| Hydration of terminal alkynes catalyzed by water-soluble cobalt porphyrin complexes T Tachinami, T Nishimura, R Ushimaru, R Noyori, H Naka Journal of the American Chemical Society 135 (1), 50-53, 2013 | 160 | 2013 |
| N-methylation of amines with methanol at room temperature VN Tsarev, Y Morioka, J Caner, Q Wang, R Ushimaru, A Kudo, H Naka, ... Organic letters 17 (10), 2530-2533, 2015 | 120 | 2015 |
| Stereodivergent nitrocyclopropane formation during biosynthesis of belactosins and hormaomycins S Shimo, R Ushimaru, A Engelbrecht, M Harada, K Miyamoto, A Kulik, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 (44), 18413-18418, 2021 | 40 | 2021 |
| Molecular insights into the endoperoxide formation by Fe (II)/α-KG-dependent oxygenase NvfI T Mori, R Zhai, R Ushimaru, Y Matsuda, I Abe Nature Communications 12 (1), 4417, 2021 | 35 | 2021 |
| Biosynthetic origin of the atypical stereochemistry in the thioheptose core of albomycin nucleoside antibiotics R Ushimaru, H Liu Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (6), 2211-2214, 2019 | 33 | 2019 |
| Substrate conformation correlates with the outcome of hyoscyamine 6β-hydroxylase catalyzed oxidation reactions R Ushimaru, MW Ruszczycky, W Chang, F Yan, Y Liu, H Liu Journal of the American Chemical Society 140 (24), 7433-7436, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| Unusual dioxygen-dependent reactions catalyzed by nonheme iron enzymes in natural product biosynthesis R Ushimaru, I Abe ACS Catalysis 13 (2), 1045-1076, 2022 | 27 | 2022 |
| Changes in regioselectivity of H atom abstraction during the hydroxylation and cyclization reactions catalyzed by hyoscyamine 6β-hydroxylase R Ushimaru, MW Ruszczycky, H Liu Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (2), 1062-1066, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
| Stereoselectivity and substrate specificity of the Fe (II)/α-ketoglutarate-dependent oxygenase TqaL H Tao, R Ushimaru, T Awakawa, T Mori, M Uchiyama, I Abe Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (47), 21512-21520, 2022 | 21 | 2022 |
| Characterization of Enzymes Catalyzing Transformations of Cysteine S‐Conjugated Intermediates in the Lincosamide Biosynthetic Pathway R Ushimaru, CI Lin, E Sasaki, H Liu ChemBioChem 17 (17), 1606-1611, 2016 | 17 | 2016 |
| Identification of the Enzymes Mediating the Maturation of the Seryl‐tRNA Synthetase Inhibitor SB‐217452 during the Biosynthesis of Albomycins R Ushimaru, Z Chen, H Zhao, P Fan, H Liu Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (9), 3558-3562, 2020 | 16 | 2020 |
| Structure-based engineering of α-ketoglutarate dependent oxygenases in fungal meroterpenoid biosynthesis T Awakawa, T Mori, R Ushimaru, I Abe Natural Product Reports 40 (1), 46-61, 2023 | 14 | 2023 |
| Studies of lincosamide formation complete the biosynthetic pathway for lincomycin A SA Wang, CI Lin, J Zhang, R Ushimaru, E Sasaki, H Liu Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (40), 24794-24801, 2020 | 14 | 2020 |
| A fluorinated cobalt (III) porphyrin complex for hydroalkoxylation of alkynes R Ushimaru, T Nishimura, T Iwatsuki, H Naka Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 65 (11), 1000-1003, 2017 | 11 | 2017 |
| C–N and C–S bond formation by cytochrome P450 enzymes R Ushimaru, I Abe Trends in Chemistry 5 (7), 526-536, 2023 | 9 | 2023 |
| Mechanistic analysis of stereodivergent nitroalkane cyclopropanation catalyzed by nonheme iron enzymes R Ushimaru, L Cha, S Shimo, X Li, JC Paris, T Mori, K Miyamoto, L Coffer, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (44), 24210-24217, 2023 | 8 | 2023 |
| Structural and Mechanistic Insights into the C–C Bond-Forming Rearrangement Reaction Catalyzed by Heterodimeric Hinokiresinol Synthase R Ushimaru, Y Ding, T Mori, K Miyamoto, M Uchiyama, I Abe Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (40), 21966-21973, 2023 | 5 | 2023 |
| Multiple C–C bond cleavage reactions catalyzed by tolyporphin tetrapyrrole biosynthetic enzymes R Ushimaru, J Lyu, M Ling, I Abe Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (17), 9834-9839, 2023 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cordycicadins A–D, Antifeedant Polyketides from the Entomopathogenic Fungus Cordyceps cicadae JXCH1 X Li, HP Chen, L Zhou, J Fan, T Awakawa, T Mori, R Ushimaru, I Abe, ... Organic Letters 24 (47), 8627-8632, 2022 | 4 | 2022 |
| Characterization of Aziridine-Forming α-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Oxygenase in l-Isovaline Biosynthesis L Zhou, T Awakawa, R Ushimaru, M Kanaida, I Abe Organic Letters 26 (3), 724-727, 2024 | 3 | 2024 |
