Chenguang Fan Source Confirmed

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Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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34 h-index 72 pubs 4,068 cited

Research Areas

Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Protein Structure and Dynamics Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Diet and metabolism studies RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

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Chenguang Fan, an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, investigates fundamental biological processes, particularly focusing on post-translational modifications and gene regulation. His federally funded research, supported by two NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences grants totaling $1,012,500, centers on studying lysine aminoacylation of human metabolic enzymes and the role of lysine acetylation of human threonyl-tRNA synthetase. These projects aim to elucidate the biochemical mechanisms and functional significance of these modifications in human health and disease.

Fan's scholarly output includes 72 publications with over 4,000 citations, reflecting a significant contribution to his field, evidenced by an h-index of 34. His research group collaborates with colleagues at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Qinglei Gan and Nour Fatema. Recent publications explore diverse areas such as modifications of cellulose-based biomaterials for biomedical applications, genome-wide screening of oxidizing agent resistance genes in bacteria, and the characterization of lysine acetylation in metabolic enzymes like aconitase isozymes and glucokinase. His work also touches upon genetic code expansion techniques for site-specific installation of post-translational modifications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 34
  • Publications: 72
  • Citations: 4,068

Selected Publications

  • Genome-wide screening of antibiotic survival genes in Escherichia coli MG1655 (2026) DOI
  • Crystal structures of <i>Escherichia coli</i> glucokinase and insights into phosphate binding (2025) DOI
  • Functional consequences of lysine acetylation of phosphofructokinase isozymes (2025) DOI
  • Orthogonal Translation for Site-Specific Installation of Post-translational Modifications (2024) DOI
  • Characterizing lysine acetylation of glucokinase (2023) DOI
  • Studying lysine acetylation of citric acid cycle enzymes by genetic code expansion (2023) DOI
  • “<scp>Not‐so‐popular</scp>” orthogonal pairs in genetic code expansion (2022) DOI
  • Modifications of cellulose-based biomaterials for biomedical applications (2022) DOI
  • Editorial: Engineering Nucleic Acids-Based Functional Nanomaterials, Nanodrugs, and Biosensors (2022) DOI
  • Studying Acetylation of Aconitase Isozymes by Genetic Code Expansion (2022) DOI
  • Editorial: Synthetic Nucleic Acids for Expanding Genetic Codes and Probing Living Cells (2021) DOI
  • Genome-Wide Screening of Oxidizing Agent Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli (2021) DOI
  • Introducing noncanonical amino acids for studying and engineering bacterial microcompartments (2021) DOI

Federal Grants 2 $1,012,500 total

NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences Contact PI Sep 2025 - Aug 2028

Studying lysine aminoacylation of human metabolic enzymes

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $562,500 R15
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences Contact PI Dec 2020 - Nov 2024

The role of lysine acetylation of human threonyl-tRNA synthetase

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $450,000 R15

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Qinglei Gan University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 9 shared publications Nour Fatema University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 5 shared publications Sara Ottinger University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Carson W. Ercanbrack University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Jessica Araujo University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Ruben Michael Ceballos University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication J. Sakon University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Joseph Andrews University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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