Jon S. Thorson

Jon S. Thorson

University of Kentucky

H-index: 68

North America-United States

About Jon S. Thorson

Jon S. Thorson, With an exceptional h-index of 68 and a recent h-index of 31 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Kentucky, specializes in the field of Natural products discovery, biosynthesis, enzyme engineering.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Diverse Combinatorial Biosynthesis Strategies for C–H Functionalization of Anthracyclinones

Biochemical and Structural Studies of the Carminomycin 4-O-Methyltransferase DnrK

Mithramycin oxime derivatives having increased selectivity and anti-cancer activity

Bioprospecting of desert actinobacteria with special emphases on griseoviridin, mitomycin C and a new bacterial metabolite producing Streptomyces sp. PU-KB10–4

A discrete intermediate for the biosynthesis of both the enediyne core and the anthraquinone moiety of enediyne natural products

Paecilins Q and R: Antifungal Chromanones Produced by the Endophytic Fungus Pseudofusicoccum stromaticum CMRP4328

Bioactivity and metabolomics profiling of endophytic actinobacteria isolated from roots of the medicinal plants dominant in south Asian region

Engineering BioBricks for deoxysugar biosynthesis and generation of new tetracenomycins

Jon S. Thorson Information

University

Position

Professor and Associate Dean of Research College of Pharmacy

Citations(all)

14365

Citations(since 2020)

3820

Cited By

12037

hIndex(all)

68

hIndex(since 2020)

31

i10Index(all)

174

i10Index(since 2020)

116

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University of Kentucky

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Jon S. Thorson Skills & Research Interests

Natural products discovery

biosynthesis

enzyme engineering

Top articles of Jon S. Thorson

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Diverse Combinatorial Biosynthesis Strategies for C–H Functionalization of Anthracyclinones

ACS Synthetic Biology

Rongbin Wang

Benjamin Nji Wandi

Nora Schwartz

Jacob Hecht

Larissa Ponomareva

...

2024/4/25

Biochemical and Structural Studies of the Carminomycin 4-O-Methyltransferase DnrK

Journal of Natural Products

Elnaz Jalali

Fengbin Wang

Brooke R Overbay

Mitchell D Miller

Khaled A Shaaban

...

2024/2/27

Mithramycin oxime derivatives having increased selectivity and anti-cancer activity

2023/5/4

Bioprospecting of desert actinobacteria with special emphases on griseoviridin, mitomycin C and a new bacterial metabolite producing Streptomyces sp. PU-KB10–4

BMC microbiology

Maira Saleem

Ashba Hassan

Feina Li

Qinpei Lu

Larissa V Ponomareva

...

2023/3/15

A discrete intermediate for the biosynthesis of both the enediyne core and the anthraquinone moiety of enediyne natural products

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Minakshi Bhardwaj

Zheng Cui

Erome Daniel Hankore

Faruk H Moonschi

Hoda Saghaeiannejad Esfahani

...

2023/2/28

Paecilins Q and R: Antifungal Chromanones Produced by the Endophytic Fungus Pseudofusicoccum stromaticum CMRP4328

Planta medica

Jucélia Iantas

Daiani Cristina Savi

Larissa V Ponomareva

Jon S Thorson

Jürgen Rohr

...

2023/10

Bioactivity and metabolomics profiling of endophytic actinobacteria isolated from roots of the medicinal plants dominant in south Asian region

Advancements in Life Sciences

Ashba Hassan

Larissa V Ponomareva

Jon S Thorson

Khaled A Shaaban

Imran Sajid

2023/7/15

Engineering BioBricks for deoxysugar biosynthesis and generation of new tetracenomycins

ACS omega

Heli Tirkkonen

Katelyn V Brown

Magdalena Niemczura

Zélie Faudemer

Courtney Brown

...

2023/6/1

The RelB-BLNK axis determines cellular response to a novel redox-active agent betamethasone during radiation therapy in prostate cancer

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Luksana Chaiswing

Fangfang Xu

Yanming Zhao

Jon Thorson

Chi Wang

...

2022/6/8

Soils and spoils: Mineralogy and geochemistry of mining and processing wastes from lead and zinc mining at the Gratz Mine, Owen County, Kentucky

Journal of soils and sediments

James C Hower

Željka Fiket

Kevin R Henke

John K Hiett

Jon S Thorson

...

2022/6

The crystal structure of DynF from the dynemicin-biosynthesis pathway of Micromonospora chersina

Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications

Abigael J Kosgei

Mitchell D Miller

Minakshi Bhardwaj

Weijun Xu

Jon S Thorson

...

2022/1/1

A BioBricks metabolic engineering platform for the biosynthesis of anthracyclinones in Streptomyces coelicolor

ACS Synthetic Biology

Rongbin Wang

Jennifer Nguyen

Jacob Hecht

Nora Schwartz

Katelyn V Brown

...

2022/11/15

Vesicular monoamine transporter-2 ligands and their use in the treatment of psychostimulant abuse

2022/10/6

Interleukin-10 suppression enhances T-cell antitumor immunity and responses to checkpoint blockade in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Leukemia

JR Rivas

Y Liu

SS Alhakeem

JM Eckenrode

F Marti

...

2021/11

Enzyme-mediated bioorthogonal technologies: Catalysts, chemoselective reactions and recent methyltransferase applications

Elnaz Jalali

Jon S Thorson

2021/6/1

Structure and function of a dual reductase–dehydratase enzyme system involved in p-terphenyl biosynthesis

ACS chemical biology

Jonathan A Clinger

Yinan Zhang

Yang Liu

Mitchell D Miller

Ronnie E Hall

...

2021/11/11

Diverse polyketides from the marine endophytic Alternaria sp. LV52: Structure determination and cytotoxic activities

Biotechnology Reports

Manar M Mahmoud

Ahmed S Abdel-Razek

Hesham SM Soliman

Larissa V Ponomareva

Jon S Thorson

...

2021/5/24

Metal-free domino amination-Knoevenagel condensation approach to access new coumarins as potent nanomolar inhibitors of VEGFR-2 and EGFR

Essam M Eliwa

Marcel Frese

Ahmed H Halawa

Maha M Soltan

Larissa V Ponomareva

...

2021/10/2

Structural characterization of DynU16, a START/Bet v1-like protein involved in dynemicin biosynthesis

Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications

Sarah K Alvarado

Mitchell D Miller

Minakshi Bhardwaj

Jon S Thorson

Steven G Van Lanen

...

2021/10/1

RF-3192C and other polyketides from the marine endophytic Aspergillus niger ASSB4: Structure assignment and bioactivity investigation

Medicinal Chemistry Research

Manar M Mahmoud

Ahmed S Abdel-Razek

Abdelaaty Hamed

Hesham SM Soliman

Larissa V Ponomareva

...

2021/3

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Co-Authors

H-index: 85
Andrew J. Morris

Andrew J. Morris

University of Kentucky

H-index: 82
James C. Hower

James C. Hower

University of Kentucky

H-index: 66
Jurgen Rohr

Jurgen Rohr

University of Kentucky

H-index: 63
Chang-Guo Zhan

Chang-Guo Zhan

University of Kentucky

H-index: 48
Wen Liu

Wen Liu

South China Agricultural University

H-index: 44
Stephen Randal Voss

Stephen Randal Voss

University of Kentucky

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