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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
8598
World Ranking
17665
National Ranking
7245

Thomas A. Bobik publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 93 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Thomas A. Bobik D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thomas A. Bobik is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Biotechnology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Food Science.

The main topics in Thomas A. Bobik's work include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide

Key recent publications by Thomas A. Bobik include:

  • "Oxygen Generation via Water Splitting by a Novel Biogenic Metal Ion-Binding Compound" (2021), Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • "Advances in the World of Bacterial Microcompartments" (2021), Trends in Biochemical Sciences
  • "Prokaryotic Organelles: Bacterial Microcompartments in E. coli and Salmonella" (2020), EcoSal Plus
  • "The Cobalamin-Dependent Gene Cluster of Listeria monocytogenes: Implications for Virulence, Stress Response, and Food Safety" (2020), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Genetic Characterization of a Glycyl Radical Microcompartment Used for 1,2-Propanediol Fermentation by Uropathogenic Escherichia coli CFT073" (2020), Journal of Bacteriology

Frequent co-authors with whom Thomas A. Bobik has collaborated include:

  • Todd O. Yeates
  • Andrew M. Stewart
  • Jessica M. Ochoa
  • Philip Dershwitz
  • Katie L. Stewart

Publication venues where Thomas A. Bobik's work frequently appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Trends in Biochemical Sciences
  • EcoSal Plus
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • COBALAMIN (COENZYME B12): Synthesis and Biological Significance

    J R Roth;J G Lawrence;T A Bobik

  • UNUSUAL COENZYMES OF METHANOGENESIS

    Anthony A. DiMarco;Thomas A. Bobik;Ralph S. Wolfe

  • The propanediol utilization (pdu) operon of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2 includes genes necessary for formation of polyhedral organelles involved in coenzyme B(12)-dependent 1, 2-propanediol degradation.

    Thomas A. Bobik;Gregory D. Havemann;Robert J. Busch;Donna S. Williams

  • Short N-terminal sequences package proteins into bacterial microcompartments

    Chenguang Fan;Shouqiang Cheng;Yu Liu;Cristina M. Escobar

  • Microcompartments for B12-Dependent 1,2-Propanediol Degradation Provide Protection from DNA and Cellular Damage by a Reactive Metabolic Intermediate

    Edith M. Sampson;Thomas A. Bobik

  • The alternative electron acceptor tetrathionate supports B12-dependent anaerobic growth of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium on ethanolamine or 1,2-propanediol.

    Marian Price-Carter;Justin Tingey;Thomas A. Bobik;John R. Roth

  • Diverse Bacterial Microcompartment Organelles

    Chiranjit Chowdhury;Sharmistha Sinha;Sunny Chun;Todd O. Yeates

  • Bacterial microcompartments: their properties and paradoxes.

    Shouqiang Cheng;Yu Liu;Christopher S. Crowley;Todd O. Yeates

  • Biochemistry of coenzyme B12-dependent glycerol and diol dehydratases and organization of the encoding genes

    Rolf Daniel;Thomas A Bobik;Gerhard Gottschalk

  • Protein Content of Polyhedral Organelles Involved in Coenzyme B12-Dependent Degradation of 1,2-Propanediol in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium LT2

    Gregory D. Havemann;Thomas A. Bobik

  • PduA is a shell protein of polyhedral organelles involved in coenzyme B(12)-dependent degradation of 1,2-propanediol in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium LT2.

    Gregory D. Havemann;Edith M. Sampson;Thomas A. Bobik

  • A single regulatory gene integrates control of vitamin B12 synthesis and propanediol degradation.

    T A Bobik;M Ailion;J R Roth

  • Propanediol utilization genes (pdu) of Salmonella typhimurium: Three genes for the propanediol dehydratase

    Thomas A. Bobik;Yaping Xu;Randall M. Jeter;Karin E. Otto

  • Structural Insight into the Mechanisms of Transport across the Salmonella enterica Pdu Microcompartment Shell

    Christopher S. Crowley;Duilio Cascio;Michael R. Sawaya;Michael R. Sawaya;Jeffery S. Kopstein

  • The protein shells of bacterial microcompartment organelles

    Todd O Yeates;Michael C Thompson;Thomas A Bobik

  • Interactions between the termini of lumen enzymes and shell proteins mediate enzyme encapsulation into bacterial microcompartments

    Chenguang Fan;Shouqiang Cheng;Sharmistha Sinha;Thomas A. Bobik

  • Polyhedral organelles compartmenting bacterial metabolic processes

    Thomas A. Bobik

  • PduP is a coenzyme-a-acylating propionaldehyde dehydrogenase associated with the polyhedral bodies involved in B12-dependent 1,2-propanediol degradation by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2.

    Nicole A. Leal;Gregory D. Havemann;Thomas A. Bobik

  • Functional Genomic, Biochemical, and Genetic Characterization of the Salmonella pduO Gene, an ATP:Cob(I)alamin Adenosyltransferase Gene

    Celeste L. V. Johnson;Edith Pechonick;Sanghee D. Park;Gregory D. Havemann

  • Selective molecular transport through the protein shell of a bacterial microcompartment organelle.

    Chiranjit Chowdhury;Sunny Chun;Allan Pang;Michael R. Sawaya

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd O. Yeates
Todd O. Yeates University of California, Los Angeles
Michael R. Sawaya
Michael R. Sawaya University of California, Los Angeles
John R. Roth
John R. Roth University of California, Davis
Terence R. Flotte
Terence R. Flotte University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Ralph S. Wolfe
Ralph S. Wolfe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Duilio Cascio
Duilio Cascio University of California, Los Angeles
Kenneth L. Rinehart
Kenneth L. Rinehart University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alan A. DiSpirito
Alan A. DiSpirito Iowa State University
Rolf Daniel
Rolf Daniel University of Göttingen
Gary D. Stormo
Gary D. Stormo Washington University in St. Louis

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