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John E Cronan

Alumni Professor of Microbiology Professor of Microbiology Professor of Biochemistry Professor

UIUC

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department of Biochemistry

School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Department of Biochemistry

Department of Microbiology

John E Cronan is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Alumni Professor of Microbiology Professor of Microbiology Professor of Biochemistry Professor at Uiuc.

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John E Cronan

UIUC

Alumni Professor of Microbiology Professor of Microbiology Professor of Biochemistry Professor

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biochemistry microbiology biosynthesis biomolecules enzymes molecular metabolism biological chemistry escherichia coli molecular biology molecular microbiology bacteria protein biosynthesis lipids metabolic pathways bacteriology lipid synthesis biotechnology biological macromolecules microbial cell factory structural molecular biology biomolecular engineering microbial genetics metabolism protein science applied microbiology biochemical sciences enzyme catalysis biomolecular structure cell metabolism structure-function enzyme kinetics enzyme inhibition cellular enzymology biotransformation lipid chemistry fatty acids protein engineering biocatalysis microbial physiology protein synthesis lipid resource protein expression bacteriophages cellular biochemistry enzyme specificity genome biology phage biology biochemical genetics pathway engineering process biochemistry proteinlipid interaction protein chemistry molecular cell biology enzymatic modification lipoic acid virulence factors lipid analysis lipid science fatty acid biosynthesis acyl carrier protein biotin synthesis lipid movement protein assembly biotin biosynthesis natural product biosynthesis mutant strains protein purification transcription regulation antimicrobial resistance genes enzyme activity bacillus subtilis altmetric attention score type ii lipid biosynthesis lipoic acid metabolism structural gene unsaturated fatty acids gene expression fatty acid synthesis systems biology

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Approaches to Study Proteins Encoded by Essential Genes. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics (2025)

John E. Cronan

gene expressionconditional mutationproteome researchgeneticsmolecular and cellular biologyprotein geneticsmolecular cell biologyprotein synthesisreverse geneticsessential genesmolecular geneticsmolecular biologybiological chemistrynonessential proteinsprotein expressionprotein biosynthesisprotein sciencemutagenesis (molecular biology technique)

Defining the Enterococcus Faecalis Fatty Acid Kinase System of Exogeneous Fatty Acid Utilization. Molecular Microbiology (2025)

Huijuan DongQi ZouJohn E. Cronan

biological chemistrymicrobial cell factorybiochemistrybiochemical engineeringmolecular microbiologyenzymesbiomoleculesmutant strainsbacteriametabolic engineeringbiosynthesislipid resourcemolecular metabolismacyl phosphatesphospholipid synthesismicrobial physiologybacteriologymetabolic pathwaysmicrobiology

Enterococcus Faecalis Requires Unsaturated Fatty Acids to Overcome Toxicity of Environmental Saturated Fatty Acids. Microbiology (2025)

Qi ZouHuijuan DongJohn E. Cronan

microbiomefatty acidsapplied microbiologymetabolismbiochemistrychain lengthenterococcus faecalismolecular microbiologymicrobial geneticsbiomoleculesbacteriacell metabolismgut microbesbiosynthesismicrobial pathogenesismolecular metabolismfood microbiologymicrobial physiologybacteriologymetabolic pathwaysmicrobiology

Diversity in Fatty Acid Elongation Enzymes: The Fabb Long-Chain β-Ketoacyl-Acp Synthase I Initiates Fatty Acid Synthesis in Pseudomonas Putida F1. Journal of Biological Chemistry (2024)

Qiaoqiao GuoCanyao ZhongHuijuan DongJohn E. CronanHaihong Wang

metabolic pathwaysmolecular microbiologyfatty acidsenzymesmolecular metabolismbiological chemistryenzyme catalysisescherichia colibiomoleculesbacteriaprotein biosynthesispseudomonas putida f1microbiologybiochemistrybiosynthesis

Lipoic Acid Attachment to Proteins: Stimulating New Developments. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews (2024)

John E. Cronan

lipoic acid attachmentlipid analysislipid sciencelipoprotein metabolismlipidscentral metabolismsummarylipoic acid-modified proteinschemical biologybiomolecular engineeringbiological chemistrymetabolismcell metabolismcellular biochemistrylipid chemistrybiochemistrybiosynthesis

The Enteric Bacterium Enterococcus Faecalis Elongates and Incorporates Exogenous Short and Medium Chain Fatty Acids Into Membrane Lipids. Molecular Microbiology (2024)

Qi ZouHuijuan DongJohn E. Cronan

gut microbese. faecalismicrobial physiologymedium-chain fatty acidsbacteriologylipidsapplied microbiologye. faecalis plsxpathogenic bacteriamicroorganismsbiomoleculesbacteriamicrobiologybiochemistrybiosynthesis

The Puzzle of Two Tandem Acyl-Coa Ligases of Pseudomonas Putida F1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2024)

Huijuan DongBo ChenHaihong WangJohn E. Cronan

tandem genestandem acyl-coa ligasesmolecular microbiologybacteriologyapplied microbiologymicrobial geneticsenzymesmolecular metabolismupstream genebiological chemistrybiomoleculesbacteriabiochemical sciencesmicrobiologybiochemistrybiosynthesis

Biotin Protein Ligase as You Like It: Either Extraordinarily Specific or Promiscuous Protein Biotinylation. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics (2023)

John E. Cronan

biological macromoleculesprotein functionabstract biotinbiotin protein ligasebiotechnologybiomolecular engineeringenzymesmolecular biologybiological chemistryescherichia coli bplbiomoleculesprotein biosynthesisprotein scienceprotein engineeringbiochemistry

Growth of Enterococcus Faecalis ∆ Plsx Strains is Restored by Increased Saturated Fatty Acid Synthesis. mSphere (2023)

Qi ZouHuijuan DongJohn E. Cronan

microbiomeapplied microbiologyclinical microbiologymicroorganismsinfectious diseasesmicrobial cell factorymicrobial consortiumquantitative microbiologypathogenic bacteriabacteriagut microbesantimicrobial agentsmicrobial pathogenesisprobioticsfood microbiologybiological engineeringfatty acid synthesismicrobial physiologybacteriologyenvironmental microbiologymicrobial ecologymicrobiology

How an Overlooked Gene in Coenzyme a Synthesis Solved an Enzyme Mechanism Predicament. Molecular Microbiology (2023)

John E. Cronan

structure-function enzyme kineticsenzyme mechanism predicamentbiomolecular engineeringenzymesmolecular metabolismmolecular biologystructural molecular biologyenzyme catalysisbiocatalysisescherichia colioverlooked geneprotein biosynthesisbiochemistrybiosynthesis

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John E Cronan

Alumni Professor of Microbiology Professor of Microbiology Professor of Biochemistry Professor

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department of Biochemistry

School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Department of Biochemistry

Department of Microbiology

John E Cronan is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Alumni Professor of Microbiology Professor of Microbiology Professor of Biochemistry Professor at Uiuc.

Honors