic Energies in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers Journal of the American Chemical Society ·R. G. Alden, William W. Parson, Zhen T. Chu, Arieh Warshel	1995	124
19	Microscopic and semimicroscopic calculations of electrostatic energies in proteins by the POLARIS and ENZYMIX programs Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Frederick S. Lee, Zhen T. Chu, Arieh Warshel Hit paper breakdown →	1993	386
20	Microscopic simulation of quantum dynamics and nuclear tunneling in bacterial reaction centers Photosynthesis Research ·Zhen T. Chu, Arieh Warshel, William W. Parson	1989	9

About Zhen T. Chu

Zhen T. Chu is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, having authored 29 papers that have together received 2.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (12 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (8 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (7 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (4 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (3 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (3 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (286 citations), Molecular Biology (1.8k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (699 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (324 citations) and Electrochemistry (76 citations). Zhen T. Chu has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Croatia. Frequent co-authors include Arieh Warshel, Yuk Y. Sham, Frederick S. Lee, William W. Parson, Pankaz K. Sharma, R. G. Alden, Phoebe X. Qi, Ingo Muegge, A. Joshua Wand and Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and ACS Catalysis.

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