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Frances H. Arnold

California Institute of Technology · US
Area of research
Atmospheric Science · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction.
h-index
139
citations
71,002
works
920
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Biocatalytic, enantioenriched primary amination of tertiary C–H bonds
Nature Catalysis 2024cited by 41position: lastdoi
Iron Heme Enzyme-Catalyzed Cyclopropanations with Diazirines as Carbene Precursors: Computational Explorations of Diazirine Activation and Cyclopropanation Mechanism
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024cited by 30position: middledoi
MicroED Structure of a Protoglobin Reactive Carbene Intermediate
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023cited by 30position: middledoi
In vivo hypermutation and continuous evolution
Nature Reviews Methods Primers 2022cited by 136position: middledoi
Biocatalytic Carbene Transfer Using Diazirines
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022cited by 71position: lastdoi
In vivo hypermutation and continuous evolution
Nature Reviews Methods Primers 2022cited by 58position: middledoi
Protoglobin‐Catalyzed Formation of <i>cis</i>‐Trifluoromethyl‐Substituted Cyclopropanes by Carbene Transfer
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022cited by 50position: middledoi
An Enzymatic Platform for Primary Amination of 1-Aryl-2-alkyl Alkynes
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021cited by 77position: lastdoi
Origin and Control of Chemoselectivity in Cytochrome <i>c</i> Catalyzed Carbene Transfer into Si–H and N–H bonds
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021cited by 63position: middledoi
Selective Enzymatic Oxidation of Silanes to Silanols
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020cited by 77position: lastdoi
A Biocatalytic Platform for Synthesis of Chiral <i>α-</i> Trifluoromethylated Organoborons
ACS Central Science 2019cited by 107position: lastdoi
Tailoring Tryptophan Synthase TrpB for Selective Quaternary Carbon Bond Formation
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019cited by 64position: lastdoi
Catalytic iron-carbene intermediate revealed in a cytochrome <i>c</i> carbene transferase
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2018cited by 119position: lastdoi
Genetically Encoded Spy Peptide Fusion System to Detect Plasma Membrane-Localized Proteins In Vivo
Chemistry & Biology 2015cited by 59position: middledoi
Synthesis of bioactive protein hydrogels by genetically encoded SpyTag-SpyCatcher chemistry
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014cited by 277position: middledoi
Isobutanol production at elevated temperatures in thermophilic Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius
Metabolic Engineering 2014cited by 137position: middledoi
Enantioselective Intramolecular CH Amination Catalyzed by Engineered Cytochrome P450 Enzymes In Vitro and In Vivo
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2013cited by 293position: lastdoi
Enantioselective Intramolecular CH Amination Catalyzed by Engineered Cytochrome P450 Enzymes In Vitro and In Vivo
Angewandte Chemie 2013cited by 66position: lastdoi
Comparison of random mutagenesis and semi-rational designed libraries for improved cytochrome P450 BM3-catalyzed hydroxylation of small alkanes
Protein Engineering Design and Selection 2012cited by 91position: lastdoi
Aerosol observations and growth rates downwind of the anvil of a deep tropical thunderstorm
Atmospheric chemistry and physics 2012cited by 26position: middledoi
Aerosol observations and growth rates in the tropical tropopause layer
2012cited by 0position: middledoi

Grants

Evolving Hemoproteins for New-to-Nature Ring-Forming Reactions
NSF2016137$1,441,6192020–2025PIRePORTER
Next-Generation Protein Engineering: Machine Learning for Enzyme Engineering
NSF1937902$787,4642019–2024PIRePORTER
Expanding the Enzyme Repertoire by Evolution and Engineering
NSF1513007$1,503,0402015–2020PIRePORTER
SusChEM: Engineering and Evolution of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes for Non-Natural Chemistry
NSF1403077$345,0002014–2017PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Metabolically Engineered Organisms for Conversion of Cellulose to Isobutanol
NSF0903817$578,8852009–2013PIRePORTER
BIC: Collaborative Research: Evolutionary Optimization of Biological Circuits: Towards Cellular Programming
NSF0522831$268,2502005–2008PIRePORTER
Laboratory Evolution of Biocatalysts for Methane Hydroxylation and Alkene Epoxidation
NSF0313567$450,0002003–2006PIRePORTER
Qubic: Biological Information Technology Systems: Self-Perfecting Genetic Circuits
NSF0130613$625,0212002–2005PIRePORTER
ME: Interagency Announcement of Opportunities in Metabolic Engineering: Laboratory Evolution of Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathways
NSF0118565$423,6252001–2005PIRePORTER
Tools for Directed Evolution of Oxygenases: High Throughput Screening of Epoxidation and Hydroxylation Catalysts
NSF9981770$408,8402000–2003PIRePORTER
A Microfabricated Cell Sorter for Molecular Evolution
NSF9901495$109,0601999–2000PIRePORTER
Selective Templated Polymers for Bioseparations
NSF9416915$496,0291994–1998PIRePORTER
Selective Polymers For Protein Separations: Investigation of Novel Template Polymerization Techniques
NSF9108502$508,2821991–1995PIRePORTER
Presidential Young Investigators Award
NSF8957118$338,2861989–1995PIRePORTER
Engineering Protein Separations on Immobilized Metals
NSF8807351$626,5151988–1992PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

K. N. Houk · University of California, Los Angeles8 papers (2018–2024)Marc Garcia‐Borràs · Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats6 papers (2018–2022)Tamir Gonen · Howard Hughes Medical Institute3 papers (2019–2023)S. B. Jennifer Kan · California Institute of Technology3 papers (2018–2021)Nicholas J. Porter · California Institute of Technology3 papers (2022–2024)Zachary Heins · Boston University2 papers (2022–2022)Hugh Coe · Fudan University2 papers (2012–2012)Z. Jane Wang · California Institute of Technology2 papers (2013–2013) · 2 papers (2012–2012)John E. Dueber · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory2 papers (2022–2022)Tristan R. Brown · California Institute of Technology2 papers (2013–2013)Ziyang Qin · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2021–2024)Russell D. Lewis · California Institute of Technology2 papers (2018–2021)Beatriz Álvarez · Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas2 papers (2022–2022)Pedro S. Coelho · California Institute of Technology2 papers (2013–2013)Gonzalo Jiménez‐Osés · Ikerbasque2 papers (2021–2022)Fei Sun · Chinese Academy of Sciences2 papers (2014–2015)Jörg Hacker · Flinders University2 papers (2012–2012)Christopher C. Farwell · California Institute of Technology2 papers (2013–2013) · 2 papers (2022–2022)