Dewey G. McCafferty

6.8k citations

68 papers · 5.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 37

Molecular Biology top 2%
Organic Chemistry top 2%
Materials Chemistry top 5%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 2%
Inorganic Chemistry top 2%

Co-authors: Thomas J. Meyer Dawn M. Z. Schmidt Christine Fecenko Murphy Daniel H. Ess Brittany C. Westlake David R. Weinberg Jonathan F. Hull Christopher J. Gagliardi
Topics: Biochemical and Structural Characterization (26 papers)Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (10 papers)Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (9 papers)
Cited by: Microbiology Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Journals: Chemical Reviews Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of the American Chemical Society
Partner nations: United States Austria United Kingdom

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Dewey G. McCafferty

67 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Chemoproteomic-enabled characterization of small GTPase Rab1a as a target of an N -arylbenzimidazole ligand's rescue of Parkinson's-associated cell toxicity 2021 ·RSC Chemical Biology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Michael C. Fitzgerald,(unknown),Dewey G. McCafferty	9
2	Predicting PY motif-mediated protein-protein interactions in the Nedd4 family of ubiquitin ligases 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown),(unknown),Dewey G. McCafferty	13
3	Discovery of Six Ramoplanin Family Gene Clusters and the Lipoglycodepsipeptide Chersinamycin** 2020 ·ChemBioChem ·(unknown),(unknown),Dewey G. McCafferty	12
4	Characterization of Small-Molecule-Induced Changes in Parkinson's-Related Trafficking via the Nedd4 Ubiquitin Signaling Cascade 2020 ·Cell chemical biology ·(unknown),(unknown),Matthew W. Foster,Leland Mayne,M. Arthur Moseley,S. Walter Englander,Dewey G. McCafferty	12
5	The Chlamydia trachomatis Protease CPAF Contains a Cryptic PDZ-Like Domain with Similarity to Human Cell Polarity and Tight Junction PDZ-Containing Proteins 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Kenneth R. Maksimchuk,(unknown),(unknown),Raphael H. Valdivia,Dewey G. McCafferty	2
6	A rationally‐designed chimeric KDM1A/KDM1B histone demethylase tower domain deletion mutant retaining enzymatic activity 2015 ·FEBS Letters ·Jonathan M. Burg,Alan T. Makhoul,C.W. Pemble,(unknown),(unknown),Dewey G. McCafferty	8
7	Three‐in‐One Chromatography‐Free Purification, Tag Removal, and Site‐Specific Modification of Recombinant Fusion Proteins Using Sortase A and Elastin‐like Polypeptides 2013 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Joseph J. Bellucci,Miriam Amiram,Jayanta Bhattacharyya,Dewey G. McCafferty,Ashutosh Chilkoti	57
8	The Chlamydia Protease CPAF Regulates Host and Bacterial Proteins to Maintain Pathogen Vacuole Integrity and Promote Virulence 2011 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·Ine Jørgensen,(unknown),(unknown),Beckley K. Davis,Jenny P.‐Y. Ting,Dewey G. McCafferty,Raphael H. Valdivia	63
9	Studies on the biosynthesis of the lipodepsipeptide antibiotic Ramoplanin A2 2011 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry ·(unknown),James B. Hamburger,David M. Gooden,(unknown),Dewey G. McCafferty	14
10	Generation of ramoplanin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 2010 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·J. W. Schmidt,Adrienne Greenough,(unknown),(unknown),Dewey G. McCafferty	14
11	A crystal structure of a dimer of the antibiotic ramoplanin illustrates membrane positioning and a potential Lipid II docking interface 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·James B. Hamburger,(unknown),Amy S. Lee,Rachel Senturia,Dewey G. McCafferty,Patrick J. Loll	35
12	Mutagenesis Studies of Substrate Recognition and Catalysis in the Sortase A Transpeptidase from Staphylococcus aureus 2008 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Matthew L. Bentley,(unknown),Dewey G. McCafferty	70
13	Engineering the Substrate Specificity of Staphylococcus aureus Sortase A 2007 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Matthew L. Bentley,Helena Gaweska,(unknown),Dewey G. McCafferty	68
14	Histone H3 Lysine 4 Demethylation Is a Target of Nonselective Antidepressive Medications 2006 ·Chemistry & Biology ·Min Gyu Lee,Christopher Wynder,Dawn M. Z. Schmidt,Dewey G. McCafferty,Ramin Shiekhattar	346
15	A Suppression Strategy for Antibiotic Discovery 2004 ·Chemistry & Biology ·Helena Gaweska,(unknown),Dewey G. McCafferty	1
16	Techniques Used to Study Transcription on Chromatin Templates 2003 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Alejandra Loyola,(unknown),(unknown),Dewey G. McCafferty,(unknown)	11
17	Complexation of peptidoglycan intermediates by the lipoglycodepsipeptide antibiotic ramoplanin: Minimal structural requirements for intermolecular complexation and fibril formation 2002 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Predrag Čudić,James K. Kranz,Douglas C. Behenna,Ryan G. Kruger,(unknown),A. Joshua Wand,Yuri Veklich,John W. Weisel,Dewey G. McCafferty	58
18	Chemistry and biology of the ramoplanin family of peptide antibiotics 2002 ·Biopolymers ·Dewey G. McCafferty,Predrag Čudić,Brenda A. Frankel,(unknown),Ryan G. Kruger,(unknown)	95
19	An economical and preparative orthogonal solid phase synthesis of fluorescein and rhodamine derivatized peptides: FRET substrates for the Staphylococcus aureus sortase SrtA transpeptidase reactionElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: HPLC and analytical data. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b206303d/ 2002 ·Chemical Communications ·Ryan G. Kruger,(unknown),Dewey G. McCafferty	20
20	Homologs of the vancomycin resistance d-Ala-d-Ala dipeptidase VanX in Streptomyces toyocaensis, Escherichia coli and Synechocystis: attributes of catalytic efficiency, stereoselectivity and regulation with implications for function 1998 ·Chemistry & Biology ·Ivan A.D. Lessard,Steve D. Pratt,Dewey G. McCafferty,Dirksen E. Bussiere,Charles W. Hutchins,Barry L. Wanner,Leonard Katz,Christopher T. Walsh	64

About Dewey G. McCafferty

Dewey G. McCafferty is a scholar working on Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine, having authored 68 papers that have together received 5.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Biochemical and Structural Characterization (26 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (10 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Microbiology (358 citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (469 citations) and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (802 citations). Dewey G. McCafferty has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Austria and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Thomas J. Meyer, Dawn M. Z. Schmidt, Christine Fecenko Murphy, Daniel H. Ess, Brittany C. Westlake, David R. Weinberg, Jonathan F. Hull, Christopher J. Gagliardi, Amit Paul and Caleb A. Kent. Their work appears in journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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