Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Chemical Biology is 11. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Fluorogenic polymethine dyes by intramolecular cyclization173
Noncytotoxic catalytic enzyme functional mimics including cyanide poisoning antidotes81
Engineered metallobiocatalysts for energy–relevant reactions74
Imaging of proteases using activity-based probes69
Small-molecule modulators of protein–RNA interactions68
Peptide-based molecules for the disruption of bacterial Hsp70 chaperones64
Glycoengineering in antigen-specific immunotherapies61
Recent advances in the structural analysis of adenylation domains in natural product biosynthesis61
Glycosidase mechanisms: Sugar conformations and reactivity in endo- and exo-acting enzymes58
Activity-based protein profiling in microbes and the gut microbiome56
Blurred lines: Crossing the boundaries between the chemical exposome and the metabolome54
Editorial Board54
Synthetic transporters for oxoanions53
The Ramifications of synthetic biology52
Recent advances in methods for quantifying the cell penetration of macromolecules51
Recent advances in proximity labeling for chemical proteomics: Paving the way for in vivo applications50
Caged lipid probes for controlling lipid levels on subcellular scales49
Accessing and exploring the unusual chemistry by radical SAM-RiPP enzymes47
Characteristics of genetic tags for correlative light and electron microscopy43
Site-specific bioconjugation and nuclear imaging43
Chemical inhibitors of transcription-associated kinases42
Chemistry and biology of enzymes in protein glutathionylation42
Editorial Board42
Chemo- and opto-genetic tools for dissecting the role of membrane contact sites in living cells: Recent advances and limitations42
Genetically encoded fluorescent sensors for metals in biology41
From the forest floor to the lab: Insights into the diversity and complexity of mushroom polyketide synthases40
Selenium vitaminology: The connection between selenium, vitamin C, vitamin E, and ergothioneine40
Multinuclear non-heme iron dependent oxidative enzymes (MNIOs) involved in unusual peptide modifications40
Highlighting the roles of transition metals and speciation in chemical biology39
Advances in the understanding and exploitation of carbohydrate-active enzymes39
Critical considerations in N-glycoproteomics39
Editorial Board38
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Towards chemoenzymatic labeling strategies for profiling protein glycosylation37
How nature incorporates sulfur and selenium into bioactive natural products37
Mechanism and inhibition of BRAF kinase37
Natural and engineered precision antibiotics in the context of resistance35
Emergence of (hydro)persulfides as suppressors of lipid peroxidation and ferroptotic cell death34
Virus-assisted directed evolution of biomolecules34
Editorial: Unusual enzyme reactions in natural products biosynthesis34
Sulfoxides in medicine33
Recent progress of TP/NIR fluorescent probes for metal ions33
Recent advances in computational algorithms and software for large-scale glycoproteomics33
Recent advances in N- and C-terminus cysteine protein bioconjugation32
Transferring enzyme features to molecular CO2 reduction catalysts32
Cysteine and methionine oxidation in thrombotic disorders32
Recent advances in chemical synthesis of O-linked glycopeptides and glycoproteins: An advanced synthetic tool for exploring the biological realm32
Structural insights into the half-of-sites reactivity in homodimeric and homotetrameric metalloenzymes32
Structural insights into auxiliary cofactor usage by radical S-adenosylmethionine enzymes31
Molecular anchoring and fluorescent labeling in animals compatible with tissue clearing for 3D imaging31
Synthesis and application of bacterial exopolysaccharides31
Synthetic peptide scaffolds as ion channels and molecular carriers30
Small-molecule organoselenocyanates: Recent developments toward synthesis, anticancer, and antioxidant activities30
Bacterial peptidoglycan as a living polymer30
Metabolomics-guided utilization of beneficial microbes for climate-resilient crops29
Promoting remyelination: A case study in regenerative medicine29
Integrated mass spectrometry strategy for functional protein complex discovery and structural characterization29
Molecular glues to stabilise protein–protein interactions29
Advancing mass spectrometry–based glycoproteomic software tools for comprehensive site-specific glycoproteome analysis28
Editorial Board28
Immunogenic cell death-inducing metal complexes: From the benchtop to the clinic28
New frontiers in sulfur and selenium chemical biology28
Editorial overview: Synthetic biomolecules for probing lipid membranes27
Editorial overview: Transforming intracellular delivery: Innovations in macromolecule transport27
Strategies for quantifying the enzymatic activities of glycoside hydrolases within cells and in vivo27
Fluorescent indicators for imaging membrane potential of organelles27
Editorial overview: Glycobiology (2024)27
Finding ways into the cytosol: Peptide-mediated approaches for delivering proteins into cells27
Editorial Board26
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Probing metalloenzyme dynamics in living systems: Contemporary advances in fluorescence imaging tools and applications26
Editorial overview: Recent advances in metabolomics26
Sensing and regulation of reactive sulfur species (RSS) in bacteria26
Metalloprotein enabled redox signal transduction in microbes25
Recent advances in the structural biology of modular polyketide synthases and nonribosomal peptide synthetases25
Catalyzing the future: recent advances in chemical synthesis using enzymes25
Lipidomics analysis in drug discovery and development25
Recent advances on the synthesis of N-linked glycoprotein for the elucidation of glycan functions25
Analytical techniques in chemical biology25
Chemical synthesis and biological functions of carbohydrates24
Glutathione dynamics in subcellular compartments and implications for drug development24
Molecular and biochemical insights from natural and engineered photosynthetic endosymbiotic systems24
Myeloid C-type lectin receptors in host–pathogen interactions and glycan-based targeting24
Structures and functions of algal glycans shape their capacity to sequester carbon in the ocean24
Corrigendum to “Bacterial diterpene synthases: New opportunities for mechanistic enzymology and engineered biosynthesis” [Curr Opin Chem Biol, 16 (2012) 132–14124
Editorial Board24
Editorial: Mechanistic biology24
Chemical probes for investigating protein liquid-liquid phase separation and aggregation24
Strategies in engineering sustainable biochemical synthesis through microbial systems23
Recent advances in the development of peptide-based inhibitors targeting epigenetic readers of histone lysine acetylation and methylation marks23
The non-catalytic domains of O-GlcNAc cycling enzymes present new opportunities for function-specific control23
Discovery and evolution of [4 + 2] cyclases23
Inhibition of p53 protein aggregation as a cancer treatment strategy22
Discovering functional small molecules in the gut microbiome22
Chemical biology tools to probe bacterial glycans22
Supramolecular platinum complexes for cancer therapy22
Recent strides in macromolecular targeted photodynamic therapy for cancer22
Factors that influence singlet oxygen formation vs. ligand substitution for light-activated ruthenium anticancer compounds22
Targeting chemotherapy-resistant tumour sub-populations using inorganic chemistry: Anti-cancer stem cell metal complexes22
Recent advances in high-throughput screening methods for small molecule modulators in bacteria21
Realgar and arsenene nanomaterials as arsenic-based anticancer agents21
Reactions of lipid hydroperoxides and how they may contribute to ferroptosis sensitivity21
Functions and mechanisms of enzymes assembling lignans and norlignans21
Small-molecule tools for YEATS domain proteins21
Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists as a driving force behind next-generation vaccine adjuvants and cancer therapeutics21
Editorial Board20
Recent advances in developing degraders & inhibitors of lysine methyltransferases20
Insights into SACS pathological attributes in autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS)☆20
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Recent advances in data- and knowledge-driven approaches to explore primary microbial metabolism20
MicroRNA:Siglec crosstalk in cancer progression20
Microbial metabolite-receptor interactions in the gut microbiome19
Recent advances in de novo designed metallopeptides as tailored enzyme mimics19
Fluorescent sterol probes for intracellular transport, imaging, and therapeutics19
Sulfur-containing marine natural products as leads for drug discovery and development19
New chemical processes to streamline carbohydrate synthesis19
Recent advances in the design and optimization of artificial metalloenzymes18
Extending optical chemical tools and technologies to mice by shifting to the shortwave infrared region18
Deciphering combinatorial post-translational modifications by top-down mass spectrometry18
Foldamer-mediated transport across phospholipid bilayers18
Strategies and mechanisms for endosomal escape of therapeutic nucleic acids18
Recent developments in probing the levels and flux of selected organellar cations as well as organellar mechanosensitivity18
Lanthanide-dye hybrid luminophores for advanced NIR-II bioimaging18
Multimodal and multiscale correlative elemental imaging: From whole tissues down to organelles18
Recent research progress in glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein biosynthesis, chemical/chemoenzymatic synthesis, and interaction with the cell membrane18
Natural and artificial siderophores: Iron-based applications and beyond18
Recent advances on human milk oligosaccharide antimicrobial activity18
Emerging mechanisms of regulation for endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ stores by secretory pathway kinase FAM20C17
Metabolic interventions to enhance immunotherapy and targeted therapy efficacy in advanced colorectal cancer17
The influence of alkylating agents on sulfur–sulfur bonds in per- and polysulfides17
Enabling structural biological electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy in membrane proteins through spin labelling17
Ancient complexes of iron and sulfur modulate oncogenes and oncometabolism17
Stimuli-responsive synthetic ionophores for therapeutic applications17
Pharmacological stabilization of the native state of full-length immunoglobulin light chains to treat light chain amyloidosis17
Creating and understanding new-to-nature chemistry17
Synthetic ion channels made of DNA17
Recent advances in engineering microorganisms for the production of natural food colorants16
Recent advances in kinase signaling network profiling by mass spectrometry16
Small molecules as modulators of phage–bacteria interactions16
Molecular-level interplay between intrinsically disordered clients and Hsp9016
Engineering novel adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) for improved delivery in the nervous system16
Development of novel indicators and molecular systems for calcium sensing through protein engineering16
Oxygen-transfer reactions by enzymatic flavin-N5 oxygen adducts—Oxidation is not a must16
Recent advances in the synthesis of extensive libraries of heparan sulfate oligosaccharides for structure–activity relationship studies16
Recent advances in the expanding genetic code16
Microbial metabolism of host-derived antioxidants15
Chemical biology approaches to uncovering nuclear ROS control15
Advances and challenges in programming pattern formation using living cells15
Recent advances in mass spectrometry-based methods to investigate reversible cysteine oxidation15
Editorial overview - Exploring the diversity of polysaccharides15
The multifaceted repertoire of cellular reactive metabolites15
F420-dependent transformations in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites15
Biosynthesis and recruitment of reactive amino acids in nonribosomal peptide assembly lines14
Illuminating antifungal mode of action and resistance with fluorescent probes14
Expanding the viewpoint: Leveraging sequence information in enzymology14
Synthetic fragments of plant polysaccharides as tools for cell wall biology14
How do metabolic processes age: Evidence from human metabolomic studies14
The emerging role of mass spectrometry-based proteomics in molecular pharming practices14
Evolving advances of proximity labeling in capturing biomolecular interactions14
KATs off: Biomedical insights from lysine acetyltransferase inhibitors14
Therapeutic synthetic anion transporters14
Highlights of bioinformatic tools and methods for validating bioinformatics derived hypotheses for microbial natural products research14
Towards sequence-based principles for protein phase separation predictions13
Editorial Board13
Substrate-selective small-molecule modulators of enzymes: Mechanisms and opportunities13
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A phenazine-inspired framework for identifying biological functions of microbial redox-active metabolites13
Discovering microbiota functions via chemical probe incorporation for targeted sequencing13
Current strategies for characterization of mucin-domain glycoproteins13
An expanded molecular and systems toolbox for imaging, mapping, and controlling local translation13
Recent advances in Zn2+ imaging: From organelles to in vivo applications13
Editorial Board13
Small-angle X-ray scattering studies of enzymes12
Electrophilic metabolites targeting the KEAP1/NRF2 partnership12
Bacterial glycoengineering: Cell-based and cell-free routes for producing biopharmaceuticals with customized glycosylation12
How are hydrogen peroxide messages relayed to affect cell signalling?12
Editorial overview: Editorial of molecular imaging12
Tuning specificity and topology of lectins through synthetic biology12
Small RNAs, big potential: Engineering microRNA-based synthetic gene circuits11
Corrigendum to “Drug discovery targeting Nav1.8: Structural insights and therapeutic potential” [Curr Opin Chem Biol 83 (2024) 102538]11
Editorial Board11
Advanced imaging techniques for studying protein phase separation in living cells and at single-molecule level11
Compounds for selective translational inhibition11
Advancements in boron difluoride formazanate dyes for biological imaging11
Convergent and divergent biosynthetic strategies towards phosphonic acid natural products11
Editorial overview: Glycobiology (2023)11
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