Chenguang Fan Data-verified
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Biography and Research Information
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Chenguang Fan studies the fundamental mechanisms of biological processes, with a particular focus on protein modifications and genetic code expansion. His research investigates the role of lysine acetylation in human metabolic enzymes, including aconitase isozymes and glucokinase, utilizing genetic code expansion techniques to understand these post-translational modifications. Fan also examines the function ofthreonyl-tRNA synthetase in relation to lysine acetylation. His work extends to bacterial genetics, including genome-wide screening for resistance genes in *Escherichia coli*.
Fan's research group has received significant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of General Medical Sciences for two projects totaling over $1 million. These grants support his investigations into lysine aminoacylation of human metabolic enzymes and the role of lysine acetylation in human threonyl-tRNA synthetase. He is recognized as a high-impact researcher with 77 publications and over 4,000 citations, and has a collaboration network including researchers from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Beyond his primary research areas, Fan's publication record includes work on cellulose-based biomaterials for biomedical applications and thermal storage in ice units, indicating a breadth of scientific interest and potential interdisciplinary collaborations.
Metrics
- h-index: 34
- Publications: 78
- Citations: 4,126
Selected Publications
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Additional file 1 of Genome-wide screening of antibiotic survival genes in Escherichia coli MG1655 (2026)
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Additional file 1 of Genome-wide screening of antibiotic survival genes in Escherichia coli MG1655 (2026)
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Genome-wide screening of antibiotic survival genes in Escherichia coli MG1655 (2026)
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Genome-wide screening of antibiotic survival genes in Escherichia coli MG1655 (2026)
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Genome-wide screening of antibiotic survival genes in Escherichia coli MG1655 (2026)
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Crystal structures of <i>Escherichia coli</i> glucokinase and insights into phosphate binding (2025)
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Functional consequences of lysine acetylation of phosphofructokinase isozymes (2025)
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Orthogonal Translation for Site-Specific Installation of Post-translational Modifications (2024)
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Characterizing lysine acetylation of glucokinase (2023)
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Studying lysine acetylation of citric acid cycle enzymes by genetic code expansion (2023)
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“<scp>Not‐so‐popular</scp>” orthogonal pairs in genetic code expansion (2022)
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Modifications of cellulose-based biomaterials for biomedical applications (2022)
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Editorial: Engineering Nucleic Acids-Based Functional Nanomaterials, Nanodrugs, and Biosensors (2022)
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Studying Acetylation of Aconitase Isozymes by Genetic Code Expansion (2022)
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Editorial: Synthetic Nucleic Acids for Expanding Genetic Codes and Probing Living Cells (2021)
Federal Grants 2 $1,012,500 total
The role of lysine acetylation of human threonyl-tRNA synthetase
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
- Orthogonal Translation for Site-Specific Installation of Post-translational Modifications
- Genome-Wide Screening of Oxidizing Agent Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli
- “<scp>Not‐so‐popular</scp>” orthogonal pairs in genetic code expansion
- Studying Acetylation of Aconitase Isozymes by Genetic Code Expansion
- Introducing noncanonical amino acids for studying and engineering bacterial microcompartments
Showing 5 of 13 shared publications
- Modifications of cellulose-based biomaterials for biomedical applications
- Characterizing lysine acetylation of glucokinase
- Studying lysine acetylation of citric acid cycle enzymes by genetic code expansion
- Functional consequences of lysine acetylation of phosphofructokinase isozymes
- Author response for "Functional consequences of lysine acetylation of phosphofructokinase isozymes"
- Genome-wide screening of antibiotic survival genes in Escherichia coli MG1655
- Genome-wide screening of antibiotic survival genes in Escherichia coli MG1655
- Additional file 1 of Genome-wide screening of antibiotic survival genes in Escherichia coli MG1655
- Additional file 1 of Genome-wide screening of antibiotic survival genes in Escherichia coli MG1655
- Characterizing lysine acetylation of glucokinase
- Functional consequences of lysine acetylation of phosphofructokinase isozymes
- Author response for "Functional consequences of lysine acetylation of phosphofructokinase isozymes"
- Genome-Wide Screening of Oxidizing Agent Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli
- Introducing noncanonical amino acids for studying and engineering bacterial microcompartments
- Studying Acetylation of Aconitase Isozymes by Genetic Code Expansion
- Introducing noncanonical amino acids for studying and engineering bacterial microcompartments
- Solidification of an annular finned tube ice storage unit
- Thermal storage performance of eutectic sugar alcohols applied to buildings and enhancement of crystallization
- Solidification of an annular finned tube ice storage unit
- Thermal storage performance of eutectic sugar alcohols applied to buildings and enhancement of crystallization
- Solidification of an annular finned tube ice storage unit
- Thermal storage performance of eutectic sugar alcohols applied to buildings and enhancement of crystallization
- Solidification of an annular finned tube ice storage unit
- Thermal storage performance of eutectic sugar alcohols applied to buildings and enhancement of crystallization
- Introducing noncanonical amino acids for studying and engineering bacterial microcompartments
- Genome-Wide Screening of Oxidizing Agent Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli
- Genome-Wide Screening of Oxidizing Agent Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli
- Genome-Wide Screening of Oxidizing Agent Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli
- Editorial: Synthetic Nucleic Acids for Expanding Genetic Codes and Probing Living Cells
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