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Thioesterase Activity

Thioesterase Activity is a biochemical function characterized by the catalytic hydrolysis of thioester bonds in fatty acyl-CoA substrates, thereby terminating fatty acid elongation during fatty acid biosynthesis.

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Publications

996

Mutations in the palmitoyl protein thioesterase gene causing infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

Jouni Vesa, Elina Hellsten, Linda A. Verkruyse et al. · Nature · 1995 · 740 citations

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Orlistat Is a Novel Inhibitor of Fatty Acid Synthase with Antitumor Activity

Steven J. Kridel, Fumiko Axelrod, Natasha Rozenkrantz et al. · Cancer Research · 2004 · 601 citations · Full text

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Fatty acid production in genetically modified cyanobacteria

Xinyao Liu, Jie Sheng, Roy Curtiss · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 528 citations

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Overproduction of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Activity Increases the Rate of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

Mark S. Davis, José Solbiati, John E. Cronan · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2000 · 486 citations · Full text

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Mutations in CGI-58, the Gene Encoding a New Protein of the Esterase/Lipase/Thioesterase Subfamily, in Chanarin-Dorfman Syndrome

Caroline Lefèvre, Florence Jobard, F. Caux et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2001 · 463 citations · Full text

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    Christopher T. Walsh

    Harvard University, United States

    28 publications · 3K citations

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  2. SL
    Sandra L. Hofmann

    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States

    25 publications · 3.2K citations

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  3. DD
    Debra Dunaway‐Mariano

    University of New Mexico, United States

    23 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. MA
    Mohamed A. Marahiel

    Philipps University of Marburg, Germany

    17 publications · 2.5K citations

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  5. SE
    Stefan E.H. Alexson

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

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975

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    35 h-index

    164 publications

    14.9K citations

  2. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, United States

    24 h-index

    87 publications

    12.4K citations

  3. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    19 h-index

    86 publications

    3.8K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    46 publications

    3.3K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    18 h-index

    77 publications

    4.8K citations

  6. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    17 h-index

    48 publications

    3.4K citations

  7. Philipps University of Marburg

    Marburg, Germany

    17 h-index

    55 publications

    7.5K citations

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    16 h-index

    49 publications

    4.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 129 publications · 9.7K citations

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  2. Biochemistry

    62 publications · 3.2K citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 31 publications · 3.9K citations

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  4. Journal of the American Chemical Society

    JACS · 25 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Chemistry & Biology

    19 publications · 1.5K citations

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