Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Chemical Biology is 8. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Corrigendum to “Shedding light on complexity of protein–protein interactions in cancer” [Curr Opin Chem Biol 53 (2019) 75-81]198
Fluorogenic polymethine dyes by intramolecular cyclization129
Glycoengineering in antigen-specific immunotherapies123
Noncytotoxic catalytic enzyme functional mimics including cyanide poisoning antidotes91
Imaging of proteases using activity-based probes86
Small-molecule modulators of protein–RNA interactions70
Engineered metallobiocatalysts for energy–relevant reactions69
Peptide-based molecules for the disruption of bacterial Hsp70 chaperones64
Glycosidase mechanisms: Sugar conformations and reactivity in endo- and exo-acting enzymes60
Recent advances in the structural analysis of adenylation domains in natural product biosynthesis60
Recent advances in methods for quantifying the cell penetration of macromolecules57
Recent advances in proximity labeling for chemical proteomics: Paving the way for in vivo applications56
Extendable and explainable deep learning for pan-cancer radiogenomics research56
Synthetic transporters for oxoanions51
Blurred lines: Crossing the boundaries between the chemical exposome and the metabolome48
The Ramifications of synthetic biology48
Activity-based protein profiling in microbes and the gut microbiome46
New strategies for fluorescently labeling proteins in the study of amyloids45
Characteristics of genetic tags for correlative light and electron microscopy45
Caged lipid probes for controlling lipid levels on subcellular scales44
Accessing and exploring the unusual chemistry by radical SAM-RiPP enzymes43
Site-specific bioconjugation and nuclear imaging42
Chemical inhibitors of transcription-associated kinases42
Chemical engineering of bacterial effectors for regulating cell signaling and responses42
From the forest floor to the lab: Insights into the diversity and complexity of mushroom polyketide synthases41
Genetically encoded fluorescent sensors for metals in biology40
Network biology bridges the gaps between quantitative genetics and multi-omics to map complex diseases40
Chemistry and biology of enzymes in protein glutathionylation39
Chemical probes for tagging mycobacterial lipids39
Chemo- and opto-genetic tools for dissecting the role of membrane contact sites in living cells: Recent advances and limitations39
Multinuclear non-heme iron dependent oxidative enzymes (MNIOs) involved in unusual peptide modifications38
Advances in the understanding and exploitation of carbohydrate-active enzymes38
Critical considerations in N-glycoproteomics38
Past, present, and perspectives of protein N-terminal methylation36
Highlighting the roles of transition metals and speciation in chemical biology36
Selenium vitaminology: The connection between selenium, vitamin C, vitamin E, and ergothioneine36
Opportunity knocks for uncovering the new function of an understudied nucleosome remodeling complex member, the bromodomain PHD finger transcription factor, BPTF36
Editorial Board35
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Natural and engineered precision antibiotics in the context of resistance34
Chemical approaches for investigating site-specific protein S-fatty acylation33
Emerging tools for bioluminescence imaging33
Mechanism and inhibition of BRAF kinase33
Super-multiplexed vibrational probes: Being colorful makes a difference32
Towards chemoenzymatic labeling strategies for profiling protein glycosylation32
Protein sequence design with deep generative models31
Catalytic amyloids: Is misfolding folding?31
Understanding and controlling amyloid aggregation with chirality31
A chemical field guide to histone nonenzymatic modifications31
Recent advancements in mass spectrometry–based tools to investigate newly synthesized proteins31
How nature incorporates sulfur and selenium into bioactive natural products31
Sulfoxides in medicine30
Recent advances in computational algorithms and software for large-scale glycoproteomics30
Editorial: Unusual enzyme reactions in natural products biosynthesis29
Emergence of (hydro)persulfides as suppressors of lipid peroxidation and ferroptotic cell death29
Virus-assisted directed evolution of biomolecules29
Recent progress of TP/NIR fluorescent probes for metal ions29
Induced proximity tools for precise manipulation of lipid signaling28
Emerging mammalian gene switches for controlling implantable cell therapies28
Chemoenzymatic strategies for RNA modification and labeling28
Reducing the renal retention of low- to moderate-molecular-weight radiopharmaceuticals28
Recent advances in N- and C-terminus cysteine protein bioconjugation28
Cysteine and methionine oxidation in thrombotic disorders27
Structural insights into the half-of-sites reactivity in homodimeric and homotetrameric metalloenzymes27
Transferring enzyme features to molecular CO2 reduction catalysts27
Emerging artificial metalloenzymes for asymmetric hydrogenation reactions26
Structural insights into auxiliary cofactor usage by radical S-adenosylmethionine enzymes26
Small-molecule organoselenocyanates: Recent developments toward synthesis, anticancer, and antioxidant activities26
Targeted protein degradation: Emerging concepts and protein state-specific targeting principles26
Molecular anchoring and fluorescent labeling in animals compatible with tissue clearing for 3D imaging26
Synthetic peptide scaffolds as ion channels and molecular carriers25
Synthesis and application of bacterial exopolysaccharides25
Integrated mass spectrometry strategy for functional protein complex discovery and structural characterization25
Peptides for disrupting and degrading amyloids25
Exploring amyloid oligomers with peptide model systems25
Bacterial peptidoglycan as a living polymer25
Recent advances in chemical synthesis of O-linked glycopeptides and glycoproteins: An advanced synthetic tool for exploring the biological realm24
New frontiers in sulfur and selenium chemical biology24
Molecular glues to stabilise protein–protein interactions24
Metabolomics-guided utilization of beneficial microbes for climate-resilient crops24
SOD mimics: From the tool box of the chemists to cellular studies24
Advancing mass spectrometry–based glycoproteomic software tools for comprehensive site-specific glycoproteome analysis23
Finding ways into the cytosol: Peptide-mediated approaches for delivering proteins into cells23
Fluorescent indicators for imaging membrane potential of organelles23
Inhibitors of DHHC family proteins23
Immunogenic cell death-inducing metal complexes: From the benchtop to the clinic23
Advancements in chemical biology targeting the kinases and phosphatases of RNA polymerase II-mediated transcription23
Promoting remyelination: A case study in regenerative medicine23
Editorial overview: Amyloid-inspired synthetic biomolecules22
Editorial Board22
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Editorial overview: Synthetic biomolecules for probing lipid membranes22
Myeloid C-type lectin receptors in host–pathogen interactions and glycan-based targeting21
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Protein-based models offer mechanistic insight into complex nickel metalloenzymes21
Editorial overview: Recent advances in metabolomics21
Editorial overview: Transforming intracellular delivery: Innovations in macromolecule transport21
Analytical techniques in chemical biology21
Rethinking protein aggregation and drug discovery in neurodegenerative diseases: Why we need to embrace complexity?20
Strategies for quantifying the enzymatic activities of glycoside hydrolases within cells and in vivo20
Probing metalloenzyme dynamics in living systems: Contemporary advances in fluorescence imaging tools and applications20
Metalloprotein enabled redox signal transduction in microbes20
Glutathione dynamics in subcellular compartments and implications for drug development20
Editorial overview: Glycobiology (2024)20
Lipidomics analysis in drug discovery and development20
Recent advances in the structural biology of modular polyketide synthases and nonribosomal peptide synthetases19
Sensing and regulation of reactive sulfur species (RSS) in bacteria19
Engineering the bilayer: Emerging genetic tool kits for mechanistic lipid biology19
Image-based cell phenotyping with deep learning19
Recent advances on the synthesis of N-linked glycoprotein for the elucidation of glycan functions19
Catalyzing the future: recent advances in chemical synthesis using enzymes19
Recent advances in the mass spectrometric profiling of bacterial lipids18
Editorial Board18
Chemical synthesis and biological functions of carbohydrates18
Recent progress on small molecules targeting epigenetic complexes18
Chemical probes for investigating protein liquid-liquid phase separation and aggregation18
Molecular and biochemical insights from natural and engineered photosynthetic endosymbiotic systems18
The non-catalytic domains of O-GlcNAc cycling enzymes present new opportunities for function-specific control18
Strategies in engineering sustainable biochemical synthesis through microbial systems18
Discovery and evolution of [4 + 2] cyclases18
Structures of chromatin modulators in complex with nucleosome18
Recent advances in the development of peptide-based inhibitors targeting epigenetic readers of histone lysine acetylation and methylation marks18
Editorial: Mechanistic biology18
Corrigendum to “Bacterial diterpene synthases: New opportunities for mechanistic enzymology and engineered biosynthesis” [Curr Opin Chem Biol, 16 (2012) 132–14118
Structures and functions of algal glycans shape their capacity to sequester carbon in the ocean18
Reactions of lipid hydroperoxides and how they may contribute to ferroptosis sensitivity17
Discovering functional small molecules in the gut microbiome17
Supramolecular platinum complexes for cancer therapy17
Recent advances in high-throughput screening methods for small molecule modulators in bacteria17
Molecular probes for fluorescence image-guided cancer surgery17
Chemical biology tools to probe bacterial glycans17
Targeting chemotherapy-resistant tumour sub-populations using inorganic chemistry: Anti-cancer stem cell metal complexes17
Small-molecule tools for YEATS domain proteins16
Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists as a driving force behind next-generation vaccine adjuvants and cancer therapeutics16
Imaging-guided nanomedicine development16
Corrigendum to “Interaction profiling methods to map protein and pathway targets of bioactive ligands”, [Curr Opin Chem Biol 54 (February 2020) 76–84]16
Hyperpolarized MRI, functional MRI, MR spectroscopy and CEST to provide metabolic information in vivo16
Inhibition of p53 protein aggregation as a cancer treatment strategy16
Adapting protein sequences for optimized therapeutic efficacy16
Factors that influence singlet oxygen formation vs. ligand substitution for light-activated ruthenium anticancer compounds16
Recent strides in macromolecular targeted photodynamic therapy for cancer16
Systems for in vivo hypermutation: a quest for scale and depth in directed evolution16
Show your true color: Mammalian cell surface staining for tracking cellular identity in multiplexing and beyond15
Emerging chelators for nuclear imaging15
Editorial Board15
Probing immune infiltration dynamics in cancer by in vivo imaging15
Metabolite assemblies: A surprising extension to the amyloid hypothesis15
Fluorescent sterol probes for intracellular transport, imaging, and therapeutics15
Recent advances in developing degraders & inhibitors of lysine methyltransferases15
New chemical processes to streamline carbohydrate synthesis15
Functions and mechanisms of enzymes assembling lignans and norlignans15
Insights into SACS pathological attributes in autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS)☆15
Realgar and arsenene nanomaterials as arsenic-based anticancer agents15
Recent advances in data- and knowledge-driven approaches to explore primary microbial metabolism15
Editorial Board15
Multimodal and multiscale correlative elemental imaging: From whole tissues down to organelles14
Recent progress in metal-based molecular probes for optical bioimaging and biosensing14
Recent advances in the design and optimization of artificial metalloenzymes14
MicroRNA:Siglec crosstalk in cancer progression14
Recent advances in de novo designed metallopeptides as tailored enzyme mimics14
Sulfur-containing marine natural products as leads for drug discovery and development14
In silico, in vitro, and in vivo machine learning in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering14
Strategies and mechanisms for endosomal escape of therapeutic nucleic acids14
Microbial metabolite-receptor interactions in the gut microbiome13
Maximizing content across scales: Moving multimodal microscopy and mesoscopy toward molecular imaging13
Deciphering combinatorial post-translational modifications by top-down mass spectrometry13
Emerging fluorescence tools for the study of proteostasis in cells13
Foldamer-mediated transport across phospholipid bilayers13
Recent developments in probing the levels and flux of selected organellar cations as well as organellar mechanosensitivity13
Extending optical chemical tools and technologies to mice by shifting to the shortwave infrared region13
Natural and artificial siderophores: Iron-based applications and beyond13
Recent research progress in glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein biosynthesis, chemical/chemoenzymatic synthesis, and interaction with the cell membrane13
Stimuli-responsive synthetic ionophores for therapeutic applications13
Recent advances on human milk oligosaccharide antimicrobial activity13
Lanthanide-dye hybrid luminophores for advanced NIR-II bioimaging13
Pharmacological stabilization of the native state of full-length immunoglobulin light chains to treat light chain amyloidosis12
Small molecules as modulators of phage–bacteria interactions12
Oxygen-transfer reactions by enzymatic flavin-N5 oxygen adducts—Oxidation is not a must12
Emerging mechanisms of regulation for endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ stores by secretory pathway kinase FAM20C12
Synthetic ion channels made of DNA12
Enabling structural biological electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy in membrane proteins through spin labelling12
Ancient complexes of iron and sulfur modulate oncogenes and oncometabolism12
The influence of alkylating agents on sulfur–sulfur bonds in per- and polysulfides12
Development of novel indicators and molecular systems for calcium sensing through protein engineering12
Metabolic interventions to enhance immunotherapy and targeted therapy efficacy in advanced colorectal cancer12
Molecular-level interplay between intrinsically disordered clients and Hsp9012
Advances and challenges in programming pattern formation using living cells11
Editorial overview - Exploring the diversity of polysaccharides11
Recent advances in kinase signaling network profiling by mass spectrometry11
Recent advances in engineering microorganisms for the production of natural food colorants11
F420-dependent transformations in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites11
Quantitative interactome analysis with chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry11
Illuminating antifungal mode of action and resistance with fluorescent probes11
Engineering novel adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) for improved delivery in the nervous system11
Recent advances in the synthesis of extensive libraries of heparan sulfate oligosaccharides for structure–activity relationship studies11
New potentiators of ineffective antibiotics: Targeting the Gram-negative outer membrane to overcome intrinsic resistance11
Microbial metabolism of host-derived antioxidants11
Recent advances in the expanding genetic code11
Editorial Board11
Biosynthesis and recruitment of reactive amino acids in nonribosomal peptide assembly lines10
Chemical biology approaches to uncovering nuclear ROS control10
A phenazine-inspired framework for identifying biological functions of microbial redox-active metabolites10
Highlights of bioinformatic tools and methods for validating bioinformatics derived hypotheses for microbial natural products research10
Recent advances in mass spectrometry-based methods to investigate reversible cysteine oxidation10
The multifaceted repertoire of cellular reactive metabolites10
How do metabolic processes age: Evidence from human metabolomic studies10
Discovering microbiota functions via chemical probe incorporation for targeted sequencing10
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Therapeutic synthetic anion transporters10
Synthetic fragments of plant polysaccharides as tools for cell wall biology10
KATs off: Biomedical insights from lysine acetyltransferase inhibitors10
Machine learning for profile prediction in genomics10
The emerging role of mass spectrometry-based proteomics in molecular pharming practices10
Expanding the viewpoint: Leveraging sequence information in enzymology9
Development of effective therapeutics for polysubstance use disorders9
Tuning specificity and topology of lectins through synthetic biology9
Substrate-selective small-molecule modulators of enzymes: Mechanisms and opportunities9
Inverse Drug Discovery identifies weak electrophiles affording protein conjugates9
Genetically encoding latent bioreactive amino acids and the development of covalent protein drugs9
Recent advances in Zn2+ imaging: From organelles to in vivo applications9
Current strategies for characterization of mucin-domain glycoproteins9
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Small-angle X-ray scattering studies of enzymes8
How are hydrogen peroxide messages relayed to affect cell signalling?8
Decoding the cellular effects of genetic variation through interaction proteomics8
Towards sequence-based principles for protein phase separation predictions8
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Bacterial glycoengineering: Cell-based and cell-free routes for producing biopharmaceuticals with customized glycosylation8
An expanded molecular and systems toolbox for imaging, mapping, and controlling local translation8
Programmable tools for targeted analysis of epigenetic DNA modifications8
Recent advances in drug repurposing using machine learning8
Current mechanistic understanding of intermembrane lipid trafficking important for maintenance of bacterial outer membrane lipid asymmetry8
Advanced imaging techniques for studying protein phase separation in living cells and at single-molecule level8
Direct visualization and profiling of protein misfolding and aggregation in live cells8
Electrophilic metabolites targeting the KEAP1/NRF2 partnership8
Editorial overview: Glycobiology (2023)8
Harnessing the power of directed evolution to improve genome editing systems8
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