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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Chemistry D-index 70 Citations 18,035 269 World Ranking 2547 National Ranking 936
Biology and Biochemistry D-index 80 Citations 22,536 261 World Ranking 1749 National Ranking 1002

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Awards & Achievements

2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2001 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Amino acid

His primary areas of study are Biochemistry, Lantibiotics, Stereochemistry, Amino acid and Biosynthesis. The various areas that Wilfred A. van der Donk examines in his Lantibiotics study include Lanthionine, Peptide sequence and In vitro. His Stereochemistry research includes themes of Radical SAM, Metabolic pathway and Fosmidomycin.

His studies in Amino acid integrate themes in fields like Native chemical ligation and Thioether. His work deals with themes such as Tripeptide, Natural product, Threonine and Posttranslational modification, which intersect with Biosynthesis. He interconnects Combinatorial chemistry, Cysteine and Signal peptide in the investigation of issues within Peptide.

His most cited work include:

  • Protein Radicals in Enzyme Catalysis. (1082 citations)
  • Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: Overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature (1048 citations)
  • Biosynthesis and mode of action of lantibiotics. (594 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Wilfred A. van der Donk mostly deals with Biochemistry, Stereochemistry, Peptide, Biosynthesis and Lantibiotics. His study in Enzyme, Amino acid, Peptide sequence, Signal peptide and Mutant falls within the category of Biochemistry. His Stereochemistry research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Phosphonate, Protein structure, Substrate and Active site.

In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Peptide, Genome is strongly linked to Computational biology. His Biosynthesis research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Tripeptide, Methylation, Methyltransferase, Serine and Natural product. Wilfred A. van der Donk combines subjects such as Lanthionine, Lipid II and Escherichia coli with his study of Lantibiotics.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Biochemistry (59.46%)
  • Stereochemistry (59.91%)
  • Peptide (34.91%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Stereochemistry (59.91%)
  • Biochemistry (59.46%)
  • Biosynthesis (33.11%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Stereochemistry, Biochemistry, Biosynthesis, Peptide and Enzyme. His work carried out in the field of Stereochemistry brings together such families of science as Amino acid, Alanine, Substrate, Catalysis and Transfer RNA. His research combines Antimicrobial and Biochemistry.

His Peptide research incorporates elements of Lantibiotics, Peptide sequence, Genome and Computational biology. His Lantibiotics study incorporates themes from Gene cluster and Thioether. His Enzyme research integrates issues from Kinase and Dehydroalanine.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Bacteriophage targeting of gut bacterium attenuates alcoholic liver disease (143 citations)
  • Mechanistic Understanding of Lanthipeptide Biosynthetic Enzymes (140 citations)
  • New Insights into the Biosynthetic Logic of Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-translationally Modified Peptide Natural Products (136 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Amino acid

Wilfred A. van der Donk mainly focuses on Biochemistry, Biosynthesis, Peptide, Stereochemistry and Enzyme. Wilfred A. van der Donk regularly ties together related areas like Synthetic biology in his Biochemistry studies. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Lantibiotics, Genome, Escherichia coli, Natural product and Computational biology.

Wilfred A. van der Donk has included themes like Lanthionine, Gene cluster and Antimicrobial peptides in his Lantibiotics study. The concepts of his Stereochemistry study are interwoven with issues in Kinamycin, Bond formation, Nitrous acid and Glutamic acid metabolism. His study in Enzyme is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Transfer RNA and Dehydroalanine.

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Best Publications

Protein Radicals in Enzyme Catalysis.

Jo Anne Stubbe;Wilfred Adrianus van der Donk.
Chemical Reviews (1998)

1731 Citations

Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: Overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature

Paul G. Arnison;Mervyn J. Bibb;Gabriele Bierbaum;Albert Alexander Bowers.
Natural Product Reports (2013)

1355 Citations

Biosynthesis and mode of action of lantibiotics.

Champak Chatterjee;Moushumi Paul;Lili Xie;Wilfred A. van der Donk;Wilfred A. van der Donk.
Chemical Reviews (2005)

832 Citations

Lantibiotics: Peptides of Diverse Structure and Function

Joanne M. Willey;Wilfred A. van der Donk;Wilfred A. van der Donk.
Annual Review of Microbiology (2007)

732 Citations

Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings.
Nature Chemical Biology (2015)

517 Citations

Recent developments in pyridine nucleotide regeneration.

Wilfred A van der Donk;Huimin Zhao.
Current Opinion in Biotechnology (2003)

433 Citations

Follow the leader: The use of leader peptides to guide natural product biosynthesis

Trent J Oman;Wilfred A van der Donk.
Nature Chemical Biology (2010)

431 Citations

Regeneration of cofactors for use in biocatalysis

Huimin Zhao;Wilfred Adrianus van der Donk.
Current Opinion in Biotechnology (2003)

377 Citations

Reactions of catecholborane with Wilkinson's catalyst: implications for transition metal-catalyzed hydroborations of alkenes

Kevin Burgess;Kevin Burgess;Kevin Burgess;Wilfred Adrianus van der Donk;Wilfred Adrianus van der Donk;Wilfred Adrianus van der Donk;Stephen A. Westcott;Stephen A. Westcott;Stephen A. Westcott;Todd B. Marder;Todd B. Marder;Todd B. Marder.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1992)

353 Citations

Discovery, Biosynthesis, and Engineering of Lantipeptides

Patrick J. Knerr;Wilfred A. van der Donk;Wilfred A. van der Donk.
Annual Review of Biochemistry (2012)

353 Citations

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