Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Chemical Biology is 10. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Fluorogenic polymethine dyes by intramolecular cyclization177
Small-molecule modulators of protein–RNA interactions82
Glycosidase mechanisms: Sugar conformations and reactivity in endo- and exo-acting enzymes81
Engineered metallobiocatalysts for energy–relevant reactions71
Imaging of proteases using activity-based probes71
Peptide-based molecules for the disruption of bacterial Hsp70 chaperones68
Glycoengineering in antigen-specific immunotherapies68
Recent advances in the structural analysis of adenylation domains in natural product biosynthesis61
Noncytotoxic catalytic enzyme functional mimics including cyanide poisoning antidotes60
Activity-based protein profiling in microbes and the gut microbiome58
Editorial Board57
Blurred lines: Crossing the boundaries between the chemical exposome and the metabolome54
The Ramifications of synthetic biology53
Characteristics of genetic tags for correlative light and electron microscopy53
Recent advances in methods for quantifying the cell penetration of macromolecules52
Chemical inhibitors of transcription-associated kinases51
Site-specific bioconjugation and nuclear imaging50
Synthetic transporters for oxoanions50
Caged lipid probes for controlling lipid levels on subcellular scales45
Always on the move: Mapping spatiotemporal interactome with proximity labeling in mammalian cells44
Accessing and exploring the unusual chemistry by radical SAM-RiPP enzymes44
Covalent lysine targeting is coming of age44
Toward universal binder discovery: Advances in display, computational design and in vivo platforms43
Chemistry and biology of enzymes in protein glutathionylation43
Recent advances in proximity labeling for chemical proteomics: Paving the way for in vivo applications43
Highlighting the roles of transition metals and speciation in chemical biology42
Selenium vitaminology: The connection between selenium, vitamin C, vitamin E, and ergothioneine42
DVD-IgG1 antibody–drug conjugates: Expanding the landscape of targeted cancer therapy42
Critical considerations in N-glycoproteomics40
Editorial Board40
Advances in the understanding and exploitation of carbohydrate-active enzymes40
Chemo- and opto-genetic tools for dissecting the role of membrane contact sites in living cells: Recent advances and limitations39
From the forest floor to the lab: Insights into the diversity and complexity of mushroom polyketide synthases39
Multinuclear non-heme iron dependent oxidative enzymes (MNIOs) involved in unusual peptide modifications38
Editorial Board37
Editorial Board37
Genetically encoded fluorescent sensors for metals in biology37
Towards chemoenzymatic labeling strategies for profiling protein glycosylation36
How nature incorporates sulfur and selenium into bioactive natural products35
Natural and engineered precision antibiotics in the context of resistance35
Virus-assisted directed evolution of biomolecules34
Editorial: Unusual enzyme reactions in natural products biosynthesis34
Sulfoxides in medicine34
Mechanism and inhibition of BRAF kinase34
Recent advances in computational algorithms and software for large-scale glycoproteomics34
Recent progress of TP/NIR fluorescent probes for metal ions33
Emergence of (hydro)persulfides as suppressors of lipid peroxidation and ferroptotic cell death32
Recent advances in protein modification–enabled potential therapeutics32
Transferring enzyme features to molecular CO2 reduction catalysts32
Cysteine and methionine oxidation in thrombotic disorders32
In vivo-compatible proximity labeling technologies32
Recent advances in N- and C-terminus cysteine protein bioconjugation31
Recent advances in enzyme cascade reactions for the efficient synthesis of functionalized chemicals and complex pharmaceuticals31
Structural insights into the half-of-sites reactivity in homodimeric and homotetrameric metalloenzymes31
Structural insights into auxiliary cofactor usage by radical S-adenosylmethionine enzymes30
Molecular anchoring and fluorescent labeling in animals compatible with tissue clearing for 3D imaging30
Synthetic peptide scaffolds as ion channels and molecular carriers30
Recent advances in chemical synthesis of O-linked glycopeptides and glycoproteins: An advanced synthetic tool for exploring the biological realm29
Small-molecule organoselenocyanates: Recent developments toward synthesis, anticancer, and antioxidant activities29
Metabolomics-guided utilization of beneficial microbes for climate-resilient crops29
Integrated mass spectrometry strategy for functional protein complex discovery and structural characterization29
Promoting remyelination: A case study in regenerative medicine28
Finding ways into the cytosol: Peptide-mediated approaches for delivering proteins into cells28
Synthesis and application of bacterial exopolysaccharides28
New frontiers in sulfur and selenium chemical biology28
Bacterial peptidoglycan as a living polymer28
Fluorescent indicators for imaging membrane potential of organelles28
Molecular glues to stabilise protein–protein interactions28
Advancing mass spectrometry–based glycoproteomic software tools for comprehensive site-specific glycoproteome analysis27
Editorial overview: Transforming intracellular delivery: Innovations in macromolecule transport27
Editorial Board27
Next-generation interleukin-enhanced immunotherapies: From molecular engineering to armored T-cell architectures27
Immunogenic cell death-inducing metal complexes: From the benchtop to the clinic27
The evolving logic of biocatalyzed nucleic acid synthesis27
Editorial Board26
Editorial Board26
Editorial overview: Synthetic biomolecules for probing lipid membranes26
Metalloprotein enabled redox signal transduction in microbes25
Editorial overview: Recent advances in metabolomics25
Editorial overview: Glycobiology (2024)25
Editorial Board25
Sensing and regulation of reactive sulfur species (RSS) in bacteria25
Strategies for quantifying the enzymatic activities of glycoside hydrolases within cells and in vivo25
Analytical techniques in chemical biology24
Molecular and biochemical insights from natural and engineered photosynthetic endosymbiotic systems24
Glutathione dynamics in subcellular compartments and implications for drug development24
Recent advances on the synthesis of N-linked glycoprotein for the elucidation of glycan functions24
Lipidomics analysis in drug discovery and development24
Recent advances in mapping protein networks regulated by post-translational modifications via proximity tagging24
Myeloid C-type lectin receptors in host–pathogen interactions and glycan-based targeting24
Recent advances in the structural biology of modular polyketide synthases and nonribosomal peptide synthetases24
Probing metalloenzyme dynamics in living systems: Contemporary advances in fluorescence imaging tools and applications24
Catalyzing the future: recent advances in chemical synthesis using enzymes24
Chemical probes for investigating protein liquid-liquid phase separation and aggregation23
Corrigendum to “Bacterial diterpene synthases: New opportunities for mechanistic enzymology and engineered biosynthesis” [Curr Opin Chem Biol, 16 (2012) 132–14123
Editorial: Mechanistic biology22
Chemical synthesis and biological functions of carbohydrates22
Editorial Board22
Discovery and evolution of [4 + 2] cyclases22
Recent advances in the development of peptide-based inhibitors targeting epigenetic readers of histone lysine acetylation and methylation marks22
Structures and functions of algal glycans shape their capacity to sequester carbon in the ocean22
Recent advances in high-throughput screening methods for small molecule modulators in bacteria21
Supramolecular platinum complexes for cancer therapy21
The non-catalytic domains of O-GlcNAc cycling enzymes present new opportunities for function-specific control21
Targeting chemotherapy-resistant tumour sub-populations using inorganic chemistry: Anti-cancer stem cell metal complexes21
Factors that influence singlet oxygen formation vs. ligand substitution for light-activated ruthenium anticancer compounds21
Chemical biology tools to probe bacterial glycans21
Discovering functional small molecules in the gut microbiome21
Strategies in engineering sustainable biochemical synthesis through microbial systems21
Recent strides in macromolecular targeted photodynamic therapy for cancer20
Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists as a driving force behind next-generation vaccine adjuvants and cancer therapeutics20
Inhibition of p53 protein aggregation as a cancer treatment strategy20
Small-molecule tools for YEATS domain proteins20
Functions and mechanisms of enzymes assembling lignans and norlignans20
Reactions of lipid hydroperoxides and how they may contribute to ferroptosis sensitivity20
Realgar and arsenene nanomaterials as arsenic-based anticancer agents20
Recent advances in the design and optimization of artificial metalloenzymes19
Editorial Board19
MicroRNA:Siglec crosstalk in cancer progression19
Insights into SACS pathological attributes in autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS)☆19
Editorial Board19
Recent advances in developing degraders & inhibitors of lysine methyltransferases19
Recent advances in data- and knowledge-driven approaches to explore primary microbial metabolism19
Multimodal and multiscale correlative elemental imaging: From whole tissues down to organelles18
Microbial metabolite-receptor interactions in the gut microbiome18
Strategies and mechanisms for endosomal escape of therapeutic nucleic acids18
Fluorescent sterol probes for intracellular transport, imaging, and therapeutics18
Recent development of fluorescent probes for hydrogen per/polysulfides18
Recent advances in de novo designed metallopeptides as tailored enzyme mimics18
Sulfur-containing marine natural products as leads for drug discovery and development18
New chemical processes to streamline carbohydrate synthesis18
Recent developments in probing the levels and flux of selected organellar cations as well as organellar mechanosensitivity18
Natural and artificial siderophores: Iron-based applications and beyond17
Extending optical chemical tools and technologies to mice by shifting to the shortwave infrared region17
Synthetic ion channels made of DNA17
Nucleic acid catalysts: From the origin of life to modern applications17
The influence of alkylating agents on sulfur–sulfur bonds in per- and polysulfides17
Stimuli-responsive synthetic ionophores for therapeutic applications17
Recent research progress in glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein biosynthesis, chemical/chemoenzymatic synthesis, and interaction with the cell membrane17
Lanthanide-dye hybrid luminophores for advanced NIR-II bioimaging17
Recent advances on human milk oligosaccharide antimicrobial activity17
Pharmacological stabilization of the native state of full-length immunoglobulin light chains to treat light chain amyloidosis17
Foldamer-mediated transport across phospholipid bilayers17
Deciphering combinatorial post-translational modifications by top-down mass spectrometry17
Emerging mechanisms of regulation for endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ stores by secretory pathway kinase FAM20C16
Ancient complexes of iron and sulfur modulate oncogenes and oncometabolism16
Recent advances in engineering microorganisms for the production of natural food colorants16
Creating and understanding new-to-nature chemistry16
Oxygen-transfer reactions by enzymatic flavin-N5 oxygen adducts—Oxidation is not a must16
Molecular-level interplay between intrinsically disordered clients and Hsp9016
Recent advances in the synthesis of extensive libraries of heparan sulfate oligosaccharides for structure–activity relationship studies16
Recent advances in kinase signaling network profiling by mass spectrometry15
Development of novel indicators and molecular systems for calcium sensing through protein engineering15
Recent advances in the expanding genetic code15
Enabling structural biological electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy in membrane proteins through spin labelling15
Editorial Board15
Metabolic interventions to enhance immunotherapy and targeted therapy efficacy in advanced colorectal cancer15
F420-dependent transformations in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites14
Advances and challenges in programming pattern formation using living cells14
Illuminating antifungal mode of action and resistance with fluorescent probes14
Small molecules as modulators of phage–bacteria interactions14
KATs off: Biomedical insights from lysine acetyltransferase inhibitors14
Biosynthesis and recruitment of reactive amino acids in nonribosomal peptide assembly lines14
The multifaceted repertoire of cellular reactive metabolites14
Engineering novel adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) for improved delivery in the nervous system14
Editorial overview - Exploring the diversity of polysaccharides14
Synthetic fragments of plant polysaccharides as tools for cell wall biology14
How do metabolic processes age: Evidence from human metabolomic studies13
Editorial Board13
Substrate-selective small-molecule modulators of enzymes: Mechanisms and opportunities13
Therapeutic synthetic anion transporters13
Recent advances in mass spectrometry-based methods to investigate reversible cysteine oxidation13
Expanding the viewpoint: Leveraging sequence information in enzymology13
Microbial metabolism of host-derived antioxidants13
Chemical biology approaches to uncovering nuclear ROS control13
The emerging role of mass spectrometry-based proteomics in molecular pharming practices13
Evolving advances of proximity labeling in capturing biomolecular interactions13
Highlights of bioinformatic tools and methods for validating bioinformatics derived hypotheses for microbial natural products research12
Recent advances beyond classical bioorthogonal chemistry12
Discovering microbiota functions via chemical probe incorporation for targeted sequencing12
Current strategies for characterization of mucin-domain glycoproteins12
Chemical and synthetic biology tools to interrogate and control cell–cell interactions in vivo12
Recent advances in Zn2+ imaging: From organelles to in vivo applications12
A phenazine-inspired framework for identifying biological functions of microbial redox-active metabolites12
How are hydrogen peroxide messages relayed to affect cell signalling?11
Electrophilic metabolites targeting the KEAP1/NRF2 partnership11
Editorial Board11
Tuning specificity and topology of lectins through synthetic biology11
An expanded molecular and systems toolbox for imaging, mapping, and controlling local translation11
Small-angle X-ray scattering studies of enzymes11
Editorial Board11
Towards sequence-based principles for protein phase separation predictions10
Editorial overview: Glycobiology (2023)10
Bacterial glycoengineering: Cell-based and cell-free routes for producing biopharmaceuticals with customized glycosylation10
Compounds for selective translational inhibition10
Editorial overview: Editorial of molecular imaging10
Editorial Board10
Advanced imaging techniques for studying protein phase separation in living cells and at single-molecule level10
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