Mark Distefano

Mark Distefano

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

H-index: 51

North America-United States

About Mark Distefano

Mark Distefano, With an exceptional h-index of 51 and a recent h-index of 26 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, specializes in the field of Organic chemistry, biochemistry.

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

Broadening the Utility of Farnesyltransferase-Catalyzed Protein Labeling Using Norbornene–Tetrazine Click Chemistry

Improved synthesis and application of an alkyne-functionalized isoprenoid analogue to study the prenylomes of motor neurons, astrocytes and their stem cell progenitors

Multivalent Fluorinated Nanorings for On-Cell 19F NMR

Synthesis, Enzymatic Peptide Incorporation, and Applications of Diazirine-Containing Isoprenoid Diphosphate Analogues

Functional screening reveals Toxoplasma prenylated proteins required for endocytic trafficking and rhoptry protein sorting

GTPase splice variants RAC1 and RAC1B display isoform-specific differences in localization, prenylation, and interaction with the chaperone protein SmgGDS

Prenylcysteine oxidase 1 like protein is required for neutrophil bactericidal activities

Facile immobilization of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate using p-diazobenzoyl-derivatized Sepharose 4B

Mark Distefano Information

University

Position

Professor of Chemistry

Citations(all)

8557

Citations(since 2020)

2744

Cited By

6840

hIndex(all)

51

hIndex(since 2020)

26

i10Index(all)

137

i10Index(since 2020)

68

Email

University Profile Page

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

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Mark Distefano Skills & Research Interests

Organic chemistry

biochemistry

Top articles of Mark Distefano

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Broadening the Utility of Farnesyltransferase-Catalyzed Protein Labeling Using Norbornene–Tetrazine Click Chemistry

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Shelby A Auger

Sneha Venkatachalapathy

Kiall Francis G Suazo

Yiao Wang

Alexander W Sarkis

...

2024/4/23

Improved synthesis and application of an alkyne-functionalized isoprenoid analogue to study the prenylomes of motor neurons, astrocytes and their stem cell progenitors

Bioorganic Chemistry

Kiall F Suazo

Mishra Vartika

Sanjay Maity

Shelby A Auger

Katarzyna Justyna

...

2024/4/16

Multivalent Fluorinated Nanorings for On-Cell 19F NMR

Biomacromolecules

Jiaqian Li

Yiao Wang

Mark D Distefano

Carston R Wagner

William CK Pomerantz

2024/1/22

Synthesis, Enzymatic Peptide Incorporation, and Applications of Diazirine-Containing Isoprenoid Diphosphate Analogues

Organic Letters

Katarzyna Justyna

Riki Das

Ellen L Lorimer

Jiayue Hu

Jodi S Pedersen

...

2023/9/5

Functional screening reveals Toxoplasma prenylated proteins required for endocytic trafficking and rhoptry protein sorting

Mbio

Qiang-Qiang Wang

Ming Sun

Tao Tang

De-Hua Lai

Jing Liu

...

2023/8/31

GTPase splice variants RAC1 and RAC1B display isoform-specific differences in localization, prenylation, and interaction with the chaperone protein SmgGDS

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Olivia J Koehn

Ellen Lorimer

Bethany Unger

Akansha S Das

Kiall F Suazo

...

2023/6/1

Prenylcysteine oxidase 1 like protein is required for neutrophil bactericidal activities

Nature communications

Anastasiia Petenkova

Shelby A Auger

Jeffrey Lamb

Daisy Quellier

Cody Carter

...

2023/5/13

Facile immobilization of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate using p-diazobenzoyl-derivatized Sepharose 4B

Results in chemistry

Kun-Hwa Lee

Mark D Distefano

Burckhard Seelig

2023/12/1

Photoresponsive Hydrogels for Studying Mechanotransduction of Cells

Keun-Young Park

David J Odde

Mark D Distefano

2023/1/1

Orthogonal enzyme–substrate design strategy for discovery of human protein palmitoyltransferase substrates

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Robbins Puthenveetil

Shelby A Auger

Natalia Gómez-Navarro

Mitra Shumsher Rana

Riki Das

...

2023/9/29

Combining Isoprenoid Probes with Antibody Markers for Mass Cytometric Analysis of Prenylation in Single Cells

Analytical chemistry

Zoë A Maxwell

Kiall F Suazo

Heather MG Brown

Mark D Distefano

Edgar A Arriaga

2022/8/11

In Vivo Prenylomic Profiling in the Brain of a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease Reveals Increased Prenylation of a Key Set of Proteins

ACS chemical biology

Angela Jeong

Shelby A Auger

Sanjay Maity

Kristina Fredriksen

Rui Zhong

...

2022/9/15

Engineering biomimetic trogocytosis with farnesylated chemically self-assembled nanorings

Biomacromolecules

Yiao Wang

Lakmal Rozumalski

Ozgun Kilic

Caitlin Lichtenfels

Jacob Petersberg

...

2022/11/23

Directed cell migration towards softer environments

Nature materials

Aleksi Isomursu

Keun-Young Park

Jay Hou

Bo Cheng

Mathilde Mathieu

...

2022/9

Structure-guided discovery of potent antifungals that prevent Ras signaling by inhibiting protein farnesyltransferase

Journal of medicinal chemistry

You Wang

Feng Xu

Connie B Nichols

Yuqian Shi

Homme W Hellinga

...

2022/10/11

Negative durotaxis: cell movement toward softer environments

Nature materials

Aleksi Isomursu

Keun-Young Park

Jay Hou

Bo Cheng

Mathilde Mathieu

...

2022/9

Photoswitchable Isoprenoid Lipids Enable Optical Control of Peptide Lipidation

ACS chemical biology

Johannes Morstein

Taysir Bader

Ariana L Cardillo

Julian Schackmann

Sudhat Ashok

...

2022/10/4

Thinking outside the CaaX-box: an unusual reversible prenylation on ALDH9A1

bioRxiv

Kiall F Suazo

Garrett L Schey

Shelby A Auger

Ling Li

Mark Distefano

2022/8/30

Enzymatic Construction of DARPin-Based Targeted Delivery Systems Using Protein Farnesyltransferase and a Capture and Release Strategy

International journal of molecular sciences

Yi Zhang

Yiao Wang

Safak Uslu

Sneha Venkatachalapathy

Mohammad Rashidian

...

2022/9/29

Manipulating Cell Fates with Protein Conjugates

Yiao Wang

Carston R Wagner

Mark D Distefano

2022/8/15

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