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70
Citations
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World Ranking
7044
National Ranking
176

Overview

John D. Wade is affiliated with the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Australia. Their research spans several fields within the life sciences, predominantly Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The subfields of focus include Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers a range of specialized topics, notably:

  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

John D. Wade has published extensively, with frequent appearances in journals such as Frontiers in Chemistry, Australian Journal of Chemistry, Aggregate, Endocrine Related Cancer, and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. The most cited recent papers include:

  • Chemically modified and conjugated antimicrobial peptides against superbugs, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • De Novo Design of Flavonoid-Based Mimetics of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides: Discovery, Development, and Applications, 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • The Chemical Synthesis of Insulin: An Enduring Challenge, 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • The effect of tailing lipidation on the bioactivity of antimicrobial peptides and their aggregation tendency, 2023, Aggregate
  • (Re)Defining the Proline-Rich Antimicrobial Peptide Family and the Identification of Putative New Members, 2020, Frontiers in Chemistry

The profile of John D. Wade's collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as Mohammed Akhter Hossain, Wenyi Li, Neil M. O'Brien-Simpson, Feng Lin, and Frances Separovic, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to research and publication.

Best Publications

  • The SH2 and SH3 domains of mammalian Grb2 couple the EGF receptor to the Ras activator mSos1

    Maria Rozakis-Adcock;Ross Fernley;John Wade;Tony Pawson;Tony Pawson

  • INSL3/Leydig Insulin-like Peptide Activates the LGR8 Receptor Important in Testis Descent

    Jin Kumagai;Sheau Yu Hsu;Hirotaka Matsumi;Jae-Sook Roh

  • Human relaxin gene 3 (H3) and the equivalent mouse relaxin (M3) gene. Novel members of the relaxin peptide family.

    Ross A.D. Bathgate;Chrishan S. Samuel;Tanya C.D. Burazin;Sharon Layfield

  • Chemically modified and conjugated antimicrobial peptides against superbugs.

    Wenyi Li;Frances Separovic;Neil M O'Brien-Simpson;John D Wade

  • Paracrine regulation of mammalian oocyte maturation and male germ cell survival.

    Kazuhiro Kawamura;Jin Kumagai;Satoko Sudo;Sang-Young Chun

  • Current challenges in peptide-based drug discovery

    Laszlo Otvos;John D. Wade

  • Amyloid- Peptide (A ) Neurotoxicity Is Modulated by the Rate of Peptide Aggregation: A Dimers and Trimers Correlate with Neurotoxicity

    Lin Wai Hung;Giuseppe D Ciccotosto;Eleni Giannakis;Deborah J Tew

  • Neurotoxic, Redox-competent Alzheimer's β-Amyloid Is Released from Lipid Membrane by Methionine Oxidation

    Kevin J. Barnham;Giuseppe D. Ciccotosto;Anna K. Tickler;Anna K. Tickler;Feda E. Ali

  • Copper-mediated amyloid-beta toxicity is associated with an intermolecular histidine bridge

    D P Smith;D P Smith;Danielle G Smith;Danielle G Smith;Cyril C Curtain;Cyril C Curtain;Cyril C Curtain;John Frank Boas

  • Acetylation of HIV-1 Tat by CBP/P300 increases transcription of integrated HIV-1 genome and enhances binding to core histones.

    Longwen Deng;Cynthia de la Fuente;Peng Fu;Lai Wang

  • Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides: potential therapeutics against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

    Wenyi Li;Julien Tailhades;Neil M. O’Brien-Simpson;Frances Separovic

  • INSL3 as a Biomarker of Leydig Cell Functionality

    Richard Ivell;Richard Ivell;John Desmond Wade;Ravinder Anand-Ivell

  • Design and development of a peptide-based adiponectin receptor agonist for cancer treatment

    Laszlo Otvos;Eva Haspinger;Eva Haspinger;Francesca La Russa;Francesca La Russa;Federica Maspero;Federica Maspero

  • DBU as an N alpha-deprotecting reagent for the fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl group in continuous flow solid-phase peptide synthesis.

    J D Wade;J Bedford;R C Sheppard;G W Tregear

  • Alzheimer disease β-amyloid activity mimics cholesterol oxidase

    Luigi Puglielli;Avi L. Friedlich;Kenneth D.R. Setchell;Seiichi Nagano

  • Relaxin-3: improved synthesis strategy and demonstration of its high-affinity interaction with the relaxin receptor LGR7 both in vitro and in vivo.

    Ross A. D. Bathgate;Feng Lin;Nicola F. Hanson;Laszlo Otvos

  • Modulation of hippocampal theta oscillations and spatial memory by relaxin-3 neurons of the nucleus incertus.

    Sherie Ma;Francisco E. Olucha-Bordonau;M. Akhter Hossain;Feng Lin

  • Amphipathic alpha-helical peptide, HP (2-20), and its analogues derived from Helicobacter pylori: pore formation mechanism in various lipid compositions.

    Seong-Cheol Park;Mi-Hyun Kim;Mohammed Akhter Hossain;Song Yub Shin

  • R3(BΔ23–27)R/I5 Chimeric Peptide, a Selective Antagonist for GPCR135 and GPCR142 over Relaxin Receptor LGR7: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO CHARACTERIZATION*

    Chester Kuei;Steven Sutton;Pascal Bonaventure;Cindy Pudiak

  • Peptide thioester preparation by Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis for use in native chemical ligation

    Andrew B. Clippingdale;Colin J. Barrow;John D. Wade

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross A. D. Bathgate
Ross A. D. Bathgate Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Geoffrey W. Tregear
Geoffrey W. Tregear University of Melbourne
Laszlo Otvos
Laszlo Otvos Semmelweis University
Frances Separovic
Frances Separovic University of Melbourne
Roger J. Summers
Roger J. Summers Monash University
Andrew L. Gundlach
Andrew L. Gundlach Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Chrishan S. Samuel
Chrishan S. Samuel Monash University
David J. Craik
David J. Craik University of Queensland
K. Johan Rosengren
K. Johan Rosengren University of Queensland
Kevin J. Barnham
Kevin J. Barnham Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

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