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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 |