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h-Index: 76; 24071 total citations (Febr. 2023, Web of Science)
h-Index: 92; 37230 total citations (Febr. 2023, GoogleScholar, update here)
Selected Recent Publications
Current "Top 20"
Müller, H., Godehard, S.P., Palm, G.J., Berndt, L., Badenhorst, C.P.S., Becker, A.K., Lammers, M., Bornscheuer, U.T. (2021), Discovery and design of family VIII carboxylesterases as highly efficient acyltransferases, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 2013-2017, link; Entdeckung und Design promiskuitiver Acyltransferase-Aktivität in Carboxylesterasen der Familie VIII, Angew. Chem., 133, 2041-2045, link. |
Tang, Q., Grathwol, C.W., Aslan-Üzel, A.S., Wu, S., Link, A., Pavlidis, I.V., Badenhorst, C.P.S., Bornscheuer, U.T., (2021), Directed evolution of a halide methyltransferase enables biocatalytic synthesis of diverse SAM analogues, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 1524-1527, link; Die gerichtete Evolution einer Halogenid-Methyltransferase erlaubt die biokatalytische Synthese diverser SAM-Analoga, Angew. Chem., 133, 1547-1551, link. |
Grobe, S., Badenhorst, C.P.S., Bayer, T., Hamnevik, E., Wu, S., Grathwol. C.W., Link, A., Koban, S., Brundiek, H., Großjohann, B., Bornscheuer, U.T. (2021), Engineering regioselectivity of a P450 monooxygenase enables the synthesis of ursodeoxycholic acid via 7β-hydroxylation of lithocholic acid, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 753-757, link, Modifikation der Regioselektivität einer P450-Monooxygenase ermöglicht die Synthese von Ursodeoxycholsäure durch die 7β-Hydroxylierung von Lithocholsäure, Angew. Chem., 133, 764-768, link, V.I.P !. |
Wu, S., Snajdrova, R., Moore, J., Baldenius, K., Bornscheuer, U.T. (2021), Biocatalysis: Enzymatic synthesis for industrial applications, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 88-119, link; Biokatalyse: Enzymatische Synthese für industrielle Anwendungen, Angew. Chem., 113, 89-123, link |
Wei, R., Tiso, T., Bertling, J., O’Connor, K., Blank, L.M., Bornscheuer, U.T. (2020), Possibilities and limitations of biotechnological plastic degradation and recycling, Nature Catal., link; see also "Behind the paper": link. |
Müller, H., Becker, A.K, Palm, G.J., Berndt, L., Badenhorst, C.P.S., Godehard, S.P., Reisky, L., Lammers, M., Bornscheuer, U.T. (2020), Sequence-based prediction of promiscuous acyltransferase activity in hydrolases, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 59, 11607-11612 link; Angew. Chem., 132, 11704-11709, link. |
Wei, R., Song, C., Gräsing, D., Schneider, T., Bielytskyi, P., Böttcher, D., Matysik, J., Bornscheuer, U., Zimmermann, W. (2019), Conformational fitting of a flexible oligomeric substrate does not explain the enzymatic PET degradation, Nat. Commun., 10, 5581, link. |
Reisky, L., Préchoux, A., Zühlke, A.K., Bäumgen, M., Robb, C.S., Gerlach, N., Roret, T., Stanetty, C., Larocque, R., Michel, G., Song, T., Markert, S., Unfried, F., Mihovilovic, M.D., Trautwein-Schulz, A., Becher, D., Schweder, T., Bornscheuer, U.T., Hehemann, J.H. (2019), A marine bacterial enzymatic cascade degrades the algal polysaccharide ulvan, Nat. Chem. Biol., 15, 803-812, link |
Palm, G.J., Reisky, L., Böttcher, D., Müller, H., Michels, E., Walczak, M. C., Berndt, L., Weiss, M.S., Bornscheuer, U.T., Weber, G. (2019), Structure of the plastic-degrading I. sakaiensis MHETase bound to a substrate, Nat. Commun., 10, 1717, link. |
Reisky, L., Büchsenschütz, H.C., Engel, J., Song, T., Schweder, T., Hehemann, J.H., Bornscheuer, U.T. (2018), Oxidative demethylation of algal carbohydrates by cytochrome P450 monooxygenases, Nature Chem. Biol., 14, 342–344, link. |
Rudroff, F., Mihovilovic, M.D., Gröger, H., Snajdrova, R., Iding, H., Bornscheuer, U.T. (2018), Opportunities and challenges for combining chemo- and biocatalysis, Nature Catal. , 1, 12-22, link. |
Bornscheuer, U.T. (2016), A radical change in enzyme catalysis, Nature, 540, 345-346, link. |
Pavlidis, I.V., et al. (2016), Identification of (S )-selective transaminases for the asymmetric synthesis of bulky chiral amines, Nature Chem., 8, 1076-1082, link. |
Bornscheuer, U.T. (2016), Feeding on plastic, Science, 351, 1154-1155, link; see also original research paper by Yoshida et al., link. |
Schmidt, S., Scherkus, C., Muschiol, J., Menyes, U., Winkler, T., Hummel, W., Gröger, H., Liese, A., Herz, H.G., Bornscheuer, U.T. (2015), An enzyme cascade synthesis of ε-caprolactone and its oligomers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 2784-2787, link; Eine Enzymkaskade zur Synthese von ε-Caprolacton und dessen Oligomeren, Angew. Chem., 127, 2825-2828, link. |
Bornscheuer, U.T. et al. (2012) Engineering the third wave in biocatalysis, Nature, 485, 185-194, link. |
Höhne, M. et al. (2010) Rational assignment of key motifs for function guide in silico enzyme identification, Nature Chem. Biol.6, 807-813, link (Highlighted recently "Best design concept" by Nature Chem. Biol.) |
Kazlauskas, R.J., Bornscheuer U.T. (2009), Finding better protein engineering strategies, Nat. Chem. Biol., 5, 526-529, link. |
A list of all publications (papers, books, book chapters, patents) is here.
A list of all papers published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. is here.
A list of all papers published in Nature journals or Science is here.
Statistics (for some journals)
Sorted by Impact factor
Journal name | # of papers | Impact factor (2019) |
Nature | 2 | 42.778 |
Science | 1 | 41.845 |
Nature Biotechnol. | 1 | 36.558 |
Nature Catal. | 2 | 30.471 |
Nature Chemistry | 1 | 21.687 |
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. | 34 | 12.959 |
Nature Chem. Biol. | 5 | 12.587 |
ACS Catal. | 5 | 12.350 |
Nature Commun. | 3 | 12.121 |
Nature Protocols | 1 | 10.419 |
Adv. Synth. Catal. | 16 | 5.851 |
ChemCatChem | 33 | 4.853 |
Appl. Environm. Microbiol. | 5 | 4.016 |
Biotechnol. Bioeng. | 6 | 4.002 |
Appl. Microb. Biotechnol. | 20 | 3.530 |
ChemBioChem | 24 | 2.570 |
Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol. | 31 | 2.056 |
J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. | 8 | 1.654 |