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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • 2004 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Michael D. Burkart is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's work addresses a diverse range of topics, particularly within microbial natural products and biosynthesis, chemical synthesis and analysis, and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties. Additional areas of research include microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, RNA research and splicing, genomics and phylogenetic studies, as well as polymer composites and self-healing materials.

Michael D. Burkart has published extensively in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Biochemistry
  • Chemical Science
  • ACS Chemical Biology

Their frequent coauthors include James J. La Clair, Stephen P. Mayfield, Tony D. Davis, Joseph P. Noel, and Marissa Tessman.

Recent publications by Michael D. Burkart include:

  • "Unraveling the Structure and Function of Melanin through Synthesis" (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Unraveling the Role of Linker Design in Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras" (2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry)
  • "Renewable Polyurethanes from Sustainable Biological Precursors" (2021, Biomacromolecules)
  • "Rapid biodegradation of renewable polyurethane foams with identification of associated microorganisms and decomposition products" (2020, Bioresource Technology Reports)
  • "Gating mechanism of elongating β-ketoacyl-ACP synthases" (2020, Nature Communications)

Recognition for their contributions includes fellowships such as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 2017, Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2007, and the Hellman Fellowship received in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Selectfluor: mechanistic insight and applications.

    Paul T. Nyffeler;Sergio Gonzalez Durón;Michael D. Burkart;Stéphane P. Vincent

  • Opportunities and Challenges for Catalysis in Carbon Dioxide Utilization

    Michael D. Burkart;Nilay Hazari;Cathy L. Tway;Elizabeth L. Zeitler

  • Biomimetic synthesis and optimization of cyclic peptide antibiotics

    Rahul M. Kohli;Christopher T. Walsh;Michael D. Burkart;Michael D. Burkart

  • The phosphopantetheinyl transferases: catalysis of a post-translational modification crucial for life

    Joris Beld;Eva C. Sonnenschein;Christopher R. Vickery;Joseph P. Noel

  • Unraveling the Structure and Function of Melanin through Synthesis.

    Wei Cao;Xuhao Zhou;Naneki C McCallum;Ziying Hu

  • Explorations of catalytic domains in non-ribosomal peptide synthetase enzymology.

    Gene H. Hur;Christopher R. Vickery;Michael D. Burkart

  • Bacterial cytological profiling rapidly identifies the cellular pathways targeted by antibacterial molecules.

    Poochit Nonejuie;Michael Burkart;Kit Pogliano;Joe Pogliano

  • Azithromycin Synergizes with Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides to Exert Bactericidal and Therapeutic Activity Against Highly Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens

    Leo Lin;Poochit Nonejuie;Jason Munguia;Andrew Hollands

  • Trapping the dynamic acyl carrier protein in fatty acid biosynthesis

    Chi Nguyen;Robert W. Haushalter;D. John Lee;Phineus R. L. Markwick;Phineus R. L. Markwick;Phineus R. L. Markwick

  • Modifications of the metabolic pathways of lipid and triacylglycerol production in microalgae.

    Wei-Luen Yu;William Ansari;Nathan G Schoepp;Michael J Hannon

  • Charting the Complexity of the Marine Microbiome through Single-Cell Genomics.

    Maria G. Pachiadaki;Maria G. Pachiadaki;Julia M. Brown;Joseph Brown;Oliver Bezuidt

  • A new method for the synthesis of fluoro-carbohydrates and glycosides using selectfluor

    Michael D. Burkart;Zhiyuan Zhang;Shang-Cheng Hung;Chi-Huey Wong

  • Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Revisited: Structure Elucidation and Metabolic Engineering

    Joris Beld;D. John Lee;Michael D. Burkart

  • Electrophilic Fluorination-Nucleophilic Addition Reaction Mediated by Selectfluor: Mechanistic Studies and New Applications.

    Stéphane P Vincent;Michael D Burkart;Chung-Ying Tsai;Zhiyuan Zhang

  • Mechanism of human alpha-1,3-fucosyltransferase V : glycosidic cleavage occurs prior to nucleophilic attack

    Brion W. Murray;Valentin Wittmann;Michael D. Burkart;Shang-Cheng Hung

  • Manipulation of carrier proteins in antibiotic biosynthesis.

    James J La Clair;Timothy L Foley;Tracy R Schegg;Conor M Regan

  • Conversion of L-proline to pyrrolyl-2-carboxyl-S-PCP during undecylprodigiosin and pyoluteorin biosynthesis.

    Michael G Thomas;Michael D Burkart;Christopher T Walsh

  • Unraveling the Role of Linker Design in Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras.

    Troy A Bemis;James J La Clair;Michael D Burkart

  • Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of fluorinated sugar nucleotide: useful mechanistic probes for glycosyltransferases.

    Michael D Burkart;Stéphane P Vincent;Arno Düffels;Arno Düffels;Brion W Murray

  • The chemical biology of modular biosynthetic enzymes

    Jordan L. Meier;Michael D. Burkart

  • One-pot chemo-enzymatic synthesis of reporter-modified proteins.

    Andrew S. Worthington;Michael D. Burkart

  • Engineering fatty acid biosynthesis in microalgae for sustainable biodiesel.

    Jillian L. Blatti;Jennifer Michaud;Michael D. Burkart

  • Manipulating fatty acid biosynthesis in microalgae for biofuel through protein-protein interactions.

    Jillian L. Blatti;Joris Beld;Craig A. Behnke;Michael Mendez

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph P. Noel
Joseph P. Noel Salk Institute for Biological Studies
J. Andrew McCammon
J. Andrew McCammon University of California, San Diego
Chi-Huey Wong
Chi-Huey Wong Scripps Research Institute
Nathan C. Gianneschi
Nathan C. Gianneschi Northwestern University
Stephen P. Mayfield
Stephen P. Mayfield University of California, San Diego
Christopher T. Walsh
Christopher T. Walsh Stanford University
Leslie Crews
Leslie Crews University of California, San Diego
Kimberly A. Prather
Kimberly A. Prather University of California, San Diego
Warren C. W. Chan
Warren C. W. Chan University of Toronto
Edward D. Ball
Edward D. Ball University of California, San Diego

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